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canukstorm said:

Xed said:

This is a foolish verdict and sucks for Apple and consumers, but it's only possible because the judge doesn't really see non-iPhones as real choices. At least that's something positive Apple can take away from this.

So you think you're smarter than the judge? Go apply for her job.  Apple's a company, not your friend.  Sooner you realize that the better your life will be.  Apple got exactly what it deserved.

He's expressing his opinion, one with which you disagree.  That's fine. What's not fine is using an Appeal to Authority fallacy combined with straw man.  One doesn't need to be "smarter than the judge" to form an opinion.  You state your opinion, now let him state his.  There is no reason to attack him over his post.  

I don't agree that it's "confounding" as a value proposition.  Consider: 

iPad:  $329 for 64GB, $479 for 256GB (no 128gb option).

iPad Air:  $599 for 64GB, $749 for 256GB.  M1, Touch ID power button, pro motion.  

iPad Pro 11 inch:  $799 for 128GB, $899 for 256GB.  Face ID.  


So I find the last part misleading.  The trade-off is not "$50 for Face ID, pro motion and 128GB of storage."  The trade off is $50 AND half the storage (128 vs. 256) for Face ID and pro motion.   

Then we have the points about the iPad Air being a "great computer," with the caveat that the keyboard and pencil make it better to just buy a MacBook Air instead.  Granted, the iPad Air with keyboard and pencil (256GB) is $1427.  That's $400 more than the base MBA. Of course, the MBA doesn't have a touch screen or a Pro Motion display.  It's also a....laptop.  You can make your iPad into a laptop, but do you really plan to use it as such? Or are you buying an iPad to be an iPad?  I have an Air (4th Gen) and a new MacBook Pro 14".  I use the MacBook for real work, especially that which involves a lot of typing.  The iPad is great for games, email, social media, basic photo editing, watching video and more.  Maybe I'm old school, but doing "real work" on an iPad has never been my thing.  Instead, by iPad and phone have replaced the "non work" things I did with my laptops for years.   

So it's not confounding to me, but that's just my take.  

crowley said:

hackintoisier said:

Seems frivolous. 

Seems like an open and shut case.  Apple didn't have permission, therefore Apple broke the law.

Uh, no.  Apple didn't consider them manual laborers under the law, which was quoted above.  It's actually a potentially very complicated issue.  A court will decide whether the suit can even go forward.  They may have to prove that Apple knew their interpretation was questionable, or deliberately manipulated the system.  The court will have to decide what the intent of the law was.  Was it really to protect retail sales people because they open boxes sometimes? I imagine past practice and the length of time they paid bi-weekly without complaint or warning will factor in.  The damages also seem extremely overstated.  A $5,000,000 judgement would mean (before lawyers' fees) would be $50K per claimant.  All because they didn't have use of the money every week instead of every week? On what is that based...checking account average interest?  My gut tells me this goes nowhere.  

I doubt it since every phone I’ve had since the iPhone 6 has the dimming screen “feature” when the phone starts to heat up. That can just be from normal use…. not even in direct sunlight.   have it in sunlight on a summer day, and it becomes illegible.  Some have been better and some have been worse but my iPhone 14 Pro Max still does it. So I have my doubts about their heating “fix.”  

jpellino said:

So Twitter was the preeminent microblogging platform, doing well enough to have shareholders getting earnings.
Musk buys it and starts pulling every lever he can find, many of which were clearly marked DO NOT TOUCH THIS LEVER.
Now the company is bleeding value, invisible to the public, and got its lunch eaten by Meta in less than a week of competition. 
Oh, and a new half-billion liability based on Lever #2.

Remind me how this reflects on the legendary genius of Musk?

Twitter was an absolute disaster and a fraud. That’s why he almost canceled the deal. It was a bloated company that was all smoke and mirrors. It’s going to take a while for even him to turn it around.

caladanian said:

What has trust to do with it? Either you follow the rules within the laws or not. You can’t distrust preventively without them making a mistake with their new developer account – after all I can understand. 

Sure they can. They just did.

maggot777 said:

Why are we going backwards on weight? The light weight of the 15 Pro for me is its best feature.  

Because it’s insignificant especially compared to the features they are prioritizing, like a bigger battery, screen, etc.  The difference  is 4 grams.  You wouldn’t feel 10 times that difference 

Well, I’d love to comment, though I’ve been waiting for my Pro Max since September 15. Estimated delivery was October 4.

On the surface it seems like a good use of taxpayer dollars.  But it’s government and money is fungible.  There are unintended consequences as well, even if the program is managed well.  We’d be better off making the business environment better….including regulatory, fiscal and monetary—-but again…this is government we’re talking about.  

sunman42 said:

JFC_PA said:

lol. A 0.008608321377331 drop in phone sales revenue is “slumping”?

Good one. More in line with the text itself “marginal”. 

Buy a better headline writer. 

Not clear where you got that number, that had neither a per cent symbol nor a unit after it. iPhone sales revenue declined $600M. While that's notch in terms of the overall sales picture for Apple, it's a fair chunk of change. I mean, would you turn $600M down if someone offered it to you?