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Be strong, let everyone else risk their devices and data with the new betas
Unlike past years, I actually have a spare iOS device to test with instead of only testing in a VM for MacOS; but a few years ago, before I learned my lesson, that year’s public beta updated the structure of Reminders, which was shared across my family. Since no one else in my family was testing, I opted to defer to update Reminders’ data to the new format, which rendered the sharing of Reminders broken until a year or two later when a subsequent whole version included a fix. For anyone tempted, it can do more than change your local data. It can also impact your iCloud functionality.
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Apple appeals against EU mandate that it freely share its technology
I take it you don’t recall the 1.0 version of Adobe’s PDF products that sold horribly. Its competitors which gave the reader away for free were crushing it. I know as I worked at a company selling such software and PDF did not begin to get traction until Adobe made the reader freeware starting with version 2.avon b7 said:
'Text' files absolutely did suck. If they didn't, and proprietary formats hadn't been used as yet another lock-in mechanism, pdf (even with its issues) would never have been a success.jeff fields said:
1. PDF sucks. Yes, I remember the world pre-PDF. We had text files. Which didn't suck. And which weren't proprietary.avon b7 said:
The EU has every right to level playing fields and counter consumer harm and the stifling of innovation.rob53 said:Apple owns its products not the EU. The EU has no right to dictate to Apple how its products operate. As I’ve said before, the EU has every right to build their own platforms but it’s obvious they don’t have the ability or talent to design and manufacture anything people, including those in EU countries, want. It’s time to boycott everything made in the EU but I’m not so sure there’s actually anything they make I really want.
That has long been the case.
In the 'digital' world, the same ideas are applicable but new laws were needed specifically for the kind of cases explained here.
Do you remember the world pre-pdf?
Interoperability is key to the points mentioned above and for progress.
Mechanisms will have to be created and perfected but technology has the tendency to outpace legislation so these situations will persist until things get settled.
This isn't an Apple thing.
It's a EU thing! ICT carriers were forced to open up their technologies years ago and share their resources to a degree.
This isn't like the US where for as long as I can remember (and for all I know, may still be the case) your place of residence was a limiting factor to which carriers you could choose from.
I can opt for a virtual carrier which will use the infrastructure of one of the bigger players. That allows for competition to exist.
Left to its own devices, Apple does not allow for competition to exist. We know this and this is precisely why it is being forced to open up in certain areas (and not only the EU).
Of course, Apple is free to pull out of the EU. So is Google and Meta et al. Will they? Nope because, as you seem unwilling to contemplate, any pull-out would be met with very swift movements to fill any gaps.
You personally, may well be able to get by without EU products, but what would Apple's current supply chain do without ASML?
2. "Interoperability" already exists and doesn't require letting Meta steal Apple users' private data. That's not going to happen, btw. Apple will pull out of the EU before letting it dictate user privacy rules to it.
3. "Apple does not allow for competition to exist" is vague mealy-mouthed idiocy. There's plenty of competition.
4. Without ASML? Make my day. Please. That's laughable. ASML isn't going to stop selling its stuff. Don't make stupid empty threats that you can't back up. I also note that you're forced to use TWO qualifiers here rather than talking directly about Apple.
5. The EU's overreach here is as shocking as its lack of cluefulness.
'interoperability' clearly has not existed, and once again, 'proprietary' systems were used to lock users in. iMessage is a classic example with court documents revealing Apple's internal communication on the matter.
Apple has not allowed competition to exist. It has not ever communicated the limitations it imposes on users to those same users. It did not allow third parties to use their own wallet systems. It did not allow alternative App Stores. It actively prohibited developers from steering users to alternative payment systems. It deliberately withheld access to iPhone NFC options to many institutions. Where have you been? It did not allow browsers to use anything except WebKit. There are court cases open across the world (including the US) tackling this very issue.
ASML? We aren't talking about who it will sell or won't sell to. The point was what would happen to Apple's supply chain without ASML technology. The irony is that Trump is actually deciding who ASML can't sell to. Extraterritorial overreach of the highest order.
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Apple appeals against EU mandate that it freely share its technology
I see a lot of apologists for malum prohibitum and disregard for property rights.For simply having the audacity to point it out, I won’t be at all surprised to find this post downvoted by those condoning initiation of force by the proxy of the state; however, that doesn’t the inherent immorality of malum prohibitum regulation, nor the willingness to demand the nationalization of privately researched & developed technology, and the exposure of customers’ private information.It doesn’t matter which legislative body, on which continent, is disregarding property rights. It’s wrong, whether you can understand it or not.
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White House says Trump doesn't want to harm Apple and iPhone prices won't rise
You are exactly correct, and it is only difficult for the economically illiterate. Unfortunately, that describes the vast majority of politicians in office, regardless of party.folk fountain said:He's asking the shareholders to pay. There is no such thing as Apple paying. If you increase the cost of every iPhone by 25% that comes out of profits with comes out of the shareholder value. Money does not magically appear. It always comes from somewhere. How is this a difficult concept?
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White House says Trump doesn't want to harm Apple and iPhone prices won't rise
This is the kind of position I would expect of Bernie out of Vermont; but, politicians as a general rule are hardly known for their economic literacy. If they were, the US government wouldn’t have racked up almost $37 trillion in debt, more than half of it, relatively recently. Even in the rare, recent isolated cases of a balanced budget in a particular year, no significant accrue debt reduction has occurred in my adult life. the willingness of the current administration to basically backhand the Goodwill of folks who legitimately; But, erroneously believes the campaign promise of debt reduction has been a fascinating spectacle to watch. Despite that, I am not without empathy for people who made that mistake. It’s very easy to forget that the two major parties in the US basically only agree on a few things: spending lavishly, devaluing the currency, and blaming someone other than themselves when the people have trouble making ends meet.
