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  • Apple axes Wi-Fi router division, apparently signaling the end of AirPort

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    sog35 said:
    blastdoor said:
    Makes sense -- now that apple is going after the coffetable book market, things like wireless routers and displays need to be axed. 
    Its all about margins my friend.

    The router business is a very  low margin business. Selling $300 books, massive margins.

    Plus the book project was necessary to keep Ive. Apple is stuck feeding Ive's massive ego now, allowing him to do some really ridiculous projects because he's so bored. IMO, Ive needs to be replaced with a chief design head that is motivated and hungry. Ive at this point is fat, satisfied, lazy, and content.
    It may be low margin, but long ago, Apple cared for the 'whole user experience'. If that means you need to sell things with a low margin to give the user a good experience. 
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  • Third-party App Stores will only work for 30 days if you leave the EU

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    Thank you so much Apple! You blocking me from re-downloading an app I paid for or even updating it when I move out of EU-land es CLEARLY you looking out for me, not you showing your ugly control-freak face. After 25 years of almost 'Apple only' lifestyle, I'm quickly reaching a point where I had enough… 
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  • No, Apple is not making better products because Jony Ive left

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    It seems pretty obvious to me that Ive was obsessed with thinness and was willing to compromise every product just to get it as thin as possible. Since he's gone we get devices that are a bit thicker but less compromised. 
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  • USB-C on iPhone is good - but not as an excuse for a bad law

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    Sure, but without the bad law we would never get it. And if Apple hadn’t dragged their feet, we wouldn’t have the bad law.
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  • Apple's intricate Thunderbolt 4 Pro cable design revealed under CT scan

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    Xed said:
    darkvader said:
    Because Apple likes to charge highway robbery prices for cables.  They always have.

    The chances that's in any way significantly different than any other Thunderbolt cable are ZERO.  It's a standard, anybody building a cable is going to use a similar design. 
    Someone doesn't like to read articles before posting.
    Did you? They didn’t compare to other Thunderbolt cables
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  • Apple caves, EU developers will be able to sell apps directly from their websites

    sirdirsirdir
    This was 100% clear from the beginning. An Appstore is not “sideloading”, who would have guessed . Now just the fees have to go. If you don’t use any of Apple‘s services, why would you pay them.
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  • Third ex-Apple engineer charged over Apple Car technology theft

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    bloggerblog said:
    If you look at the Hyundai Ionic series you'll see Apple's minimalist design language written all over it. I believe this is one of the reasons why Apple broke ties with Hyundai-Kia a couple of years ago, shameless idea theft.
    minimalist design? So, what would Tesla be? 
    Hyundai-Kia copying the car Apple never built?
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  • Apple explains why getting iPhone apps outside the App Store is a bad idea

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    I’ve been able to survive those risks the last 40 years with an sorts of computers, I don’t need Apple to be my nanny now.
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  • Apple isn't done with concessions in iOS to placate the European Union

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    jimh2 said:
    How could the EU possibly be looking out for its residents if there is a way to allow developers to ask for and get more personal data from users. Only someone not understanding the consequences would grant this position and it is one that should not even be possible to do.
    Oh sure, Apple is only looking out for us. That THEY want to control everything and milk the last dime out of every customer has nothing to do with it. Imagine being able to run a virtual machine on an iPad, we would instantly die. Or is Apple afraid that they’d sell less macs? It’s just petty, and they will have to eventually do the right thing kicking and screaming and having lost a lot of goodwill.
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  • EU antitrust chief ready to get on Apple's case about fees and safety warnings

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    9secondkox2 said:
    . "The DMA is there to open the market for other service providers to get to you and how your service provider of your operating system, how they will make sure that it is safe is for them to decide."

    um…

    so those who have been caught repeatedly hacking and bypassing security/privacy rules in order to spy on and manipulate users, in many cases opening them up to malicious code and actors as a BUSINESS MODEL are the ones the eu is relying on to provide security - when apple is offering a rock-solid system - are going to do a good job? 

    “Yeah, you know, the country has laws and safeguards to prevent bad actors from bullying you and invading/destroying your life, but in the interest of an open market, we feel that the mafia, the Chinese red guard, Russian hackers, Ukrainian bio labs, and the taliban are best left to decide what to do with you.”

    sincerely, Margarethe
    Apple has in many cases not fixed security wholes they were informed about for months and  years. So… why are they suddenly the gold standard? 
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