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  • Meta reignites its fight with Apple over platform power & developer freedom

    Even if I don´t like Tim Cook and current business strategies of Apple, Mark should shut the f`ck up.
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  • Microsoft's new app store pledge preserves its walled garden on Xbox

    So don’t sell at a loss, and produce enough of them? (Instead of artificial shortages that are obvious ploys to boost desirability.)

    The “robust and viable ecosystem for game developers" argument is such horseshit if you look at where indie developers are actually making money (or rather not making money…) Does anyone buy the idea that MS is soooooo into gaming that it loses billions of $$ on a passion project? (Or that that would be legal, given it’s duty to shareholders.) 

    I’d argue that MS and others like it intentionally create the economic circumstances that make working for AAA studios the only sad “viable” option for most developers. The only people that are benefiting here are investors.  
    If consoles weren't sold at a loss, they would cost 50% more and far fewer people would buy them. You folks don't understand: not very many people buy consoles. About 50 million XBox One consoles were sold over 7 years. That is probably about the number of Google Pixel phones that sold in that timeframe. And no, these shortages aren't artificial. First off, these shortages did not exist with the PS4, XBox One, PS3, XBox 360 etc. These shortages are due to TSMC being the only foundry capable of making an integrated SOC for these devices that don't overheat. This is the same TSMC that also can't fill all of Apple's orders, forcing Apple to prioritize iPhones over iPads, remember?
    AMD's Zen 4 chips were supposed to launch in November 2021. At this rate AMD will consider themselves lucky if they launch in October 2022, and they have even had to shift some orders to Samsung, just as Intel - who will use TSMC's fabs for some orders in 2023 - considered doing and Nvidia did last year for Ampere GPUs.

    The console business model is totally different from the mobile device one. Samsung alone sells more smartphones in 1 year than the entire console industry - Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft and the minor players - sells in an entire generation. Yes, the Nintendo Switch sells at a profit. But do you know why? The Nintendo Switch is actually the Nvidia Shield K1 Android tablet from 2015 running the Nintendo 3DS operating system (based on FreeBSD) along with some Android components and Nvidia software. The Nvidia Shield K1 tablet was $200 when it originally launched! 

    I can see you bashing Microsoft - decades of hate I guess - but you realize that by doing this you are also trashing Sony, whose console costs the same, whose shortages are even worse, and who has nothing to do with these app store battles with Epic Games and regulators. The PlayStation is their last big money hardware product left. The iPod and iPhone killed off the Walkman, boom boxes and the other consumer audio products that were massive for them in the 80s and 90s. Streaming - and streaming boxes - killed off their VHS, DVD and Blu-ray line. They so badly botched their attempts to make Android devices that they don't even bother to distribute more than a few units outside Japan (iPhone 70% market share) anymore. Their TV line is being battered by South Korean and Chinese competition. They are also only "one among many" when it comes to selling headphones (where they get crushed by AirPods) and speakers (getting devalued by smart products from Amazon, Sonos, Google and Apple). And they ditched their PC line ages ago because they could no longer compete with HP, Dell, Lenovo and Apple (Toshiba made the same decision). 

    If you have some business plan or strategy where Sony could make $200 per unit on the PS5 and still sell enough to make money selling $70 copies of the Spider-Man game go ahead and share it. My guess is that you don't, and you don't care what happens to Sony or the console market so long as Apple gets to keep doing whatever Apple wants. You are probably ROOTING for the console makers to fail so Apple could take their place. Just as pretty much everyone on this site was rooting for Nintento to fail 5 years ago so Apple could buy them and make Mario, Link, Pokemon etc. exclusives on Apple TV (so that people would actually start buying them), iPads and iPhones.
    You say that the console business is different from the mobile business.

    So.. Why do we have to listen to Microsoft then??? Microsoft clearly tried to launch smartphones with their own Window OS, which failed. Their fault. Not Apple´s fault. 

    Microsoft is giving a lot of BS this time because Microsoft is jealous that AAPL and GOOGL are so successful with their smartphones and smoothly running OS, which Microsoft wished to have. 


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  • House Judiciary says Apple enjoys monopoly power with App Store

    I would not be able to see the future shape of AAPL if AAPL was broken up.

    iPhone is very popular due to iOS and differentiated app store policy.
    iOS is very popular due to their setting on iPhone.

    So, there is an interplay between iPhone and iOS, which makes AAPL so successful. 

    To other companies: They could be more powerful by being broken up as they are really "data-driven" companies. 

    Break up --> more competition --> more data collected driven by more competition --> more powerful.
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  • Falling China exports signal a major shift in iPhone production & pricing

    anthogag said:
    Apple should move production of its most sophisticated and advanced components to North America and assemble and produce other components in India, China, Europe, UK, Vietnam,...  
    You have never worked in manufacturings or supply chain, haven't you? 

    You rather sound like a compromised Trump. 
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  • Apple's AI ambitions go beyond Siri LLM with Knowledge chatbot and always-on AI copilot

    AAPL again screws up...  Release in 2026? IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN!! 

    When Craig was asked by Toms Guide if Siri will be rolled out in 2026, he avoided the answer and explained the root cause.
    When Toms Guide asked Craig again for release in 2026, Craig looked over Joz. 
    Joz said he confirmed.

    Craig has no idea if Siri will be ready.. And the marketing guy said yes... 

    I bet that Siri will not be ready at iOS26, iOS26.1, iOS26.2 etc. 

    Maybe 2027..Maybe...

    But  By time they are ready, everyone will be on the next iteration of AI.

    Apple is rotten.
    Oh good god, you’re just ignoring and spitting in the face of the forum moderators at this point who at multiple times have told you to knock this shit off. Go to MacRumors, they love trolls and shit posters.
    I read the piece of John Gruber today where he says:

    "I spoke this week, off the record, to multiple trusted sources in Apple’s software engineering group, and none of them ever saw an internal build of iOS that had this feature before last year’s keynote. That doesn’t mean there wasn’t such a build. But none of my sources ever saw one, and they don’t believe there was one, because they’re in positions where they believe that if there had been such a build, their teams would have had access to it."

    So...Who is lying or ignoring? Craig/Joz or their team? 

    Who is trolling? We will find out. So many contradictions at the end. Release in 2026? Sure? I don´t knock it off. 
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  • Trump's new China trade deal is still bad for US business & consumers

    macgui said:
    JamesCude said:
    It’s a great deal- if you’re a billionaire.
    Yep. And it's billionaires saying "Just hang in there. Sure it will get worse, for you, but it will get better". Half truth half lie. Yes it will get worse for us, no it won't get better.

    I see that Apple is treated very unfairly.
    But Apple has been "friendly" in terms of their pricing policy. 
    I think Apple will not be heavily affected by raising prices. 
    It isn't just Apple that's being treated unfairly. It's pretty much anyone importing anything into the US. I'm curious to see if the "Trump Phone" ever ships and at what price compared to the current quoted prices, since it's NOT "Made in USA" as was originally stated. The walked that back quickly. It smells like vaporware, but I hope it's not and MAGAts everywhere buy it. Well except that it also means money in Trump's pocket.

    What does But Apple has been "friendly" in terms of their pricing policy even mean? You think they're not going to pass on any cost increase to the customer?

    "I think Apple will not be heavily affected by raising prices." Huh? You don't think Apple paying almost a $Billion more in tariffs in one quarter isn't heavily affected by rising prices/tariffs? Or do you mean Apple will not be heavily affected, because they'll be raising prices? Either Apple doesn't raise prices and eats the increase costs, they pass them on to customers, or a little of each. You and I have a different definition of "heavily affected'.

    If I understand correctly, Apple has not raised their prices since iPhone 11 or 12 (Not even since Covid 19!!).
    In contrast to Apple, even Pringles, Milka, Snickers etc. have already raised their prices since Covid 19. 
    Basically, ALL goods have become more expensive since Covid 19.

    I have not seen dramatically increased prices at Apple tbh. 

    That´s what I mean "Friendly".
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  • Apple COO Jeff Williams retiring later in 2025, replaced by SVP Sabih Khan

    Williams was great. sad that he is going. Never heard of Khan. Guess we will see how he works out in the COO role.
    During a meeting with Tim Cook in Cupertino, Khan reported an issue in China and Tim Cook sent him him directly to China during the meeting. He flew to China without any suitcases
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  • Apple rumored to be in talks with Anthropic and OpenAI about powering new Siri

    So... Apple is way behind with their Siri strategy. 
    Anthropic and Apple do not agree on financial terms. Anthropic wants to get multibillion dollar fees per year. Apple does not want that.. 

    As Apple asked Anthropic or OpenAI to train their data, Apple needs to pay. 

    Well.....If Apple had invested those money in Siri or their own LLM which they would pay for Anthropic or OpenAI, Apple would have been ready with Siri already. 

    Poor Tim.. as CEO, he is just a disgusting guy for his Siri failure. 

    Yeah... Siri reminds me of Apple Map.. First rely on 3rd party. Later, Apple launches their own map.

    I hope Apple can do it with Siri. 
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  • J.P. Morgan trims Apple stock target to $230 citing iPhone & Services weaknesses

    Fair point. As an employee, I would be frustrated as well. No clear direction. Just back and forth... Somehow. 
    But there was a leak that Apple intended a full autonomous driving experience controlled and steered by Siri. 

    As an automotive engineer, I see no use case from Apple what Apple could do better and unique with their Apple Car in comparison to other OEMs. 
    And a full autonomous driving level is far away from the reality.
    Therefore, I am glad that Apple stopped this project. 

    Nevertheless, I scratch myself what Apple really did with Siri if it is true that Siri should have been the brain of Apple Car. 
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  • Apple just bought another Bay Area campus for $350 million

    bonobob said:
    Apple should build data centers as Apple has committed. 

    Apple should build data centers centers when they need them. 
    I am sure they are going to need them since they want to strive for on-device AI. 
    But..Yeah..Apple is always late.
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