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AniMill said: Did Apple just Sherlock the Blackmagic Camera app? I just used the BMC app for recording a Keynote presentation to an external SSD and the iPhone 15 Pro got stupid hot. Is this normal? No. With Blackmagic I can pair the Tilt…
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narwhal said: Qualcomm and Microsoft will debut Snapdragon X Elite Windows laptops in May that they claim match the specs of a base model M3. I suspect Apple wants to release a faster iPad before then to take a bit of wind from their sails. …
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Data that leaves your iPhone doesn’t mean it’s being “collected” by Apple. The article even mentions services like Continuity that require data to be transferred so devices can work together. Further, data that leaves your device and goes to Apple …
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"For years, Apple responded to competitive threats by imposing a series of 'Whack-A-Mole' contractual rules and restrictions that have allowed Apple to extract higher prices from consumers, impose higher fees on developers and creators, and to throt…
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Doubtful. I believe Apple has talked with Google and Microsoft in the past about possible partnerships (like all big companies do). Then a few journalists looking for their next headline saw this and expanded it into an entire story that Apple has…
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socalrey said: Apple probably knew all along that they would have to acquiesce and give the dev account back. But at least now the EU is held as responsible as Epic since they publicly came to their rescue/defense. Seems a good strategy in ke…
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gatorguy said: ericthehalfbee said: gatorguy said: ericthehalfbee said: eeks the EU has done nothing about this. I’ve seen no investigation or even a suggestion of one. Yet this Epic ban apparently needed to be looked at …
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gatorguy said: ericthehalfbee said: eeks the EU has done nothing about this. I’ve seen no investigation or even a suggestion of one. Yet this Epic ban apparently needed to be looked at immediately by the EU? The fact nothing has been …
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People are missing the key part of this. Apple stating Epic has agreed to abide by rules “including our DMA policies”. It’s been 6 weeks since Apple announced rules for third party stores that some people (like Sweeney and Ek) are calling “maliciou…
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Fred257 said: I’ve been following Apple since 1997. Apple Insider I have been following since 1998. Apple is going to be fined on this one. The lawyers for Apple have made the wrong decision Bullshit. The DMA doesn’t have any language tha…
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blitz1 said: To all who write that Epic violated the contract terms: these terms are unlawful. Of course Epic had to breach them to make their point. The court disagreed. The Ninth Circuit on appeal also disagreed. But please go on with…
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Glorious seeing all the usual suspects upset at this decision by Apple, which will be upheld. This is contract law and has nothing to do with the DMA or the EU. Epic violated terms of their agreement with Apple. Judge Gonzalez already agreed with t…
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CheeseFreeze said: libertymatters said: A maze of red tape to make it prohibitive. An alternative app store on macOS requires no interaction or input from Apple at all. An example is MacPorts. The real answer here is customers deman…
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gatorguy said: ericthehalfbee said: radarthekat said: avon b7 said: This is part of what the EU had to say: "Today's decision concludes that Apple's anti-steering provisions amount to unfair trading conditions, in breach…
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radarthekat said: avon b7 said: This is part of what the EU had to say: "Today's decision concludes that Apple's anti-steering provisions amount to unfair trading conditions, in breach of Article 102(a) of the Treaty on the Functionin…
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The notion of storing restricted files on iCloud for security reasons is also apparently undermined, due to Apple's use of infrastructure provided by other tech companies, including Google, Microsoft, and Amazon. Tell me you don’t know anything abo…
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9secondkox2 said: Apple did as asked. Done. They don’t have to give everything away. That’s counter to business, period. It’s not the EUs job to micromanage an American private sector company. They’d better be careful. Apple may decide to…
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The fact those idiots at Spotify and Epic are whining so much just shows Apple has done something right. it boggles the mind that Spotify, the worlds largest music streaming service by far (and more of a monopoly in music than Apple is in smartphon…
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Did I read that right? - 88% of developers in the EU pay no fees (meaning they’re free Apps). - 9% pay 15% (they’re smaller developers under $1 million in revenues). - That leaves only 3% of all developers in the EU who pay the full 30%. Can someon…
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What this move by Apple does is expose just how friggin’ stupid those in the EU who make these laws are. In all of their supposed “consultations” about side loading did it not occur to anyone what to do about various “what ifs” that might come up? …