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  • Apple has a solution to ghost touch issue on Apple Watch models

    greginpraguegreginprague
    I had this issue two weeks ago with my Apple Watch 9. It was just going insane, literally seemed possessed. Unfortunately we can’t upload video in the comments. I’d never needed to do a force restart on any of my previous Apple Watches going back to 2015, so I wasn’t sure how. I couldn’t do a standard restart because of all the ghost touching, finally figured out how to do the hard restart on the watch. The issue hasn’t cropped up again yet. I’ve owned the watch since Christmas.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple employees urge management to act on Gaza conflict

    greginpraguegreginprague
    blastdoor said:
    tobian said:
    DavidEsrati said:
    Interesting. No worries about the fighting in Ukraine?
    Or any other conflicts around the world?


    Perhaps this is because of a different pace. At the end of the year, death toll in Ukraine was around 9.700 people after these years, while in Gaza it's over 30.000 since October. Civilians x soldiers ratio also differs. Hard to judge...
    Maybe you have a different Ukraine in mind? Hundreds of thousands have died. 


    He’s probably a paid Russian sympathizer trying to spread misinformation.
    nubusblastdoorVictorMortimer

  • Spotify, Epic complain again that Apple won't be in compliance with the DMA

    greginpraguegreginprague
    avon b7 said:
    CuJoYYC said:
    "Sounds like these companies know that they're not really going to be delivering better stores/prices and are trying to manufacture an excuse they can use as cover."

    Agreed. Whiners gotta whine.
    The letter seems like it's making valid claims. 

    Now we have to wait and see if the EU agrees. 
    Which claims do you think are valid?  Why do
    you believe they are valid?  

    Spotify, Fortnite, et al. want to be able to make money off Apple’s platform while giving no money to Apple for creating the platform, supporting the platform and lining up over a billion users on the platform.  There is no other thing this relates to, full stop.  That is not a valid argument, regardless of whether EU authorities agree with them or not.
    williamlondonhlee1169watto_cobratmay

  • Decade-old Apple Car project may be completely dead

    greginpraguegreginprague
    k2kw said:
    Cooks Apple either doesn't have guts for Risk or vision .
    So the Apple Vision Pro was neither an example of guts for risk or vision?  I think most people would disagree.
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  • Apple's EU App Store changes are extortion, says Spotify

    greginpraguegreginprague
    saarek said:
    Long story short the companies that are complaining thought, rather naively, that the DMA would force Apple to lower or remove their fees and remove roadblocks.

    Apple has no intention of making it easy for companies like this. They’ve made it very clear that they, for whatever reason, feel fully justified in their fee structure and so, yes, they’ve worked out how to make the ruling effectively pointless.

    Personally I think Apple should have lowered their fees years ago. They’d have avoided years of negative press over it and could have demonstrated that they are reasonable.

    Still, my personal feeling is irrelevant. Apple will continue to fight this tooth and nail.
    Why should they lower their fees?  30% has been an industry standard.  Video game console stores charge developers 30% for downloads and no one is suing over that. It’s such a stupid argument to say any amount is “too high.”  It’s their business.  If you or any developer or end user believes their commission is too high then don’t use them and don’t develop for them. Why should anyone else decide what cut they get on their platform that is a minority of the market?
    williamlondonwatto_cobra