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  • New Magic Mouse may listen for voice commands

    xyzzy-xxx said:
    Reminds me of Star Trek IV
    Came here just to say this.

    link for those who don’t know:

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hShY6xZWVGE
    mattinoz
  • Third-party Epic Games Store now available on iPad for EU users

    aderutter said:
    Apple never should have allowed Epic back imho


    They didn't have a choice and honestly shouldn't have a choice in what people want to install on their phones. 
    There’s always a choice.

    Yeah they did, and still do: stop selling in the EU if they become too much of a micro manager.

    Apple still has a bunch of choices for the EU (and don’t bode well for the EU): 
    -charge more for iPhones/ipads
    -charge for OS updates
    -charge for developer tools: compilers, access to SDKs, IDEs, etc
    -stop adding software features for EU
    -stop including hardware updates/features in EU phones. (No need to give access to NFC chips if there isn’t one to begin with)
    -ultimately, stop selling in the EU when the cost of doing business outstrips the profit

    Short of it, you get an iPhone EU (pronounced ‘eww’) or no phone at all. Which will probably be the end game since no user will want these phones and go to android (why didn’t they in the first place?)

    iOS and ipadOS are the property of Apple, to do with what they please.  If you don’t like that, don’t buy an apple device.  You don’t own a copy of the software, it’s licensed.

    If they haven’t already, at some point I expect Apple to give the EU the middle finger.


    watto_cobra
  • Epic moves forward with iPhone 'Fortnite' return plans via EU alternative App Store


    That WOULD be true if Apple was allowing normal software installation.

    But Apple is (illegally) charging a fee for app downloads in 3rd party stores, and (illegally) insisting on "notarizing" apps that users would otherwise be able to install normally.

    I'm looking forward to the MASSIVE fines for Apple's bad behavior.
    It’s not illegal, yet, per the DMA.  But it’s coming.  Now whether it’s right or not, is a different story.  If the Core Technology fee is removed, I’d expect to see things that were free before may no longer be free in countries that are under the DMA, such as Xcode, compilers, apis, OS features, etc. There is no such thing as a free lunch.
    chasmwatto_cobra
  • If you have an iPhone with AT&T, there's a good chance your info has been stolen

    A company I used to work for stores the ssn in the free and clear in their database.  I also proved to them they had several SQL injection attack vectors.  Did they want to fix these things? Nope. Probably a combination of things: they didn’t care, moving too fast for their own good, fixing it wasn’t as sexy as a new feature, too cheap to pay someone to fix it, or all of the above. All of this and definitely more probably still they’re waiting to be exploited to this day.

    This is why we can’t have nice, aka things that work to protect us.

    Needless to say, but I no longer work there.
    ronnwatto_cobraols
  • Magnetic cables were a sleeper hit at CES 2024

    It's comical watching the reactions of the passersby at CES when they're entirely unimpressed with AI-powered grills, but they stop and stare at a USB-C cable with hidden magnets.
    This. It’s such a good idea (magnetic cables) and solves a common immediate problem.  AI (eg ML) on the other hand, while improving, is more of a solution looking for a problem. Don’t get me wrong, ML is really cool and can be useful sometimes, but we are kind of in the same stage with GPT as IoT was/is (let’s slap a wifi and a cpu on everything to do “smart” things without thinking about does it solve a problem for people). An AI powered grill sounds gimmicky and kinda falls into this category.

    Im buying some magnetic cables next time I need a cable.
    entropysmagman1979watto_cobraravnorodom