Mac OS Ken: 06.17.2020

Mac OS Ken

Ken Ray

Technology

4.7 • 997 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2020

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

- EC Launches Investigation Into App Store and Apple Pay - Apple Finds EC Investigation "Disappointing" - Evercore ISI: A Slight Note of Concern Over App Store Probe - Citi Sets Street-High Apple Target of $400 - Wedbush Hears the Hum of the 5G SuperCycle™ - Apple Reopening 70+ Stores This Week - Apple Head of Diversity and Inclusion Departs - Apple TV+ Picks Up Rights to "Tehran" - Animated Feature 'Wolfwalkers' Headed to Apple TV+ - Cut your wireless bill to 15-bucks a month at MintMobile.com/MACOSKEN - Do you have a Few Minutes for "In a Few Minutes?" It's in Apple Podcasts and Overcast now! - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!

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0:00.0	This is investigating Apple.
0:04.0	This is Mac OS Ken.
0:10.0	The EC is investigating Apple. Wall Street pretty much doesn't care and 70 more Apple stores are reopening.
0:20.0	It is Wednesday, the 17th of June, 2020.
0:24.0	I'm Ken Ray, and this is news from Maco West Ken.
0:30.0	Brought to you by yours truly and sponsored by Mint Mobile.
0:35.0	Cut your wireless build a 15 bucks a month at mint mobile.com slash Mac-o-Sken.
0:44.0	This show is also supported by people like you, patrons through Patreon.
0:50.0	Find out more and that your support at Patreon.com slash Macawesken.
1:00.0	It was pretty much bound to happen eventually.
1:02.8	CNBC says the European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union,
1:08.4	is looking into the App Store and Apple Pay following complaints of anti-competitive behavior.
1:15.0	While companies can place their apps on the App Store at no cost, says
1:18.5	CNBC, Apple charges companies 30% from in-app purchases and 30% on subscriptions for the first year
1:26.0	than 15% thereafter and that's got some companies cheesed.
1:31.7	E.C. E. V.P. Margarita Vistea, the person in charge of competition policy for the EU, was quoted
1:38.9	in the piece as saying,
1:40.7	mobile applications have fundamentally changed the way we access content.
1:45.0	Apple sets the rules of the distribution of apps to users of iPhones and iPads.
1:50.0	It appears that Apple obtained a gatekeeper role when it comes to the distribution of apps and content to users of Apple's popular devices.
1:58.0	We need to ensure that Apple's rules do not distort competition in markets where Apple is competing with other
2:04.4	app developers, for example with its music streaming service Apple Music or with Apple Books.
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