Tag Archive for: Fireball

Dirty Percent (John Gruber/Daring Fireball)

John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
Dirty Percent  —  It’s not hard to make the case that Apple’s new in-app subscription system offers numerous benefits to users, developers, and publishers.  But whatever those benefits, they stem from the mere existence of these new subscription APIs.  What’s controversial is the size of Apple’s cut: 30 percent.

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Emotional Rescue (John Gruber/Daring Fireball)

John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
Emotional Rescue  —  There was an interesting thread of iOS-vs.-Android news and punditry over the weekend, starting with this report by Seth Weintraub for Fortune: … In other words, $100 Android phones within the next year.  —  I’m not sure how this qualifies as news, though.

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