danox

jamnap said:

If Apple had the visceral fortitude they would promptly and concisely tell the EU to f$&k off and start closing down shop and stop selling to any EU member country.  Maybe the folk there will rise up against the EU ruling class.  With the expanding Asia market Apple will not fall.  Sure, it will affect the stock market at first, but for Tim Cook to always tout "principles" he needs not to bow to the EU.  The USB/C issue is one thing, but this new EU demand will open Apple's Pandora's box.

Apple has to draw the line in the sand, all European Apple devices within the EU have no store included you sell just the core Apple software with the iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad and Apple Watch.

It’s time for those do nothings in Washington DC to earn their pay. 

Europe just represents about 19% of Apples total revenue, and when compared to other parts of the world, it’s falling, Apples revenue in Europe is about the same as the entire country of Japan.

https://www.businessofapps.com/data/app-revenues/.      Select Chart App revenue by region

xyzzy-xxx said:

I hope this did not happen !

Jamie Dimon and Chase had to put down a lie that Trump told….. A business loser like Trump needs to associate with those that are better than him.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2024/10/04/jpmorgans-billionaire-ceo-didnt-endorse-trump-despite-trump-saying-he-did/

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/04/us/politics/trump-dimon-false-endorsement.html

Nothing mankind does is green or necessarily good for the environment it’s basically called survival, the mere presence of 7 billion human beings and growing on the planet is the what that is killing the environment, and making plants and animals extinct, when a project like a goldmine that will dump mercury into every stream, creek, and river at the headwaters of the largest salmon fishery (Lake Iliamna) in the world and that project just lurches forward on to the operational state says it all. It can’t be said enough that the lake is more valuable as a reoccurring food resource, at this stage of the game and is basically irreplaceable.

The very concept of carbon credits it’s just bait and switch by the ruling classes, the largest salmon fishery in the world is up for grabs.  

It is mind blowing that not even that threat can stop it. (Half of all Sockeye Salmon in the world are taken from that lake).

https://kuow.org/stories/copper-versus-salmon-why-an-alaska-mine-matters-in-the-northwest

Bigger screen 27 inch to 32 inch, put the Mac computer components into an XDR enclosure with any Apple Silicon SOC in it sold, the form factor is King.

applebynature said:

danox said:

In patent, cases, such as this always challenge the patent validity upfront, because the patent office seems to grant patents for just about anything, their philosophy appears to be, people, companies or any other interested party should fight it out in court later. In short, the patent office doesn’t want to take any real responsibility.

I might add the upper division (the corpocracy ) actually prefers it this way, so change probably isn’t going to happen.

I think one of the main issues is that the Patent Office cannot do much other than "to grant patents for just about anything". They do not have an adequate system nor anywhere close to the adequate resources required to fully vet every single one of the thousands of patents filed each day. So yes, the courts are left to decide most patent disputes at a later time, mostly by design. I'm not saying it should be this way, but it's the way it’s True, truebeen for a very long time.

True, the system is designed for the 18th century, and in those days you had to have something that actually worked, and you had to demonstrate it to the examiners, now, however, someone presents an idea, some drawings and equation. You don’t have to demonstrate an actual working device. You just say here’s the application, here’s the fee give me my patent, and the patent office grants it, and then washes their hands, someday someone will actually build a fusion reactor, one that actually works, and they (the company) will be sued by all the idea, equation people from all over the world.

The Wright brothers went through that process, they built some thing that actually worked on the idea people just had paperwork. Took the Wright brothers years to finally get everything settled and at the end a large number of people in the public, thought they were the bad guys.

coolfactor said:

I never did get an iSight or Hi-Fi. Wishing I had, though.

The Apple hi-fi has a 3.5 audio jack, which means you can still use it today if you have one. Wired connections work that way too bad the original HomePod doesn’t have any, I wanted to buy a pair, but the lack of wired connections was a huge stop sign. Speakers good ones last for decades, Bluetooth/Airplay who knows?

Google is paying Apple for the default position in search because it eliminates competition from other companies, and because within the iOS/MacOS, Google makes more profit within the Apple ecosystems than they make in the entire Android ecosystem combined (a guess). In short, Google gets to kill two birds with one stone, the Justice department if they were doing their job would find out exactly how much revenue and profit does Google actually make in each ecosystem worldwide. (my guess is that Google is far more profitable within the Apple ecosystems than their own).

bobcubsfan2 said:

So "new" mouse with USB C. Is port still on bottom of mouse?

No one (the general public) cares other than the tech sites. The same applies to the lightning port and 60 Hz versus 120 Hz screens which is a big so what if you only have a 4K screen, the 4.5 K Apple curated screen is better than all of those 4K 120 Hz PC screens if you care about actual clarity on the screen and I’m not talking about playing games.

Absolutely the right thing to do show it (the new Federal sales tax) as a line item on the bill that Americans get to see, eliminate all doubt where the cost is coming from. The red staters need to see it in black and white. They don’t seem to understand anything until it knocks them over the head.

Anyone selling anything across the land is not gonna take the blame for that occupant in the White House. As we have heard from him so often business is business and he is the greatest at it. Isn’t he? According to his constant blathering he is the smartest man in the room or is it the world I keep forgetting?  

What Deal? Agreeing to meet and talk isn’t a deal….