Apple's App Store is closely controlled, and if an app developer wants to use Apple's billing infrastructure, Apple gets a hefty cut. That brings us to the current situation: Netflix quietly removed the iTunes billing option from its iPhone app, VentureBeat reported late last week. 1-grossing app for all of November on Apple's US App Store. Netflix leaving Apple's platform isn't a good sign for sustained growth — remember, it's the top-grossing app on the App Store. The app isn't being pulled off the App Store, and people subscribed through iTunes will be grandfathered for now.
Apple sent iPhone owners unwanted push notifications to promote Carpool Karaoke
Apple is starting to send unwanted push notifications to iPhone users, including ones designed to promote its own Carpool Karaoke show — even though Apple's TV app never expressly asks for permission to send promotional notifications, and even though Apple's App Store guidelines forbid developers from sending unsolicited promos. — Mark Fletcher (@wingedpig) December 14, 2018Why did my phone just send a notification via the TV app that a new carpool karaoke episode featuring Kendall Jenner is out?? If you're part of the iPhone Upgrade Program, you may have received a push notification you never expressly signed up for informing you about upgrading to the newest iPhone. Both of these new examples are less obtrusive than the most famous Apple push notification, which informed more than 500 million people that Apple had purchased and given them a free copy of U2's Songs of Innocence. If getting spam push notifications from @Apple about new episodes of Carpool Karaoke is a sign of the company's tv strategy, we're in for a rough ride.
Apple Loop: Massive iPhone Discounts, Major iOS 12 Problems, Apple's Disappointing iPhone XR Results
as mentioned in iPhone XR Discounts ContinueApple continues its fight to boost sales of the new iPhone handsets, with more territories and more marketing in the post-Christmas sales of 'the $449 iPhone XR' ofer. Poor iPhone XR Sales in NovemberWhy would Apple be continuing to push the iPhone XR, risking its good name and the ire of customers who purchased one as a gift for Christmas? …In its study, iPhone XR landed with 32% share of total iPhone sales which was better than iPhone X in 2017 with 30% but lower than iPhone 8/8 Plus at 39%. As such, Apple's claims that it "Addresses an issue that could affect cellular connectivity in Turkey for iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and iPhone XS Max" seem ironic given the problem has now expanded to all models of iPhone across all continents. iPad Mini 5 Details LeakThanks to Slashleaks, we can start to work out what features a new iPad Mini will have through the medium of shapes and cut-outs on a leaked case.Apple files appeal to overturn iPhone sales ban in China
Apple has filed an appeal to overturn a broad iPhone sales ban in China, the company told CNBC on Monday. The ban of some iPhone models, announced earlier Monday, follows a request for an injunction by Qualcomm, which has been locked in a legal battle with Apple for years. Apple said that it did not violate these patents and that the ban goes beyond the scope of the injunction itself. Apple claims the patents in question do not cover the company's latest operating system that comes installed on all new iPhones. General counsel for Qualcomm, Don Rosenberg, said in a statement Monday that the orders aren't specific to the operating system installed on the phones.
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