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  • Class action suit accuses Apple of selling Macs without needed dust filters

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    sacto joe said:
    Sounds like a manufacturing defect, not a design flaw. I’ve certainly never seen this problem personally. I doubt Apple owes anything more than a replacement.

    That’s not to say Apple shouldn’t investigate the issue, assuming it hasn’t already done so. And if they haven’t, then someone’s head needs to roll at Apple.
    I think it's a design flaw.  It only started happening to us with the switch to the slim profile iMacs.
    ktappewilliamlondonairnerdravnorodom

  • Instagram being blamed for iPhone 15 overheating issues

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    spheric said:
    Well, apparently it is in part Apple‘s fault (though partly for allowing Instagram to use that much power), and its iOS 17, and nothing to do with the new hardware. 

    This snippet indicates to me that it is related to the new hardware:

    Another issue involves some recent updates to third-party apps that are causing them to overload the system. We’re working with these app developers on fixes that are in the process of rolling out.
    Being able to drain the battery at the rate of 1% a minute should not be possible, and given that this was separate from the iOS bug would indicate hardware.
    darkvaderwilliamlondon

  • Lobbying group backed by Apple and Google rails against Open App Markets Act

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    I’m a pretty big Apple fan, but when someone pays $1000 + for a phone, they deserve the right to do what they want with it.  I will still use the App Store, and I’m sure lots still will.  But if someone wants to side load god knows what and is fine with the risk then go right ahead. 
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  • EU to propose common charger for all smartphones, ignores Apple's protest

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    Apple with it’s using USB-C for iPads but Lightning for others has no leg to stand on with this argument. It switched its laptops to USB-C creating huge ewaste. Apple likes to argue both sides of the coin when it comes to its costs. Very disingenuous. 
    It switched to USB-C for laptops because now if the cord is damaged you don’t have to replace the entire charger.  Try putting a little more thought into your arguments. 

    Smartphones have already saved the world massive amounts of waste.  A manuals that took up binders now fit in an iPad,  people no longer by cd’s or cassettes, barcode scanners, DSLRs, video cameras, safety equipment, diagnosis equipment, the list goes on and on for how much smartphones divert waste from the landfill (not just e-waste)  
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  • Huawei celebrates Nikkei iPhone Ban by posting 2019 greeting from an iPhone

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    avon b7 said:

    Those 'halo' features you mention are clearly having the desired effect. Apple is going to be behind in many areas for almost the entirety of 2019. Sales look to remain flat  for Apple while Huawei has set new records for itself with every flagship it released in 2018, shifting almost 50,000,000 more units than in 2017.


    Huawei's 2019 looks far more uncertain than Apple's:

    a) Carriers around the world are abandoning plans to use Huawei for 5G networks
    b) Bad press from the criminal charges levied agains CFO Meng Wanzhou, could hamper sales in North America
    c) If Huawei is found in violation of Iran sanction like ZTE was, they could be banned from using US technology.  At the very least they will be looking at Billions in fines and change of board of directors.
    d) Trump is looking at issuing an executive order, banning Huawei and ZTE equipment from US. https://www.techradar.com/news/trump-considering-formal-us-ban-on-huawei-and-zte 
    e)  Huawei stock is down 50% for the year.  Not a good omen for a company that is supposed to "set new records" this year. https://www.google.com/search?q=SHE%3A+002502&oq=SHE%3A+002502&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i58.238j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
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  • Despite Apple pushback, Oregon has passed its right-to-repair bill banning parts pairing

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    bulk001 said:
    Well done Oregon! Look forward to seeing more States take similar steps for the benefit of consumers.
    Consumers are now going to have genuine parts in they iPhone swapped out for cheap Chinese knockoffs and repair shops will then sell the genuine parts on EBay.  Oregon should really be focusing on it homeless and drug problem.  Most there can’t even afford an iPhone. 
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  • EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals

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    spheric said:
    dee_dee said:
    spheric said:
    I can buy things from literally ANYWHERE on the planet 
    Not if you're a business and your country doesn't have a trade agreement with where you want to buy from.
    What is this nonsense? 
    Maybe you should get up to speed with this topic before debating it?   https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/21/britons-buying-from-eu-websites-face-more-than-100-import-duties

    williamlondon

  • Apple and Goldman Sachs to part ways on Apple Card, no successor named

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    ktappe said:
    I completely understand G.S. not wanting every bill to be due on the 1st of the month. Imagine you're a retailer and all your customers come in on the 1st, leaving you with no customers days 2-30.  It's unreasonable of Apple to have G.S. have to handle an onslaught of bills just one day of the month and not be willing to spread them out.  As an Apple Card customer, I'd be fine having mine not be on the 1st, but Apple has never bothered to ask. 
    Then why did they sign the agreement? Was Apple holding a gun to their head?  Apple Card is designed to help people pay off their debt, having a bill due on the 1st is easy to remember. 
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  • Masimo has spent $100M in Apple Watch patent infringement fight

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    9secondkox2 said:
    dee_dee said:
    s.metcalf said:
    The problem with behemoths like Apple is they know few can afford to defend their rights in court so they exploit that to their advantage constantly.  Apple is a bully, just face it.  Pretty much always has been, even (or especially) under Jobs.  Microsoft and Google are still worse though.
    Apple has no choice.  They are constantly targeted by patent trolls just because they have so much money.  Apple’s only option is to draw out each fight as long as they can, and make litigation as expensive as possible to give patent trolls second thoughts about contesting a patent.  
    Except mason doesn’t troll. 

    They have a legit business that rides on this. From products to licensed tech. 

    A troll does nothing except sue whenever someone  does anything remotely close to what their patent covers. 

    In Masimos case, they are defending patents DIRECTLY infringed by Apple that harm their business materially. 

    It’s a legit fight. Apple needs to do the honorable thing and license the tech or go about glucose monitoring in a way that doesn’t infringe. 
    Just because they have a legitimate business doesn’t mean the can’t be a troll.  As discussed, this tech was solved decades ago. 
    thtronnwilliamlondon

  • Google's RCS messaging is coming to iPhone in 2024

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    gatorguy said:
    dee_dee said:
    nubus said:
    After a decade of being tone-deaf... what a surprise! Nice to see Apple become smart about politics. It would have been better if Apple had taken part in the design of the standard, but this is good. Much better than being forced as with USB-C, right-to-repair, and soon AppStore alternatives.
    Only approx 20% of Android users have access to RCS, and the standard is a hot mess. Apple must be feeling charitable this holiday season. 
    I know some article said it was claimed, but without any source for it. "Someone said", in other words. I'd consider it a suspect estimate.

    Last I recall reading, Google Messages has nearly a billion active users now, so they're doing OK. 
    Your recollection is not that great. Google themselves said there’s 500 million users, and there’s over 3 billion androids in the world so that’s actually closer to 15%. 

    Google is obviously not doing “ok” since they’ve been crying in the press for years now over Apple’s blue bubbles and Android market share in decline. 
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