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I've said it 4 years ago - Apple is the new Xerox. Back when Xerox tried making money from printing every list of paper from every printer sold, people were furious. Now it's Apple, forcing people to go through the Appstore to get that juicy 30% cut. Guess what happened to Xerox... That's what happens when you don't innovate and put all your eggs in one basket and hope nobody will notice.
Claiming that Apple LOST $1 trillion because Apple stock lost value is not only click-batey, it is also WRONG. Apple didn't lose ONE DIME because their stock is cheaper. Yes, their market cap is lower but they did not lose anything. To help understand this better, if Apple operated at a loss, in other words were not profitable but their stock doubled, it does not mean that Apple MADE MONEY. Only their stock became more expensive.
That’s not something unique to Apple many platforms charge similar fees. Think about brands selling in Target or Walmart: how often do you see those fees disclosed publicly? Rarely, if ever. It’s typically up to the brand to either absorb the cost or pass it on to the customer. Companies like Apple, Amazon, Target, and Walmart have built massive platforms with access to millions of consumers. Naturally, they’re not going to offer shelf space or digital space without taking a share. Whether it’s based on a fixed fee or a percentage of sales, this is standard practice. It’s not some groundbreaking revelation.
@gcvrsa, Apple is free to develop the millions and millions of apps on the Appstore by themselves. Apple would be a software-less operating system without developers. Remember what happened to Windows Phone? Yeah, no developers - no apps, and no apps - no userbase, no userbase - no people buying iPhones. So in essence Apple should already be happy people buy their phones.
Nokia was Husstled out my Microsoft. Nokia CEO was secretly employed by Microsoft to run it to the ground, then sold Nokia to Microsoft for a massive Discount. He then went on to work directly as CEO at Microsoft in mobile devision.
@ccibinel, I've said it 4 years ago - Apple is the new Xerox. Back when Xerox tried making money from printing every list of paper from every printer sold, people were furious. Now it's Apple, forcing people to go through the Appstore to get that juicy 30% cut. Guess what happened to Xerox... That's what happens when you don't innovate and put all your eggs in one basket and hope nobody will notice.
@ccibineljust like Blackberry :) I think their silicon and the walled garden and inertia keeping them going, and the garden is crumbling... So it's a good thing they make killer chips
@FireFoxDestroyer not really, the iPhone wasn't really relevant until the iPhone 4, which really revolutionized things along with Android (HTC and Samsung).
@InhalingWeasel the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund is extremely successful and entirely state run. material conditions and resources create wealth; governments just decide how it is distributed. and exactly how much private capital has been burned trying to turn chatbots into a profitable venture?
Should we mention them also purposefully sabotaging their older devices to force people to get the newer models? That sounds like a trust violation of something to me.
Enjoy higher prices. Apple raises prices to cover for it. Rest follows along. Apple is the reason phones are easily over 1000$ now. Your thinking is twisted and lack basic consequence think.
Scumbag Corpo vs Scumbag Corpo is like having your 2 most hated people inside a boxing match. Your only wish is that they could stay in the ring for longer.
What's so wrong with epic? You do know large companies can almost always negotiate a lower rate. Epic likely couldve used its weight to pay far less than 30% but they picked the fight knowing they would get banned. Epic knowing they would lose money took on apple and ended up making the app store better for literally everyone.
Apple greed comes from their lack of innovation. It's why I left the ecosystem years ago. Without vision, Apple has been relying on the "you're not in the cool club without Apple, and the second you're in the cool club we'll LOCK you in for life" strategy. That may work on some people for a while, but many are waking up to the fact that Apple's innovation seemed to die with Steve Jobs.
They may have been first with the smartphone, but ios is a poor has been to how Android works. Lifelong android user, I tried an iphone last year and found it a horrendous experience because of the way ios works. Happily back on android....never again apple.
That's exactly it Apple needs somebody with vision in order to drive the company. For example who thought it was a smart idea to the release The Vision Pro with a price tag of 3,500 + tax + Any accessories + AppleCare insurance ☠️☠️. As For the iPhone it should have been able to sideload apps years ago just like their MacBooks can, but You can only do that in Europe because of the European Union actually resisted apples bs. THAT is what's wrong with the current Apple of today
@enduroxt55 ---- There is no lack of innovation --- only your lack of knowledge. Apple spent over 30 billion in R&D last year more than any company in the world on consumer products. R&D is the money spent to innovate by the way. Also Apple spends a great deal of money buying other innovative small companies. Your point about people leaving Apple is laughable. They have one of the highest retention rate of any consumer brand. In fact you can see it in their enormous success measured by profits. During the last 4 years they have made profits of more than 93 billion per year. More than any company in the world. If people were leaving, wouldn't the numbers be dropping? Their success will likely always be the case because it allows them to spend huge amounts of money on innovation.
Lack of innovation? Lay off the haterade. AirPods were first to design true wireless earbuds with charging case. Apple Silicon built extremely capable computers that don’t overheat. Their OS is slightly lagging within the AI domain but continue to provide extremely reliable OS ecosystems
Agreed. The government should be the ones setting the rates that Apple can charge IMO, since there's not a free market there. Otherwise Apple could jack it up to 60% and the app developers would have no choice but to pay without Epic breaking their monopoly.
What do you think Sony charges it publishers when they publish a game on their store? Also, that’s why Sony wants digital. They get that 30% cut when it’s digital versus having to cut in the retailer.
Apple is the Ubisoft of the tech industry. Once a crowned Titan among their respective roles, now collapsing in on itself because of complacence, products having turned into pure mediocrity and/or repetitiveness, and thinking they were "Too big to fail"
@vladingue8503 Yep they were even bigger than the titans at that time. Everyone used to love ubisoft as a company even if they didn't like all their games. They used to move the tech forward
@andresgarcia1520The downside is idiocy of consumers. The iPhone holds 60% of the market in the US. While Samsung has lost 10% market share in the last two years and only holds about 22% of the smart phone market currently. As a result, it’s gotten just as stagnant and unexciting because they’ve been forced to mimic apples design philosophy or face losing further market share. It’s a stalemate in the market.
Apple will have it's day. as will all "shareholder value" focused companies that throw users under the bus with never-ending price increases. Executive and shareholder protectionism is going to result in a catastrophic collapse when people finally come to reality that unsustainable debt has destroyed the economy. Executives are the problem. They're all in the back pockets of the politicians. They and their companies benefit enormously from all the government overspending and low/no regulation.
Their Liquid Glass problem felt like my last straw for a day, even thought about sellin my iPhone right on spot. I am very deceived at their creative work lately
I wonder how easy it is for ANY phone or computer to innovate? Apple tried VR and got a bloody nose. They tried AI assistants with the same result. I don't blame them moving cautiously now. Apple seems to me to have always inched cautiously towards new products, adding incremental refinements to existing tech rather than chasing trends, producing solid, elegant products rather than innovative ones. Folding phones are still a very dubious proposition in the market, but apart from them, what huge innovations can you recall in either computers OR phone manufacturers at large in the past 10 years that have gained traction?
@LogicallyAnswered But perhaps that is the wrong observation - like saying that "Coke is samey." Perhaps the creativity needs to be in pricing, manufacturing and marketing?
Apple's marketing really gets on my nerves. Just yesterday I saw an ad where they spent 30 seconds proudly showing that you can now remove objects from a photo and, buckle your seatbelts, you can undo it with a single click. Groundbreaking stuff. Truly the pinnacle of innovation.
@MrDarkSide21 well they do more than the others do. For example I get highly target spam when having messaged back and forth with an android user. Just a few weeks ago I got the first time exchanged personal info with an android user, the next day I got a fishing attempt specifically about the subject. There's similar experiences the android users have. My dad got fake medicine bills when he got those for free from the hospital after surgery. I can go on. I never have these issues. Reason they care is the info indeed worth something and they decided it's worth more in their hands. And if you don't pay your taxes and resists they will come and kick down your door and worse, so perhaps check your priorities..
I find it funny that apple has the same charge as on their store as Steam but the difference is that Steam’s strength is completely based on consumer preference
Valve is the best when it come to consumer preference because of everything they do, their entire business model is to sit still and do their own thing while the competitors shoot themselves in the foot. Also the customer support is (as far as I am aware) the best out of any big company
Definitely. Why Valve or Google avoid this lawsuit even with 30% is because they're not the sole provider of software in their respective hardware platforms. And Valve doesn't seem to go over and beyond, people still flock to it, just because competitors aren't catching up yet. (Though personally I use steam because of steam deck, and the steam sales)
Valve and Google don't actively prevent you from circumventing their payment system. Google is worse at it but steam doesn't have anything in place to stop you from purchasing outside of steam. Even the games you can buy from a different vendor and steam is just the client where they get zero cuts.
The reason why everyone is complaining now is cos the economy is wack. People no longer want to pay the apple tax when everything now has the apple tax
@ccibinel There's lots of flexibility too! I could cloud sync specific folders or even syncthing across them. My phone has a folder that's constantly updated with my Mac desktop for documents. iOS is still sandboxing most of the apps, unlike how cloud apps work in windows and MacOS.
For the past 27 years Apple's philosophy has thrived on improving pieces of tech that people use every day. Apple's issue now is that they've run out of tech to improve upon after flopping with VR and AI, and they no longer have Steve Jobs to provide a vision for the next phase of Apple.
I’ve never seen a CEO tank a company’s reputation as well as Tim Cook has. I can’t name one good thing he’s done but I can name 10 things that have gotten significantly worse under his leadership.
Apple is going to be fine. They will just add some features that are common in android, raise prices and apple fanboys will stand in lines for hours to purchase it.
I still have the only ever Apple equipment I've bought. An iPad. I used it until Apple upgraded their OS such that my iPad couldn't be updated. Very quickly, the apps I had, refused to work on an 'out of date' OS. The iPad became useless to me. I will never waste money on Apple equipment again.
@ERYKFORTUNA Have an old Motorola, I can't remember if it was a moto e or g but it still works perfectly fine. Sure it doesn't support 5g but other than that it works just as well as the day I got it which was in 2017/2018. Yes technology doesn't last forever but having your hand forced to buy a new product by a company is going to turn most people away.
this is happening with microsoft too. i have many old apps that won’t run on windows 11. it is a fact of life that we have to accept even if we don’t want to happen. that is why i am still keeping my old devices with old operating system so i can run my old apps.
They’ve also turned off private relay (e2e encryption) for uk users, critically damaging the security & privacy of uk citizens. How terrible in the time of cyberattacks & proxy wars!
@VictorVon-r5b 1: king has no power do idk what you are talking about 2. you dont just "send an army" into another country 3. that is not something anyone wants to control or go near
I think 30% is a fair share. In the organic store they give me 30% but that's for prime ripe compost! That would land in the trash when I wouldn't have bought that!
When this video appeared in the RUclips video player's recommendations when I finished watching a different video, this video's title was cut off and was displayed as: "Apple Thought They Were Unbeatable...Ended Up Losing $1" 😆
While I’m no fan of apples anticompetitive practices and I’m glad to see them get what they deserve, I think It’s hilarious seeing a billion dollar company who exploits consumers with micro transactions act like a victim. The games industry is bloated, predatory, and only goal is to turn gamers into renters for little in return. They will continue giving gamers broken, unfinished, and unoptimized games convincing them that they support developers through the micro transactions all while firing thousands of developers after reaping in billions of dollars. It’s late stage capitalism’s final act, when will the masses realize?
Yes!!! Such an important point. And they have been praying on kids who spend their overworked parents' money like there's no tomorrow. I see these micro-transaction fake goods as silly as NFTs.
Dude, have you ever read a book called "Technofeudalism"? You have just described its thesis. We are not under capitalism anymore, this is not a new metamorphosis of it, we are under this new system "technofeudalism" created in great part by apple, which own a huge fiefdom in the cloud and we are its cloud serfs, beside the developers. I am not an apple user but your comment called my attention. It would be great if you can take a look at the book. Greetings and excuse any possible mistake, I´m learning english.
IMHO it is a trade-off. It is hindering some other businesses, understood. But on the other hand, they provide safety by somehow guaranteeing that the software is malware free. I’m in security business and what I see on Android devices is horrible.
Tim Cook he is a CEO of the share holders not a CEO of the product. Steve Jobs was the opposite., and what Tim Cook did with apple and how many products they have from every category, thats what Steve Jobs fought to eliminate.
Referring to the poor performance of Apple shares in the last 5 years, I wouldn’t say he’s a CEO of the share holders. He’s not a CEO of anything. There’s never going to be a Steve Jobs replacement, but Tim is on the other end of the spectrum. Apple TV isn’t even considered one of the main streaming services, despite it having one of the biggest investments.
Well said, but I wouldn't praise Steve Jobs either. He did answer to the shareholders, he just had more control than the board of directors (that serve the shareholders) Make no bones about it, Jobs was just as ruthless like other shareholder serving execs, colluded with corporate exec heads not to poach other workers and was always about control over Apple hardware from the beginning. e.g.. closed system not open It's reflected in Apple hardware and software today which is why iOS is a gatekept, wall gardened OS. The real money is in the monopoly App store, where both consumers and developers have no choice. Hell, even MacOS which is naturally meant to be more open, has you having to turn off the "do you trust this 3rd party developer" as a warning in the system settings..to make downloading elsewhere outside the App store seem ominous. This is kind of similar to John Ford, He seemingly looked pro-worker and anti-shareholder, when he introduced better hours and upped worker wages.... but this of course was to allow him to have a monopoly in the car industry where workers were incentivized, to buy only from ford (which is good in the short term), but as monopolies go it's a long-term trap, because there is no competition. ONE of Ford companies' shareholders was the found of Dodge, and they didn't want workers to benefit, because it would hurt their share profits in the Ford company, history of course they got enough money and make Dodge. The point is, Corporate Execs/shareholders when looking a little deeper are NOT on the workers/consumers's side... they are in it for their own profits, often at the expense of workers/consumers. so vice versa, do NOT praise corporate CEOs. (Corporate America bootlicks them plenty enough already) If anything, always, always praise the workers and key lower figures instead. If one truly wants Corporations to benefit society, and not a subclass of rich 1%. Have an open market with critical industries nationalized, and certain innovation companies to be headed up by public appointed Administrators to run them, not CEOs. Corporations then are still able to produce their own unique products, with consumer/worker that benefits first, not profit motivated to feed shareholders. ...this is what's called the big scary word....Socialism. A company owned by the public (not traded), controlled by the workers, benefitting the consumers.
Steve jobs was NOT for the people, it was for himself.. and his own image.. he wanted total control.. end -to-end control.. and Apple was just the stepping stone, an he used ALL of it, including his friends.. to boost HIS image.. he TRIED going Solo later, when he did not have a choice.. with "NEXT" and Failed poorly and miserably, without Apple BIG resources and the team behind he was nothing, and Apple without a 'Face" was doomed..so it was a win-win situation for them. He failed MANY times inside Apple, with many products, but because Apple had enough cash to keep going he was allowed to keep trying, and he struck gold with the shift of production to China, which allowed to produce for peanuts. and he had more room for error...and then struck Gold with iMac design, and then he shifted Full gear into making 'Apple' cool with the raise of mp3 , marketing the iPod to celebrities.. and then again grabbing patent for smart screens.. the iPhone, with all that cash he created the 'modern' Apple. Tim came along on the first iPhone time, he was very good dealer and operations dealer.. he was directly involved in dealing with production and FoxCon deals.
It's always been like this. Hard working people go through hell to create something then the business school graduates get involved and wreck it. Did anyone ever ask them where their big successful corporations were?
I have an iPhone 14, and once my dad said to me “do you want an iPhone 16” and I said no but then he explained to me how eventually I’m going to have to upgrade bc of the software updates, goddam Apple is really fucking money hungry.
Regarding the malicious compliance, Apple has also been mandated to allow 3rd party app stores in EU, but they are charging the developer for every installation of the store.
Apple has treated their clientele as cattle from the very beginning, if you willing give them money with that nearly half century of history, that's on you.
Cook optimized what Jobs' "baby" always was. Apple was always a bully that elbowed its way to the top. That's what you DO to claim that spot in a country that likes monopolies.
@Darth_Bateman Apple completely ceased to be well-intentioned when Wozniak left. At least Wozniak wanted to provide consumers with affordable computers and schematics, Jobs opposed all that and pushed the expensive Macintosh HARD for big profit margins. That's been the Apple business mentality ever since.
learn how to pronounce words. The verb loosing comes from the word loose which is different in meaning from the word lose, so please do pay attention to the extra o next time. But I do agree with you they indeed are losing to their own greed.
They are inherently anti-consumer. They don’t care about their consumers post Steve Jobs, in fact they shit on them. All they want is to tie you into subscriptions. Their store refund policies are illegal, and there is no consumer recourse. They deny refunds and refuse to engage.
Apple is such a predatory company and time and time again has demonstrated it is almost completely devoid of ethics. That so many people Will turn a blind eye to this company's behavior So they can have their shiny new toys to play with has always been very disappointing to me. ps. You didn't mention Apple is also being sued by Congo.
While what you say it’s correct. You can’t judge other people for their choices. Apple makes excellent products, both software and hardware. There are many wrong things in companies like apple and many other, however even you are using products from “bad” companies without even realizing it.
Apple enforces its 30% cut even outside the App Store by using strict app review rules, forcing developers to report external payments, and threatening to remove apps that don’t follow. In some countries, they allow third-party payments but still demand a 27% commission and full reporting. They control everything through legal contracts, technical restrictions, and constant monitoring.
Probably because you're making the purchase through their device, and I'm guessing they couldn't if you purchase it on a different browser.. But I'm guessing the purchase only works when re-directed to Safari.
I looked it up and it turns out Apple required developers to agree to new terms. They must report all purchases that occurred outside Apple's platform and be subject to audits by Apple. Apple did track all link outs and if the developer reported so few actual purchases compared to the number of link outs, they'll be audited and could be removed from the store (or fined) if they fail the audit. Man I despise Apple more now.
From all crossways Apple, Samsung and Google users are zombies with mini computers in their pockets instead of buying a cheapish phone that can make calls, send messages and read email. That’s it. And maybe GPS, music storage and business finders. I mean we still have MP3s for sale online. I’ve had mine for 10 years and still works, changed the battery myself, it’s still ongoing. We don’t need a billion Apps on a phone to live. Updates for bugs and cookies would be welcomed from its company.
@t.r.2283 I completely understand that most people can’t afford or cannot have a laptop compute because of various reasons. I’ve never needed unlimited storage space for photos, videos or music. Once a month right after doing my finances on the Spreadsheet, I take ten to fifteen minutes transferring photos, videos and other files from my phone to a USB flash drive. It does not take the whole day, more less ten to fifteen minutes to transfer data. Similar amount of time spent on social media or more. If your phone account gets hacked or locked up, you still have your information and data backed-up. Again, 10 -15 mins to transfer data from a phone to a USB to flash drive. 📱
Their silicon is innovative.... And I'm no fan of Apple. It's the only thing I find appealing about their products.. Windows and MacOS are both equally annoying in different ways
10:06 Dont diminish peoples efforts and risks. They took a big gamble that Spotify's, Patreon and the likes didn't. So give Tim Sweeney his flowers cause this could have gone very wrong.
Especially because Fortnite did end up losing 3-5 years worth of revenue, and they made a LOT from mobile gamers. They won't make that amount back for a couple years.
I've said it 4 years ago - Apple is the new Xerox. Back when Xerox tried making money from printing every list of paper from every printer sold, people were furious. Now it's Apple, forcing people to go through the Appstore to get that juicy 30% cut. Guess what happened to Xerox... That's what happens when you don't innovate and put all your eggs in one basket and hope nobody will notice.
I don’t know what more can be done. Even android phones are basically the same. Sure some flip but I rarely see them and they are trouble prone. I think it should be innovation on making things easier and cheaper.
@igniteexport1463 but apple is late in tech compared to other phones. Remember how a simple 120hz took 4 or 5 years to come. No way. And oled comes too late also on tablet and their mac.
Not quite the same. Xerox lost the exclusive use of ‘xerography’, the method that photocopiers and toner printers use. The market got much bigger with some superior opponent products, like Kyocera wax based toners. The thing that really killed Xerox’s was over expansion and the failure to patent many of their development lab products like the computer mouse, window based interaction with a computer screen etc etc.. it’s on record that Jobs and Gate almost literally stole these technologies. Xerox just got lazy, assuming that they would always be on top by charging lease business model - just like Apple.
I kinda feel the same way. They charge for absolutely everything. But I think that Apple knows the worth of their products. They give somebody just what they need, but then everything is a sales pitch. Most of their stuff is good and they support it for a long time, but it’s kinda hard to go somewhere else because once Apple does something, all their competitors match it and do the exact same thing .
@AkiRalcolf I own 5 phones and a Samsung flagship, none of them Apple. I'm a Steam gamer, though. Tim should have lost here, but then there's a saying about lesser of two evils...
Have you seen how bad the recent iOS versions are? Its terrible. iPhones dont even work as a phone properly, let alone a smart one. WiFi connects only when it wants and the phone becomes an oven when you install an app. Its actually terrible and this is coming from a (previously) apple product enjoyer
I have a 15 pro max and m seriously considering switching back to android after many years for this reason. Everything that isn't scrolling social media results in the device heating up like crazy. I just gotta figure out how to transfer data from my Apple account to a Gmail or Facebook account for a few games because it's not always seamless
apple's business practices are getting out of hand with the social engineering of iMessage, only allowing non app store app marketplaces in the EU after the government specifically forces them to (and they still have to approve the apps that are put on 3d party stores), Not allowing JIT (you may not understand this if you are not a developer but it makes apps like emulators and some games run way slower the point of not allowing it according to them is security but the real reason is because it would allow developers to update their apps without apple's permission), you cant message with SMS or RCS on any apps except their default messages app where the bubbles appear an ugly shade of green (unless you are on IOS 26 and live in the EU), airdrop only working on apple devices, apple intelligence only working on iphone 15 pro max and above (currently it does very little but what it does like slightly smarter Siri magically work on jail-broken older phones.) and a lot more I don't have time to name them all that would take me a like 10 hours.
EU is pathetic weak and communist. They offer nothing to the world and tax everyone’s innovations. Stupid comparison. Keep your socialist crap to yourself.
Yeah looking at their share price history it already rebounded above the price it was before the dip in the graph he posted. Also the NASDAQ graph doesn't look anything like the one he posted, so not sure where he's getting his info from.
10:00 It is a big win for the consumer, but it wasn't Apple. They were forced to do it. If not for the court ruling, they'd continue to have it otherwise.
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You're not hosting your products on ebay warehouses, are you? It's a very different thing. Almost all online stores do the same thing when it comes to software. The issue isn't the 30% cut. They could take 90%.the problem is that it's a basically a monopoly, you have no choices. Android allows for sideloading or just straight up third party stores. PC allows you to acquire software and games however you please. Steam also takes a 30% cut, but you have the choice as a dev to incentivize the use of other platforms to acquire your game
Not sure about phrasing it as epic is making a bunch of profits considering that it’s money that should’ve already been attributed to epic games instead of apples fees.
i could see how 30% could be argued on the apple app store they have to host the file costs bandwith when u download the app or update it and such HOWEVER wanting a cut of apps OUTSIDE the app store is just crazy at that point what are u even doing like for real
Google is less aggressive with this. Apple will straight up delist you and block you from their apps. Google can only delist you, but there are third party app markets for Android.
No, 30% is a reasonable amount to receive. At the organic market, they offer me 30%, but that's specifically for compost that's at its peak ripeness. If I hadn't bought it, it would have ended up being thrown away.
Except with android you can easily download things outside of the google play store without having to root your phone so while similar its really not the same
@RobooHood Not reasonable when 60% of revenue cost goes to APP expense and 30% goes to Apple. All depends on the app type though. Not only that, you are competing against Apple's own app products. APP devs pay 15% - 30% to their competition. Example: Apple music vs Spotify, Apple TV vs Netflix. Apple is dictating a billion dollar companies onboarding processes. Apple even requires you to submit private financial data to them to monitor. Sounds illegal.
Because compared to Linux, there is a MUCH bigger audience on Apple. Though, with the direction that Apple and Microsoft are making, I wouldn't be surprised if they work on a Linux port since a lot of people are switching now.
@ninjaredfirehot it has worked on linux, and it will work if they just flipped the switch that stops it from launching on linux. EAC works on other games, but Epic Games went out of their way to disable it for Fortnite in linux.
@ninjaredfirehotthe reason why linux have less audience is because games like fortnite not letting linux users play their games so they start switching back to windows
@CookieCrumble-d7x Yeah the lack of game support is also another reason why I don't switch to Linux rn.. but I know it's much more complicated than just enabling the game on there
It's going to be interesting to see how Apple will bounce back from these setbacks, especially their falling behind in A.I., and if they would have any other sneaky tricks in response to the court ruling against them (or if they will appeal to the Supreme Court). By the way, these documentaries are outstanding, Hari (I'm not sure if that's how you spell your name, sorry), and especially in a time where AI slop is contaminating RUclips, I really appreciate these informative, in-depth, well-researched and human-narrated documentaries.
Getting to the top is the easy part, staying there is the hard part. I have never been attracted to Apple products, yes they may look good but beauty is oni skin deep. They have pulled some dirty tricks over the years and now their karma is catching up with them.
Apple, it's me, your only user. Over the years, I've created the illusion that many people were using your product, but it was all me. Now, I will send this message from all of my accounts.
0:26 wtf are you talking about? their stock hasnt moved all that much in the past 5 years? the graph you show shows something ENTIRELY different. 5 years ago the apple shares were about a third of what they are now.
The problem of apple is that they do not have their own factory to make iphone, they rely on external partnership with other manufacturers, like foxcon.
They charging 30% and they didn’t do nothing for the game just to air the game for a technology I purchased with my money. They need to pay me that since the phone belongs to me. 🤷🏻♂️
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🔥Excellent channel! Love your vids! However, with all due respect, this video is strongly biased against Apple plus contains misinformation.
I've said it 4 years ago - Apple is the new Xerox. Back when Xerox tried making money from printing every list of paper from every printer sold, people were furious. Now it's Apple, forcing people to go through the Appstore to get that juicy 30% cut. Guess what happened to Xerox...
That's what happens when you don't innovate and put all your eggs in one basket and hope nobody will notice.
Claiming that Apple LOST $1 trillion because Apple stock lost value is not only click-batey, it is also WRONG. Apple didn't lose ONE DIME because their stock is cheaper. Yes, their market cap is lower but they did not lose anything. To help understand this better, if Apple operated at a loss, in other words were not profitable but their stock doubled, it does not mean that Apple MADE MONEY. Only their stock became more expensive.
Well their stock is overvalued because of FOMO and they leverage debt
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You left out that apple wouldn't even let apps tell people that apple was charging 30%. If they did, they would be removed from the app store.
wow, that’s a secretcy. Is it on the NDA?
@ghb323u cant tell that through app. What is the amount difference.
Those companies were always free to build their own phones, OS, and app store.
That’s not something unique to Apple many platforms charge similar fees. Think about brands selling in Target or Walmart: how often do you see those fees disclosed publicly? Rarely, if ever. It’s typically up to the brand to either absorb the cost or pass it on to the customer.
Companies like Apple, Amazon, Target, and Walmart have built massive platforms with access to millions of consumers. Naturally, they’re not going to offer shelf space or digital space without taking a share. Whether it’s based on a fixed fee or a percentage of sales, this is standard practice. It’s not some groundbreaking revelation.
@gcvrsa, Apple is free to develop the millions and millions of apps on the Appstore by themselves. Apple would be a software-less operating system without developers. Remember what happened to Windows Phone? Yeah, no developers - no apps, and no apps - no userbase, no userbase - no people buying iPhones. So in essence Apple should already be happy people buy their phones.
Nokia once thought they were too big to fail. I guess now it's apple's time
HTC
@AquarianNomadichtc?
BlackBerry
Nokia was Husstled out my Microsoft. Nokia CEO was secretly employed by Microsoft to run it to the ground, then sold Nokia to Microsoft for a massive Discount. He then went on to work directly as CEO at Microsoft in mobile devision.
Windows Vista 😂😂
Tim Cook seems to be Tim Cooked
Lol
goddammit, you made me laugh. take my like
Yes, he's over cooked!
Tim Crooked. 👺
Apple lost 10 billion on project Titan, they tried to develop their own electric car and ended up having no product in the space. Total loss there.
Vision Pro was also a disaster. Still Apple is huge and isnt going anywhere.
@ccibinellet’s see, people said this abt iPhone
@ccibinel, I've said it 4 years ago - Apple is the new Xerox. Back when Xerox tried making money from printing every list of paper from every printer sold, people were furious. Now it's Apple, forcing people to go through the Appstore to get that juicy 30% cut. Guess what happened to Xerox...
That's what happens when you don't innovate and put all your eggs in one basket and hope nobody will notice.
@ccibineljust like Blackberry :) I think their silicon and the walled garden and inertia keeping them going, and the garden is crumbling... So it's a good thing they make killer chips
@FireFoxDestroyer not really, the iPhone wasn't really relevant until the iPhone 4, which really revolutionized things along with Android (HTC and Samsung).
innovation is dead... companies will halt human advancement if that doesnt give them more money!
Due to capital requirements, innovation is back in the government domain
If governments knew how to allocate capital efficiently snd innovate Cuba and North Korea would have become wealthier than everyone.
@InhalingWeasel the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund is extremely successful and entirely state run.
material conditions and resources create wealth; governments just decide how it is distributed.
and exactly how much private capital has been burned trying to turn chatbots into a profitable venture?
It's like with all the products, like a car before. It reaches its final form and starts mostly flat. You can't invent a wheel a milion times
@andrewhooper7603 And they will kidnap your child because you screamed on it
Should we mention them also purposefully sabotaging their older devices to force people to get the newer models? That sounds like a trust violation of something to me.
Multi billion dollar companies losing money is always a good day for me.
Why tho
@_badcode3825 cause they treat their workers like crap
Enjoy higher prices. Apple raises prices to cover for it. Rest follows along. Apple is the reason phones are easily over 1000$ now.
Your thinking is twisted and lack basic consequence think.
@OutOfNameIdeas2 I don't shop Apple devices, that's a problem of braindead consumers of their overpriced brand
Ofc it's an apple bootlicker. Did he tell you he uses apple products lol. Acting like there aren't competitors with better hardware@OutOfNameIdeas2
Magnificent 7? More like the anti-consumer 7
Exactly they should be broken up
Finally someone with foots on the ground.
What's wrong with good old FAGMAN?
Monopolistic 7*
What's on your blue hat? Make Communism Great Again? 🤡
Scumbag Corpo vs Scumbag Corpo is like having your 2 most hated people inside a boxing match. Your only wish is that they could stay in the ring for longer.
Exactly
And take each other out😂
What's so wrong with epic? You do know large companies can almost always negotiate a lower rate. Epic likely couldve used its weight to pay far less than 30% but they picked the fight knowing they would get banned. Epic knowing they would lose money took on apple and ended up making the app store better for literally everyone.
@LongShot-w7k
Their kernel-level anticheat that permanently slows down your computer for one.
@LongShot-w7kit is a generally shit platform besides the freebies, it may or may not slow down your PC, among other things
Apple greed comes from their lack of innovation. It's why I left the ecosystem years ago. Without vision, Apple has been relying on the "you're not in the cool club without Apple, and the second you're in the cool club we'll LOCK you in for life" strategy. That may work on some people for a while, but many are waking up to the fact that Apple's innovation seemed to die with Steve Jobs.
They may have been first with the smartphone, but ios is a poor has been to how Android works. Lifelong android user, I tried an iphone last year and found it a horrendous experience because of the way ios works. Happily back on android....never again apple.
That's exactly it Apple needs somebody with vision in order to drive the company. For example who thought it was a smart idea to the release The Vision Pro with a price tag of 3,500 + tax + Any accessories + AppleCare insurance ☠️☠️. As For the iPhone it should have been able to sideload apps years ago just like their MacBooks can, but You can only do that in Europe because of the European Union actually resisted apples bs. THAT is what's wrong with the current Apple of today
@enduroxt55 ---- There is no lack of innovation --- only your lack of knowledge. Apple spent over 30 billion in R&D last year more than any company in the world on consumer products. R&D is the money spent to innovate by the way. Also Apple spends a great deal of money buying other innovative small companies.
Your point about people leaving Apple is laughable. They have one of the highest retention rate of any consumer brand. In fact you can see it in their enormous success measured by profits. During the last 4 years they have made profits of more than 93 billion per year. More than any company in the world. If people were leaving, wouldn't the numbers be dropping? Their success will likely always be the case because it allows them to spend huge amounts of money on innovation.
The real freedome is in Linux 🐧
Lack of innovation? Lay off the haterade. AirPods were first to design true wireless earbuds with charging case. Apple Silicon built extremely capable computers that don’t overheat. Their OS is slightly lagging within the AI domain but continue to provide extremely reliable OS ecosystems
30% is absurd. They should’ve known at some point there’d be pushback and it’d likely be challenged in court.
Its part of what killed my app company
Agreed. The government should be the ones setting the rates that Apple can charge IMO, since there's not a free market there. Otherwise Apple could jack it up to 60% and the app developers would have no choice but to pay without Epic breaking their monopoly.
@shadowninja6689Are you sure you want governments to manage App Store rates? Maybe slap a 25% tariff on foreign apps 😂
What do you think Sony charges it publishers when they publish a game on their store? Also, that’s why Sony wants digital. They get that 30% cut when it’s digital versus having to cut in the retailer.
30% is the industry standard and has been for almost two decades
Apple is the Ubisoft of the tech industry. Once a crowned Titan among their respective roles, now collapsing in on itself because of complacence, products having turned into pure mediocrity and/or repetitiveness, and thinking they were "Too big to fail"
Good thing to know time to trade the 16 Pro for a S25
Was Ubisoft even a titan to begin with ??? I mean they had good games but they never brought anything revolutionnary Imo
@vladingue8503 Yep they were even bigger than the titans at that time. Everyone used to love ubisoft as a company even if they didn't like all their games. They used to move the tech forward
@andresgarcia1520The downside is idiocy of consumers. The iPhone holds 60% of the market in the US. While Samsung has lost 10% market share in the last two years and only holds about 22% of the smart phone market currently. As a result, it’s gotten just as stagnant and unexciting because they’ve been forced to mimic apples design philosophy or face losing further market share. It’s a stalemate in the market.
Apple will have it's day. as will all "shareholder value" focused companies that throw users under the bus with never-ending price increases. Executive and shareholder protectionism is going to result in a catastrophic collapse when people finally come to reality that unsustainable debt has destroyed the economy. Executives are the problem. They're all in the back pockets of the politicians. They and their companies benefit enormously from all the government overspending and low/no regulation.
Apple now is creatively bankrupt.
Facts
For years
Their Liquid Glass problem felt like my last straw for a day, even thought about sellin my iPhone right on spot. I am very deceived at their creative work lately
I wonder how easy it is for ANY phone or computer to innovate? Apple tried VR and got a bloody nose. They tried AI assistants with the same result. I don't blame them moving cautiously now. Apple seems to me to have always inched cautiously towards new products, adding incremental refinements to existing tech rather than chasing trends, producing solid, elegant products rather than innovative ones. Folding phones are still a very dubious proposition in the market, but apart from them, what huge innovations can you recall in either computers OR phone manufacturers at large in the past 10 years that have gained traction?
@LogicallyAnswered But perhaps that is the wrong observation - like saying that "Coke is samey." Perhaps the creativity needs to be in pricing, manufacturing and marketing?
Apple's marketing really gets on my nerves. Just yesterday I saw an ad where they spent 30 seconds proudly showing that you can now remove objects from a photo and, buckle your seatbelts, you can undo it with a single click. Groundbreaking stuff. Truly the pinnacle of innovation.
Yup. They did again
Agreed. Almost all online tech adds follow their template. They used to be the best.
for me it's the lies. Like people actually think they care about user privacy…
@MrDarkSide21 well they do more than the others do. For example I get highly target spam when having messaged back and forth with an android user. Just a few weeks ago I got the first time exchanged personal info with an android user, the next day I got a fishing attempt specifically about the subject. There's similar experiences the android users have. My dad got fake medicine bills when he got those for free from the hospital after surgery. I can go on. I never have these issues.
Reason they care is the info indeed worth something and they decided it's worth more in their hands.
And if you don't pay your taxes and resists they will come and kick down your door and worse, so perhaps check your priorities..
😂 😂
I find it funny that apple has the same charge as on their store as Steam but the difference is that Steam’s strength is completely based on consumer preference
Valve is the best when it come to consumer preference because of everything they do, their entire business model is to sit still and do their own thing while the competitors shoot themselves in the foot. Also the customer support is (as far as I am aware) the best out of any big company
Definitely. Why Valve or Google avoid this lawsuit even with 30% is because they're not the sole provider of software in their respective hardware platforms. And Valve doesn't seem to go over and beyond, people still flock to it, just because competitors aren't catching up yet. (Though personally I use steam because of steam deck, and the steam sales)
Valve and Google don't actively prevent you from circumventing their payment system. Google is worse at it but steam doesn't have anything in place to stop you from purchasing outside of steam. Even the games you can buy from a different vendor and steam is just the client where they get zero cuts.
@DD-fs7pg Steam literally lets you add games to your Steam Library you got from other sources, in case you want all your games in one spot.
Fr 😅
The reason why everyone is complaining now is cos the economy is wack. People no longer want to pay the apple tax when everything now has the apple tax
Switch to android. Sideloading and other stores aren't terrible and the hardware per dollar is WAY better.
@ccibinelyup...I'm typing this on my RUclips Revanced App on my OnePlus 12 😂
@ccibinel There's lots of flexibility too! I could cloud sync specific folders or even syncthing across them. My phone has a folder that's constantly updated with my Mac desktop for documents. iOS is still sandboxing most of the apps, unlike how cloud apps work in windows and MacOS.
Yup I have a OnePlus 12 plus use a forked version of RUclips. I'm never going apple
@ccibinel True. I LOVE my iPad (to be fair, mainly for the screen quality) but I will never buy an overpriced iPhone or other Apple tech.
They can't bring Steve back but they can get rid of Cook.
True
greed shall be punished
So every staggeringly entitled rich person should be punished
After apple 2, no more apple phones for me. They want too much control. They are control freaks.
For the past 27 years Apple's philosophy has thrived on improving pieces of tech that people use every day. Apple's issue now is that they've run out of tech to improve upon after flopping with VR and AI, and they no longer have Steve Jobs to provide a vision for the next phase of Apple.
Apple has thrived on slave labor.
True
What happened to Steve Jobs? Did he die?
Nevermind, I read the next comment
Their next phase is really just services and VR, I wouldn't consider the Vision Pro to be a total failure yet.
I’ve never seen a CEO tank a company’s reputation as well as Tim Cook has. I can’t name one good thing he’s done but I can name 10 things that have gotten significantly worse under his leadership.
4:19 Bro’s a huge Duolingo fan
Apple is going to be fine. They will just add some features that are common in android, raise prices and apple fanboys will stand in lines for hours to purchase it.
True
Incorrect and effeminate
jealous??
I sure hope not.
@jwllzp makes no sense
I still have the only ever Apple equipment I've bought. An iPad. I used it until Apple upgraded their OS such that my iPad couldn't be updated. Very quickly, the apps I had, refused to work on an 'out of date' OS. The iPad became useless to me. I will never waste money on Apple equipment again.
You know that happens with all companies right?
@ERYKFORTUNAStill have a 2015 Nokia working the exact same apps available back then with the only caveat being those using more storage.
@absolutiumokay so you found a niche that’s an exception? Samsung, Google, Nothing, oneplus, Motorola, ETC. You found an outlier, not the rule
@ERYKFORTUNA Have an old Motorola, I can't remember if it was a moto e or g but it still works perfectly fine. Sure it doesn't support 5g but other than that it works just as well as the day I got it which was in 2017/2018. Yes technology doesn't last forever but having your hand forced to buy a new product by a company is going to turn most people away.
this is happening with microsoft too. i have many old apps that won’t run on windows 11. it is a fact of life that we have to accept even if we don’t want to happen. that is why i am still keeping my old devices with old operating system so i can run my old apps.
They’ve also turned off private relay (e2e encryption) for uk users, critically damaging the security & privacy of uk citizens. How terrible in the time of cyberattacks & proxy wars!
That’s actually crazy. A big FU to the UN?
Tell this to your king. He might send army to capture USA again and control usa
@VictorVon-r5b 1: king has no power do idk what you are talking about
2. you dont just "send an army" into another country
3. that is not something anyone wants to control or go near
Apples greed is unrivaled. The stingiest company ever.
Nintendo :
@Raigster
Apple and Nintendo
Unbeatable Combo 👌
EA???
i think you forgot EA
I think it would be Nintendo, Disney, EA then apple but yeah
Apple is on the NASDAQ, not the New York Stocks Exchange
True oops
I think 30% is a fair share. In the organic store they give me 30% but that's for prime ripe compost! That would land in the trash when I wouldn't have bought that!
This guy must be a redditor 😅😅
@LogicallyAnsweredOops again for the rest of your “content”. Try to create something own instead of belittling others!
@tomsaltner3011 coming from the guy belittling others
It’s the same reason why Apple doesn’t include a charger with their phones anymore. They say it’s “for the environment,” but it’s actually greed.
If they cared about people, they could always just provide the charger for free upon request. But no. Instead, people that need have to buy it.
Like, the consumer is gonna get a charger for the phone anyway. What stupid excuses.
When this video appeared in the RUclips video player's recommendations when I finished watching a different video, this video's title was cut off and was displayed as: "Apple Thought They Were Unbeatable...Ended Up Losing $1" 😆
Dude I would be devastated too if I lost that much money
While I’m no fan of apples anticompetitive practices and I’m glad to see them get what they deserve, I think It’s hilarious seeing a billion dollar company who exploits consumers with micro transactions act like a victim. The games industry is bloated, predatory, and only goal is to turn gamers into renters for little in return. They will continue giving gamers broken, unfinished, and unoptimized games convincing them that they support developers through the micro transactions all while firing thousands of developers after reaping in billions of dollars. It’s late stage capitalism’s final act, when will the masses realize?
Yes!!! Such an important point. And they have been praying on kids who spend their overworked parents' money like there's no tomorrow. I see these micro-transaction fake goods as silly as NFTs.
Dude, have you ever read a book called "Technofeudalism"? You have just described its thesis. We are not under capitalism anymore, this is not a new metamorphosis of it, we are under this new system "technofeudalism" created in great part by apple, which own a huge fiefdom in the cloud and we are its cloud serfs, beside the developers. I am not an apple user but your comment called my attention. It would be great if you can take a look at the book. Greetings and excuse any possible mistake, I´m learning english.
@yakobcdiego mfs will talk like Shakespeare and say "My apologies for bad english"
@Somun-aThats a shame on the parents. At least their games are free.
IMHO it is a trade-off. It is hindering some other businesses, understood. But on the other hand, they provide safety by somehow guaranteeing that the software is malware free. I’m in security business and what I see on Android devices is horrible.
2:45 one piece is confirmed but hasn’t came out yet
Tim Cook he is a CEO of the share holders not a CEO of the product. Steve Jobs was the opposite., and what Tim Cook did with apple and how many products they have from every category, thats what Steve Jobs fought to eliminate.
Referring to the poor performance of Apple shares in the last 5 years, I wouldn’t say he’s a CEO of the share holders. He’s not a CEO of anything. There’s never going to be a Steve Jobs replacement, but Tim is on the other end of the spectrum. Apple TV isn’t even considered one of the main streaming services, despite it having one of the biggest investments.
Well said, but I wouldn't praise Steve Jobs either.
He did answer to the shareholders, he just had more control than the board of directors (that serve the shareholders)
Make no bones about it, Jobs was just as ruthless like other shareholder serving execs, colluded with corporate exec heads not to poach other workers and was always about control over Apple hardware from the beginning. e.g.. closed system not open
It's reflected in Apple hardware and software today
which is why iOS is a gatekept, wall gardened OS.
The real money is in the monopoly App store, where both consumers and developers have no choice.
Hell, even MacOS which is naturally meant to be more open, has you having to turn off the "do you trust this 3rd party developer" as a warning in the system settings..to make downloading elsewhere outside the App store seem ominous.
This is kind of similar to John Ford,
He seemingly looked pro-worker and anti-shareholder, when he introduced better hours and upped worker wages....
but this of course was to allow him to have a monopoly in the car industry where workers were incentivized, to buy only from ford (which is good in the short term), but as monopolies go it's a long-term trap, because there is no competition.
ONE of Ford companies' shareholders was the found of Dodge, and they didn't want workers to benefit, because it would hurt their share profits in the Ford company, history of course they got enough money and make Dodge.
The point is, Corporate Execs/shareholders when looking a little deeper are NOT on the workers/consumers's side... they are in it for their own profits, often at the expense of workers/consumers.
so vice versa, do NOT praise corporate CEOs. (Corporate America bootlicks them plenty enough already)
If anything, always, always praise the workers and key lower figures instead.
If one truly wants Corporations to benefit society, and not a subclass of rich 1%.
Have an open market with critical industries nationalized, and certain innovation companies to be headed up by public appointed Administrators to run them, not CEOs.
Corporations then are still able to produce their own unique products, with consumer/worker that benefits first, not profit motivated to feed shareholders.
...this is what's called the big scary word....Socialism.
A company owned by the public (not traded), controlled by the workers, benefitting the consumers.
He's a CEO of supply chain. He's the reason China became world's 2nd largest economy
Steve Job was a CEO of a much smaller company tho.
Steve jobs was NOT for the people, it was for himself.. and his own image.. he wanted total control.. end -to-end control.. and Apple was just the stepping stone, an he used ALL of it, including his friends.. to boost HIS image.. he TRIED going Solo later, when he did not have a choice.. with "NEXT" and Failed poorly and miserably, without Apple BIG resources and the team behind he was nothing, and Apple without a 'Face" was doomed..so it was a win-win situation for them. He failed MANY times inside Apple, with many products, but because Apple had enough cash to keep going he was allowed to keep trying, and he struck gold with the shift of production to China, which allowed to produce for peanuts. and he had more room for error...and then struck Gold with iMac design, and then he shifted Full gear into making 'Apple' cool with the raise of mp3 , marketing the iPod to celebrities.. and then again grabbing patent for smart screens.. the iPhone, with all that cash he created the 'modern' Apple. Tim came along on the first iPhone time, he was very good dealer and operations dealer.. he was directly involved in dealing with production and FoxCon deals.
It's always been like this. Hard working people go through hell to create something then the business school graduates get involved and wreck it.
Did anyone ever ask them where their big successful corporations were?
I have an iPhone 14, and once my dad said to me “do you want an iPhone 16” and I said no but then he explained to me how eventually I’m going to have to upgrade bc of the software updates, goddam Apple is really fucking money hungry.
15:22 whats that indian accent haha
Ikr im not indian but kinda offensive ngl
I don’t think he was trying to make an accent ngl
Yeah it's funny
@vii.editss29I’m like 90% sure this guys Indian
@hdjaxon2yeah and it’s more noticeable when he says years
Regarding the malicious compliance, Apple has also been mandated to allow 3rd party app stores in EU, but they are charging the developer for every installation of the store.
also literally making a whole system to geolock the feature to ONLY Europe. Innovation is not just dead it's being actively gatekept.
Apple has treated their clientele as cattle from the very beginning, if you willing give them money with that nearly half century of history, that's on you.
It took so much time and effort to get them to switch to USB-c, and they acted like how you drag or nudge your pet dog to the shower.
@yensteelmhm
Apple destroys their older devices with updates so you buy new products. Thats a big issue I found with them.
Cook has outlived his tenure. Have to believe Jobs would be upset at what his baby has become.
Cook optimized what Jobs' "baby" always was.
Apple was always a bully that elbowed its way to the top.
That's what you DO to claim that spot in a country that likes monopolies.
Jobs himself was a terrible person.
@Darth_BatemanApple being a bully has always been true They even sued a small company that had a similar Apple logo decades before they did
@Darth_Bateman Apple completely ceased to be well-intentioned when Wozniak left. At least Wozniak wanted to provide consumers with affordable computers and schematics, Jobs opposed all that and pushed the expensive Macintosh HARD for big profit margins. That's been the Apple business mentality ever since.
Job created and empire, Tim Cock is deestryong it by copying Android. (But iOS not even have a file managemet yet) lol
they are loosing to their own greed...
What do you mean by “loosing”?
Do you simply play dumb or are you really DUMB?@Justin-uc8sc
he actually misspelled the word, he wanted to say "losing" @Justin-uc8sc
learn how to pronounce words. The verb loosing comes from the word loose which is different in meaning from the word lose, so please do pay attention to the extra o next time. But I do agree with you they indeed are losing to their own greed.
@dede-j6p bruh it’s not that serious it could’ve been an accident from him
They are inherently anti-consumer. They don’t care about their consumers post Steve Jobs, in fact they shit on them. All they want is to tie you into subscriptions. Their store refund policies are illegal, and there is no consumer recourse. They deny refunds and refuse to engage.
Apple is such a predatory company and time and time again has demonstrated it is almost completely devoid of ethics. That so many people Will turn a blind eye to this company's behavior So they can have their shiny new toys to play with has always been very disappointing to me. ps. You didn't mention Apple is also being sued by Congo.
While what you say it’s correct. You can’t judge other people for their choices. Apple makes excellent products, both software and hardware. There are many wrong things in companies like apple and many other, however even you are using products from “bad” companies without even realizing it.
prefrontal or transorbital
Congo is too fucked up, even if they get paid all that money will go into a few of their politicians pockets so idk why you guys even care.
Yet you will still buy their products and use an iPhone instead of Android?
@DaVillainMartian yes because android is a huge piece of shit. android is slow, outdated, and just not optimised.
I don't get it 6:15. How's Apple able to enforce this tax if the processing occurred outside their platform?
Apple enforces its 30% cut even outside the App Store by using strict app review rules, forcing developers to report external payments, and threatening to remove apps that don’t follow. In some countries, they allow third-party payments but still demand a 27% commission and full reporting. They control everything through legal contracts, technical restrictions, and constant monitoring.
Probably because you're making the purchase through their device, and I'm guessing they couldn't if you purchase it on a different browser.. But I'm guessing the purchase only works when re-directed to Safari.
Many people have trouble to understand what a tax is. It is not just the US government, obviously…🤣
@tomsaltner3011 Thats not even their question though, it’s how Apple even enforces it..
I looked it up and it turns out Apple required developers to agree to new terms. They must report all purchases that occurred outside Apple's platform and be subject to audits by Apple. Apple did track all link outs and if the developer reported so few actual purchases compared to the number of link outs, they'll be audited and could be removed from the store (or fined) if they fail the audit. Man I despise Apple more now.
15:09 well that bridge is starting to burn too......
Thankfully apple users dont care. They will keep buying their fashion product.
Niche market in consumer electronics if you ask me…
From all crossways Apple, Samsung and Google users are zombies with mini computers in their pockets instead of buying a cheapish phone that can make calls, send messages and read email. That’s it.
And maybe GPS, music storage and business finders. I mean we still have MP3s for sale online. I’ve had mine for 10 years and still works, changed the battery myself, it’s still ongoing. We don’t need a billion Apps on a phone to live.
Updates for bugs and cookies would be welcomed from its company.
@MetahumanSG21since there is no more phone with unlimited photo storage for live there is no reason to buy a new one.
@t.r.2283 I completely understand that most people can’t afford or cannot have a laptop compute because of various reasons.
I’ve never needed unlimited storage space for photos, videos or music. Once a month right after doing my finances on the Spreadsheet, I take ten to fifteen minutes transferring photos, videos and other files from my phone to a USB flash drive. It does not take the whole day, more less ten to fifteen minutes to transfer data. Similar amount of time spent on social media or more.
If your phone account gets hacked or locked up, you still have your information and data backed-up. Again, 10 -15 mins to transfer data from a phone to a USB to flash drive. 📱
Apple does make some genuinely good products that are best in the business. Namely the MacBook, but yeah they are falling behind fast
Apple is uninnovating since steve died...
They went downhill since iOS 7...
Their silicon is innovative.... And I'm no fan of Apple. It's the only thing I find appealing about their products.. Windows and MacOS are both equally annoying in different ways
Apple silicon would say HI
I guess when a former CEO gives this position to a supply chain solutions guy this is bound to happen.
Not at all. Since Steve died they innovated with Apple Silicon and AirPods and Apple Watch
Always hated the sneaky way they did business. They are getting destroy other companies focused on innovation. Apple on milking customers
10:06 Dont diminish peoples efforts and risks. They took a big gamble that Spotify's, Patreon and the likes didn't. So give Tim Sweeney his flowers cause this could have gone very wrong.
He will go down as a hero for consumers.
Especially because Fortnite did end up losing 3-5 years worth of revenue, and they made a LOT from mobile gamers. They won't make that amount back for a couple years.
Congrats. You’re the second video ever that had an ad I’m interested in. And I’ve completed RUclips. Twice.
Really appreciate the feedback Jacob. Gives us a better idea of what sort of brands would bring real value to you guys.
I really hope the other one was Map Men - possibly one of the only channels where I'll voluntarily watch the ads for entertainment value.
try watching incognito mode. his ads on Nord vpn is comical haha
@LogicallyAnsweredhey you don’t make such a stupid video for some shitty views as you nothing about Apple Inc.
@iJOSOFTx Get Apple's worm out of your mouth
On my phone it cuts off after one so it just says "Apple thought they were unbeatable... ended up losing $1..."
I've said it 4 years ago - Apple is the new Xerox. Back when Xerox tried making money from printing every list of paper from every printer sold, people were furious. Now it's Apple, forcing people to go through the Appstore to get that juicy 30% cut. Guess what happened to Xerox...
That's what happens when you don't innovate and put all your eggs in one basket and hope nobody will notice.
They copied Xerox and now they are copying themselves 😂
They Xeroxed Xerox.
I don’t know what more can be done. Even android phones are basically the same. Sure some flip but I rarely see them and they are trouble prone. I think it should be innovation on making things easier and cheaper.
@igniteexport1463 but apple is late in tech compared to other phones. Remember how a simple 120hz took 4 or 5 years to come. No way. And oled comes too late also on tablet and their mac.
Not quite the same. Xerox lost the exclusive use of ‘xerography’, the method that photocopiers and toner printers use. The market got much bigger with some superior opponent products, like Kyocera wax based toners. The thing that really killed Xerox’s was over expansion and the failure to patent many of their development lab products like the computer mouse, window based interaction with a computer screen etc etc.. it’s on record that Jobs and Gate almost literally stole these technologies. Xerox just got lazy, assuming that they would always be on top by charging lease business model - just like Apple.
I don't like Apple. Never have, never will.
I don’t like you. Never have, never will.
You like China
You must be the coolest guy ever bro
@TheGuillotineKing I like their people.
Overpriced bs always sucks
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Apple made in India with pre installed scammers app calling the customer for customer service
I really love how you improved with storytelling and chapter transitions.
I love apples products, but hate the over restrictions and greed. This is an amazing strp forward
Apple really went downhill after the iOS 7 introduction...
I think that’s their downfall from innovation
I kinda feel the same way. They charge for absolutely everything. But I think that Apple knows the worth of their products. They give somebody just what they need, but then everything is a sales pitch. Most of their stuff is good and they support it for a long time, but it’s kinda hard to go somewhere else because once Apple does something, all their competitors match it and do the exact same thing .
IOS was ahead of its time, Apple took the greed and took a very down hill :(
I literally got a apple ad before this vid 😭
4:24 who is paying $1000 FOR DUOLINGO???
yearly subscription plan i think, still way too much
@4nastajia$1000 a YEAR is CRAZY.
@4nastajia i feal poor seeing this comment
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I couldn't buy an iPhone. Because they didn't use cellular standards with text messages
They have to realize they are not making people satisfied this past 4 years
04:45 boo i paid for no ads
😂😂😂 I used to pay before too 😅
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I absolutely hate ads.
You pay for the platform
People are getting tired of buying the same phones over and over 😂
You can say that again. Then maybe offer some kind of extra button or maybe a different kinda notch on the screen. They play it safe.
0:07 hmmm, I wonder if that’s the epic games logo😂
3:10 “Apple takes 30%!” - says the guy who literally monopolised half of Steam's library for exclusivity.
Oop
Only 12% cut 🤫
Something an Apple defender would say 😂
@AkiRalcolf I own 5 phones and a Samsung flagship, none of them Apple. I'm a Steam gamer, though. Tim should have lost here, but then there's a saying about lesser of two evils...
Have you seen how bad the recent iOS versions are? Its terrible. iPhones dont even work as a phone properly, let alone a smart one. WiFi connects only when it wants and the phone becomes an oven when you install an app. Its actually terrible and this is coming from a (previously) apple product enjoyer
Yeah not a huge fan of the liquid glass redesign
I have a 15 pro max and m seriously considering switching back to android after many years for this reason. Everything that isn't scrolling social media results in the device heating up like crazy. I just gotta figure out how to transfer data from my Apple account to a Gmail or Facebook account for a few games because it's not always seamless
ok then, prefrontal or transorbital
I never update my devices
@tezcanaslan2877 is this a joke? You know how big of a security risk this is?
i remerber mat pat at game theory predicting much of this ages ago
11:53 Correction: Japanese yen symbol used for chinese yuan
The symbols are almost/exactly the same, it's just the spelling that's different. (Chinese Yuan ¥ 圆 (块)) (Japanese Yen ¥ 円)
I hope true linux on phones will replace apple.
apple's business practices are getting out of hand with the social engineering of iMessage, only allowing non app store app marketplaces in the EU after the government specifically forces them to (and they still have to approve the apps that are put on 3d party stores), Not allowing JIT (you may not understand this if you are not a developer but it makes apps like emulators and some games run way slower the point of not allowing it according to them is security but the real reason is because it would allow developers to update their apps without apple's permission), you cant message with SMS or RCS on any apps except their default messages app where the bubbles appear an ugly shade of green (unless you are on IOS 26 and live in the EU), airdrop only working on apple devices, apple intelligence only working on iphone 15 pro max and above (currently it does very little but what it does like slightly smarter Siri magically work on jail-broken older phones.) and a lot more I don't have time to name them all that would take me a like 10 hours.
You can do that with pixel phones BTW
prefrontal or transorbital
Do you know android is also a distro of Linux?
thats disgusting and heretical.
so ironic that the ad before the video was for apple
In Europe Apple is now getting beat up because of Customer Rights. Thanks for living in EU.
EU is pathetic weak and communist. They offer nothing to the world and tax everyone’s innovations. Stupid comparison. Keep your socialist crap to yourself.
Their stock is down 20% and it also upticked as you can literally see in the graph you posted
Yeah looking at their share price history it already rebounded above the price it was before the dip in the graph he posted. Also the NASDAQ graph doesn't look anything like the one he posted, so not sure where he's getting his info from.
Dec 2024-April 2025
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@LogicallyAnswered Thanks for replying and providing more info. 👍
@LogicallyAnswered Have you looked at that graph. Nothing is abnormal. Look at the trends.
Thats called a dead cat bounce in investment lingo
probably shoulda just complied with First ruling, apple, and made app store payments the actively most convenient.
Apple is only good to make fun of Android for no reason
Android was outright theft…
10:00 It is a big win for the consumer, but it wasn't Apple. They were forced to do it. If not for the court ruling, they'd continue to have it otherwise.
We know apple sucks
still not above the VOC?
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Hahaha, well I appreciate the tremendous support over the years
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Why does this sound like the Reverse Flash 😭
Even ebay doesn't charge me 30%, that's ridiculous.
Apples to oranges. Pretty much every other platform like Google, Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony all charge a similar 30% cut for their app stores.
You're not hosting your products on ebay warehouses, are you?
It's a very different thing. Almost all online stores do the same thing when it comes to software. The issue isn't the 30% cut. They could take 90%.the problem is that it's a basically a monopoly, you have no choices. Android allows for sideloading or just straight up third party stores.
PC allows you to acquire software and games however you please. Steam also takes a 30% cut, but you have the choice as a dev to incentivize the use of other platforms to acquire your game
Not really the same ...
I use android preffered more than ios
0:30 Apples the weakest of the Magnificent 7? Have you seen Tesla Six months ago and now?
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Apple is not magnificent anymore
Not sure about phrasing it as epic is making a bunch of profits considering that it’s money that should’ve already been attributed to epic games instead of apples fees.
Especially since they lost 3-5 years worth of revenue, which they will probably never get back as that was during a very big time for them.
Just as soon as i get an iPhone the company starts falling off 😂😂😂
i could see how 30% could be argued on the apple app store they have to host the file costs bandwith when u download the app or update it and such HOWEVER wanting a cut of apps OUTSIDE the app store is just crazy at that point what are u even doing like for real
And even microtransactions also need dat 30% cut like wat
Apple, charges 15%-30% of your revenue and even go after your revenue outside of the App Store. Same with Google.
Google is less aggressive with this. Apple will straight up delist you and block you from their apps. Google can only delist you, but there are third party app markets for Android.
No, 30% is a reasonable amount to receive. At the organic market, they offer me 30%, but that's specifically for compost that's at its peak ripeness. If I hadn't bought it, it would have ended up being thrown away.
Except with android you can easily download things outside of the google play store without having to root your phone so while similar its really not the same
@RobooHood Not reasonable when 60% of revenue cost goes to APP expense and 30% goes to Apple. All depends on the app type though. Not only that, you are competing against Apple's own app products. APP devs pay 15% - 30% to their competition. Example: Apple music vs Spotify, Apple TV vs Netflix. Apple is dictating a billion dollar companies onboarding processes. Apple even requires you to submit private financial data to them to monitor. Sounds illegal.
You iSheep defending apple?
When they think the are unbeatable they did this to themselves.
how did bro make a comment a day ago when the vid was 55 seconds ago
Unlisted comment hahaha
Time zone
@ievagulbe time zones aren't time machines. He unlisted the video and commented on it. After a bit, he published it. (Sorry if this was rude.)
epic would rather make an ios port than letting linux players play fortnite
Because compared to Linux, there is a MUCH bigger audience on Apple. Though, with the direction that Apple and Microsoft are making, I wouldn't be surprised if they work on a Linux port since a lot of people are switching now.
@ninjaredfirehot it has worked on linux, and it will work if they just flipped the switch that stops it from launching on linux. EAC works on other games, but Epic Games went out of their way to disable it for Fortnite in linux.
@jqtgtucatcjsqfoibtpdxtqx220 Mainly because of hackers, as their is no support on Linux for anti cheat like there is on Windows
@ninjaredfirehotthe reason why linux have less audience is because games like fortnite not letting linux users play their games so they start switching back to windows
@CookieCrumble-d7x Yeah the lack of game support is also another reason why I don't switch to Linux rn.. but I know it's much more complicated than just enabling the game on there
I got a Samsung ad during this. Subtle lol
It's going to be interesting to see how Apple will bounce back from these setbacks, especially their falling behind in A.I., and if they would have any other sneaky tricks in response to the court ruling against them (or if they will appeal to the Supreme Court).
By the way, these documentaries are outstanding, Hari (I'm not sure if that's how you spell your name, sorry), and especially in a time where AI slop is contaminating RUclips, I really appreciate these informative, in-depth, well-researched and human-narrated documentaries.
I don't Epic Games would have needed to sue Apple, because Apple, it seems, is slowly killing itself through lack of progress.
They needed to because apple removed them from the AppStore
Unless they pull some next level sh!t out of their arses it appears they are falling behind.
Getting to the top is the easy part, staying there is the hard part. I have never been attracted to Apple products, yes they may look good but beauty is oni skin deep. They have pulled some dirty tricks over the years and now their karma is catching up with them.
Yeah including the sweat shop where they underpaid child labor
Apple, it's me, your only user. Over the years, I've created the illusion that many people were using your product, but it was all me. Now, I will send this message from all of my accounts.
This was a "feel good" video for alot a people 😂
0:26 wtf are you talking about? their stock hasnt moved all that much in the past 5 years? the graph you show shows something ENTIRELY different. 5 years ago the apple shares were about a third of what they are now.
I think this guy is running out of videos to make about failed businesses. I agree with you.
Nobody cares apple is slowly going down hill. Other phones are ahead of apple in many things.
He says as much at 0:31😅
He is making stuff up😂
Ok you know better than this guy.
Apple’s arrogance has just gone too far. If you look at the quality of apps they’re letting into the App Store, it’s pathetic!
Got cooked by fortnite LOL
The problem of apple is that they do not have their own factory to make iphone, they rely on external partnership with other manufacturers, like foxcon.
Well most companies also dont do dat except samsung
Even if they outsource everything. The apple price is still considered outrageously high.
They charging 30% and they didn’t do nothing for the game just to air the game for a technology I purchased with my money. They need to pay me that since the phone belongs to me. 🤷🏻♂️
We are living in cyberpunk we just don't have cool things like cyberware we just have devil companies and Aİ