Comment on On DMA eve, Google whines, Apple sounds alarms, and TikTok wants outparentComments−whstl2yNah, Apple was WAY more of a status-symbol when it wasn't the current penny-pinching entity addicted to "services" and IAP.There's nothing "high status" in having advertisements in the Settings app.−toyg2yI don't disagree, Apple's brand was built before the current shenanigans were even possible. "Think different", am I right? I'm just saying that the previous investment in brand-building can now be leveraged into defending the indefensible.−whstl2yYep, exactly. IAP and advertisements in settings is the opposite of "Think different".Apple Music and Apple TV+, sure.But the 30% from Spotify and Netfix, and other shenanigans... not so much :/
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Nah, Apple was WAY more of a status-symbol when it wasn't the current penny-pinching entity addicted to "services" and IAP.
There's nothing "high status" in having advertisements in the Settings app.
I don't disagree, Apple's brand was built before the current shenanigans were even possible. "Think different", am I right? I'm just saying that the previous investment in brand-building can now be leveraged into defending the indefensible.
Yep, exactly. IAP and advertisements in settings is the opposite of "Think different".
Apple Music and Apple TV+, sure.
But the 30% from Spotify and Netfix, and other shenanigans... not so much :/