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Jeff Johnson

@lapcatsoftware
98 posts
2022-09-27
The platform gatekeepers are 100% incompetent. https://twitter.com/...
2022-09-27 View on X
BleepingComputer

Researchers found 75 apps on Google Play and 10 on Apple's App Store that engaged in ad fraud and collectively had 13M installs; Apple and Google removed them

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer :

2022-09-14
Funny how earlier today there was good cop/bad cop article about Phil Schiller and the App Store, pretending that he fights back against business interests. There are no good cops inside Apple. https://twitter.com/...
2022-09-14 View on X
CNBC

In an email to developers, Apple says that new App Store ad placements will be available for the 2022 holiday season

- Apple is planning to release new ad “placements” as soon as the holiday season of this year.  — The new ad units represent a significant expansion in Apple's advertising inventor...

2022-08-17
“workers were told they would need to email a list of their belongings if they wanted those items to be returned” WTF?!? https://twitter.com/...
2022-08-17 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Apple has laid off about 100 recruiter contractors in the past week, a rare move as part of a push to rein in hiring and spending

2022-08-16
“workers were told they would need to email a list of their belongings if they wanted those items to be returned” WTF?!? https://twitter.com/...
2022-08-16 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Apple has laid off about 100 recruiter contractors in the past week, a rare move as part of a push to rein in hiring and spending

Apple Inc. laid off many of its contract-based recruiters in the past week, part of a push to rein in the tech giant's hiring and spending, according to people with knowledge of th...

2022-07-30
“This means that developers will now be able to place ads on the product pages for other apps.” Holy shit this is ghoulish https://twitter.com/...
2022-07-30 View on X
9to5Mac

Apple expands App Store ads from the Search tab and Search results to the App Store's Today homepage and individual app pages

ads on individual app pages—shows lawmakers and regulators must press ahead Mike Peterson / AppleInsider : Apple testing new App Store ad placements very soon Nick Heer / Pixel Env...

2022-07-29
“Tim Cook said Apple has 816 million current paid subscriptions, which includes anyone who subscribes to an app sold on the Apple App Store” Tim considers your subscribers to be Apple's subscribers. https://twitter.com/...
2022-07-29 View on X
Apple

Apple reports record Q3 revenue of $83B, up 2% YoY, vs $82.8B est., net income down 11% to $19.4B, iPhone revenue up 3% to $40.7B, Mac revenue down 10% to $7.4B

iPhone and Services drive June quarter record revenue  —  Active installed base of devices reaches all-time high for all major product categories

“Tim Cook said Apple has 816 million current paid subscriptions, which includes anyone who subscribes to an app sold on the Apple App Store” Tim considers your subscribers to be Apple's subscribers. https://twitter.com/...
2022-07-29 View on X
CNBC

Apple reports Services revenue grew 12% YoY to $19.6B in Q3 2022 and 860M paying subscribers globally across all its services, up from 825M in Q2 2022

people coming from Android - saw double-digit growth) Ben Bajarin / @benbajarin : Important observation as Apple continues to defy macro concerns (just like they did in 08-09 econo...

2022-06-12
Welp. WTF? I don't understand why they're ok with this. The 3% discount is just going to be eaten by the alternative payment processor, so there seems to be no point to this. https://www.acm.nl/...
2022-06-12 View on X
The Verge

Dutch ACM says Apple's latest changes to App Store rules, which let developers of dating apps choose payment methods, meet local and EU competition requirements

It's still unhappy about the carve-out for dating apps in the Netherlands  —  Apple announced on Friday that it once again updated …

It sucks that Techmeme linked to my tweet right before I was going to delete it. https://twitter.com/...
2022-06-12 View on X
The Verge

Dutch ACM says Apple's latest changes to App Store rules, which let developers of dating apps choose payment methods, meet local and EU competition requirements

It's still unhappy about the carve-out for dating apps in the Netherlands  —  Apple announced on Friday that it once again updated …

2022-06-10
@markgurman “Apple's Mac sales have rebounded since it began using its own processors” I have to take issue with this. Mac sales rebounded since the pandemic began, before the Apple silicon transition. https://twitter.com/...
2022-06-10 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Apple is planning a 15" MacBook Air for 2023, a 12" laptop for the end of 2023 or early 2024, and MacBook Pros with M2 Pro or M2 Max for 2022 or 2023

Apple Inc. plans to expand the lineup of laptops using its new, speedier in-house chips next year, aiming to grab a bigger share of the market …

2022-05-18
How is two days ok if three days is not? https://twitter.com/...
2022-05-18 View on X
Bloomberg

Memo: Apple delays its three-day-a-week return to the office indefinitely, citing rising COVID-19 cases; the company still expects attendance two days per week

Apple Inc. delayed a plan to require workers to come back to the office three days a week, citing a resurgence in Covid-19 cases …

2022-05-02
This doesn't really make sense. If your app is getting extremely low downloads, why would Apple want you to update it? What difference does that make? What if you update it and downloads are still extremely low? https://twitter.com/...
2022-05-02 View on X
MacRumors

Apple says it will remove apps that haven't been updated in three years and have few downloads from the App Store, extends the time to update from 30 to 90 days

Questions 1) What does downloaded “extremely few times” mean exactly? 2) Is it true that only 3 year old apps with extremely low downloads are affected? 3) Why does Apple want updates for apps with extremely low downloads? How does that help the store? https://developer.apple.com/ ...
2022-05-02 View on X
MacRumors

Apple says it will remove apps that haven't been updated in three years and have few downloads from the App Store, extends the time to update from 30 to 90 days

2022-05-01
Questions 1) What does downloaded “extremely few times” mean exactly? 2) Is it true that only 3 year old apps with extremely low downloads are affected? 3) Why does Apple want updates for apps with extremely low downloads? How does that help the store? https://developer.apple.com/ ...
2022-05-01 View on X
MacRumors

Apple says it will remove apps that haven't been updated in three years and have few downloads from the App Store, extends the time to update from 30 to 90 days

Late last week, controversy erupted after Apple began notifying some developers that their apps that had not been updated … Source: Apple Developer .

Apple is claiming that only apps with extremely low downloads are getting notified. Is that true? They don't even give a download number.
2022-05-01 View on X
MacRumors

Apple says it will remove apps that haven't been updated in three years and have few downloads from the App Store, extends the time to update from 30 to 90 days

Late last week, controversy erupted after Apple began notifying some developers that their apps that had not been updated … Source: Apple Developer .

2022-04-30
Apple is claiming that only apps with extremely low downloads are getting notified. Is that true? They don't even give a download number.
2022-04-30 View on X
MacRumors

Apple says apps that haven't been updated in past three years and have low downloads will be removed from App Store, extends time to update from 30 to 90 days

Late last week, controversy erupted after Apple began notifying some developers that their apps that had not been updated … Source: Apple Developer .

2022-03-25
@rsgnl @markgurman $4,403.99/mo. for eternity
2022-03-25 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Apple plans to launch a monthly subscription service by 2023 for the iPhone and other hardware that could tie into Apple One bundles and AppleCare

Apple Inc. is working on a subscription service for the iPhone and other hardware products, a move that could make device ownership similar …

2022-03-12
Every September: [Jony Ive voiceover] “We've totally reimagined everything about iPhone to bring you this year's model.” https://twitter.com/...
2022-03-12 View on X
MacRumors

Apple dismisses the findings of UK CMA's interim report on mobile ecosystems as based on “unsubstantiated allegations and hypothetical concerns” from its rivals

2021-11-20
AMP is dying. It will not be missed. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2021-11-20 View on X
Search Engine Land

Twitter quietly updates its developer guidelines to say AMP support will be phased out by Q4; some publishers have reported months of lower Twitter referrals

AMP — Accelerated Mobile Pages — is an open-source technology for creating fast-loading … Oliver Haslam / iMore : Twitter ditches AMP, gives people the real website on mobile Jonat...

2021-11-19
AMP is dying. It will not be missed. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2021-11-19 View on X
Search Engine Land

Twitter quietly updates its developer guidelines to say AMP support will be phased out by Q4; some publishers have reported months of lower Twitter referrals

AMP — Accelerated Mobile Pages — is an open-source technology for creating fast-loading … Jonathan Lamont / MobileSyrup : Twitter's mobile apps won't open links in AMP anymore Jon ...