Beats

Shame on Apple. They are not the police!!

Just keep your game off the App Store buddy. Then you can sleep at night without worrying about the monster named Apple.

That ENDING to the event was hilarious!!

Underwhelmed overall. These are old Macs with new chips. Was hoping to see new designs, FaceID and an all new App Store.

elijahg said:

docno42 said:

elijahg said:

I notice the price is the same as before, so rather than dropping the price due to cheaper CPU and increasing accessibility for people, they're just absorbing the extra profit. Great, that's the Cook Way. ߙ䦬t;/div>

You aren’t buying a collection of parts, your buying functionality.

If you don’t think the value proposition works for you, don’t buy it.  Frankly I’m surprised they didn’t raise the price - this little thing called inflation means they are already grossing less just from that alone.  

If you want cheap crap there are plenty of other vendors to choose from out there.  Have at it.   I have no problem paying more for a better experience.

Yes, all these added bells and whistles are nice, looking better on webcam etc, faster ML, but those things are super niche. Better battery is great, but having 10 hours vs 20 isn't essential. When's the last time you worried about how you look on webcam, or how fast ML is? It's actually less functionality for me at least, as it can't run Windows which I use for parts of my job - And so does Apple. Amusingly, the Mac Pros are running Modelsim, which is a logic analyser. And it's Windows only. I used Windows on my Mac regularly at uni, if I couldn't, I would have got a PC laptop. Same for several of my friends at uni.

Funny how battery life is what everyone bit*hes about but when Apple fixes it, suddenly no one cares.

elijahg said:

I notice the price is the same as before, so rather than dropping the price due to cheaper CPU and increasing accessibility for people, they're just absorbing the extra profit. Great, that's the Cook Way. 🙄

Can you break down component pricing, manufacturing costs and shipping since you seem to have all the data? Thanks.

Wants are nice. I want Apple to acquire Yelp. But this woman can F off and let Apple run Apple like Apple wants.

This company is genius.

They promote stupidity in the American version. Girls dancing like hoes, stupid challenges, dangerous scenarios. But in the Chinese version, stupidity is banned and they promote education. The Chinese Tik Tok is filled with fun facts, tutorials and encouragement while ours is filled with people copying stupid dances.

In the Chinese version feminism is banned while it’s promoted in the U.S. version. Anyone who acknowledges male rights is banned while feminists completely humiliating and threatening males are promoted. One of the biggest Tik Tokers in America is an openly sexist woman.

This number is sad for Apple. They could have had the entire market. I’m still confused why Jimmy left. He was doing an amazing job. He has a relationship with the biggest artists and had the drive. I really thought Apple Records was coming with him on board and many people thought Apple Music would be the App Store for musicians.

anome said:

This is interesting. I suspect Google, and now Samsung, are looking at the Apple situation as a test case. They're wondering if Epic is successful here, will they go after them next?

But why should they? They allow side-loading, don't they? Do they also block in-app purchases that don't go through Google Play or whatever Samsung's store is called?

Can we sue Epic for not allowing me to buy my Fortnite in-app items from Rockstar or someone? Do they have a monopoly on purchases made in Fortnite?

Epic has a store too. We should sue them for being "anti-consumer" and not allowing 3rd party games to sell there for free.

9secondkox2 said:

Just a jump on the “i want my way” or else bandwagon. 

Rules exist for a reason. Chaos is prevented, business is made, and products are better. 

With the recent whiners who want to pretend that Apple doesn’t deserve their storefront and hosting / delivery fees, even the guys who really should know better are jumping in. Shameful. 

Reminds me of all the “we don’t need law enforcement” stuff going on. 

Yes. We do. Get back in line and stop stealing. 

Those people mean "We don't need cops getting paid to kill people" which is actually happening. Easy to criticize from the comfort of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood.

Some of this sounds like PR BS. I don’t see how this helps children like Tim claims.  And Apple collaborating with the government is embarrassing.

Stabitha_Christie said:

Beats said:

Quibi  also had a “sticky” subscription model.

If the content sucks, no one cares. 

Change the headline to “APPLE is positioned to dominate the gaming market, but won’t”

You also think Apple makes most of it's money from gaming...... so not exactly the best informed source on the subject.