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wizard69 said:

...If Epic wins it will be a win for all developers and users of the iOS ecosystem. 

That is nonsense, in my opinion.  If Apple is forced to allow other app stores for iOS, users will no longer have the same level of security they currently enjoy - and that additional security is what Apple's customers are wiling to pay Apple a premium for.  Apple has always had a set of rules for the app store.  Nobody was forced to abide by them - developers always had the option of simply not developing for iOS.  But developers didn't - because they could make money on iOS and its desirable and growing customer demographic.  But now Epic and some others feel that they no longer need to abide by those rules yet still have access to the platform Apple maintains and enhances.  They want to do a rather Trump'ian thing: get out of their contractual obligations by going to the courts, hoping they get a sympathetic judge.

Trey_Lance said:

Epic is so out of line here , which judge even accepted this law suit?

Epic is owned by Tencent, you know that company that also makes these movies that says how great the Chinese government is? And half of the board of Tencent have ties to the current Chinese government?

Hello people?

A troll that's factually incorrect - Sweeney owns a majority of Epic shares.

"Our latest survey indicates that the fast-growing foldable smartphone market has become a must-have for all major smartphone brands," - to this I'd have two responses: (1) without giving volume statistics, "fast-growing" is pretty meaningless: if one folding phone sold one year and two sold the next, we'd have "amazing" 100% foldable smartphone market growth....(2) it has become  "must-have" for Android phone makers flailing about trying to compete with Apple at the high end.  Foldable phones are the current tech they hope will "stick to the wall".

I am a little confused as to what is being described here - is it "AR" - which typically superimposes computer generated content on top of reality - or VR/"mixed reality" - which fills the user's vision with entirely computer-generated content, some of which can come from cameras that pick up "reality" outside the headset.

This 150g is pretty darn good for a VR headset, but it would be completely unacceptable for AR glasses.  Who would accept the weight of an iPhone pushing down on the bridge of their nose and their ears?  For AR glasses to become mainstream, they can't weigh much more than regular glasses - so, around 30g.

Over the years, I've found IDC numbers and projections pretty suspect.  Take the statement above "In Europe alone, the market slumped 4.9% in units to 195.2 million".  There are about 690 million people in Europe, 440 of which are adults.  IDC's number means that more than a quarter of all Europeans bought a phone last year - or 44% of all adults.  Given that smartphone penetration in Europe is only 70-80% and phones have a 3-4 year replacement cycle, these numbers make no sense to me.