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Mark Zuckerberg claims Apple's App Store charges 'monopoly rents,' stifles innovation
This. Facebook can afford Apple’s price, but Zuckerberg is accustomed to being his own monopoly. We’d all be better off without Facebook IMNSHO.CuJoYYC said:AppleInsider said:Facebook warned advertisers that new privacy features in iOS 14 could lead to up to a 50% drop in advertiser revenue.
Cry me a river Mark.
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Apple has two big CarPlay problems
I finally turned spoken navigation off for Google and Apple Maps. CarPlay in my 2020 Subaru Forester doesn’t always respect volume settings for each source. Music is set at 17, navigation volume at 8. When navigation suddenly blares at 17, I nearly jump out of my seat. 🙄maltz said:jamnap said:But there seems to be a volume level issue with Car Play
Volume issues are a pain when using things like CarPlay and Bluetooth. Adjusting the volume using the car's volume knob has worked in both my Hyundai and Jeep, but the trick is that you have to do it WHILE the specific audio you want to adjust is playing. Different types of audio can have different volume settings - music, Siri/Google/etc, ringtones, phone call audio, etc. In the case of brief snippets of audio like map directions, Siri responses, etc, timing that can be tricky, especially while driving.
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Netflix blames account sharing for first subscriber loss in a decade
I’d been a Netflix subscriber since it was first introduced on the very first Roku box. But I canceled my account a couple months ago and haven’t missed it. They’ve been losing content to other streaming channels, and they keep raising prices. My new policy is signing up for a month or so if I want to binge watch a show. That’s how I keep my streaming costs down. Not by sharing passwords/accounts.
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Hands on with Apple's yellow iPhone 14
A whole article when all that’s changed is the color. 🙄🤣
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Latest iOS 15 and macOS 12 updates contain critical security patches
I'm not waiting. Retired IT security pro here. But they're your devices. 😊
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Apple hires new HomePod Software Head to boost lackluster speaker sales
All my smart speakers are Sonos, except for a 3rd gen Echo Dot in my basement. Alexa has her issues, but she’s so much better than Siri. -
Tenth-gen iPad's USB-C limited to Lightning speeds
This is the least expensive iPad out there. Not surprised Apple didn’t offer more features of USB-C. The target market for this device won’t even notice. Users who need more will buy a more advanced iPad.
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Windows on Apple Silicon is up to Microsoft, says Craig Federighi
Old timer here! I agree and hope for exciting days ahead too.seanj said:Old timer that I am, I remember the days before the WinTel duopoly dominated the computer industry. We had machines running 68000, ARM, SPARC, Alpha, etc, and a consequence we had year on year real innovation and advances; the completion that the free market promotes.Whereas we’ve seen stagnation with Intel’s CISC x86 architecture for over a decade, a fact that Apple recognised. The irony of course is that things have come full circle as Apple was one of the original investors in ARM back in the late 1980’s.
Hopefully exciting days ahead!
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Apple's iPhone 15 & Apple Watch event -- what we loved, and didn't
It isn’t. I’ll be sticking with my S7 another year. I like the green, and there’s nothing compelling in S9. S10 will be the one to wait for AFAIC.Anilu_777 said:How is the Apple Watch 9’s double tap any different from the pinch and clench gestures that came out a few years ago as Accessibility gestures? I got those working on my Series 6 and I can go forward and back with a single or double pinch (tap index and thumb together) and clench fist to confirm. This is changeable and can also trigger shortcuts.
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The LastPass hack saga just keeps getting worse
I tried LastPass briefly, but I quickly moved on to Bitwarden. So far so good. 🤞🏻
