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  • M4 Mac mini rumored to get a redesign making it smaller than ever before

    chelinchelin
    Cesar Battistini Maziero said:
    I wish it was taller and smaller foot print.

    Would be a life saver for table space, and mounting ass well.
    Hmm, mounting what exactly? Not sure you’d find that in an Apple Store?
    williamlondonVictorMortimerwatto_cobra

  • M4 Mac mini rumored to get a redesign making it smaller than ever before

    chelinchelin
    Cesar Battistini Maziero said:
    I wish it was taller and smaller foot print.

    Would be a life saver for table space, and mounting ass well.
    Mounting what???
    williamlondonVictorMortimermacxpresswatto_cobra

  • California man uses AirTag to confront thief who stole his BMW

    chelinchelin
    irwinmaurice said:
    Sooooo, how exactly was this ‘thief’ able to steal the car without a key?  BMWs have either had custom keys replaceable only by dealers or the new-ish key fobs w remote or electronic starts.  

    LONG gone are the days of hot wiring the cars.  

    Or did the ‘tracker’ lose track of his key?  
    Something doesn’t seem quite heroic as much as foolhardy followed by CYA for “I left my car fob on the table at Starbucks and forgot it when I left…”
    Happened to us. But the thieves broke into our house first and got the keys from the kitchen counter. 

    However we were saved by OnStar, they have a special program for LEOs to receive updates on the vehicle’s location, heading and speed. I would assume that BMW have a similar system. AirTags is more for finding an item under a cushion.
    dewmeirwinmauricekillroy

  • Apple files legal challenge over Europe's demand for third-party app stores

    chelinchelin
    AppleZulu said:
    aldanno said:
    Just imagine if Circle K was forced to carry every brand candy, soda and beer. Also imagine they weren't free to mark-up their product prices as they saw fit! No one is asking the Apple Retail Stores to stock every iPhone charger, or competing smart phones? Why is the digital store different? Especially in Europe, they also won't let you sell car parts that haven't been 'certified' to not compromise their safety or environmental standards. Are they planning on setting up an international body to 'certify' apps as not harmful to the operating system or other apps?

    I don't get it.
    The third-party app store requirements have a deeper twist for your analogy to be accurate. They would be like requiring Circle K to give others free floor space to stock their own tems which they will sell directly so as not to give Circle K a cut, and to prevent Circle K from imposing any review or requirements on the third-party items to prevent them from interfering with Circle K's operations or even to prevent them from burning down the Circle K store entirely.
    No this is not accurate, no one is asking Apple to even host the third party stores. Physical space isn’t the same as digital footprint. One is limited by geographical dimensions whereas the other is for all practical purposes infinite. If Apple would allow side loading of apps, there would be zero cost to Apple. In fact it would likely reduce cost on Apple from having to maintain code that attempts to block these capabilities for the owners of their devices. 
    Lastly and probably something you ought to consider. This works on MacOS because consumers would not accept these rights to be removed. Imagine how utterly useless your MacBook would feel like if all you were left with was the App Store applications. Does anyoje use the same arguments for MacOs?? No, this is an excellently executed propaganda by Apple to have you think that your phone and tablet is somehow different in this regard!!!!
    williamlondon

  • Apple files legal challenge over Europe's demand for third-party app stores

    chelinchelin
    aldanno said:
    Just imagine if Circle K was forced to carry every brand candy, soda and beer. Also imagine they weren't free to mark-up their product prices as they saw fit! No one is asking the Apple Retail Stores to stock every iPhone charger, or competing smart phones? Why is the digital store different? Especially in Europe, they also won't let you sell car parts that haven't been 'certified' to not compromise their safety or environmental standards. Are they planning on setting up an international body to 'certify' apps as not harmful to the operating system or other apps?

    I don't get it.
    This isn’t the same. Imagine if you had the deed to the land. And then you wanted to have a chevron station next to the circle k. You own the device (deed) because you purchased it. You should be allowed to use it in whatever way you see fit. That means if you’re ok with potential risks you can install a third party App Store. It doesn’t impact any liability on apples side. It doesn’t even increase any cost on their side. It would impact their revenue however 
    williamlondon