The Creator of the messenger Telegram Pavel Durov warned iPhone owners saying they should not remain indifferent to the policy of Apple company, the provisions of which require the application developers to the AppStore to pay a Commission of 30%. In Telegram channel Durov reported that Apple spends to support the App Store only a small part of the funds that it receives.
Durov warned iPhone owners that overpaid “for a few hundred dollars more” than the real cost of smartphones, they have to pay a surcharge for each application. In addition, the Creator of the Telegram indicates that Apple censors apps in the App Store to give yourself full control. Thus, according to him, is hidden from the user of the content and application developers are forbidden to talk about it. The actor is confident that users with Apple accounts to pay his personal information for the greed of a Corporation because the actions of the owners of the iPhone can be tracked through their account, and the ultimate goal of the company is to “push a tax of 30 percent.”
Durov also notes that iPhone owners to receive new versions of applications with a delay. He blames the moderators Apple, which delay approval of updates “for no apparent reason”. It also indicates that users are limited in the choice of applications. For example, without the “tax” Apple a large number of apps could be profitable, but instead some of them either went bankrupt, or “never showed up”.
The Creator of Telegram messenger complains that application developers have to show ads to users to cover the costs. “Policy cost Apple is pushing the entire Internet industry to sell the data, and the user’s attention instead of using other, more acceptable from the point of view of privacy protection business models,” — said Durov. He believes that billions are gathering dust in offshore accounts Apple while who gave the money to the authors of apps trying to find the resources to improve their developments.
