Their asses are so very chapped by this whole situation and I love it. I hope the EU slaps them again for this move.
Good way to identify that you won’t be subject to the App Store tax
Good way for Apple to say “Don’t come crying to us for a refund.”
Like they would refund you anyways
Apple has an incredible return policy
My experience with Apple has been more like
“Hello, I’d like all my personal data returned please!”
They have played us for absolute fools.
Didn’t they get fined or something by the US for lying about policies related to this issue? I can’t imagine the EU wouldn’t be even more strict on this considering existing precedence.
Looks like someone at Apple is butthurt :D
“Butthurt” implies personal offense. This is about maximizing profit, nothing else.
Yeah that’s why EU should take a cut of that profit because is behaving in bad faith. Governments allow this, why?
The EU just fined Apple half a billion Euros and has imposed larger fines in the past.
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) Full Year 2024 Results Key Financial Results
Revenue: US$391.0b (up 2.0% from FY 2023). Net income: US$93.7b (down 3.4% from FY 2023). Profit margin: 24% (down from 25% in FY 2023). The decrease in margin was driven by higher expenses.Your point seems to be that the fine is about two days profit.
If you did something illegal and got fined two days pay for it, that would probably get your attention. You might think twice before doing the thing again. If not, the EU can fine them a larger amount next time.
Under this logic, it would imply that fines stopped apple and other companies from fucking around…
Narrator voice: it didn’t
The EU can do a lot more than fine them. With the whole USB-C port issue the EU threatened to straight up ban all Apple products from being sold in the EU. That’s a hit Apple won’t be willing to pay.
A lot of court cases will come with a judgement where it’s important to implement said judgement with how it was intended.
This, obviously, is not what was intended. I think it’ll have a funny side effect of people now beit able to see when they’re being extorted by apple, but still.
We’re I the EU, I would fine the hell out of apple for this bullshit. However, I’m not and something tells me that this is as far as it will go, unfortunately.
That’s fine from a security point of view, even if a bit obnoxious.
People will get their payment details stolen due to the changes around payments. That’s 100% guaranteed. Apple are just pointing out that it’s not their problem.
Oh, bless Apple’s heart, always looking out for us! It’s purely coincidental that their “concern” aligns perfectly with protecting their profit margins and crushing any semblance of competition. I’m sure the irony of a company that has faced numerous privacy concerns itself is completely lost on you. And I’m sure that little red exclamation mark isn’t designed to scare anyone into using Apple Pay exclusively. No, absolutely not. It’s just good, old-fashioned corporate altruism! 😊
Believe it or not, after 20 years of people buying things on iPhone apps, people will assume it’s safe and easily refundable when things go wrong, only to find out that because they paid for something through a dodgy payment gateway in an app on the App Store their credit card details have been stolen.
This will happen. There are thousands of online stores that insecurely handle credit card details. It might only be 0.5% of people, but it will happen and anyone saying it won’t has clearly not paid attention to the cybersecurity world.
Of course they want devs to use their payment method. That’s where they make money. Like it or not though, their payment gateway is secure.
I credit Apple in many ways for their choice to design their business in a way that their profit motive often aligns with their users’ interests.
Their app store model for iOS is one of the strongest examples of them not doing that though.
