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Post by aapl on Jul 27, 2023 1:21:35 GMT -8
Good morning. AAPL is trading at $196.13 (+1.63 or +0.84%) in premarket trading at this time and only 6 more trading days until release of quarterly earnings. stocks.apple.com/AIy7bBvrtSFSTK38WkWHpFQThe moves (in futures) come after the Fed raised the federal funds rate to a 22-year high and while it signaled further hikes would be data dependent, many investors reckon it’s done hiking interest rates.
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Post by CdnPhoto on Jul 27, 2023 3:04:49 GMT -8
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Post by Dave on Jul 27, 2023 5:04:59 GMT -8
Good morning. AAPL is trading at $196.13 (+1.63 or +0.84%) in premarket trading at this time and only 6 more trading days until release of quarterly earnings. stocks.apple.com/AIy7bBvrtSFSTK38WkWHpFQThe moves (in futures) come after the Fed raised the federal funds rate to a 22-year high and while it signaled further hikes would be data dependent, many investors reckon it’s done hiking interest rates. I’m guessing that this is where we start the run to $200 and hopefully beyond.
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Post by chinacat on Jul 27, 2023 7:03:39 GMT -8
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Post by ono on Jul 27, 2023 8:02:14 GMT -8
I’ll read more later. I got to this, Apple content: “Apple forces entrepreneurs (and thereby consumers) to pay crushing commissions to use its App Store.”. (Note, those fees are 15% for developers with revenue with direct store billings under $1M. Developers can make much of that through advertising in their apps.). www.nytimes.com/2023/07/27/opinion/lindsey-graham-elizabeth-warren-big-tech-regulation.htmlThis is using Summary at 40%, from the Services menu: The digital revolution promised amazing new opportunities — and it delivered. Digital platforms promoted social interaction, democratized information and gave us hundreds of new ways to have fun. But digital innovation has had a dark side. Giant digital platforms have provided new avenues of proliferation for the sexual abuse and exploitation of children, human trafficking, drug trafficking and bullying and have promoted eating disorders, addictive behaviors and teen suicide. Parents like Kristin Bride, whose teenage son killed himself after being mercilessly cyberbullied, have shared heartbreaking stories with Congress and the public about the potentially deadly consequences. Nobody elected Big Tech executives to govern anything, let alone the entire digital world. If democracy means anything, it means that leaders on both sides of the aisle must take responsibility for protecting the freedom of the American people from the ever-changing whims of these powerful companies and their unaccountable C.E.O.s. Today we’re stepping up to that challenge with a bipartisan bill to treat Big Tech the way we treat other industries. A few Big Tech companies generate a majority of the world’s internet traffic and essentially control nearly every aspect of Americans’ digital lives. Platforms are protected from legal liability in many of their decisions, so they operate without accountability. Big Tech companies have far too much unrestrained power over our economy, our society and our democracy. These massive businesses post eye-popping profits while they suppress competition. Google uses its search engine to give preference to its own products, like Google Hotels and Google Flights, giving it an unfair leg up on competitors. Amazon sucks up information from small businesses that offer products for sale on its platform, then uses that information to run its own competing businesses. Apple forces entrepreneurs (and thereby consumers) to pay crushing commissions to use its App Store. A few Big Tech companies stifle all competition before it poses any serious threat. Big Tech companies also prey on ordinary users. They vacuum up our personal data, often with little care for whether their practices are responsible or even legal. Some Big Tech platforms mislead us when we try to limit the data we share, and they regularly fall prey to massive data leaks that leave us vulnerable to criminal activity, foreign interference and disinformation. Adversaries in China and other countries often store or process our data. And if we want to know how our data is being used or why our posts are being taken down, good luck getting an answer. We’re usually in the dark about where our data goes or how it is used. Enough is enough. It’s time to rein in Big Tech. And we can’t do it with a law that only nibbles around the edges of the problem. Piecemeal efforts to stop abusive and dangerous practices have failed. Congress is too slow, it lacks the tech expertise, and the army of Big Tech lobbyists can pick off individual efforts easier than shooting fish in a barrel. Meaningful change — the change worth engaging every member of Congress to fight for — is structural. For more than a century, Congress has established regulatory agencies to preserve innovation while minimizing harm presented by emerging industries. In 1887 the Interstate Commerce Commission took on railroads. In 1914 the Federal Trade Commission took on unfair methods of competition and later unfair and deceptive acts and practices. In 1934 the Federal Communications Commission took on radio (and then television). In 1975 the Nuclear Regulatory Commission took on nuclear power, and in 1977 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission took on electric generation and transmission. We need a nimble, adaptable, new agency with expertise, resources and authority to do the same for Big Tech. Our Digital Consumer Protection Commission Act would create an independent, bipartisan regulator charged with licensing and policing the nation’s biggest tech companies — like Meta, Google and Amazon — to prevent online harm, promote free speech and competition, guard Americans’ privacy and protect national security. The new watchdog would focus on the unique threats posed by tech giants while strengthening the tools available to the federal agencies and state attorneys general who have authority to regulate Big Tech. Our legislation would guarantee common-sense safeguards for everyone who uses tech platforms. Families would have the right to protect their children from sexual exploitation, cyberbullying and deadly drugs. Certain digital platforms have promoted the sexual abuse and exploitation of children, suicidal ideation and eating disorders or done precious little to combat these evils; our bill would require Big Tech to mitigate such harms and allow families to seek redress if they do not.
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Post by ono on Jul 27, 2023 8:14:22 GMT -8
PED has Mark Gurman: Slow start for Apple Vision Pro apps. No surprise here. The lack of VR controller support seems odd, BWDIK; let’s see how Apple reacts. Lifted from a comment, or rebuttal, over at PED. See this developers opinion: twostraws.gumroad.com/p/hacking-with-swift-newsletter-june-2023One more thing…
Last week I got the chance to try Apple’s new Vision Pro headset at WWDC23, and let me tell you, folks: it’s something really special.
I made a video about my full experience, including my advice for folks who are keen to prepare their apps for visionOS. You can find that here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8-wTpiuZwE
But one thing I didn’t add in the video is how exciting this opportunity is for newer developers. If you started Swift development after iOS 9 or so, you might feel like you missed out from the “Wild West” days of Apple development, when all sorts of surprising, fun apps shot to fame because they were the first to do something special on the App Store.
Well, visionOS is a complete platform reset for all of us: no one has made the best visionOS to do app yet because there aren’t any yet, just like no one has made any other apps yet. Everything is new, everyone is just starting out, and you have just as much of a chance of hitting it big as everyone else does.
Vision Pro doesn’t launch for another nine months, so you have lots of time to think up a new app idea, then prototype it, test it, and ship it. You’re first in line for Apple’s latest and greatest platform, so go for it – take this chance and give it your best shot!
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Post by ono on Jul 27, 2023 8:21:40 GMT -8
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Post by hyci004 on Jul 27, 2023 9:20:29 GMT -8
Nothing to see here. www.macrumors.com/2020/07/22/apple-app-store-fee-study/Commission Rates for Select App Stores Google Play Store -30% (15% for subscriptions after 12 months) Amazon Appstore - 30% (20% for video streaming subscriptions) Samsung Galaxy Store - 30% (or otherwise agreed-upon) Microsoft Store - 30% on games - 30% on all sales in Business and Education stores - 30% for Windows 8 devices - 15% otherwise Apple App Store -30% (15% for subscriptions after 12 months) Commission Rates for Select Video Game Digital Marketplaces Xbox - 30% (15% for non-video game subscriptions) PlayStation - 30% Nintendo 30% Steam - 30% for sales below $10 million - 25% between $10 and $50 million - 20% above $50 million Epic Games -12%
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Post by duckpins on Jul 27, 2023 10:09:14 GMT -8
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Post by ono on Jul 27, 2023 10:38:43 GMT -8
developer.apple.com/app-store/small-business-program/How it works The App Store Small Business Program is designed to accelerate innovation and help propel your small business forward with the next generation of groundbreaking apps on the App Store. It features a reduced commission rate of 15% on paid apps and in-app purchases, so you can invest more resources into your business to continue building quality apps that customers love. The basics: Existing developers who made up to 1 million USD in proceeds in the prior calendar year for all their apps, as well as developers new to the App Store, can qualify for the program and the reduced commission. If a participating developer surpasses the 1 million USD threshold in the current calendar year, the standard commission rate will apply to future sales. If a developer’s proceeds fall below the 1 million USD threshold in a future calendar year, they can re-qualify for the 15% commission the year after.
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Post by ono on Jul 27, 2023 10:43:50 GMT -8
App developers can make money from app stores in several ways123: In-app advertising: The application is free to download, but ads are displayed within the app. Premium app version: The app is free to download and use, but some features are only available in the paid version. Subscription: Users pay a monthly or yearly fee to access the app. Affiliate marketing: The app promotes other products or services and earns a commission for each sale. In-app/in-stream video ads: Video ads are displayed within the app. Incentivized ads: Users are rewarded for watching ads. Physical purchases: Users can buy physical products through the app. Pay to download applications: Users pay to download the app.
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Post by ono on Jul 27, 2023 10:50:42 GMT -8
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Post by 4aapl on Jul 27, 2023 10:54:16 GMT -8
Not what I was guessing at. This article was about maps, saying Google has 80% of the market and gets $11B (revenue or profit....vauge words used like "rakes in"). But it says Apple has 10%-12% of the market, leaving not much for others. So these companies are hooking up with TomTom with the Overture Maps Foundation, who just had a new maps release. Looks like you can't just see it at their site, and downloading it of course has a process: overturemaps.org/download/I'll have to see what it looks like. One of the map sets out there, maybe Open Map, has the wrong name for a local road. On Apple's stuff, the last I looked we didn't have street view locally, though we saw the camera cars twice about 4 years ago.
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Post by CdnPhoto on Jul 27, 2023 11:31:18 GMT -8
I do like the streetview feature in Google Maps.
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Post by aaplcrazie on Jul 27, 2023 14:52:27 GMT -8
Am giving the IOS 17 Beta's a whirl and there seems to be a lot more "Look Around " in Maps with fully detailed street level imagery.
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Post by 4aapl on Jul 27, 2023 17:00:03 GMT -8
I do like the streetview feature in Google Maps. My recollection is that with Apple maps there is street view, but only in certain locations. Maybe it takes a lot of time/effort to blur out things, or match it up? I'd imagine this would all be automated, since Apple has had stitching software going a long long way back, but they must have their reasons. We'll see. Back when I looked, Apple showed a schedule of taking photos in different zip codes on different dates, so you could plan for it if you wanted. But it's been a while since I last looked, at either where they were street-photoing that day or what places had street-view.
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