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  • Calls for Tim Cook's resignation over Apple Intelligence miss that he has made Apple what ...

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    Apple Intelligence feels like a me too product designed to appeal to investors rather than consumers. Almost every iPhone user I know hates it and asks me how you can switch it off.

    I don’t blame Tim Cook though as every tech company is expected to bet the farm on gen AI. Cook would be eviscerated by the markets if Apple didn’t have a gen AI strategy. There’s a lot of hype but no-one has a product that works as promised.


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  • Trump gives Apple a giant break with wide-ranging tariff exemptions

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    This art of the deal looks very similar to "Oh shit, we didn't think of that" from where I'm sitting.
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  • Apple researching how to add a Touch Bar to the side of an iPhone

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    Stop trying to make Touch Bars a thing, Apple.
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  • Apple stocks plummet, as Trump threatens 104% tariff on China

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    Dear America, if you want to commit suicide then that’s your business. However, could you not take the rest of us with you, please?
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  • Trump gives Apple a giant break with wide-ranging tariff exemptions

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    AppleZulu said:
    9secondkox2 said:
    As I’ve been saying since before this whole thing happened. 
    So pray tell why he didn’t just exempt smartphones, computers, etc., in the first place? I can only think of two reasons, myself. Impulsive stupidity, and/or stock manipulation for the purpose of insider trading.  Have you got a better explanation?
    As a Brit, this all reminds me of Brexit. The people in favour of tariffs are the ones who least understand their impact. The exemptions are being announced now because Trump didn't believe that the tariffs would noticeably drive up the price of iPhones.
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  • AAPL crumble: stock hit again, as White House clarifies 145% China tariff rate

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    okypinoky said:
    ssfe11 said:
    Apple can add and will I add if necessary a tariff surcharge in big bold letters to iPhone in September so the whole world can def see it and thank Trump for it. 
    More EU cars (Volvo, Mercedes, BMW) are sold in the US than any other place in the world - including the EU .... and that is their own market.  Mainly because the US has a higher gross income per capital that can afford those types of cars.  But, the secondary issue is that US car manufacturers cannot sell in the EU because the tariff tax on those imports are so high, very very few can afford a US made car.  They, instead, purchase an EU made car.  Likewise in the Arab states - they have placed a tariff so high on US cars and zero on Japanese cars - most drive Toyotas and not Fords.  Good for them ... bad for us.  It is unfair and it has to stop.
    Very few people in Europe want a US-made car regardless of tariffs. They have a reputation for being ugly, inefficient and poorly engineered. 

    If US manufacturers made a desirable product, they would sell in the EU just fine. Telsa was doing very well before Musk outed himself as a deranged loser.
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  • 'Fortnite' CEO thought he'd beat Apple in weeks, not years

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    rezwits said:
    I'll say it again, Steam, SteamOS, and SteamBoxes...  Steam SEEMS to have no problem building their own to compete with Apple, an online STORE EVEN!  But yet Apple makes it "impossible compete..."

    HORSE $#!+
    Epic's attempts to compete with Steam are hilarious. They've engaged in every anti-competitive practice going (exclusivity periods for new games, free games, run as a $2 billion loss leader) and yet Steam continues to dominate. Gamers will never trust Epic in the way they do Valve.

    I'm surprised that they haven't tried to sue Valve.
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  • UK backs down from nonsensical law after threats from Apple, WhatsApp

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    steverob said:
    It comes from someone who worked at the BBC the well known “impartial” organisation (NOT) that supported the EU even after a democratic vote and tends to be against any Conservatives government.
    While the BBC employs a lot of young educated urbanites, who definitely lean left, the leadership of the BBC is made up of Conservative supporters, failed political candidates and donors. The cross pollination has gone the other with senior BBC journalists joining the staff of the Conservatives.
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  • 'Total War: Rome II' marches back to Apple Silicon Macs

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    This is my favourite of the Total War games: It strikes a good balance between accessibility and complexity, it's got a tonne of content and I love the setting.

    It ran just fine on my old Intel Mac. I'll have to give it a re-download!
    watto_cobra

  • Apple denied Parler re-entry to the App Store despite guideline revision

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    sdw2001 said:
    Another poster who has no idea what he is talking about.  Parler has such guidance and does have moderation. They don’t allow illegal activity, threats, etc.  The difference is they don’t ban people who make comments that leftists twist into “Nazi propaganda.”    
    Here's Parler's community guidelines. It's a pretty short read. They might not allow direct threats but they do allow neo-Nazis on their platform. And I do mean literal, self-identifying neo-Nazis here, not just Fox News-style right-wing reactionaries. People with Nazi symbols in their bio.

    Facebook and Twitter's community standards are much longer and call out the kind of rhetoric used by neo-Nazis. I think we can all agree that the big social media organizations could do more to apply the rules more consistently though.