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by reaperducer 2105 days ago
This is so arbitrary and petty

It sounds like Apple is trying to keep from becoming the new backpage.com.

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No, it's so that if Ticketmaster wants to do in-app purchases for concert tickets, Apple gets 30%
Aren't concert tickets "Goods and Services Outside of the App:"? Thinking about it more, aren't most person-to-person experiences outside the app?
Not if they are virtual concerts, which have exploded in popularity in 2020.
So Apple is going to pull a Ticketmaster on Ticketmaster. Delicious!
Can you please explain?
This was local news for me. Basically, as a classified platform they were a pimp and got shut down by feds (granted they helped produce the ads, which is what a digital pimp would do). Laws have been amped up as focus on reducing sex/human trafficking. It’s now similar to the money laundering laws put in place in the big narco cocaine days. If you’re any type of legit business, or prison fearing at all, you don’t want to have any relations with that type of 1:1 transaction
Can you please explain?

It doesn't want to handle the money when you rent a hooker.

But what if I want one-to-few or even one-to-many experience?
If you’re throwing a seminar or training, there are witnesses that will likely reduce the chance of illegal behavior.

Unless, of course, you throw a gangbang, and Apple ends up eating 30% of the price of admission. Imagine the headline!

It would be really nice if corporate america would pull the sticks out of their asses when it comes to sexual activity

Imagine how much more fun life would be if vices were more accessible

Define "corporate America." The majority of American companies, even Disney, do whatever it takes to make money, including catering to sexual interests.

Apple is one of the few that has different standards. And some of its consumers appreciate that. There's room in the market for both views.

Steve Jobs quotes:

“Folks who want porn can buy an android.”

“You might care more about porn when you have kids. It’s not about freedom, it’s about Apple trying to do the right thing for its users.”

TBH as much good as he did, he sounds like a pretty boring square, one of those people who liked drugs in their 20s then got married and lived the entire remainder of his life alternating between home and his suburban office.

I don’t know the guy, I’m just going based on what was reported of his work.

In general I don’t think people who consider cities like Santa Clara or Cupertino to have very good taste, despite the popularity of square American suburban living.

That's just like Apple fucking its developers. One to many.
Thanks.