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by viktorcode 5y ago
You are implying that the walled garden keeps developers in, whereas in reality those walls are for keeping developers out. One does not escape walled garden; one infiltrates it.
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by viktorcode 5y ago
I find it interesting that another issue developers usually have with App Store is that Apple is not enforcing copyright strictly enough.
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by viktorcode 5y ago
I didn't like few implications author makes. > One of the biggest parts of the Free and Open Source Software definitions is the freedom to study a program and modify it; in other words, access to editable source code. You don't
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by viktorcode 5y ago
They do. German public is overwhelmingly anti-nazi.
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by viktorcode 5y ago
Telegram blocked calls to violence before, so technically it's nothing new.
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by viktorcode 5y ago
I highly recommend video by Sabine Hossenfelder [1] on this topic. She's explaining the topic in layman terms, starting from what does it mean to exist (or be real) in physical sense. Complex numbers, as useful as they are, just an abs
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by viktorcode 5y ago
I envision a third option: Apple successfully appeals the regulator decision in Netherlands. It's not far fetched: Apple successfully appealed EC fine on Irish tax break (pending new appeal from the regulator), Intel successfully appea
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by viktorcode 5y ago
I'm tech savvy and that's exactly why I'll be avoiding third-party payment systems on iOS. But yeah, I don't need an explicit reminder to do that.
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by viktorcode 5y ago
To be fair, iOS jailbreak scene was the birthplace of many UX innovations. However, since them the capabilities of iOS were expanded and jailbreak lost its popularity.
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by viktorcode 5y ago
Sorry it is not. On my computer it looks like a poorly made artefact from the 90-s. And it's slow.
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by viktorcode 5y ago
Is it legal in the EU?
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by viktorcode 5y ago
You are thinking from the point of recouping the costs, while in reality it works on a simpler premise: profitability. Suppose you have your Android app. You are thinking about porting that to iOS. So, for you the calculation will go like t
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by viktorcode 5y ago
Thank you. That lists services and one game, which costs less on Android, where Google still takes 30% fee.
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by viktorcode 5y ago
Netflix removed in-app purchases on iOS years ago. They have to honour existing subscriptions though.
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by viktorcode 5y ago
Good example, but for different issue: Apple Store don't have local pricing scheme, unlike Steam.
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by viktorcode 5y ago
No, I'm not insinuating. I think I was clear enough: if you want others to bear financial responsibility for you cause, lead by example. Otherwise you do what any other hypocrite does: shaming people for something you yourself is guilt
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by viktorcode 5y ago
On the contrary. In case of a monopoly price is guaranteed to cover the costs. In a competitive market the price can be well below the costs. Case in point: Epic games store. They are burning money to carve out a market share. That's a
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by viktorcode 5y ago
Last quarter results say they didn't.
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by viktorcode 5y ago
Regulators can't force banks to provide service in an unsafe environment, which a rooted phone essentially is.
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by viktorcode 5y ago
You expect there should be no profit, and the whole commission therefore must cover some costs? That was the line of argument of Epic in court; it didn't go well.
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by viktorcode 5y ago
Good thing iPhone holds resale value for longer than an Android phone, so you can just ditch it.
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by viktorcode 5y ago
Technically you don't need it. There's no mechanism preventing another toolchain from producing an iOS build. It's just nobody is interested in creating an alternative toolchain.
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by viktorcode 5y ago
Has nothing to do with the costs. 30% is the de-facto default revenue sharing scheme, and developers are well accustomed to it.
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by viktorcode 5y ago
Bigger developers who pay 30% can do that on their own. Hence the legal lobbying to make platform gatekeepers to cede some ground.
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by viktorcode 5y ago
Pretty strong word, betrayal. Someone on 9to5 Mac suggested Steve to put his money where his mouth is, i.e. pull his own software from App Store, before demanding from Apple employees that they leave the company. I think that's a good
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by viktorcode 5y ago
> making things artificially more expensive for iOS users Do you have examples of software that costs more on iOS than elsewhere?
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by viktorcode 5y ago
I think you are under impression that ad industry depends on tracking of individuals. That's incorrect. It just a tad less efficient without tracking.
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by viktorcode 5y ago
What you describe is an ideal Alice / Bob situation, setting just a single protected surface. In real world it's getting far more complex: what OS your PGP client is running on? On what hardware? Is anything else running on the sa
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by viktorcode 5y ago
Are you implying there are backdoors in iOS and Android, thanks to US intelligence?
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by viktorcode 5y ago
The tools were available at the time, but FBI preferred Apple to compromise their security model instead.

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