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  • iOS 26 is here with Liquid Glass redesign, new Camera, and Apple Intelligence promises

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    I don't agree with the sentiment.

    Liquid Glass is quite different from Aqua.
    Aqua was about being translucent. 

    With Liquid Glass, the context defines the available functions.
    Quite novel to me.
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  • Trump's 25% smartphone tariff starts just in time for the iPhone 17

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    In less than a week, Apple has proved to be extremely vulnerable. 

    Its supply chain is under attack by tariff's.
    Its flagship product is under attack by its former star employee.
    Its AI is nowhere to be found.

    Apple is under enormous pressure and let's see how M. Cook can address it. 
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  • Cupertino wins a battle but loses the war over California's Apple tax ruling

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    9secondkox2 said:
    not on apple at all.

    but dang, cupertino was raking it in! 

    no wonder its such a nice place. LOL

    good to see that getting squared away. and good to see some common sense in my home state for once.

    totally different than the Irish tax deal. Ireland had the right to offer apple a deal and apple had the riht to take it. The EU is overreaching there, like many other areas.
    Of course it's "different". And of course the EU is "overreaching".

    Except, the courts decided it isn't different and that Apple was overreaching.
    EU 5 - Apple 0
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  • Repair site praises new iPhone 16 line as the most repairable yet

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    MplsP said:
    blitz1 said:
    Xed said:
    avon b7 said:
    No doubt upcoming EU directives came into play on these changes. 
    Show your work.
    Here you are:

    On Tuesday, [European] Parliament adopted its position on a stronger “right to repair” for consumers, with 590 votes in favour, 15 against, and 15 abstentions. The proposal aims to encourage more sustainable consumption, by making it easier to repair defective goods, reducing waste and supporting the repair sector.

    Within the legal guarantee period, sellers would be required to prioritise repair if it is cheaper or equal in cost to replacing a good, unless the repair is not feasible or inconvenient for the consumer. MEPs also propose to extend the legal guarantee by one year once a product has been fixed.
    “unless the repair is not feasible or inconvenient for the consumer” - it’s hard to classify any smartphone repair as convenient and I’d argue that the skill involved makes them infeasible for the majority. 
    Apple made it "not feasible" for the consumer.
    Those days are well over.

    Europe had (again) the upper hand - also for the benefit of the US customer
    muthuk_vanalingamwilliamlondon

  • Apple must pay EU $14 billion over Ireland tax arrangement

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    Europe 5 - Apple 0
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