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  • Developers will have a hard time getting App Store users to buy directly

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    It will depend on the developer. RandomGuySoftware located who knows where will have trouble. But when, not if but when, Microsoft, Adobe, Steam, and other big guys set up their own sites people will go there without hesitation. Soon the AppStore will only be hosting small developers. 
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  • Apple is lying about Apple Intelligence, John Gruber says -- and he's right

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    muthuk_vanalingam said:
    jdw said:
    Wow.  Just wow.

    When otherwise staunchly left-leaning Tim Cook isn't quite left enough for the left, they pounce. 

    Great job, folks.  Great job.
    This has nothing to do with politics and it's an insane leap to try and make it so. Stop.
    Agreed. And I usually enjoy reading @jdw's posts. Definitely, not this one. Not after, it was deleted for violating the forum rules.

    My personal take on the topic at hand - Ok, Apple lied about an important feature - so what? Everything is fair in love, war and marketing. Apple's marketing is usually not as deceptive as competition and they are still far better than competition even after this situation. Of course. competition is not the gold standard for Apple to follow, rather Apple has to set the high bar for others to follow. But occasional missteps happen and that is inevitable. Is this misstep large enough for CEO to step down - I don't think so, considering the track record of the CEO in question for the last 10+ years.
    So what? It’s called fraud and people have been prosecuted for it. At the very least I expect a massive lawsuit over this which I expect Apple will lose costing them millions. The damage to their reputation will be even worse. 
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  • Apple is lying about Apple Intelligence, John Gruber says -- and he's right

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    He’s not wrong. This has been a fiasco.
    And most important, who made the call which side to listen to? Presumably, that person was Tim Cook."
    Tim Cook was the steady hand that kept Apple going when Steve Jobs left. He did good work, but that is in the past. What have we had in recent years? The CarPlay fumble. The AppleCar fiasco. The Siri fiasco which is a part of Apple Intelligence being mostly a half baked “us too’ project and not something well thought out. AppleVision becoming this decades Lisa. Software shipped with obvious bugs. On and on and on. 

    It is time for Tim Cook to step aside. He made Apple into the most profitable company in the world, but it’s become clear that he isn’t able to lead it anymore. There are little fiefdoms, and pet projects, and a loss of focus on what is most important. That takes a firm hand from the top, and Cook isn’t providing that anymore. I’m of the same cohort as Cook and I know how hard it is to step back and let younger people take the reins. But it is time. For the good of Apple it is time for Cook to leave the stage

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