We do want the app on the store if it will follow our guidelines to offer IAP
Our primary strategy here is to eliminate the use of user-entered passwords.
We might not be perfect but I hope everyone thinks we are really good at this.
This is a life and death issue for our customers.
they have a unique arrangement because it was struck before the existing Video Partner Program came into effect
Small, independent developers get to use up to 50% of their first year revenue
FYI - year in review by some Apple bloggers.
big developed have too many other choices to get around our fees, rules, and review process
Developers issuing refunds directly to customers - any idea if this has been a prevalent ask from developers?
I am concerned the iMessage on Android would simply serve to remove and obstacle to iPhone families giving their kids Android phones.
they compared 2013 to 1997 and the need to reboot a beleaguered Apple
To come back and suggest that Apple needs to think dramatically different about how we are running our company is a shocking response.
We run the store, we collect the revenue
if we eliminate Fecebooks third proposal it sounds reasonable.
I have one correction to make, the āthreat levelā is not āmediumā, it is āvery high.ā
Links out of the app to purchase with other mechanisms are no longer necessary or allowed
Itās time for them to decide to use our payment mechanism or bow out.
In the end it all really comes down to whether we will ever open up the iPhone for developers to distribute apps on their own
they would be in violation of our developer program terms and we would not be able to distribute those applications
We are definitely making money so we are fine and mark can send you the data.
we could choose to provide an ad API for developers using a Microsoft ad platform back end, and where would Google be then?
MIT, Stanford, etc., will all teach Android instead of iPhone...
Letās hold firm now and not further reward Steveās negotiation tactics.
we can simply deny any request to put their DRM in our iPod