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lkrupp said:

No one has yet adequately explained what 5G on a smartphone brings to the table other than nerds bragging about their download speeds.

5G isn’t about the devices we carry in our pockets. It’s about everything else that wants to be connected in our lives. The ability to ditch traditional cable operators for a cellular based internet service in your home, with speeds comparable to the antiquated wired connections. It also gives the ability to cover the underserved areas that traditional ISPs don’t want to develop because of the expense to bring service to that area. Although I am not a fan of autonomous cars, it will help with the progress for self driving vehicles as well. That’s just the tip of the Iceberg. 

Remember, Apple Pay only works for Apple customers -- and not at all in many countries.

You mean just like how Samsung Pay only works for Samsung Users?  At the end of the day, Apple developed their own platform and they are going to keep it proprietary for now. If they want they can release an android version of Apple Pay, just like they did for Apple Music. 



As as far as countries, Apple Pay is in 56 Countries, and that  is nothing to sneeze at. 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Pay

mejsric said:

Epic has also no rights to the fruits of Apple's labor.

You mean the same fees that Google and Amazon charge with a fraction of the support?

Just another scum bag lawyer looking to make a quick buck. We all know his claim is bull$h1t. 

Apple Pay isn’t a payment system, a Card terminal, Point of Sale (PoS) Register, Square Terminals, Those are payment systems. They allow people to pay for good. 

Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, Google Pay and even PayPal are systems to replace Physical Cards. They allow you to process a payment both physically and digitally using your banking credentials. 

If prime were still the original 1 or 2 day shipping that was promised years ago, it would be worth it. Prime today is nothing but another label. 

Items get ship when they want, arrive when they want, i’ve had prime shipping come 5 days later. I don’t use Prime Video, I have never found anything I  cared to watch on it. Amazon music is subpar, compared to Apple Music and Spotify. Hell I don’t even have 1 Fire or Alexa device in my house.

eightzero said:

Where is the option to play OTA TV on my Apple TV? My TCL/Roku runs that. 

I'd buy a 4k Apple TV with a ATSC 3 next gen tuner and a coax plug on the back. 

I run a plex server with a TV Tuner added to it. I get 67 OTA Channels, that are made available across every device I own including, my iPhones, iPads, Apple TV’s, and even my Roku’s that I no longer use. I should also mention that I have access to those channels, regardless of where I am, as long as I have an internet connection. 

If you don’t like it, then develop solely for android. If you want your product in Apple’s App Store, then you follow the rules, like everyone else. 

leighr said:

China…. Copyright laws…. LOL. 

I thought the exact same thing … 😂

As an iPhone user since the beginning, this blue bubble envy is laughable to me. Every android user I know, doesn’t even bother texting me through MMS/SMS because of the poor image and video quality. They all make it a point to exclusively message me through FaceBook messenger. Even when I have mentioned if I don’t respond right away, to send a regular text to get my attention. This is because the notification sound for FB Messenger is fairly low IMO, but regardless, I never get a traditional text from them, only Messenger. Even my family in Europe with iPhones don’t send texts, and use WhatsApp instead.