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seanismorris said:

No where does Microsoft say they support Epic.  They’re saying because of their use of the Unreal Engine (also becoming part of the dispute) it will have a material impact, not only on their gaming business, but many others as well.

As a public company Microsoft is legally required to inform investors of anything that can materially affect their business.  Don’t read to much into their statement.  I’m sure Microsoft supports Apple’s ability to charge fees via the App Store.

The statement in itself is the support of Epic’s behavior by Microsoft. They are trying to sway the court into blocking Apple’s ability to remove epic as a developer because of potential damages to Microsoft and other developers. Microsoft has a vested interest in Unreal and should have been informed by Epic that they were going to pursue legal action against Apple before filing the lawsuit. 

rogerramjet said:

You have literally no proof that AirPods and HomePod technology was borne out the Beats purchase. It's pure conjecture; Apple typically is developing technology for many years before it sees the light of day, and suggesting that they didn't have a capable audio team before Beats came on board is rubbish. It's also worth noting that many audiophiles and tech reviewers have/had/and do pan Beats products for average or middling audio quality when compared to other brands. This article is simply conjecture and seems to be another DED Apple love fest.

Amen!!

in reality, Pre Apple Beats hardware blows. Just ask anyone who bought Powerbeats, watched them break or fall apart and have Apple ship them to their repair facility in Elk Grove. They end up replacing them and then they do it all over again in 3 months. 

Apple could give 2 turds for Beats hardware. They wanted the streaming music and Jimmy Lovine. That is what was worth 3 bill to Tim, not the overpriced pos hardware. 

Now that Apple is making Beats hardware, some of the newer stuff is much better quality (Beats X). They didn't have to buy Beats to make it though, they could have made it without the Beats name. 

Airpods have no distinguishable attributes that they ever came from any Beats DNA. Same for the Homepod. Beats external speakers have always been crap. That's why they didn't sell very well. Heck Apple throws in a pair of $300 headphones every summer if you buy your college kid a new Mac. You don't see them doing that with any Apple audio products. 

Sorry DED, I have read and enjoyed your articles since the old RD days, but this time your points don't add up. 

Automakers do not want to relinquish their control over their audio systems. They now put car specific controls in them and route certain computer signals thru them that renders the car un-driveable if the deck is removed. Third party companies have made adapters to reroute the signals in order to replace the head units. There is now way in hell they are going to give that up now. 

Didn’t the NSA violate the 4th amendment when it was caught spying on American citizens who were not suspects of committing terrorism? 

Loop was never intended as a tool for airing grievances, but an idea hub to make ideas into a reality. I understand that employees get frustrated if Apple appears to not be listening to their grievances, but loop wasn’t made for that and it’s possible that Apple got tired of hearing just complaints and not ideas. 

This is one of the most significant improvements with Siri. It might just be me, but I have noticed over the years that Siri takes longer responding to queries and the issue is not the internet connection, but what if it’s the internet providers slowing these down so that they don’t get a false positive mistaking them for a DOS attack?  Plus, are these queries using a lot of encryption and what kind of hit does it take performance wise?

I have noticed that some of the new devices have thread capability, so does this mean future HomePods and Apple TVs will be able to function better with Homekit by using on-chip Siri on those devices?

tedz98 said:

The majority of comments here re: Expedia are missing the point that there are numerous alternatives/competitors to Expedia. With Apple there are no competitors other than Android based platforms. Not really a choice if you see benefits to owning an iPhone. Also the 30% commissions are paid for by the app customers, not really the developers. Tim Cook’s testimony about being concerned about the end user and their safety and experience rings shallow because they are the ones paying the 30% commission through developers such as Epic. It boils down to Apple’s absolute control if not monopoly power over the App Store.

You seem to be complaining about not doing your due diligence as a consumer to find out that you can’t buy android apps and use them on an iPhone and vice versa. 

The bottom line is that Apple will need to have the apps to justify the need and the price for the Vision Pro. 

chadbag said:

What would have happened if Intel hadn’t just sold its Xscale division (its ARM based processors inherited from DEC and its StrongARM processors which DEC first developed with Apple MessagePad as its target)?  and then when Apple came calling for an iPhone processor had been able to offer an ARM based Intel Xscale processor, which I presume would have performed better than the Samsung ARM Apple used)? 

Anyway, just daydreaming. 

I doubt that Intel wanted anything more from DEC, but to buy it and bury it. They didn’t want any RISC chips interfering with their plans and they also got Microsoft to help by shelving Windows for PPC.