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macxpress said: Apple should just buy Masimo and take their patents and shut them down. Problem solved! Has to be a reason/ some reasons Tim et. al. hasn't done this. Wonder what it/they might be.
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Marvin said: mikethemartian said: gatorguy said: What's the objection to sitting down at the table with Masimo and accepting their offer for a negotiation? Even the richest and most powerful of all companies should recognize whe…
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Pretty sure Tim et. al. have a plan. It likely doesn't include simply stopping production of the offending articles.
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harrykatsaros said: Am I the only one that thinks that Apple will hold a Vision Pro focused event prior to release to demonstrate some new use cases now that developers have been able to spend some time with the device? Or am I way off here? …
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This highlights the real challenges with "smart home" stuff. For new construction, it might be ok, but retrofit of homes, particularly those of more than say 50 years, is a real issue. Fairly, some of these older homes have other problems that shoul…
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Anilu_777 said: Apple should buy Masimo and its patents. Problem solved Kinda curious how long that would take. I think the SEC has some things to say about M&As; and then you gotta install a new BoD, issue edicts, make filings with th…
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chelgrian said: I very much doubt Apple will 'pick up the phone' that would result in having to pay a license fee in the US, possibly retroactive royalties for product already shipped and set a precedent for action in the rest of the world. …
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termsofuse said: ApplePoor said: It has been great to be able to move my stainless steel Milanese Loop watch band onto the successive generations since S3 days including my Ultra and now Ultra 2. That might be the last time to be able …
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HiramAbif said: eightzero said: Unh hunh. I smell code in there to disable certain health functions of Apple Watch. But this is an iOS update, not watchOS. Yep. And there is a Watch app on my iPhone. And a Health app.
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Unh hunh. I smell code in there to disable certain health functions of Apple Watch.
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nubus said: eightzero said: Merchants are adding these fees. Thing is they are adding way more than what they are actually charged. And handling cash is indeed expensive...and difficult to quantify. I don't see people believing that it i…
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citpeks said: eightzero said: Sorta not following here, since Apple Pay works fine with both Amex and Discover. What I do see is a resurgence of merchants adding credit card fees, and they are excessive. 3% credit card fees are now c…
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nubus said: eriamjh said: It would be nice to know what min, max, and average merchant fees are in the world of credit cards. This is what pays for things like daily cash, and cash back, and all those perks. For US: https://www.…
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Sorta not following here, since Apple Pay works fine with both Amex and Discover. What I do see is a resurgence of merchants adding credit card fees, and they are excessive. 3% credit card fees are now common, and there is no way any but the small…
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Sigh. Another political thread. I predict closure in 3...2...1...
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InspiredCode said: Marvin said: InspiredCode said: eightzero said: Am as curious about how the stores will handle this as much as I am about the actual product. It's one thing to put out a rack of iPhones or a case of Wat…
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Am as curious about how the stores will handle this as much as I am about the actual product. It's one thing to put out a rack of iPhones or a case of Watches and let people fumble with them. Still another to put out Air Pod Maxes to put on their he…
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darkvader said: Good, because I see no value in having an American Express card. They're not accepted most places any more, probably because their merchant fees are exorbitant. The only reason I have an Amex card is that the branded versi…
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dewme said: Marvin said: Kierkegaarden said: I think an ad-supported tier would reduce churn more than bundling. But these are both probably the future of streaming. Ads reduce the quality of the experience so much but if pe…
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CarmB said: ApplePoor said: To keep just the three parts of the Apple One bundle I actually use would cost more with their individual prices than the complete bundle. Guess it depends on which three items one is interested in. In my…