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I actually could see, in the future, there being an option for additional "Apple GPUs" Cards, to increase video memory capability.  I mean, the current gen is apparently enough for even 8K Video, but as video needs increase, I can easily see them offering it as an option.  I'm not talking about an Nvidia or AMD graphics package add-on, but an Apple based GPU add-on, which would also ease software and driver support.

george kaplan said:

apple_evo said:

sdw2001 said:

pulseimages said:

Yep, saw the message on my YouTube TV today. I don’t like that I can’t watch ABC News or even my local news on ABC but I’ll be damned if I going to switch providers over it. I don’t care about College Football and the Patriots don’t air on ABC. 

I don’t care either.  It will be back anyway.  

Nah, the Disney channels won't be back especially when Hulu+ Live is competing directly with YouTubeTV. 

Of course it will return, probably before New Years Eve. 

ABC needs the eyeball count YTTV provides its network in general and the ABC O&O stations specifically. It does have a lot to lose, and is probably hurt more in the short term than Google is. 

Actually, it's "back" now, less than 48 Hours after it "left".  I have no idea who, if anyone, "folded", nor how long the new deal will last, but Youtube TV sent an Email saying they "were back".

I'm also on Youtube TV and "affected" by the blackout.  However, going to Hulu w/ Live TV simply isn't an option for me, because I was originally on it, but when I switched to T-Mobile Home Internet, Hulu w/ Live TV conflicted with it.  They can't "reconcile" what the IP Address shows (via T-Mobile Home Internet) versus what my physical address actually is.  Youtube TV works with T-Mobile Home Internet, so I switched to it.  I'm now hoping this dispute get's resolved before January 1st, since that's when the Iowa Hawkeyes play in their Bowl Game.  Any service I do end up adding, temporarily, to get the Bowl Game(s) would still need to work with T-Mobile Home Internet.

genovelle said:

canukstorm said:

The new business model surrounding the Windows 11 App Store is the biggest announcement

"Microsoft has always been trying to find a way to get back at Apple for the iPhone revolution that killed their market dominance in short-order. Their new Microsoft Store model could be a major win for them over time if Apple refuses to change their current App Store model in good time."

"While only time will tell if this strategy will actually be a winner for Microsoft, one thing is for sure – Microsoft's new store model has just set the Apple Store model on fire in techland and Antitrust commissions around the globe will only be emboldened by this move and push harder for major changes to Apple's App Store."

"While the security issue is still a good one for Apple, antitrust groups, in general, just aren't buying it. The only question now is, how far will Government's go to force change to the App Store (and Google Play)."

https://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2021/06/microsofts-windows-11-declares-war-on-apple-by-bringing-a-new-app-store-model-to-market-taking-zero-commission-more.html

The problem is Apple does not have a monopoly and a single store is not that. Can Target be a monopoly when Walmart is much larger just because they are more profitable ?

In almost all other areas, I would agree with you.  However, when it comes to the iOS App Store, unless I missed big changes, Apple's own App Store is the only online store that's available for Apps.  Even "business app stores" on iOS are special access versions of the App Store, I think.  They don't allow anybody's third party apps onto the device, without using the App Store, or violating their terms of service, by "jail breaking" the device, I think it was. 

In every other device, (Android, Microsoft Windows, those are the only two I know), there are multiple options to install apps and other content, either directly from 3rd-Parties, or via 3rd-Party App Stores, such as the Amazon App Store, on Android.  Even MacOS has the option for installing 3rd-Party apps/from 3rd-Party locations.

In other words, with such a large market share, and being the only ones who can (legally) install apps on iOS, Apple does have a monopoly on iOS, in my opinion, at least.  They are getting "better", I think, but it doesn't change what I think of the current situation.

muthuk_vanalingam said:

omasou said:

One can only hope that this will put an end to the "a Windows machine cost less" FUD. Those specs should raise the base computer price?

Come on, did you even read the article? It is clearly mentioned - "Microsoft's requirement of TPM 2.0 and other requirements will limit processors to ones delivered in approximately the last six years.". We are talking about specs that belong to 6 year old computers here. How and why would that increase cost, that too to Apple levels?

It's 4 years, not 6 years.  That's because the earliest Intel CPU Architecture that's supported looks to be Coffee Lake, from 2017.  It's basically the same with AMD, but potentially a year later, with Zen+ being the earliest, there.