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It's impossible to compete with Apple, says third-party iPhone repair shops
In 2019 via the BBC:In response to a question about how much the company earns from repair services, Apple said: "For each year since 2009, the costs of providing repair services has exceeded the revenue generated by repairs."Given that, it seems optimistic to think that independent repair shops could do better. They have every right to try, but Apple has no obligation to make their business model profitable.
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Zoom installer flaw can give attackers root access to your Mac
maltz said:That make no sense - I stop using the installer after I've installed the program. Can we get some clearer instruction on this?
1) Is the software available in the App Store?
If the answer is yes, then good. This means there's no installer, no updater, nothing that lives outside of a sandbox*. And no matter how cursory an inspection, you know that someone has taken a look at it.
2) No App Store, so the next question is 'does this software come with an installer?'
If the answer is no, but the software is signed/notarized by Apple, then good. The software is just a program, good or bad. It might not be able to run in a sandbox, but it's not obviously noteworthy.
3) This software comes with an installer. This means it needs to do something unusual under the covers. You should be questioning whether you really, really, need this program. It's almost inevitable that it's going directly to question 4, which is:
4) Does the installer want Admin/Root access?
Full stop. Close the the installer, take a breath. You have to ask yourself if this software is absolutely necessary. If it is, you must run something like Suspicious Package ( https://www.mothersruin.com/software/SuspiciousPackage ) and try and figure out what is going on. In the case of something like Chrome or Zoom you'll see that the installer is installing extra stuff that you don't want. Walk away. In my case I still needed to use Zoom so I used my iPad.
* I've lost count of the number of App Store developers who play bait-and-switch claiming that App Store restrictions prevent this feature or that and wouldn't I rather download the version from their website - and they're lying through their teeth. When you point out that *other* App Store programs have no problem doing this or that, they'll say 'ok, that will be fixed in our next release'.
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Apple and Goldman Sachs to part ways on Apple Card, no successor named
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Facebook shutters news rather than pay up under new Canadian law
As Apple aptly demonstrates, if you create a quality product people will beat a path to your door and throw money at you.
Unfortunately most news sites could use a course in Jim Lehrer's rules of journalism. Nobody in his right mind is going to pay good money for opinion-presented-as-fact such as "this is about Facebook and Instagram profiting from news publishers as it pays them nothing and drives the industry out of business". -
iPhone 15 Pro may not get solid-state buttons due to technical issues
retrogusto said:I wonder if this is a result of internal user prototype feedback.
Certain outlets once proclaimed that Apple was killing off the headphone jack. When it turned out that they were only removing it on platforms that couldn't physically support it, those same outlets claimed that Apple changed direction based on user feedback. Which is simply bullshit, as Apple was never killing off the headphone jack in the first place and those certain outlets couldn't bring themselves to admit that they made a mistake. -
It's impossible to compete with Apple, says third-party iPhone repair shops
muthuk_vanalingam said:r_mari said:Particularly since Apple runs their repair program at a loss.
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What do you want to see from AppleInsider in 2024?
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VOCOlinc Smart LED Desk Lamp review: full of features without busting your budget
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What do you want to see from AppleInsider in 2024?
Wesley Hilliard said:Alrescha said:More than anything, I'd like to see your headlines stop treating rumors and allegations as fact. It's infuriating. And by infuriating I mean it makes me stop reading AI for months at a time, deleting it from my RSS reader and browsing habits.
if you have examples of where this isn’t true, that would be helpful. We appreciate the chance to do better if there’s something we can improve.