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  • Apple shares 'Foundation' recap ahead of season finale

    ericthehalfbeeericthehalfbee
    I like Foundation. I don’t care if it’s not 100% accurate to the books. It’s entertaining on its own, and I’m glad it’s not a bunch of special effects and action. 
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  • User-modified iPhone X with USB-C port sells for $86K

    ericthehalfbeeericthehalfbee
    gatorguy said:
    fallenjt said:
    cpsro said:
    People gotta blow their money on something, at least it's more useful than an NFT.
    Fake account beats. No one pays.
    The bids actually topped out slightly over 100K, but the winner reneged. On down the line to this buyer who honored his bid and paid. So no, they weren't all "fake". 

    It was fake. Nobody pays this much for a modded iPhone. What makes you think only one bidder was fake? To make the scam work (and I’m 100% convinced this was a publicity scam) you need multiple fake bidders to create the illusion of demand.

    Paying the resulting commission fee would be less than the publicity he received.

    This is also very common in classic car auctions (which I happen to have many years experience in). People keep upping the bid to make it appear the vehicle has more value than it really does. Even if you get stuck buying your own car back you still come out ahead.

    If I buy my $50K (actual value) car at Barrett Jackson for a fake bid of $100K I would only be out-of-pocket $10-15K. I then list my car for sale with the tagline “Recently bought at Barrett Jackson for $100K).

    Vehicle collectors see the ad and laugh saying “you paid twice what it’s worth”. Rich people/celebrities who think it’s cool to own a classic car think that the price is fair since it was bought at a famous car auction.

    There are countless auction type scams out there and I don’t believe for a second someone was stupid enough to buy this iPhone for $86K. 
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  • Epic's Tim Sweeney to speak in South Korea amid app store troubles

    ericthehalfbeeericthehalfbee
    I love pointing out that CAF only has a small number of companies who’ve signed up (I think less than 60). Out of the hundreds of thousands of developers, that’s pathetic.

    Also laughing that I still get a rise out of Sweeney on Twitter. He’s stopped responding to posts, but I often see him like a post that responded to one of mine.

    A billionaire wasting time responding to a Twitter user like me with 50 followers just because I say something he doesn’t like. Priceless.
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  • Apple denied request to delay App Store changes resulting from Epic lawsuit

    ericthehalfbeeericthehalfbee
    The funny thing is this provides no benefit to Epic. They’re still not allowed in The App Store due to intentional breach of contract.
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  • Apple TV+ 'Ted Lasso' season finale ninth in Nielsen streaming ratings

    ericthehalfbeeericthehalfbee
    Considering the subscription numbers for Apple TV are way behind other streaming services, cracking the Top 10 is quite a feat.
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