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Germany wants Apple to offer iPhone updates and parts for 7 years
This is a proposal from people whom do not understand consumer electronics or economics. Who in the world would want to repair a 7, 6 or even 5 year old phone or tablet? The repair cost would exceed the device value or at best be a wash. Typical European government wanting to interfere with the free market - the nanny state always goes too far. Do these “geniuses” ever think that maybe one could buy a used 6 year old phone or tablet for a lot less than it would take to repair the same device. This is a brain dead proposal from the Germans.
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Editorial: Why is Samsung's Galaxy Fold graded on a curve?
Wow you are in denial. If Apple released a folding phone that did this it would be a lead story on the news and #foldgate would be #1 on Twitter. The media pressure on Apple would be insane.flydog said:This article manufactures a non-existent controversy to justify its existence. I haven’t seen any evidence that Samsung is treated differently than Apple in the press or the public eye.
Although the Verge stated just yesterday, "My Samsung Galaxy Fold screen broke after just a day. Yikes," this article refers to the author as passive and as evidence of an anti-Apple bias, cherry picking quotes to justify its false premise. If anything, the Verge article is evidence of the opposite:We’ve seen worries about scratches on expensive phones and debris breaking the keyboard on expensive MacBooks, but a piece of debris distorting the screen on a $1,980 phone after one day of use feels like it’s on an entirely different level.
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Elizabeth Warren calls for tech giant breakup, with Apple in the cross-hairs
You obviously are too young to even understand what AT&T was back then. They were a govt protected monopoly which is not even in the same universe of companies like Google or Facebook etc. AT&T monopoly should never have been allowed and once it existed it should have ended in the 1940’s. The Termination of the govt monopoly that was AT&T was a godsend for the people of the country. True monopolies can only exist with govt enforcement power behind them this is not what Google, Facebook, etc. are. But Warren is just playing to her ignorant base of supports by being an extreme progressive.mknelson said:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakup_of_the_Bell_Systemlkrupp said:I’m not the least bit worried about Warren’s plan ever becoming law. She’s a radical with radical, untenable ideas, as is AOC.
1982… that was while Reagan was president…
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'Save the Internet' bill seeks to reinstate net neutrality regulations
Why would any reasonable person want the govt interfering any further into our communications infrastructure. The old days of govt mandated AT&T monopoly were not good for the consumer (I lived through this. I recall when it was broken up I could make long distance calls for the low low price of $0.25/min it was about $1/min under the govt AT&T monopoly) and many people defended this horrendous policy as being best for the consumer, no unlike the ones defending Net Neutrality today.boltsfan17 said:
If you look at the big picture, net neutrality hasn't done anything. I think the mandate by Obama in 2015 declaring internet a public utility made things worse. Net neutrality caused investment into broadband internet to decrease. With net neutrality, Title II regulations were imposed on ISP's. Under the regulations, all proposals had to be submitted to the FCC for approval. Look at how long it took the FCC to allow T-Mobile's Binge On service. Another huge problem in this country net neutrality doesn't address is the local monopolies all around the nation. All these restrictions city, county, and state governments have done has stymied competition. Almost every place I've lived in only had one option for high speed internet. Net neutrality also hasn't helped rural customers, who represent 20% of the U.S. population. I've seen quite a few local projects aimed at rural customers get the ax due to the bureaucracy of net neutrality regulations. Bottom line, I just think enforcing Great Depression era laws on the internet don't protect the consumer or help broadband growth. There is just too much misinformation out there where people continue to falsely believe net neutrality creates an open and free internet, which it doesn't. The hands off approach prior to the 2015 mandate is the way to go.GeorgeBMac said:I have always been in favor of net neutrality -- enforced by government. The idea of "government control of the internet is as ridiculous as government control of any utility. The regulations are there to insure a fair shake for consumers and effective management of national infrastructure, nothing more, nothing less. But, that was all "back in the day" of internet being delivered over coax, FiOS, and LTE.
With the advent of 5G that could all change. Not only does 5G have the capacity to replace most or all of today's conventional delivery methods, but 5G can be software targeted to deliver pinpoint accuracy for critical functions like remote surgery and self-driving or remotely driven vehicles -- and a ton more.
I think this whole thing needs to be thought through as to how it will be used, how it fits into and supports critical U.S. infrastructure, and who says which resources get which resources? For instance: Do you trust Verizon to provide and decide how much you pay for remote surgery over their network? What will stop them from price gouging based on willingness to pay -- the same as Big Pharma does for life saving critical medications? Or say, your self driving car travels from the area covered by your Verizon network into AT&T's -- can AT&T then charge you a "roaming fee"?
The free market works and when it gets out of balance it will correct itself, it always does. The fantastic internet we have today was created because we didn’t have policies like net neutrality (56kb modems to 200Mb in 20 years at roughly the same price that’s amazing and transformative). The people who are the marketplace not the govt knows what’s best so please stop supporting the asinine idea of net neutrality because you think someone may throttle your BW.
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Apple temporarily escapes new tariffs in escalating US-China trade war
Actually you are very wrong in you comment. The tariffs are having a big impact upon China's economy, their actual GDP growth (not the fake govt numbers) is below ours and sinking. Keep in mind China's GDP is only a little more than half of ours and they export a lot more to the US than we export to them. Moreover, the economic impact and slowdown in China is real spanning infrastructure buildouts to consumer products to real estate, etc. the company I work for can testify to this fact.foregoneconclusion said:It's not much of a war. The tariffs haven't worked and raising them again isn't going to change that. The U.S. withdrew from TPP in January of 2017 and is still floundering around trying to get a replacement for it almost 2 1/2 years later.
Also TPP had nothing to do with China and deals have been negotiated and are continuing to be negotiated with the countries involved in TPP.
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Sonos cutting support for older devices starting in May
Not cool Sonos.
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Samsung 'Galaxy S21' design and January 2021 launch leaked
Why would anyone buy a new Samsung flagship when it’s first released since 3 months after launch they are already on the heavy discount table.
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iPhone gets USB-C thanks to creative robotics engineer
This comment will age just fine, it’s simple physics. Wireless charging will always be less efficient since it’s not a direct nearly lossless connection.flydog said:
Never?FileMakerFeller said:
Wireless charging is never going to be as efficient as wired charging,charlesn said:We'll never see a USB-C iPhone. Portless iPhone by model 14 or 15 at the latest. A change from lightning to USB-C for a year or two would be stupid. The only tech obstacle is a fast enough charging speed to match wired, and we're not that far off now. Wireless data transfer is already there. We'd also need some sort of wireless dongle to plug into cars that are wired CarPlay only. Maybe I'm forgetting something, but I see no other major obstacles to a portless iPhone.That comment won’t age well.
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Apple rumored to release 27-inch iMac with mini-LED display in early 2022
I interpreted your ragging on mini-LED display as the same issue. Mini LED is much better than current LED backlighting and has advantages over OLED. Apple looked at all the display tech and picked what was the best in terms of performance, price and availability. We all know the future will be some form of micro LED display tech but that is not available today.vedelppa said:fastasleep said:
Are you really upset that microLED tech isn't ready yet, so they picked the next best thing to them? You think they didn't test OLED in the process? REALLY?vedelppa said:I'm affraid those "Mac Mini Pro"s will only come with the AS Mac Pros (and maybe as a "Mac Pro Mini", or the current Mac Pro will become the Mac Pro Max and Mac Pro will be that.. OK, last theory: I think the processors for that will be called M2 Studio so add "Studio" to the moniker-mix!
), if ever 
.. What a shame a mid-level headless desktop is out of their interest! 
Anyway I don't like this mini-LED thing they push, with its local dimming zones instead of per-pixel dimming. Does it even deserve the "pro" moniker? Feels like a "good enough" for the price of a used car..
dunno if there's a problem with your reading comprehension or you just make up things to throw **** on me?
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Ford poaches executive leading the 'Apple Car' project
Fully agree. I Don’t really understand why Apple would want to build autos since it’s low margin business with an enormous amount of working capital. Apple’s expertise is in software and human to hardware interactions this is where they can have a significant impact on the auto market. The established auto companies need to team with Apple to get there software on their platforms. I believe Apples project Titan is in the end a software-hardware package to sell to the auto companies. I really can’t believe Apple wants to build and sell cars.davgreg said:Ford does not need this guy , but a good experienced engineer is always welcome.
The Mustang Mach E and F-150 Lightning shows Ford is off to a good start with EVs.
Regarding a comment concerning VW, the UI on VW EVs is horrible. The UI is slow, laggy and not well designed. The I.D. 4 is a decent, but not great car and uses the same foundation as the ID.3. And yes Tesla quality and reliability are questionable - Tesla is trying to suppress data reporting on their cars quality and reliability.
I personally still think Apple would be better off developing a SW/HW package that could be sold to automakers rather than making cars outright. Anybody who has extensively shopped for a car knows that most touchscreen and capacitance interface stuff is awful. No touch anything will ever be as good as a hardware switch.
