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  • Apple Intelligence & iPhone mirroring aren't coming to EU because of the DMA

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    Psamathos said:
    This seems like a whole load of posturing and blackmail to me. Basically they are saying "we can't enable screen sharing to apps that Apple hasn't authorised because they might allow data to go somewhere that violates the users' privacy". Well, you know, you could always ask the user, couldn't you? Maybe a dialogue box the first time you connect to an app that's not signed by Apple isn't the absolutely perfect user experience, but it's an awful lot better than killing the feature all together. Given that Apple's own app store doesn't have a perfect record on vetting applications, that same pop-up-on-first-connect would probably be useful for Apple App Store apps too.

    So no, this isn't EU regulation causing problems. This is Apple causing problems and attempting to blame the EU, because it doesn't want to loose its insanely lucrative monopoly by which is takes 30% of the entire value of the App Store for its own profit.

    That’s not the issue.  Screen sharing would need to work on Windows, Chromebooks, Linux etc. not worth it for Apple. 

    Suck it EU - you reap what you sow. 
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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.
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  • Apple to unveil AI-enabled Safari browser alongside new operating systems

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    JamesCude said:
    Web ads suck but how else do you think your favorite websites will stay in business? Are you prepared to pay a subscription to every site? I doubt it…
    The ad industry has brought this upon themselves.  The trick is not to just block the ads, but do it without being detected.  If Apple can dance around the “turn off your ad blocker” alert its game over for ads on the web. 
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  • 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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  • Mac Pro and Mac Studio refreshes may wait till 2025

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    When you click on “view comments” for an articles, why can’t you automatically scroll down to the comments instead of the user having to scroll through the article a second time?  Not a very Apple like experience. 
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  • Apple's Core Technology Fee at the center of EU's first DMA violation investigation

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    rorschachai said:
    Apple should just shut down the App Store in the EU and have side loading be the exclusive way to install apps. Wipe their hands of it all and let companies figure out the logistics of marketing, hosting, payment processing, etc themselves.

    Apple Intelligence is only the start of features that the EU will be left behind on.
    I don’t think they will shut it down, but what it does seem they are doing is making EU users second class citizens by holding back features from the EU version of iOS to limit their blast radius. 
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  • J.D. Vance shouldn't open his mouth about Apple if he doesn't have a clue

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    I’m an Apple fan but Apple has definitely been caught using slave labour, and I’ve seen no evidence they have removed all slave labour from their supply chain.  Remember all the suicides at Foxconn too?  The conditions they work in are not great. 
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  • iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus arrive with Camera Control button and more speed

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    I used to look forward to these events, not they are just super boring snore-fests.
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  • 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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  • Global chaos erupts as Windows security update goes bad

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    ITGUYINSD said:
    The headline makes it sound like a Windows Update caused the issue, when in fact, the issue was a 3rd party software company.

    Could have been worded better.  People are already blaming Windows...this headline doesn't help.
    We don’t know as yet but let’s be honest - Windows definitely had a roll to play in this mess. There is always something breaking with that POS. 

    Companies that played their cards right and migrated to Linux or Mac are probably having a good chuckle right now. 
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