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mike1 said:

Also, other than not needing to have a Lightning cable around, what's the point?

I agree. There's literally nothing new here other than integrating the Lightning to USB-C Adapter into a case which is interesting at best. Will I now replace go and replace all of my families cases for all the different iPhones with new ones? Certainly not... We're quite accustomed to having both USB-C and Lightning cables around, luckily we were able to eliminate all uses of Micro USB.

While I don't support those "only in 'murika" bogus lawsuits, I would note that the data usage governance of iOS sucks big time. Even in low data/low power mode with disabled software and update downloads, "System services" from time to time like to go nuts and chew through 100MBs of data in no time. Happens to me multiple times a year when I'm on a local 1GB data plan abroad just to being able to use the occasional ride hailing, maps or transport card recharge. Last year I was even stranded on a remote South Korean beach because of that and had to find a restaurant with Wi-Fi just so I could re-up the data plan because System Services/"General" decided to download 800MB of "whatever" without my consent.

Just looking at my current usage, out of 2,86GB since the last reset 2 months ago, 1,06GB is attributed to System Services/General, with the next highest system service being Messaging at 98,5MB.

sloth77 said:

I voted Remain in the UK back in 2016.  But as an Apple user, I can't say hand-on-heart that I would do so now, with the shenanigans the EU is pulling with Apple.

It is a shame, as some of the EU regulations have been decent - like the USB-C support.

As a user in the EU I see zero problem with that approach. Sure we get less features but most of them will only be available with the latest devices anyway so not a huge loss for the vast majority of users. Also we do get things that other countries won't get like alternative App Strores. And of course we don't get the anti-features that UK would like their users to enjoy like broken privacy and security...

If Apple prefers to play hardball and reduce their own new device sales for people thinking like you, I can totally live with that as the vast majority of regulations provide quite a benefit and a cooldown of the Apple market would also reduce the device prices.

If Google is or gets involved, I get the hell out of there. So many products I used in the past have received the kiss of death by Google, it's not funny anymore. I'm happy e.g. Pebble was able to be reanimated but using Google for anything is really a guaranteed recipe for receiving self-inflicted damage down the line.

Apple going back to 8GB base RAM for a notebook? Unlikely... and if they have to spin a dedicated chip just to do notebooks with it, then the cost advantage is gone... There's a number of reasons why the higher end iPads are using M processors...