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posted by Fnord666 on Monday August 27 2018, @11:36AM   Printer-friendly
from the cut-out-the-middle-man dept.

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Netflix is joining the likes of Epic Games Inc. and Spotify Technology SA in its latest move: testing a way for users to register and pay for the streaming service while bypassing Apple Inc.'s app store and hefty commission fees.

The streaming giant is the latest company to look into bypassing Apple's app store and Alphabet Inc.'s Google Play. Both Apple and Google take a 30% commission on all apps and in-app purchases, and the commission drops to 15% after the first year.

[...] Companies have long complained about the heavy cut Apple and Google take in return for visibility on their platforms. Spotify does not allow new subscribers to sign up via Apple's app store, though the app itself can still be downloaded there. The company has been especially vocal about the fees over the years, publicly speaking out and approaching U.S. and European regulators about the issue.

Source: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/netflix-is-the-latest-company-to-try-bypassing-apples-app-store-2018-08-23

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Epic's first Fortnite Installer allowed hackers to download and install anything on your Android phone silently

Google has just publicly disclosed that it discovered an extremely serious vulnerability in Epic's first Fortnite installer for Android that allowed any app on your phone to download and install anything in the background.

Also at TechCrunch and Forbes.

See also: Google is irresponsible claims Fortnite's chief in bug row

Previously: Fortnite's Android Version Bypasses Google Play to Avoid 30% "Store Tax"


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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 27 2018, @01:17PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 27 2018, @01:17PM (#726877)

    At least on the PS4, theybe been removing useful features (eg user ratings) and adding undesirable features (autoplay next movie they pick for you, ads for "suggested" shows, autoplay some video/audio when I just want to read the short blurb). I feel like I have seen this pattern before. You can call it the "firefox" disease.

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  • (Score: 2) by jdavidb on Monday August 27 2018, @02:01PM (2 children)

    by jdavidb (5690) on Monday August 27 2018, @02:01PM (#726892) Homepage Journal
    Netflix has a long history of that going all the way back to their web browser interface and their Wii app. For a long time the "restart from beginning" feature just vanished on one of those platforms after an update. Amazing how agile companies can't restore a vanished feature for months and months and months.
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    • (Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Monday August 27 2018, @02:14PM (1 child)

      by LoRdTAW (3755) on Monday August 27 2018, @02:14PM (#726901) Journal

      Idiotic Hulu removed the start from beginning and borked the fast forward/rewind in one of their updates for Amazon Fire TV. I can't fathom what fucking moron would think that was a good idea.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 27 2018, @02:52PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 27 2018, @02:52PM (#726918)

        That only means you can't stop what you're watching or skip commercials. That's a feature, not a bug.