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I’ve been beating the “this won’t end how you think it will” drum for a while. Apple just fired it’s opening salvo: Developer dot Apple dot com storekit-external-entitlement/ TL:DR You owe us 27% of your revenue flowing through the external payment link for App Store related purchases. You now have to track it all at your expense. We have the right to audit you and still kick you out of the Developer Program if you don’t comply. And I expect this is just the first that we see if this and it will get broader over time. What do you want to bet they will start looking at any revenue earned as a result of displaying content in an iOS app? Facebook…we see that you’ve been selling and displaying ads to our customers for … how long now? 27% of that looks *really* good to your finance department. I’ll draw your attention to this:

Commission and sales reporting

Consistent with the ACM’s order, dating apps that are granted an entitlement to link out or use a third-party in-app payment provider will pay Apple a commission on transactions. Apple will charge a 27% commission on the price paid by the user, net of value-added taxes. This is a reduced rate that excludes value related to payment processing and related activities. Developers will be responsible for the collection and remittance of any applicable taxes, such as the Netherlands’ value-added tax (VAT), for sales processed by a third-party payment provider. Developers using these entitlements will be required to provide a report to Apple recording each sale of digital goods and content that has been facilitated through the App Store. This report will need to be provided monthly within 15 calendar days following the end of Apple’s fiscal month. To learn about the details that will need to be included in the report, view an example report. Qualifying developers will receive an invoice based on the reporting and will be required to remit payment to Apple for the amount invoiced within 45 days following the end of Apple’s fiscal month. In the future, if Apple develops technical solutions to facilitate reporting, developers will be required to adopt such technologies. Please note that Apple has audit rights pursuant to the entitlement’s terms and conditions. This will allow Apple to review the accuracy of a developer’s record of digital transactions as a result of the entitlement, ensuring the appropriate commission has been paid to Apple. Failure to pay Apple’s commission could result in the offset of proceeds owed to you in other markets, removal of your app from the App Storeor removal from the Apple Developer program.          

I was curious if anyone has experience with the Framework laptop (or even better if they might have reached out to Paul for a review). https://frame.work/ I’m quite interested in the concept of a “repairable” / “upgradable” laptop…but I wonder if it can get enough critical mass to succeed.

Greetings,

So…I’ve been limping along with a network issue I’ve had for quite some time (details are here in the forums) on my Windows 10 Pro custom build.

Details don’t matter too much, but I was able to get network connectivity through Docker so I was able to perform my tasks okayish.

However last week Docker stopped getting bridged Ethernet (guests can’t access the internet at all).

I tried a lot of things to try to resolve it but honestly I give up and I just want to get everything working again.

*SO* … I was trying to figure out what I’d need to backup to potentially restore. I’m concerned that a regular backup / restore might restore the issue back into the new copy of Windows (not sure if this is potentially a registry thing or whatever).

So my thought was:

• regular Windows backup
• wipe my SSD / clean reinstall Windows from ISO
• fire up a Hyper-V VM
• restore the backup to the VM

This should now allow me to access any data files or whatever I might have forgotten about (I do manually backup a series of things with a .bat script—like save game files and such). And any potential corruption should be locked away on the VM.

Has anyone done something similar?

Does anyone have any other suggestions to try instead?

Thanks in advance!

So…

The Apple M1 Mac event got me thinking through my tech stack again.

And it makes me wonder if MS just postponed their ARM strategy or mostly abandoned it.

Apple was pretty evasive about the capabilities (or significant lack thereof) in regard to hypervisors on the new platform.

They demoed (I think it was Parallels) running some Linux VM in the WWDC presentation and made a pretty big deal that “it’ll work for developers, we love developers”. But they have been very cagey in interviews and such.

Regardless the presentation this week was all about the consumer line of hardware. The devices upgraded were largely consumer level devices (and the lowest end of the MacBook Pro). So I guess it reaches a *bit* into “prosumer” as well.

But there’s a lot of devices to go, including the really beefy systems: iMac Pro and Mac Pro.

I don’t think Apple really cares too much about Boot Camp / Windows. I’m sure they have metrics on it and know how often it is used.

That said, I doubt they’d be too sad to be able to announce “Boot Camp for M-Series” if MS put the effort into it.

I don’t even know if it’s worth it to Microsoft though either. I’m guessing that they *do* have metrics on how many copies of Windows are running on Apple’s CPUs.

One trick with ARM is that it isn’t always quite as simple to support multiple vendors’ chips as it is with x86/64. I don’t know the nitty-gritty details but I know it isn’t a “it just works” scenario and some person-hours are spent for each desired vendor platform.

THAT said, I was thinking through some things wondering if ARM is the bifurcation line for “legacy Windows” and “modern Windows”.

I’m guessing the age-old “legacy” argument still holds true though. Many will suggest people only want Windows so they can run some ancient cross-stitching app to help with their hobby.

Gaming is, of course, a large issue. So I’m not sure what the solution is there.

The huge one is something Paul’s mentioned in the past: drivers. If you can’t print on the new laptop you just bought, that *is* going to be an issue effecting lots of people. (Same applies to xyz peripheral, etc.)

But I think there is a market for it. But I may be severely overestimating the number of people who could do a “clean break” and not worry about the legacy stuff.

But then, again, the majority of those people are probably using a phone or tablet as their primary computer now. And only using their traditional PC for a couple tasks that mobile devices and small screens aren’t optimal for.

:: shrug ::

Greetings All,

This has been killing me for a few weeks now.

Windows 10 Pro, everything working well from Windows.

However, after installing the Hyper-V toolchain and cremating a new VM, I’m unable to access outgoing internet in the guest VM (internet from the host remains fully functional).

The same thing happens with WSL 2 installs. I’ll download Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, from the MS Store, for instance. Ubuntu loads fine, but no outbound traffic. I can’t sudo apt update or even ping google.com (100% packet loss).

I’m sure I’ve muffed up the Virtual Switches or the NAT or whatever that Hyper-V is using but I don’t know how to tell nor can I figure out how to fix it (either I’m finding the wrong tutorials or I’m effing them up when following them).

Anyone have links to some good resources to get this all up and running.

I have tried uninstalling / reinstalling Hyper-V with Windows Add or Remove Features. I have also tried the network reset. But I’m not 100% sure I did it right.

Thanks in advance for your time!

Greetings ladies and gentlemen,

I'm planning an upgrade of my gaming rig and I’m trying to decide which direction to go with the CPU. 

It is primarily for gaming, so I’m leaning heavier toward single-core performance than multicore. However, I would like to be able to use it for Dev (and maybe even drop Linux on it, though I’ve struggled the last few years dual booting on the bare metal and have leaned toward VMs/containers. 

Anyway, all the benchmarks I read suggest Intel still wins the race in single core, but AMD toss more horses on the track for multicore performance. 

I dont want to spend unreasonably, but cost isn’t a primary factor either...if there is a good trade off to justify added cost (for instance, I do have some brand leanings and will spend a bit more for quality / support).

Below are the two baseline builds I’m looking at. If I went with the AMD build I’d want a motherboard that supports a future upgrade to a 3000 series chip. (Assuming they are more expensive than I want to front for the baseline build.)

I have plans to add to the system in a few additional phases, but most of that doesn’t matter (for instance, the Intel build would quickly get a dedicated graphics card, but I can run it off my old 1070 for now; the AMD build would get a better cooler for additional overclocking, etc.) But these additions don’t really impact my main question here. 

I’ve always loved Intel, but is the better multicore performance of Ryzen chips worth it? (I’d like a friendly, but lively discussion from those who own similar chips to what I’m looking at.)

Intel - i5 (Phase 1, Baseline Build)

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3MKVJ8

CPU: Intel - Core i5-9600K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($249.95 @ Amazon) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair - H80i v2 70.69 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($94.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($231.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory: Corsair - Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($97.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Corsair - 100R ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For $49.99) 

Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For $79.99) 

Case Fan: Corsair - CO-9050015-BLED 52.19 CFM 120 mm Fan  (Purchased For $11.25) 

Total: $926.14

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-05 05:13 EDT-0400

AMD Ryzen 7 (Phase 1, Baseline Build)

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fVRXxG

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($269.99 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: Asus - ROG Crosshair VII Hero (Wi-Fi) ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($274.30 @ Amazon) 

Memory: Corsair - Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($97.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Asus - GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB STRIX GAMING OC Video Card  ($389.99 @ B&H) 

Case: Corsair - 100R ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For $49.99) 

Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For $79.99) 

Case Fan: Corsair - CO-9050015-BLED 52.19 CFM 120 mm Fan  (Purchased For $11.25) 

Total: $1283.49

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-05 05:14 EDT-0400

So, reading Beneath a Surface has gotten me very nastalgic for Windows 8/8.1.

I’m still one of the few that thinks Microsoft were actually onto something. I’m still a bit irritated it was massacred in the tech press. I agree that there were some systemic problems. But man...it was really a pretty nice first attempt at a touch-first conversion.

So, I’m sure there are many here who have and love various Surface lines. But for the rest of us, what is your major “sticking point” preventing you from pulling the trigger?

Mine:

Surface Go - currently overpriced for my perceived value (may not be actually true)

Surface Pro - probably the most likely to be useful for me, concern about reliability

Surface Laptop - kinda going out of my “laptop phase”, also alcantara

Surface Book - see “laptop phase” above, but otherwise this would probably be the winner

Surface Studio - currently overpriced for my perceived value, but tempted to get for my wife

I consider myself a good “target” customer for Surface as a premium brand. I honestly don’t mind paying “overpriced” margins for a product I love (or am at least confident in). But I’m just not quite there yet with Surface.

Ok, so sorry for the somewhat cheeky title. But I didn’t want to call this a review.

About a third of the way in and pretty fascinating so far. I never realized there was this much turmoil. And the .org chart, heh.

Highly recommended. I’m primarily an “Apple guy”, but I still enjoy stuff about MS. And the Surface has always triggered in me this odd...fascination.

Anyway, thanks for the book, Brad. I know there isn’t a lot of money in books nowadays, but I’m glad these stories get documented.

So...ordered some parts for a Christmas desktop build.

It has been a while since I’ve built out a custom PC. Like over a decade.

I think i have most everything sorted except the modern age of installing operating systems. ;)

What is the best way to install Windows on a bare-bones system nowadays.

I had just planned on buying a Windows package from Newegg or whatever. But then I got thinking there is probably a much better way to do this.

So I had considered downloading an Insider Build ISO and dropping it on a USB key drive. I think most modern BIOS should have no issues booting a USB key.

And once it is up I should be able to log into my Windows Account and purchase the activation.

But I’m sure there are many people experienced with this here, so I’m open to better ideas.

Greetings,

I'm guessing there are about 83 of these threads, but I couldn't find a single one of them.

I've forever had my feet dipping in the Windows ecosystem for various reasons. But I've started a job doing Angular / Node development (primarily, there will be other languages as well). I've been given an HP laptop for work purposes (they are predominantly on the MS backend). However, I'm not enamored with its trackpad / buttons (I have to use a mouse to get any serious work done.)

I want to purchase a personal laptop to replace my aging MacBook Pro 13". I'm curious if there are any other web developers out there using a Surface Pro.

I've scoured the web (ok, at least a few searches) and have found a few things, but most of them are pretty old.

I'm curious if anyone is using a Surface Pro for development. I don't do a lot of IDE based stuff. My primary workflow involves:

• Docker (a small compose cluster of a few containers)
• terminal
• VS Code
• browser testing
• MS Office (for client docs)
• typical "internet-y" things like email, web, etc

I can't see any reasons that a decent Surface Pro wouldn't work, but the only thing I hear locally when I ask about the Surface line (from my peers) is that it's a flaminag dumpster fire. I have a feeling this is a bit of an exxageration.

I'm also considering the XPS 13 and a few of the other decent 2-in-1's, but I REALLY like the form factor of the Surface Pro.

Money isn't a *huge* factor, I could even go up to the i7 8GB RAM configuration if needed; but I'm kinda hoping someone has the i5/8GB and can tell me it's perfectly fine if you're not running too heavy (maybe a code editor and a small Docker cluster--app/db/cache).

:)

Thanks,

Curtis