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  • Apple will crush the DoJ in court if Garland sticks with outdated arguments

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    nubus said:
    Apple can't win. Microsoft spent 8 years on US antitrust cases before making a settlement. Gates left the company he founded and Microsoft management lost focus.

    Apple+EU has been a disaster for years. Apple spent 10 years on promising before finally being forced to USB-C. Now EU has had enough with politicians hitting Apple in several ways causing disruptions to hardware and software. Apple is taking a beating every week.

    And now this... a case started under Trump that moved forward for 5-6 years. At a time when Car just failed, AVP is in need of full focus, competitors are all AI, and the last 4 iPhone generations are looking and behaving much like iPhone 12 (design, MagSafe, 5G)...   a legal battle into the next decade is not what the doctor ordered.

    We need Apple to get out of these battles and focus on the future.

    Apple never promised USB-C for 10 years. What nonsense it that?

    It was smart of Apple to finally move to USB-C — yes — but they were in their full rights not to until being forced. We all wish they voluntarily did so a few years earlier.

    The Car project never failed. So much would have been learned from it and applied to other projects. Heck, much of Vision Pro's "sight" tech was likely rooted in work done on car vision tech. The Car project also facilitated the "new CarPlay experience" that is being installed on many other brands. So what if Apple isn't going to build their own car... they are a software company, too, and the Car project helped the software evolve tremendously in ways we haven't seen yet. Not a failure.
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  • Apple will crush the DoJ in court if Garland sticks with outdated arguments

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    @AppleInsider ;

    It's absolutely critical to get facts straight when offering up an analysis.
    We await the DoJ suit against the carriers for allowing SMS to persist.

    SMS is _not_ going away with RCS. SMS is not the problem with low-quality photos and videos. Your comment should have mentioned "MMS" not "SMS".

    RCS will (optionally) fallback to SMS much like iMessage does — when data is not available.
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  • Apple gradually releases new firmware for the AirTag

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    It's time for Apple to:

    - streamline their approach to changelog notes across all software products
    - separate security updates from feature updates
    - do a comprehensive overhaul of release testing across a broader range of scenarios 

    The fact that this release is going out without any notes is a red flag for how misaligned the software teams are.
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  • A former Apple engineer is learning the hard way that you shouldn't threaten the FBI

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    We're definitely living in a crazy time. Mental illness was already on the rise, but went into overdrive after 2019. Combined with more harmful drugs circulating, brutal economic stresses, increased senses of entitlement, and now scary, unnecessary wars, it's all pushing us to our limits, directly and indirectly. We're not through this yet, but the solution starts with us, on an individual level. We can't turn to governments and companies to fix this for us, or as an entity to blame. We need to look inward, and begin the changes for ourselves.

    I hope the guy eventually gets the help that he needs. Maybe prison will give him time to reflect and grow.
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  • A software engineer wore Apple Vision Pro to his wedding, much to his new bride's chagrin

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    Just let the guy enjoy the day the way that he wants to. You're marrying him. Support his dreams.
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