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lol, In another forum,I keep hearing the argument that apple's app store shouldn't be regulated on the grounds that "If U don't like the terms,U can make your own phone & store..." Well, here's HUAWEI's answer to that notion.... They're still adding to the store,but it's supposedly already larger than amazons and now has a map app(Tom Tom Go) they're working on their on maps app. Looking @ THEIR rates,I think regulating the app stores would be a GOOD thing! ? Edit: Make sure to look @ the In App purchase rates in the screen shot!

"We also serve who ect.,ect., .... " Some of us are just here to make the rest of them shine even brighter! Edit: I'm in the US category before anyone starts about swelled heads. lol

Starswarm may be interesting to run on the new cards also. It's the engine that was used for Ashes of The Singularity and uses multiple cpu and gpu cores quite well. My 1st generation RTX2070 with a Ryzen 7 2700x @ 3.9Ghz on all cores gets an average of 70 fps in the test.

https://venturebeat.com/2020/08/18/apples-response-to-epic-threatens-the-future-of-vr-ar-tv-and-films/ "Challenge Apple on iOS payments and it will explicitly threaten to delete your company from not just iOS devices, but also Macs, iPads, Apple TVs, and Apple Watches. That’s not just a bad look for Apple, given that Tim Cook testified under oath to Congress last month that “we do not retaliate or bully people; it’s strongly against our company culture.” The letter is also strong evidence of antitrust practices: Follow all the rules in the walled garden, or we’ll prevent you and everything you make from being used both inside and outside the garden." :eat_popcom:

Apple retaliates and strikes 3rd party developers in the process. They're going to be banning all of Epic's developers accounts which includes their Unreal Engine so other people who've used Unreal for THEIR games on Apple will either have to go with the engine being not updated,or have to redo the game in a new engine. Epic is going for a restraining order. https://gizmodo.com/apple-attempts-to-take-its-toys-away-and-effectively-ba-1844753245

https://9to5mac.com/2019/03/06/micro...revenue-share/ " First and foremost, Microsoft says that in order for developers to lock-in the full 95 percent, the user must have downloaded the app through a direct URL. If the user downloads the app via something like a Microsoft Store search or a Microsoft Store Collection, the developer gets 85 percent and Microsoft gets 15 percent." ALSO U can purchase an xbox game from the creators site (ubisoft 4 example)and enter the code into the xbox to download it without the 30% fee. Microsoft isn't keeping companies like Epic,steam,or even the playstore from being on and installing on their OS without charging a fee. If U want something on a mobile apple device,U pretty much HAVE to go through the store which means they get a fee.

censorship is the same regardless of the reason. torrent sites are the main way illegal files are shared,but they are ALSO the way large LEGAL files are shared(linux mint OS as an example).So,Do we ban all torrent software because it can be used by some people to break the law? Kodi is legal,it's 3rd party addons that allow illegal streaming. Once you start censoring,it's too easy to block anything that doesn't conform to your view. legal files also get shared on pirate bay.

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Further info: "Apple responded by removing Fortnite from the App Store, saying that the new payment feature violated the terms of their agreement. "Today, Epic Games took the unfortunate step of violating the App Store guidelines that are applied equally to every developer and designed to keep the store safe for our users. As a result, their Fortnite app has been removed from the store," an Apple spokesperson said. " The PROBLEM with THAT comment is that Apple worked a deal with Amazon on the Prime Video App and ALSO allows customers to pay their NETFLIX subscription ONLINE @ Netflix.com where the 30% doesn't get taken out. (They don't TELL the Netflix users that,but they ARE able to do it!)I believe Netflix had threatened to pull the app themselves or it wasn't available on the apple devices until that change in billing options became available. Here's the FREE netflix app on the app store Here's the information about it on the store.In app purchases = subscription rates. NOTE the link for the developers website right below the purchase rates? It takes you to netflix. com where U can sign up THERE with your billing info.After signing up,just log into the apple app with your id and apple has been bypassed for billing. Epic is saying THEY and all other developers should have the same right.

I've bought games on steam & they may be charging the 30%, BUT they ALSO allow you to get things direct from the developer and just enter the code on steam to add it to your game.Not every monetary transaction between you and a developer has to occur with steam as a middle man with your bank. I've added many an item to dying light just by adding the code on steam.I've also purchased games from the developer's site & installed it on steam with the code because it was on sale on that site.

My understanding is they're going after them under the anti-trust laws.Especially saying apple has a monopoly on their phones & pads getting anything put on them. https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/14/2...games-payments "“We’re fighting for open platforms and policy changes equally benefiting all developers,” says Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney. “And it’ll be a hell of a fight!” It’s a fight that Epic has prepared for, and its lawsuit specifically alleges that Apple has a monopoly in the form of the iPhone, its iOS ecosystem, and the App Store that binds them all together. Epic has enlisted the counsel of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, which includes Christine Varney, a former US assistant attorney general of the antitrust division for the Obama administration. Varney also served as the Federal Trade commissioner for the Clinton administration. Katherine Forrest, a partner at Cravath, is also part of Epic’s lawsuit. Forrest is a former judge and antitrust litigator, and the Cravath law firm was also part of Qualcomm’s lawsuit against Apple."" Edit: Apple originally launched the App Store as a way to add value to the iPhone and sell more of its handsets. “It costs money to run it,” explained Steve Jobs in a Wall Street Journal interview at the launch of the App Store in 2008. “Those free apps cost money to store and to deliver wirelessly. The paid apps cost money, too. They have to pay for some of the free apps. We don’t expect this to be a big profit generator. We expect it to add value to the iPhone. We’ll sell more iPhones because of it.” Apple’s App Store is now a massive $519 billion developer ecosystem. It’s also a key part of Apple’s growing services business, which is the second biggest revenue driver for the company, behind the iPhone. FYI,the 30% figure hasn't changed in over 10 years,I wonder if it's STILL not a big enough "profit generator".

Sorry about this being kinda confusing.

WHY EPIC Broke from the APP Stores! Every store,sales are generating money. Here's some figures from a different story to give an idea : For one-time purchases Apple charges a 30% fee.In the first year of a subscription, Apple takes a 30% cut of your revenue, so you receive 70% of the subscription price at each billing cycle, monthly or annual, minus applicable taxes.After a year of service, your revenue share increases to 85% of the subscription price, minus applicable taxes, so Apple takes 15% of your revenue. So,if you buy something in an app for $10.00 you just paid apple $3.00, or if you subscribe to say Spotify for $1.99 a month you're paying them .60 cents every month for the first year.But don't worry,if you keep the subscription it'll drop to where U R only paying them .30 cents a month. The exact same terms work on the Google play store. And people wonder where all the money Apple and Google are making comes from? (source of fee information https://www.mobiloud.com/help/knowledge-base/what-are-apple-and-googles-fees-and-revenue-share-percentage-on-in-app-purchases-and-subscriptions/ ) Epic Games Is Officially Suing Both Google & Apple

I'd like to see him come up with something like the 5g modem setup you're talking about for apt's. that would be great for alot of city people and cause the cable internet providers to actually compete!

lol, Other countries have their own down sides compared to us... https://koditips.com/blocked-kodi-streams-uk/ or maybe.... https://www.broadbandgenie.co.uk/broadband/help/isp-web-blocking-filters

Seriously. U can't even trust it to just ck e-mail because there's no way to tell what may be embedded in an ad that's on the page. Note the ads from the right hand side of my yahoo mail page.

I wonder if the mobile pc chips are vulnerable? https://www.qualcomm.com/products/mobile-pcs

exactly, and here,where the cable company pays an "access fee" to the city for use of the poles,ect.,they pass that along to the consumers in an added monthly charge.Also,the BIGGEST joke is passing along to the consumer the universal service fund fee. " The Universal Service Fund is paid for by contributions from providers of telecommunications based of an assessment on their interstate and internation end-user revenues. Examples of entities that contribute to the Fund are telecommunications carriers, including wireline and wireless companies, and interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers, including cable companies that provide voice service."

P.S. all the 10nm intel cpu's to date are mobile processors so they aren't really holding their own on the desktop cpu in the 10nm scene,Unless you are looking @ multi processor xeon systems? https://www.anandtech.com/show/15862/intel-launches-cooper-lake-3rd-generation-xeon-scalable-for-4p8p-servers see the specs for the 10th gen i5 included with post.

OR plans with caps are popular because there aren't any other options in your area available. lol, Near where I am,the option for a friend to get internet was limited to Dial-up or Satellite.AT&T didn't offer dsl,& cable stopped down the road from him. This is in a city of 37,000+ people.Sometimes U take what's available even if it sucks.

It just feels like 1 betrayal after another. HOW long did they ignore meltdown/spectre and just keep making the cpu's with the flaw in them? Hmmm, here's a list of the Intel cpu's And then when AMD comes out with Ryzen and loads of cores @ an affordable rate,Intel's like "Oh! We can add cores,and we'll even have lots of cores on the same size cpu as AMD soon.Just give us time." So,we as consumers drank the Flav'R Aid again and either waited on them,or bought the latest offering thinking we might be able to upgrade (like AMD let us from the 2000 series to 3000 series on the x470 chipset even having support for pcie4.0)but what happens? We hear "Oh,so sorry,we're not even going to be able to make our own 7nm processor,we have to send out for it." Then the data breach that says they've been hiding MORE issues & doing nothing about them? people feel betrayed and it makes them feel angry. Edit: Wanted to add China's response to Intel's Life Alert call during the last meeting about the 7nm process....

lol,what I love is I ran across 1 story where Intel is saying they're investigating the validity of the data breach. "Nothing to see here! Nobody has their vaseline so JUST MOVE ALONG!"

The hate they are getting is because they told their investors @ several quarterly meetings that the 7nm process was right on track & there were kinda no issues with it being released on schedule.So,investors kept their money where it was,stock DIDN'T drop because people were like "Oh,well Intel's 7nm will be out soon & even better than AMD's" when AMD released ryzen & started showing some competition.When they Finally announced the delay, the stock dropped 18%.Kinda gives ya an idea they were counting on that in the investment side of things. https://www.techradar.com/news/intel-7nm-cpu-delay-sees-shares-slump-as-it-falls-further-behind-amd-ryzen

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