ericthehalfbee

People were upset with the M1 and tried to downplay its significance by saying it was good for laptops but not scalable to desktops.

They were even more upset when the M1 Max came out and substantially increased performance for the MBP, but still complained it couldn’t match higher end AMD or Intel parts.

Now they’re furious about the M1 Ultra and are looking to once again move the goalposts to somehow diminish this technical achievement by Apple.


I think the M1 might have passed the iPhone for inducing rage among the haters.

Want to know just how bad the new Exynos and Snapdragon are?

They're on the latest 4nm node. They’re using the latest & greatest ARM cores (X2, A710, A510). The stars have aligned letting them have all the best possible technology available together at the same time.

And they still get trounced by the A15. In fact, the A14 easily beats them both and the A13 offers about 95% of the performance.

Apple is literally 2 years ahead.

tmay said:

ericthehalfbee said:

There’s a much simpler solution to all this than wide-open access to The App Store (your own payments, side-loading and so on).  Apple can just do what they’ve always done (albeit at a very slow pace).

Start making exceptions for different business models.

They’ve done this with subscriptions (allowing outside signups and dropping to 15% after a year), with small developers (15% fees) or with “reader” Apps.

Most Apps fit the current categories, but a few are always somewhere in the middle. Apple could, as each case arises, make new rules/exceptions as they occur and amend their guidelines.

This doesn’t mean Apple has to allow every single App that applies, or create 1,000 new types of App categories, but ones that are in a grey area and don’t appear to be trying to abuse The App Store (like Epic) can be given consideration. 

The business model is an online store selling digital downloads, and potentially physical products, and the paid App is just the storefront.

They should be on Pinterest.

There’s a much simpler solution to all this than wide-open access to The App Store (your own payments, side-loading and so on).  Apple can just do what they’ve always done (albeit at a very slow pace).

Start making exceptions for different business models.

They’ve done this with subscriptions (allowing outside signups and dropping to 15% after a year), with small developers (15% fees) or with “reader” Apps.

Most Apps fit the current categories, but a few are always somewhere in the middle. Apple could, as each case arises, make new rules/exceptions as they occur and amend their guidelines.

This doesn’t mean Apple has to allow every single App that applies, or create 1,000 new types of App categories, but ones that are in a grey area and don’t appear to be trying to abuse The App Store (like Epic) can be given consideration. 

shareef777 said:

Everyone here panicking about side loaded apps infiltrating their phones. Uh, just don’t install anything from outside the App Store (just as has been done with the Cydia store for a decade). These straw man arguments are pathetic.

Your argument is idiotic. Users who never sued-load an App can still have their privacy/security reduced. Seriously, do you know a fucking thing about software?