bestkeptsecret

9secondkox2 said:

The president has tried to help apple through this as much as possible. Bow it’s Cook’s turn to do his part. Hopefully this lights a fire under him to get after it. 

You hit the nail on the head with your typo. Cook has to bow down to Trump to be in his good books. 

As an outside observer, each passing day brings more gobsmaking news about Trump, whether it is him harping about how really bad things were prevented from happening to Russia because of him, or the blanket halt on all student visas to whet their social profiles, or whether it is cutting funding to Harvard. 

It is like he is leaving no stone unturned to take the USA down on the world stage. 

I am getting the Humane AI Pin vibes, but then again, Ive just said that it was a bad product:

Jony Ive says Rabbit and Humane made bad products | The Verge

I assume Apple can refuse to host an app on the App Store without giving a reason. Can someone sue Apple for not letting their app on the App Store?*

For all the time Fortnite was not on the App Store, there was no significant dent in Apple sales or in-app store fees (pure speculation on my part, but I am sure we would have stories if this was not the case). 
The years Fortnite was off the store made Apple realise that they do not need it on the store.

Now, if Apple has no incentives such as fees on in-app purchases off Fortnite and they do not have an exodus of Users leaving iOS because Fortnite is not available, why would Apple be in a rush to let it back on the App Store?

What really is the incentive? To earn customer goodwill? I don't think most people could care any lesser than they did the past couple of years.

*Edit: I am sure anyone can sue anyone for anything, but would the case have a legal leg to stand on?

Trump is succeeding in MAGA - Make America Groan Again!

nubus said:

Did the change make increase the marketshare for the Mac? All the "it is fast" and "it uses less energy" are nice but did it really change anything?

I think the goal of Apple Silicon was for Apple to not be held hostage by Intel's development cycle. Becoming independent meant that Apple can plan their Macs on their timetable. 
It changed a lot for Apple. 

There have been stories that come up about how Macs were bestsellers in some quarter. I am sure a bigger marketshare is something Apple would love, but that wasn't the main consideration when pivoting to ASi.