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elijahg said: pwrmac said: But an Android! You are not forced by Apple to buy their services or devices. Well, you don't have much choice once you've bought far enough into the ecosystem. If I was to switch to Android I'd need to r…
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Another case of the EU commission being technologically inept. Are they really going to mandate that all devices use a standard port for charging? Wouldn't it make more sense that all chargers have a standard port? And the device makers only need to…
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retrogusto said: Some of the comments here seem to imply that companies are being punished for exploiting loopholes, but all I see is the identification of a behavior. This conclusion would indicate that perhaps they should refine the laws to…
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crowley said: sconosciuto said: This: “Jefferies analyst Kyle McNealy calls the decision largely a win for Apple… [and] sees the exodus as limited by most developers lacking the scale and brand recognition to build an independent payme…
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ScottSisselpud said: @rob53 "Could you see someone going to a Ford dealer, picking out a truck, then telling the dealer you're not going to use their payment system and pay John Doe around the corner for the truck? They'd laugh you…
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sflocal said: I'm a bit mystified by this. Why don't they allow others to fork Windows then? I find it odd that a government is forcing a company to make its own product (test, based on open-source) to be modified by others and used in howe…
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leehericks said: Fragmenting an OS is an awful idea. Google needs to open source because they are built on an os foundation but...the resulting product should be licensable no? I think if they fork Android, they shouldn't be able to call it…
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CheeseFreeze said: And now watch the lack of outcry by Apple fanboys, because it’s Google. No. The lack of outcry will be due to the fact that this ruling has nothing to do with anything Apple had ever done, is doing now or will ever do. A…
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MplsP said: mpantone said: williamlondon said: What's weird is most of the media, mainstream and tech blogs, are heralding this as an "epic" loss for Apple by highlighting the 1 out of 10 claims Apple lost, at the same time noti…
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rundhvid said: davidw said: jcs2305 said: georgie01 said: canukstorm said: So you think you're smarter than the judge? Go apply for her job. Apple's a company, not your friend. Sooner you realize that the better y…
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mubaili said: Apple could just ask any app that provides link to external payment must also support IAP, and the prices in the outside link must not be a better deal than what is offered in the IAP, and then drop the commissions to 10%, and c…
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john gibson said: stoneyg said: j2fusion said: I guess next we’ll see signs from the manufacturer in Walmart saying you can get a better deal for this item at Target. This has always been my biggest frustration about Epic's …
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jcs2305 said: georgie01 said: canukstorm said: So you think you're smarter than the judge? Go apply for her job. Apple's a company, not your friend. Sooner you realize that the better your life will be. Apple got exactly what …
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crowley said: muthuk_vanalingam said: crowley said: tuckerjj said: Has anyone who is against Apple’s CSAM plans proposed an alternative solution, especially taking into account the scenario where Apple enables end-to-end …
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I'm not aware that S.Korea new law placed a ban on Apple 15%-30% commission. Just that developers can use their own payment systems. This is not like the suits going on elsewhere, where developers are complaining about Apple 30% commission as being…
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crowley said: davidw said: Complaining that Apple is performing the scan and search while the photos are still on your device, is not nonsense. Your device and its contents are not considered in the hands of a third party and thus you los…
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foregoneconclusion said: theirongiant said: davidmalcolm said: Honestly the device side scanning was a privacy thing. They should just not encrypt iCloud photos and scan them for child porn of any kind like Facebook and Google a…
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StrangeDays said: theirongiant said: crowley said: I have heard of the EFF and know what they do. They've done some decent and worthwhile campaigning in the past, but they're very close to being no-compromise privacy zealots. An…
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nicholfd said: davidw said: nicholfd said: Rogue01 said: lkrupp said: muthuk_vanalingam said: lkrupp said: Dead_Pool said: Subway’s Jared tweets his appreciation! Think of the children who w…
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crowley said: davidw said: crowley said: bb-15 said: A user lends their phone to a friend, that friend uploads the wrong kind of image, that is report to NDMEC then law enforcement & then the phone owner has a the police…