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JinTech said: Pretty soon Apple will be forced to just sell the hardware in the EU and let users decide what operating system they want on the phone! /s I'm reasonably certain this is one of the goals of the EU. So that they can more eas…
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Hey Sweeney, you and others wanted alternate stores. Now that you got 'em, you still want to use Apple's? Why is that, do you suppose?
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In a slightly related note, if you don't know why the Michelin Tire company's approval is one of the most sought after ratings in the restaurant industry, it's an interesting story.
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I fail to see why Apple is obligated to host this app just because of this ruling.
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If such a product does come to market, I hope provision will be made for prescription lenses.
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AppleInsider said: Optimistic renders of what Apple Glass could look like - Image Credit: AppleInsiderRead on AppleInsider I suspect that's very optimistic.
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So Rogan has claimed that he's scrapped an entire episode because he couldn't get the person he wanted, and had a specific person in mind for a specific cameo, and rejected Cook for that specific cameo. Seems at least consistent to me. Perhaps he h…
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It's a shakedown, pure and simple. And since the EU is a government, it's all "legal", with little to no recourse for those being shaken down.
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Alex_V said: beowulfschmidt said: It's not so hard to understand when one finds out that the government buys that data from companies to make an end run around Constitutional restrictions on acquiring that data themselves, which require…
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It's too bad that Sweeney himself won't feel the pain of all that "lost" revenue. It's Epic employees who will be laid off in the event the unrealized revenue has consequences.
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Alex_V said: I find it astonishing that regulators are not addressing the problem of surveillance of private citizens by companies. The one notable exception is the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It’s as if lawmakers and repr…
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riverko said: I just wonder when there are users who only use browser and never an app eg for facebook or instagram, which can be used on windows or linux machines, how that involves apple and google for the age verification… Apple/Googl…
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I'm 65 years old, and I've been paying attention to politics for about 50 of that. There has never been a time in my life when a significant number of federal politicians, many times including the president, were NOT corrupt in some way. So, the an…
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cpsro said: Lack of a blood oxygen sensor will be a killer for many people. Me for one. I have sleep apnea, and use the O2 sensor to monitor over night. If Apple and Masimo don't pull their heads out, my 7 will have to last at least ano…
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SiTime said: I have an Apple Watch Series 6 and I have very little reason to upgrade. And that’s not because the Apple Watch is a bad product or anything. It’s actually the exact opposite. The Apple Watch is such a good product that I’m still…
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I was debating letting my 11 last another year for reasons other than tariffs. Looks like it's going to have to now. Maybe four more years.
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KohanMike said: I firmly believe Trump and his cohorts have made these moves knowing full well that the stock market will drop drastically, and they're shorting it in under-the-table to profit from their actions. And I'll say this outright, T…
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avon b7 said: beowulfschmidt said: If they had said, "ATT is fine, but Apple has to follow the same rules, so since you didn't, we're fining you," that would have been pretty legit. Instead they said, "ATT is fine, nothing wrong with i…
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AppleInsider said: only notable new feature in watchOS 11.4 is a brand new "Break Through Silent Mode" alarm option in Sound & Haptics. This means that if you wear your Apple Watch to bed, sound and haptics will play when waking a …
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If they had said, "ATT is fine, but Apple has to follow the same rules, so since you didn't, we're fining you," that would have been pretty legit. Instead they said, "ATT is fine, nothing wrong with it. But we're going to fine you anyway. Because …