tiredskills

AppleInsider said:

Epic Games has complained that the UK competition regulator has decided against forcing Apple to allow alternatives to the App Store to exist in the country, claiming that it may prevent 'Fortnite' for iOS from being re-released there.

A win for everyone then.

Why can't it be Qi3?

That's a small package to have the SSD bay and all of that I/O.  I'd be worried about heat.

Stabitha_Christie said:

tiredskills said:

The state of software, developer relations, and the intelligence debacle is shaking a lot of confidence.  I can't remember a WWDC that has seen Apple more on the back foot.

You missed the mid to late 90s. That was pretty f-ing dire. 

Fair to say. I don’t remember those because I wasn’t that interested in Apple back then. Adjust my statement to “since the early 00s”.

The state of software, developer relations, and the intelligence debacle is shaking a lot of confidence.  I can't remember a WWDC that has seen Apple more on the back foot.

I can't see how Apple's strategy here is going to stand any significant chance against Android Auto, which has a big head start, more flexibility, and doesn't have any issue with the car owner having the other type of phone.  The Apple UI is nice, but doesn't add much. 

Xed said:

tiredskills said:

I went "heh", and moved on with my life.

Except for then going to the forum section on a tech website's article to let us know how fleeting your momentary amusement was. 🙄

That wasn't prompted by Apple's marketing so much as the absurdly long article explaining how clever it was.

As with lots of these squabbles, both sides are assholes that could use a clobbering with a common sense and decency fish.

Excellent work by the EU.  Apple dug their own hole here.