There is a similar quote from Bojack Horseman „You know, it's funny; when you look at someone through rose-colored glasses, all the red flags just look like flags.“
Not really relevant. But the quote reminded me of the show.
Im not sure if you follow the „knockoff“ legos, but the quality is very close for several brands. I own several 5000+ piece sets and while there is the occasional mold issue, you get plenty of replacement parts, pay a third for it and don’t have to deal with all the random colors that Lego includes in the unseen parts of the builds. They are usually tighter compared to Legos, but since I don’t intend to take these sets apart often that’s not an issue.
Also some of these sets are official as well. Like the Cada AMG One with the license from Mercedes and Michelin, which is miles ahead in feature/price compared to LEGO technic offers.
A lot of private trackers, indexers or forums operate on an invite fee/donation to get access. So I’m not really surprised that people would pay a small amount for a possible access to an unlimited amount of entertainment. There’s also an active market for paid access to private Plex servers.
In germany the difference would be the license to transport other people.
At least that was named as the issue when Uber initially wanted to expend to Germany.
Germany made a lot of mistakes over COVID. There were several cases of testing center scams where people reported more tests than they actually administered. No proof required. There is not a lot of bureaucracy surrounding vaccinations at least not from a patients point of view. So if you forgot or lost your vaccination pass you could probably just get another shot especially if you’re older/at risk.
You say these apps are shitty, but you haven’t posted any specifics. What is it that makes these apps so bad?
I don’t mind any of the apps you mentioned. I vastly prefer the music app to Spotifys UI (at the least the last time I’ve used it which is admittedly several years ago). Mail notifications are sometimes buggy but I can read my mail just fine. Most calendar apps I’ve tried, even paid once, started spamming me with subscriptions.
I do see the issues with photos, namely that Apple pretends that downloaded images are just as important as photos I took myself.
> I don't think people realize how fees and its absolutely horrible discovery is responsible for the shitty state of apps today. […] it is absolutely, 100% Apple's fault that App Store games suck, and Steam's don't.
AFAIK Steam fees are 30% as well at least for the average developer + 100$ for publishing a game. So I don’t think the fees are responsible for the shitty state of apps. I think it’s more about customers not wanting to pay for mobile apps in general. Looking at a few successful indie games, they tend to be free (and ad or iAP supported) on the App Store but are sold directly on steam. For example vampire survivors is free (+ Ads) on iOS but costs 5€ on steam. Other games release full price on IOS but the UI is so bad that it’s barely playable.
You can use both at the same time as well.
But not all the core Data features are supported yet. I use Core Data abstractions in my app and can’t port that part over to Swift Data yet.
I’ve been told that you either need to have a second customer where you spent X% of time. Or you open up a company with a friend who is in a similar situation, but works for a different company.
Not really relevant. But the quote reminded me of the show.