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  • iPhone 17 Slim model is barely thick enough for its own buttons

    coolfactorcoolfactor
    Headline says "wide", but should that not be "thick"?

    It would be cool for Apple to announce new battery technology that they've developed in-house that blows existing battery tech out of the water. One can dream...
    baconstangForumPostravnorodom

  • Apple EU anti-competition fine is a relatively modest $570 million to avoid Trump retaliat...

    coolfactorcoolfactor

    Wesley_Hilliard said:
    Ok, had to delete some incredibly off topic and rule breaking threads that are just useless screaming matches. Let's chill out.

    And as a reminder: It isn't illegal to be a monopoly. It is illegal (or at least heavily regulated globally) if a monopoly uses its power of a specific market to manipulate that market or others. The EU has a right to govern how it sees fit, even if some of its policy seems unfairly targeted towards Apple. It is up to Apple to work through the litigation and arrive at a happy medium. These things take time, and the world leaders having pissing matches won't help either.

    Patience. This fine was a pittance for the affected companies. We'll see where it goes from here.

    Avoid insulting each other, politically charged comments, or leaving the topic entirely to make some kind of random point. There's no need for that.

    There also needs to be some safeguards where political regions can't just "change the rules" or implement new rules, and then claim companies are breaking those very same rules. It can take years, even decades, for a large company to build up their sales ecosystem, and then governments come along and just make new rules? One interpretation is that it's a convenient money-grab. Where does this fine money end up in the end? There should be some regulation over that, too.
    9secondkox2danoxwatto_cobra

  • Apple EU anti-competition fine is a relatively modest $570 million to avoid Trump retaliat...

    coolfactorcoolfactor

    I'm very confused by this...

    Specifically, the EU claims that Apple has failed to comply with an obligation to allow developers in its App Store to freely inform customers of alternative offers, "steer them to those offers and allow them to make purchases.

    That's like walking into a small corner store with them posting a sign next to the milk saying that the store next door has the same product, possibly at a cheaper price. What store would do that? Why is the App Store required to help advertise alternative sources?

    Developers are free to have websites and billboards advertising their apps anywhere they want *outside* the App Store.

    Am I reading it wrong? Apple should not be forced to have their own store serve as a marketing platform for other stores.
    danoxwatto_cobra

  • How to compress folders on iPad to save on storage space

    coolfactorcoolfactor

    I wish both the macOS Finder and the iOS Files app allowed browsing of Zip archives without first expanding.

    Applications and Packages (.app and .pkg) should be compressed as Zip archives to reduce their size, too.
    ForumPostjeanobeano

  • When you report bugs on iOS, some content may be used for AI training

    coolfactorcoolfactor

    Has this claim been validated? The dialog text specifically says the user can "delete any attachments" they don't want to submit, so wouldn't that include attachments related to the AI training, while still submitting the bug report?

    Seems like opportunistic reporting here. Please try this yourself and let us know exactly what the situation is.

    williamlondon