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  • Apple's EU App Store changes are extortion, says Spotify

    saareksaarek
    Long story short the companies that are complaining thought, rather naively, that the DMA would force Apple to lower or remove their fees and remove roadblocks.

    Apple has no intention of making it easy for companies like this. They’ve made it very clear that they, for whatever reason, feel fully justified in their fee structure and so, yes, they’ve worked out how to make the ruling effectively pointless.

    Personally I think Apple should have lowered their fees years ago. They’d have avoided years of negative press over it and could have demonstrated that they are reasonable.

    Still, my personal feeling is irrelevant. Apple will continue to fight this tooth and nail.
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  • Newest iPhone XR ad promises that 'you'll lose power before it will'

    saareksaarek
    SpamSandwich said:
    The XR is the model with no Force Touch, right?
    Correct, it does not have 3D Touch.
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  • Apple debuts $549 AirPods Max over-ear headphones

    saareksaarek
    Yeah, good luck with that. I can buy a pair of Bowers & Wilkins PX7’s for £289 right now, they were down as low as £220 in October (an absolute steal at that price), no way would I pay twice that for these.
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  • Mac Pro in danger after fumbled Apple Silicon launch

    saareksaarek
    Apple will likely release the next version with the anticipated dual ultra SoC. Without that it’s really a largely pointless product and Apple knows it.

    For whatever reason they could not get the volume right on such a combination for this launch and wanted to finish the transition to Apple Silicon so pushed the Mac Pro out as it was.

    It’ll all come right in the end.
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  • Hands on with HomePod & HomePod mini's new features in software update 17

    saareksaarek
    StrangeDays said:
    pumasalad said:
    I'd just be happy if Apple Music could play 5 songs in a row without stopping in the middle, or pausing for 15 minutes between songs. The new thing it's started this week is playing 20 seconds from the middle of a song, and then stopping for a second and then starting over at the beginning and then playing the whole song, minus the last 4 seconds.

    so annoying and so not worth a subscription fee.

    Don't even get me started on asking the homepod in the bedroom something and having the homepod in the kitchen downstairs reply. Does anyone think Apple will ever make these beasts behave as advertised?
    You experience is certainly not typical. In years of Apple Music use on my HPs, I've never experienced that. Hate to say it but how's your network
    It happens to me on occasion too. Sometimes I get told a song is currently not available on Apple Music, sometimes it randomly stops and then starts again, sometimes it plays the first 20 seconds and then stops.

    I have a strong mesh network and my fibre package comes in at 300mb, which generally I get.

    Other occasional issues are that the HomePod almost seems to go into sleep mode and when you ask a question is just flashes it’s lights and doesn’t do anything.

    Still, these are blips for me and usually it works as it should.

    I’ve been a HomePod user since they first came out, they are not perfect.
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  • Apple adds HomePod, AirPods to the 'vintage products' list

    saareksaarek
    Still use mine every day. Fantastic product that’s only let down by Siri.
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  • Trump demands 25% tariff on any iPhone not made in the US

    saareksaarek
    No problem, just add 25% to the price in the USA and let customers know why. The Orange one will soon back track.
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  • New Vietnam trade deal means Apple will pay at least five times more in tariffs

    saareksaarek
    Kuminga said:
    Kuminga said:
    Throughout this whole trade war debacle, it's pretty clear old Donnie boy knows nothing about economics, something he majored in college!

    Maybe Wharton should look into revoking his degree, because clearly he didn't learn a damn thing!
    This is an amazing deal from America. Please look again 
    How is Vietnam paying nothing for US goods and Americans paying more for goods from Vietnam a win? Americans are the losers here. We're paying more. How is that a deal?

    Kuminga said:
    Besides the headline rate numbers, The fact Vietnam was willing to open up their entire market with no trade barriers is a huge deal for US farmers . This is an amazing deal. You  are
    Right, different countries have different situations, but if this is framework . HOLY ߒ鰟纰߇갟縰߇谟纰
    Farmers export $120 billion worth of goods from the US. Vietnam imports a total of $3 billion ish in agriculture, and only a percent of that from the US. They promised to increase imports from the US in February, but it won't be the full $3 billion. This is a blip considering the rest of the world is reducing their reliance on US goods thanks to the Trump tariff policy.

    I see no victories in this trade policy or so-called "deal."
    Let me try to explain, you have it backwards 

    The 0 percent is a tariff that would be paid by Vietnam/US companies selling into Vietnam , so with 0 tariff, 

    Say if us farmer wants to sell $100 of beef to Vietnam, it will be $100, but if there was a 20 percent tariff, that same beef will be $120 with tariff cost split between the two parties or paid by US farmers . So if domestic beef is $100, people in Vietnam will have to pay $120 for US beef. Why would they buy US beef?  That is assuming no trade barriers banning us beef like there was before this deal . Now U farmers have a more even playing field 

    as for other way , they need the US consumer market so 
    U companies can most likely make Vietnam companies who wants to sell into the USA pay most of the tariff in order to access US markets 
    I think you are being overly optimistic here. Apple drives an incredibly hard bargain with all of their suppliers, there is little meat left on the bone, as such that 20% tariff cannot just be swallowed by the supplier in Vietnam. Apple will have to either;

    A: move production to another country, which is expensive, and there is no guarantee that Trump won't just place massive tariffs on where they move to.
    B: Swallow the 20% tariff by lowering profits within the USA, or raise the price worldwide to pay for Trumps Tariff.
    C: Charge the 20% to US consumers. 

    Really, no matter what happens, the US Consumer is going to end up spending more on their Apple goods because of Donald Trump. One way, or another, they are going to pay more, it's inevitable. Tariffs are damaging.
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  • WWDC unlikely to see debuts of any new hardware at all

    saareksaarek
    kiwimachead said:
    Why do PC makers have to constantly release new product? Sony by comparison have released 5 PlayStation models in 29 years. It’s become as wasteful as fast fashion despite all the bullshit talk of recycling materials etc. The irony is of course that Apple products have a really long service life if you’re not a power user. I have had 3 Macs since 1999; ‘99 Tangerine iBook, 2005 iMac G5, 2011 MBA. Will be upgrading to an M4 MBP when they’re released this year and see how long I can keep it trucking! 
    Personally I’m happy they release a new version each year. Not because I replace my MacBook Pro and Mac Pro Tower every year, but because when I do decide to upgrade I get a good one. If they only released new Macs every 3-5 years whomever buys one near the end of the generation gets screwed over.

    My 2019 Mac Pro is ready for a move to Apple Silicon. But the current model is just a sad joke. Might have to go Apple Studio route as my need for expansion lanes isn’t that great, but man would I be a day one buyer of an Extreme version of the Mac Pro.
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  • Apple is buying a treasure in Pixelmator, and we hope it won't get destroyed

    saareksaarek
    I really hope Apple doesn’t fuck this up. I’ve been using and supporting Pixelmator since they first launched and am also loving Photomator.

    Just yesterday I was using Pixelmator on my PowerMac G5 and was enjoying the comparison of where it started through to Pixelmator Pro of today (Yes, I’m one of those people that loves using old Mac’s).

    I was always surprised that Apple dumped Aperture and let many of their Pro Apps languish. Software sells hardware and Apple really should have a hand in pushing the Pro Space as they buy the most expensive hardware.
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