rotateleftbyte

About

Username
rotateleftbyte
Joined
Visits
99
Last Active
Roles
member
Points
3,130
Badges
1
Posts
1,650

Reactions

2.6KLike22Dislike127Informative

  • Masimo alleges Apple is delaying legal fight to boost Apple Watch market share

    rotateleftbyterotateleftbyte
    verne arase said:

    Advise of the lawyers: Go where the money is.

    You forgot to add...
    "and where we can make the most money from you over the next 3-5 years"

    Lawyers very rarely lose out in court cases.
    watto_cobra

  • Sonos sues Google again for alleged infringement of smart speaker patents

    rotateleftbyterotateleftbyte
    Beats said:
    Google is the new Microsoft.
    But 1,000,000 times worse.

    watto_cobra

  • Epic Games vs Apple -- The continuing App Store saga

    rotateleftbyterotateleftbyte
    flydog said:
    I for one support Epic's stance on this. I went down to my local Apple Store and asked to sell used Android tablets in a little used part of the store, and manager kicked me out. I think it's absurd that Apple is exerting its monopoly over its own retail space to exclude other sellers from offering competing products.
    One of the first rules of Retail is that you succeed or fail mainly on the range of 'stuff' that you sell. It is your business what you stock and what you don't. You choose.
    Apple choose a range of own brand and 3rd parties for their retail space.
    If you think that Walmart would even consider stocking a brand of 'thing' with SafeWay labels and at a price that directly competes with their own brand of 'thing' then you are living in a fantasy world.

    williamlondonargonautBeats

  • Facebook is pushing for Apple to open up default messaging app options

    rotateleftbyterotateleftbyte
    DangDave said:
    There is a universal protocol called RCS that could replace SMS/MMS, but it is up to the cellular carriers to implement it. Here is an article from last year:

    https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/24/20931202/us-carriers-rcs-cross-carrier-messaging-initiative-ccmi-att-tmobile-sprint-verizon

    Don’t hold your breath! Apple is not likely to adopt it anytime soon. 
    There are more carriers this impacts than just the USA. There is the rest of the world to consider. Until such a measure is adopted by the ITU then Apple is wise to keep its powder dry.
    The last thing we want as users is a repeat of the debacle when half the phones sold in the US (CDMA) won't in say Europe, Africa, India etc.
    And GSM phones from most of the world can only roam on a few carriers in the USA.
    At the moment, I can send a text/sms to my cousin in the middle of Austrailia and know that it will reach him. He uses an ancient Nokia 3310. It is rugged and he can swap batteries when on the go across his farm that covers an area of well over 1000sq miles. He gets 2G/3G signal over most of it. Forget 4G or 5G it ain't gonna happen out there.
    Adding an incompatible protocol is just going to make a lot of people very angry. Just like replacing iMessage with some POS from Zuck and friends.
    Is there a prize to see who can put forward the most stupid idea of the month?
    watto_cobra

  • Microsoft contributes to Java port for Apple silicon Macs

    rotateleftbyterotateleftbyte
    Foxcatcher - great for searching within files for text inc Office Docs and PDF's. Oracle stopped offering a supported JVM for Catalina. I'm always open for alternatives though but I have not come upon anything even remotely as good as Foxcatcher.
    watto_cobra