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  • Advertisers flee to Android as majority of iOS users opt out of ad tracking

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    This move has IMHO, a wider impact than just the Android vs IOS wrt Advertising.

    I know that I'm not alone in saying that 'I've had it with Adverts'. We get so many things promoted to us every waking hour that if every ad exec was taken out and shot (not really asking for it) then I'd cheer. I'm fed up with ads. If I get bombarded with too many ads for a particular make of thing then I make sure that I will never ever buy that particular thing.
    Eventually, the laws of diminishing returns will kick in and people will like me just tune out when it comes to ads.
    At least here in the UK, we have the BBC which does not carry ads. Yes, I pay them a license fee every year but at least I don't get some Z level celeb trying to push something that they'd never be seen dead using invading my personal space 4 times an hour.
    Every TV prog that I watch is recorded just so that when I come to watch it, I can skip over the ads.

    Did I say that I hate ads? Well, I do.

    Well done Apple.
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  • Amazon mulling MGM acquisition to boost media footprint

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    Kuyangkoh said:
    Attention all monopoly Lawyers……Amazon is getting large, time to break them up, hahahaha
    Bezos will be singing 'Cry me a river' from the back of his new mega-yacht. Then he'll break into 'I rule the world' (the word 'when' will have been banned)

    Apple should IMHO buy MGM if nothing more than to poke Bezos in the eye with a sharp stick.
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  • 'Apple Car' may use AR for windshield heads-up display

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    From reading this article, what Apple describes is not a lot different from what VW has shown on the ID.3/ID.4 EV. I'm a great fan of HUD's. I have one on my I-Pace and it really lowers the number of times per hour that I have to look at the instrument panel.
    watto_cobra

  • Google will begin automatically enrolling users in two-step verification

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    Low hanging fruit? It depends on what you use the Gmail account for. If it is a throwaway email address for all those sites that demand one even to browse then what is the problem with not securing it? If I had a gmail account that is what I'd use it for but I basically refuse to give Google any data unless I can't avoid it. I've even stopped using two sites because they insist on using Captcha's. IMHO, 2FA is a PITA unless you are of an age where you have had your phone surgically attached to your hand. Then I had an issue with my Mothers ISP. They refused to log a fault unless my mother gave them her mobile number (for a landline fault). The problem was that she didn't have a mobile phone (she was in her late 80's). Catch-22. There has to be a better way to improve security.
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  • Epic Games argues Apple has app monopoly, should make iOS more like macOS

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    Quizzically, the Epic attorney also likened Apple's App Store to a scenario where if the iPhone was a car, Apple would take 30% of what the driver had to pay for gasoline.

    This is a load of baloney. I don't pay Apple a bent penny when I use one of the Apps on my phone to pay for the charging of my car.  The charging company had my card details. They don't take 30% when I use Apple Pay on my iPhone even for Gas/Petrol.

    I really hope that the Apple legal team objected to that statement. If they didn't then why not?


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