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  • Apple releases iOS 17.0.3 & iPadOS 17.0.3 with overheating fixes

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    darkvader said:
    Remember when I said "This is on Apple" and people here were like "nO iTs Teh aPP dEvelOPers!"?

    This was on Apple.

    Wrong. It was both.
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  • Apple confirms iOS 17 fix for overheating iPhones is on the way

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    Toortog said:
    They will probably take a page from the IBM OS2 game book.  Apple will dial back performance of their chip to reduce heat on the chip that was suppose to run cooler.  Then like OS2 they will crank up the screen IO to make things appear to the user as still speedy.  I'd say Apple and TSMC has pushed out the 3nm chips before they are ready for prime time. 

    Ridiculous. Apple would have had 3nm sample processors a long time ago for testing/verification. Issues would have shown up then. If 3nm wasn’t ready Apple would have stuck with 4nm.
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  • Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Compressor, and Motion get updates for iPhone 15 Pro

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    😡😡

    So Apple adds support for Fuji, ARRI and DJI and still no sign of Nikon N-RAW support. Right now only DaVinci Resolve has it. 
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  • TSMC's Arizona factory won't break Apple's overseas chip reliance

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    OK, why are we judging this plant as if it only exists to make Apple processors? My understanding is it won’t be on the latest nodes, but will still be able to crank out a lot of other types of chips. Processors aren’t the only thing fabs make, and not everything they make needs the newest processes.
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  • Apple's iMessage gets a reprieve from EU digital gatekeeper law

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    davidw said:
    aderutter said:
    Hmm… that just made me think… maybe Apple can charge users to enable other app stores, let’s say £49 a year. Does the bullsheet act specifically disallow this?

    All apple have to do is to only allow third party app stores in the EU (for now). If developers want their apps to be available in the rest of the countries, they still need to put it in the Apple App Store. The EU can't force Apple to allow third party app stores that are allowed in the EU, to be in the US or any other country. This would be Apple's choice, not the EU. Or if an EU third party app store also wants to be in any other country, Apple could charge a commission on their sales through that app store in any non EU countries (or countries that don't require Apple to open up iOS to other app stores.). Now if you were a developer, why would you put your app in a third party EU app store when you still have to have your app in the Apple App Store, if you want to be able to sell to the rest of the World. 

    The solution for Apple is easy. Drop their fees to 15% in the EU. No developer is going to switch to a 3rd party store when there’s no savings. Even if Epic dropped to 12%, it’s not enough of a difference to make it worthwhile.

    The only developers that would still use their own store would be those that are doing it for reasons other than money. Like bypassing Apple restrictions to mine your data. And there will be plenty of researchers (who love to dissect anything Apple) that’ll love testing these Apps and exposing everything they’re doing. It’ll be a PR nightmare not only for these stores but also for the EU who forced them on consumers. I imagine a class action against the EU will inevitably be launched on behalf of users getting their data mined.

    it wouldn’t surprise me if Apple did some of the testing themselves, as proof to show it was a bad decision by the EU.
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