wdowell

I find it very suspect that an M4 Air is coming. It would make far more sense for it to be an M5 at this point. 

"it was also determined that Apple's anti-steering provisions in the App Store were not entirely legal"

You can remove the word 'entirely' as it's superfluous !

The current gen stuff is now looking antiquated in a market full of more powerful and multi-antenna routers etc. Even ISP's who give them away (or rent them at a couple of euros a month) are starting to beat them

The glossy black looks good in official photos etc, but i think in real life it wont be so good. I really want it but i think sense must provail..  Ill get matt black. 

Completely agree that Apple's stance on privacy is ridiculous. Because they aren't honest and open. They boast -for marketing reasons no doubt - and then they caught red handed doing things 'for convenience - whether it be iMessage technical logs ("to help troubleshooting") or these call syncing. What Happens if you ONLY own an Iphone? Why woul d you want that data syncing? Why isnt it off by default? or clearly labeled? of course, it's not. LIke the rest of teh BS.

And to conclude: they really wanted to do a good job of protecting customer date: they could by not theselves hold the iCloud backup keys

I also think Most customers dont really want this obsession. For a start MOST Apple customers using iOS are ALSO Google customers too, and many will be Facebook users. So if their beliefs were so strong...   (which reminds me: Why does Apple continue to take money for Google to make Google teh default search engine, if they're SO opposed to the way they treat customers privacy?)

So... Is Tim Cook going to write to customers in Japan going on about 'the right thing to do' and giving them a lecture on 'fairness' ? Or is Apple going to keep stumm as it's caught red-handed?

Frankly would it kill Apple to support its local community a bit more. It can afford it.

Apple could have done things differently - shown variety of streaming services (including its own) within the pop up on the Music App, so it was on an equal footing. Instead it only advertises Apple Music. Apple has an inbuilt advantage and actively exploiting it in a way which undermines competition.

I expect, frankly, this cannot continue in the way it is now. I expect the EUropean COmmission to investigate properly and intervene like it did with IE on Windows - it'll take years and may end up a nul and void point, but i think Spotify has a point.