rob53

At this point, Apple needs to stop selling anything in Russia. Let Russia try and make their own computing devices. There are plenty of honest people in Russia but until their crazy people in charge are no longer there, it's not worth the minor amount of money Apple makes in Russia. Hopefully, the USA doesn't follow Russia's lead because if they do, I'll be looking for another country to live in and I see Apple and a lot of other companies doing the same thing. 

avon b7 said:

This:

"Specifically, we are concerned that the interoperability requirements of the DMA could force us to compromise the integrity of our products in ways that risk user privacy and data security," said Apple. "We are committed to collaborating with the European Commission in an attempt to find a solution that would enable us to deliver these features to our EU customers without compromising their safety."

And then this:

"From previous statements including ones to AppleInsider, it's known that Apple has been continually working with the EU on its responses to the DMA, so it's reasonable to assume that will continue.

Leads to the question: Why even bother putting the subject into the public domain if communication and clarification are ongoing? 

Far better to say as little as possible until things are clarified. All it takes is clarification and all for a roll out that isn't even planned for this year! 

Basically FUD on Apple's part and Vestager has a valid point in her response to a question that wouldn't have been asked if it weren't for Apple. 

Basically FUD on the part of EU-loving commenters. Apple has a right to provide whatever capabilities it wants to in whatever country/region it wants to. You're buying a product with certain features. There's nothing that says Apple has to provide the EU with everything it has the capability of including. The EU can demand Apple provide everything but that's not the way companies work. This is a brand new Apple capability and Apple has the right to provide it when they feel it's ready, not when a corrupt EU demands it. At this point, I feel Apple is well within its rights to start charging for features in countries it wants to. As far as I'm concerned, Apple should start charging for macOS, iOS, tvOS, iPadOS along with every Apple app and feature it wants to. I'd like to see the EU try and force Apple to provide everything for free. It isn't going to happen.

Is there any way I can block all access from EU IP addresses? The EU's misguided (money of course) laws will put everyone else in the world at risk of malware from EU computer devices. I'd also need to make sure any VPN connections originated from EU IP address are also blocked. It's my right to have malware and virus detection running on my devices and any website that doesn't allow me access because I'm running anti-malware and anti-virus software needs to be investigated by US government agencies to make sure they aren't being controlled by EU member nations and nefarious web hosts. 

Ok, who's going to try this out with six Mac Studios then try running the LINPACK benchmark (https://top500.org/project/linpack/) to see what kind of numbers the benchmark gives. I'm sure the results will be faster than the original Mac "supercomputer" system of a couple decades ago and know it probably won't come anywhere near the TOP 500 but until someone tries it we won't know how fast this simple cluster actually is. TB4 only allows 6 devices on one "network" correct? Can you daisy chain more than 6 Studios? I didn't see anything on the TB5 website that you could daisy chain more than 6. This article states that you have one master Studio and can add as many more over Thunderbolt as you can afford. My question is the master Studio has six TB4 ports on it. This would mean you might/could attach six Studios to the Master. Does this also mean each Studio client could add five more Studios and keep going from there? As for a cluster computing system, the most important feature is computational power, not necessarily the speed of computer interconnections. Getting the data to each Studio might not be that big of a deal so the 10Gb Ethernet over an ethernet switch might be fast enough.

I have very serious issues with the dictatorship called the EU. It would be nice if the EU actually provided a product that competed with Apple but, alas, they don't have the ability to do so. Citizens of the EU have spoken, they like Apple products, they buy Apple products and want to continue to use Apple products the way Apple sells them. The only people who are actually complaining about Apple are developers who want to leech on Apple products getting everything for free. If the EU can't come up with products its own citizens want to buy then there's an issue with the EU, not with Apple.