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> To the people who've been in this situation, what would you do in Huffman's shoes?

- Extend the 30 day to apply the pricing to 6 months (at least) to let people figure it out their stuff ; - Give some leverage for the _existing_ 3 party apps that contributed to reddit till this point on the form of a smaller price;

> Developers already pay Apple & Google 30% for the privilege of being in the app stores. Is it too much for the very service that is powering your entire app to ask for their own cut?

Mind you that price is just part of the problem - the 30-day to start charging, was just as bad. It's absurd and completely made to kill the 3PS. Maybe if they have maintained the price but gave time for apps to discuss/adapt/replan, they could have found other options.

Vaccines reduce spread because of lower viral load. Also reduces severity.

Antivaxxers can be execrated for all I care - dumbest way to enforce your freedom

Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @10:59AM (#26167839)
> Nobody is going to not put their app on the apple app store.

Epic will, and this is what they want

> Almost every game on steam can be purchased somewhere else, like icth.io or the game's website. 30% is industry standard among monopolistic players (Google play store, Apple app store, Steam).

That is a very different use case

Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @10:26AM (#26167351)
Nope. Hurts overall experience. Not only the App's won't be curated the same as the other ones, but now I would have to maybe reach to some webside to download a .ipa file or to download a secondary App store to get a apps that otherwise would be available on App Store.
Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @10:18AM (#26167241)
> how did you work out that the amount apple gets paid (30%) is the "correct" amount? The only way to find out is via competition. But due to the monopolistic powers of apple, there cannot be competition on their platform. Thus, we do not know the true cost of maintaining this platform - only that apple is able to maintain it with at least 30%.

30% is industry standard.

> nobody is forcing you to use the third party app store if it does exist. If you continued to use apple's curated store, you will continue to get the existing benefits. Adding an extra option can't possibly hurt you.

It hurts the ecosystem - and all its users. Splitting the apps in multiple app stores is a nightmare

I don't get the point: the whole idea of Apple is to have everything under their control. Nobody is forcing anyone to use Apple devices

Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @10:13AM (#26167178)
> Apple competing with third party app stores on iOS is going to be amazing. No computer platform should be allowed to prevent sideloading or other stores from competing.

The walled garden is a selling point, a feature - I don't care about sideloading at all. You want to sideload? Grab and Android.

Re:Kubernetes is deprecating Docker runtime support on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @02:14PM (#25280205)
So... What's the better runtime alternatives?
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2020) on Thursday November 05, 2020 @05:44PM (#25002909)
No love for SA remote? :(
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2020) on Thursday October 01, 2020 @06:55PM (#24657024)
Location: Brazil

Remote: Preffered

Willing to Relocate: Yes, but after some time with the company.

Technologies: Mainly everything Java related. Have 12 years working with Java and surrounding tech. Have some experience with DevOps too.

Résume/CV: Linked on https://github.com/leonardobsjr

Email: on github.

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2020) on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @03:50PM (#24346219)
Hey, just to point out with rascompanies.com is giving certificate problems.
Is Pinterest going WFH?
> So if you are a junior, let me say it: Build profile and reputation. Seek for good people to follow and be heard. Don't put everything in one company or project. I'm trying this right now.

Fuck dude, are you me?