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dantheman827 said: Even if the commission rate is identical the crucial difference is that no one is forced to use Steam… they choose to because they prefer it. People are forced to use the App Store and no alternative is allowed. A. Nob…
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LOL...an emulator and an app where you're crossing your fingers that it's only accessing the clipboard.
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Wesley Hilliard said: robjn said: The article comments “ It removes a potential revenue stream (one these companies seem to have no intention of pursing anyway)” I for one pay a subscription to Nintendo just to be able to play all the…
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"Similar to the EU, the forthcoming Japanese regulations, mobile platform operators must permitalternatives to their app stores and payment systems, facilitating a more open digital market. The change is designed to dismantle the barriers favoring i…
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Surprise! Spotify lobbied the EU in order to raise prices, not lower them.
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Emulators? Just goes to show how misguided the current regulatory trends are around the world. Consumer access to emulators isn't a key to anything...economic, competitive or otherwise.
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Unified memory IS more efficient than DDR. There’s no 1x1 comparison between the two.
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slow n easy said: I very highly doubt that OLED will “revolutionize the visual experience” as the article states. The quality of the current iPad is already excellent. So it’s basically going to go from excellent to even more excellent? O…
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India’s government seems to be intent on becoming more like China so Apple could end up right back where it started down the road.
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rickwil61 said: Can you tell me what sex outside of marriage has accomplished? Only the entirety of the natural world around you.
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slow n easy said: The car still doesn’t understand hand signals yet. I just got back from a 3 ½ hour trip to Indianapolis today and there was a traffic cop waving cars through a red light. That is still one of the situations that the car can…
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tmay said:SAE Level 5Full Self-Driving (FSD) is Tesla's branding for its beta testing program to achieve fully autonomous driving (SAE Level 5). The naming is controversial, because vehicles operating under FSD remain at Level 2 automation and a…
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avon b7 said: As for their being nothing in the DMA against Apple imposing a 27% commission on transactions outside its realm, I'd argue that there doesn't need to be, as the whole point was to stimulate competition and Apple taking a cut from …
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avon b7 said: There is definitely consumer harm: Anti-steering. Anti-steering has always been flimsy in regards to consumer harm and the EU knows it. According to Spotify's own timetoplayfair web site, their preferred method for customers to …
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"Apple certainly has a contentious relationship with Spotify, for example. In 2019, Spotify complained of being in the App Store due to Apple's fee for apps." Spotify only used in-app purchases in the App Store from June 2014 thru May 2016 accordin…
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LOL...emulators. That doesn't seem like the economic boon the EU was looking for.
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I haven't had any issues with APFS drives. I've got one SSD connected via a monitor and two HDDs that are connected directly to my Mac.
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Hmmm...I wonder if they could get the squeeze aspect to work even if you're using a slide-on pencil grip adapter.
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StrangeDays said: Definitely a more immersive experience than panel faces. Yeah, the Brady Bunch aspect of video conferencing has always been a bit odd.
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RDWTX said: Michae1 said: I was such a big fan of his, but it’s sad to see what he’s become. I feel like he got starred for attention during his absence and now just saying/doing anything to get in a spotlight. So, what did he say t…