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  • Apple defends its controversial EU App Store plans

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    avon b7 said:
    Now, the waiting game to see if the EU thinks it really complies. 

    Personally, I don't think it does. We'll see. 

    So you actually think Apple is going to spend all of those man hours while in direct communication with the EU throughout the entire process, to result in something that doesn't comply? Of course it complies. And, there is no waiting game. No one is investigating anything. 

    Note that they didn't say actually touch on what the EU thought about its 'compliance'. 

    That begs the question: why not? 

    Man hours. APIs. Studying the DMA. 

    Why didn't they just say 'we ran the whole thing through the EU side and they say we complied'. 

    Not a peep about that because it is very likely that the EU knew about the technicalities of the solution but little about the terms that would govern them. 

    If the EU has given the OK it is weird that Apple did not mention it in the statement. 


    PauloSeraa9secondkox2

  • Meta & Microsoft are lobbying the EU to reject Apple's new App Store plans [u]

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    rob53 said:
    It's amazing that Apple is the only company being forced to open up its system. Meta, Microsoft, Spotify and Epic Games don't make any hardware, they only make software. Without Apple's hardware, or in the case of Microsoft any PC hardware, there wouldn't be any third-party software being developed. Apple makes hardware and software and does a great job of integrating the two. The others are simply leaches, forcing Apple to allow them to use Apple hardware for free. Of course the EU doesn't want to admit they're complicit in forcing a company to allow other companies to use Apple hardware just because they say so. Maybe I should go to an EU country, walk into a store and simply take something without paying for it. That's what the EU is doing--get something for free. As for the hypocritical CEOs of worthless companies like Meta and Microsoft, we all remember that neither company is capable of producing any hardware people actually want to buy.
    Apple isn't the only company impacted by the EU directives.

    Without third party apps would you still buy an iPhone? I doubt it.

    While being essential to iPhone survival you are calling them leeches.

    No. The entire platform needs third party apps. The real question is whether Apple has the right to be the sole provider of consumer apps via its App Store. 

    That question has a clear answer in the EU and very possibly, in the short to near term, worldwide. 
    muthuk_vanalingamPauloSeraa

  • Apple defends its controversial EU App Store plans

    avon b7avon b7
    Now, the waiting game to see if the EU thinks it really complies. 

    Personally, I don't think it does. We'll see. 

    muthuk_vanalingamPauloSeraa9secondkox2

  • Apple faces 500M euro fine following EU music probe

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    9secondkox2 said:
    Since apple hasn’t broken any laws that they could use against them, they just INVENT some. It’s criminal

    Waiting for the USA to finally step up and go to bat for American companies operating overseas. 

    Otherwise this kind of extortion will continue everywhere unchecked. 

    Please take some time to read the DMA/DSA and report back. 

    The directives are new and reflect legislative efforts to adapt to modern times. 

    The US will do exactly the same at some point and it's not impossible that those same US companies will find themselves having to adapt to similar legislation. 
    sphericmuthuk_vanalingam9secondkox2

  • Unsurprisingly, Mark Zuckerberg believes Meta Quest 3 is the 'better product, period'

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    tmay said:
    avon b7 said:
    He's doing what he has to do so I wouldn't expect anything less.

    The same applies to Tim Cook with, for example, the AI references. 

    Open formats would definitely be preferably for content like AR etc.

    The industry knows where it's going. I haven't seen any changes in direction in years. 

    It's waiting on various technological advances to reach objectives and fighting on price. Some playing to the lower end (with obvious trade offs) and others to the higher end (where cost is a key factor. 

    The industry will converge somewhere in the middle at some point but reducing the 'visor' element is obviously a major goal. 

    Compute can be largely off loaded to the cloud in the near term and that will help with the physical constraints and maybe initial cost. Charging and battery considerations will improve greatly in short order too. 
    Interestingly enough, Apple continues its notable advantage in edge computing, minimizing or eliminating the need for cloud computing. The penalty Apple pays for that is the weight, and mass imbalance, of the VP, and of course, the battery pack. 

    But Apple's VP hardware architecture does provide a very low latency solution, that cloud computing cannot.

    Meta and Apple chose different paths, with Apple choosing the more difficult path of technological leadership. Both are evolving their solutions as we speak.

    Who wins is to be determined, but I wouldn't bet on Meta, a company that hasn't been able to create much of a user base for all of its efforts.


    I think I generally use a different definition of 'edge computing' to yours. I use it in an ICT context. 

    To clarify, I'm not referring to cloud usage today. I'm talking about what is scheduled for 5.5G where latencies could be far below what Apple is achieving today. That is being rolled out in a testbed operation in a part of China today and due to begin shipping in 2025. 

    There were demos of the technologies during the last few MWCs (pending standardisation).

    The other cloud related problem is bandwidth and storage capacity (also to be resolved with the arrival of 5.5G).
    FileMakerFeller