“Apple could have just lowered its commission rates across the board and dropped its anti-steering clause. Let developers promote their prices, let them do whatever they want! In that other reality, Apple wouldn’t care because it knew IAP was the better solution and that it would
Apple has terminated our developer account and now we cannot develop the Epic Games Store for iOS.
This is a serious violation of the EU’s Digital Markets Act. We will continue to fight to get back on iOS!
epicgames.com/site/en-US/new…
Apple just terminated Epic's developer account, and they admitted that this tweet was one of the reasons.
We don't want to think about Apple being evil. It would be so inconvenient. We don't want to switch to Android. But I see ever more signs that power has corrupted them.
China: US's potential TikTok ban is “an act of bullying”.
Also China: TikTok is banned in China, along with other social media platforms. The Chinese version of TikTok is called Douyin, which is only available in China and subject to monitoring and censorship by the government.
Apple's compliance chief says the Core Technology Fee is not discriminatory because everyone has to pay it. It is, however, discriminatory because alternative app stores can't offer free-of-charge distribution of free apps; only Apple's own App Store can do that.
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After getting incredibly close with some recent roles I had applied for at Apple (a lifelong dream), and fumbling at the last few stages, I'm facing recurring fatigue and frustrations (this is a 5 year-long ongoing search).
If you are, or know, someone who's hiring - I'm
Most software engineer interviews suck. This is great! martiancraft.com/blog/2024/05/w…
My last company is also very pragmatic:
- short phone interview
- basic (no leetcode madness) algorithm interview
- paired programming with an engineer working on a real ticket in real product code
NEWS
Scarlett Johansson has just issued this statement on OpenAI.
I have confirmed its authenticity directly with her publicist.
"Last September, I received an offer from Sam Altman, who wanted to hire me to voice the current ChatGPT 4.0 system. He told me that he felt that
My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best