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I own a software company and the last Macbook Pro I bought was in 2017 for my graphical designer. The 2 machines I bought in 2018, one for a backend developer and one for a frontend developer, were both Dell XPS 13 machines running Ubuntu. While f…
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AppleZulu said: I think Apple should stick with its long term business plan and not go nuts over a single quarter’s news. The question here is: is the drop in iPhone sales in China an "accident de parcours", like the French say or is t…
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rob53 said: How is this any different than Ireland's reduced taxes? Double standard? EU forces Ireland to tax an amount they demand but when the EU can't all agree on a proper tax, independent countries go ahead and tax the way they want to. …
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The main question is: how many people buy a Netflix subscription because they have an iOS device? Apparently Netflix assumes that this number is very limited and that the customers of Netflix subscribe to Netflix because of the value of the servi…
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JanNL said: So in the EU it’s not allowed to lower unilaterally/for one company taxes (Ireland), but raising taxes unilaterally (France) ís allowed? Indeed France can raise taxes as long as the tax is applicable to all companies, sellin…
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beowulfschmidt said: gatorguy said: jbdragon said: Corporations don't pay taxes, YOU DO!!! So you tax them more, they will just raise prices and YOU are the one that's actually paying. If they raise prices then wouldn't that…
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The mobile operator knows the location of the mobile base station you connect to. So your location is known the moment you switch your smartphone on. If you are using standard wifi, your IP address defines the neighbourhood where you are located. S…
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chasm said: Anti-democratic. A law passed by a democratically elected parliament is by definition a democratic law. You don't have to agree with the content, but you cannot call this anti-democratic just because you don't like it.
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genovelle said: thedba said: Oh no! The internet is going to explode with indignation on how such a travesty could occur. In all seriousness, all these modern smartphones take excellent pictures/videos and a slight advantage that the…
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It is rather misleading to compare current Macs with old Macs. Technology has evolved and the computer components have dropped dramatically in price. As Apple is not producing most of these components, Apple has no big merit in the drop over the y…
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SpamSandwich said: Seriously doubt Apple will allow anything resembling Qualcomm 5G chips into future iPhones. That you seriously doubt is irrelevant. Currently Qualcomm is much further advanced in 5G than any other chip supplier. As lon…
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jdgaz said: That 30% does quite a bit for the developer. They need not maintain their own storefront, They need not attract potential buyers to their own storefront, they need not develop a money collection mechanism that operates around the …
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jdgaz said: I think the walled garden is a benefit. For Apple it is, for the user this is unclear, for the developer it is definitely not
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frantisek said: I think App Store is about security. You could have number of stores but iOS security will not allow to install App that was not examined. It is one of core features of platform why people buy iPhones. . That Apple is approvi…
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AppleInsider said: The report also suggests the resumption of iPhone X production is in part caused by Apple's contract with Samsung SDI for the production of OLED panels used in the iPhone X, iPhone XS, and iPhone XS Max. Apple is supposed…
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Mike Wuerthele said: jdw said: fastasleep said: It's a dead horse that's been beaten for going on its third year now. When does it stop? Most "pros" have moved on and are adapting just fine. Whoever clicked "Informative" on…
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radarthekat said: The point should be that you shouldn’t be able to just sit on an invention, waiting for others to commercialize it before pouncing to claim benefit from their added value. Maybe the law should read that only the inventors…
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mjtomlin said: Apple has come a long way, and a lot faster than Google did in the same time frame. The difference between then and now, is that people expect more. Be serious. Apple is announcing Transit directions in Apple Maps per city, G…
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wonkothesane said: IMO the question about using google as a standard search engine is a good one and wasn’t properly answered (unless you imply it’s simply about the money). The fact that there hs been already something on the market never re…
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gmgravytrain said: Google and Facebook make most of their money by invading user privacy so I doubt there will be any legislation putting controls on those companies Never heard of GDPR? Or do you live on another planet? As far as…