It’s kind of new news, but I think whatever happens shouldn’t be reflected in these players, I think that’s the way it is. link to basketballlegends.fun
Webej
2 years ago
your client doesn’t seem to be interested in paying for the access to customers
Is Apple actually stating they own the clients, like the Master of the plantation?
hurt consumers because they pick a particular digital ecosystem … knowing they are walled gardens.
O no. A plantation with walls marking the border.
Do the plantation inhabitants actually apply for citizenship and long-term fealty?
This is the very picture of monopolization, no matter how often you say the slaves can transfer to another plantation.
OT..the dollar has dropped within range of taking out the January low, which means we’re at an important cusp for a lot of markets.
Moreover, I would posit that a drop down from these levels will be accepted in a lot of quarters as proof that the Fed is being more successful in making the dollar weaker, which I think has been an unstated goal for some time. Fwiw, I expect a bounce in the dollar…but maybe not much of one.
I am waiting for the dollar to bounce and then turn back down before buying one or more of my gold proxies.
Lunch time in Texas and it looks like gold is going to hold its gains for today….but the dollar is still trying to rally. Fun day to watch the action but I’m happy to sit this one out. It looks to me like the DXY needs to get back above 90.25 or so to reverse the downtrend it’s been in since April 1st. I’m not at all sure it will do that.
Doug78
2 years ago
I suppose it is possible but generally speaking having a market with only two suppliers usually isn’t good for customers. I would love to be in the position of Apple who has to only worry about competition from only one other company. Frankly ever since the duopoly formed about eight years ago I fail to see any real innovations in their products. We just get incremental improvements in hardware and services they provide.
Chip Talk
2 years ago
as a consumer i would like to see apple to be greater to turn this year’s success into another year with even greater success by building wonderful products/services. I love their product and bought for my families. Simple as that. I can switch to other brands , plenty of choices when i wanted and vice versa and move on.
Every business tries to turn their business successfully (ofcourse, i mean great business with integrity). I think Epic Games CEO had some sort of malicious thinking/plan/self interest (dont forget that Epic Games CEO , whom breach the contract). People often forget someone’s salary is getting paid by these great business, they create jobs. When does great business that’s good for the economics and to the consumer likes become a sin?
If Epic Games win this in the court, then i would think the legal systems is really crazy & discourages the best companies from doing business , not only for apple but for others as well Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Walmart…etc. No great business should be in the hot seat and being grilled by hypocrite.
TexasTim65
2 years ago
I haven’t read the transcripts of the case but I still think Epic’s lawyers went the wrong way.
They should have make the comparison to the car market. There a consumer buys a car (phone) from GM/Ford/Toyota (Apple/Google) and the consumer owns the car (phone). At that point they are free to obtain service or parts (apps) from either GM/Ford/Toyota OR they can go to 3rd party places like AutoZone/Pep Boy and purchase either GM/Ford/Toyota parts (apps) or 3rd party parts (Epic). This model has benefited consumers immensely to obtain the best prices for parts / service rather than being forced to go to the ‘stealership’ and pay inflated prices for parts/service (30% gouging by Apple/Google).
I find it insane that Apple can prevent Epic from using their website (which runs anywhere and is not part of their app or Apples walled garden) where customers can directly pay Epic for ‘credits’ that can be used in their games. My company has an app in the app stores customers can use if they are paying for tech support. Does that mean we should be giving Apple/Google 30% of our revenue for tech support because they are using the app in a paid model???
FloydVanPeter
2 years ago
The ultimate question is whether Apple is in its rights to block competing AppStores. In effect, Apple closed the iPhone for competition they don’t want. One would have thought that consumers should have the right to use any AppStore they fancy.
There are competing app-stores on my android. Apple phones seem sufficiently pricey to have a profit (w/o an app store).
However, Apple would still be correct to demand stringent standards and auditability of apps provided via competing AppStore-s.
Mike 2112
2 years ago
If Apple wins then I guess Microsoft should get a cut of any software I buy and download using Windows?
I had no idea Apple owned its customers.
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Is Apple actually stating they own the clients, like the Master of the plantation?
This is the very picture of monopolization, no matter how often you say the slaves can transfer to another plantation.