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  • Kingston XS2000 4TB External SSD review: Fast enough, but not the best for Apple owners

    Samsung T7 wins pretty handily in this market segment, at least for Mac users; it's faster on the Mac (despite the Kingston sporting USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 vs. USB 3.2 Gen 2 on the Samsung) and 4TB costs $250 vs. $308 on Amazon for the Kingston.
    dewme
  • After years of rumors, Apple now has a production prototype iPhone fold

    s.metcalf said:
    Foldable phones are notoriously fragile.  No chance in hell it could be as durable as a regular model.

    Apple seems hell bent on pushing products that few people want of late.
    You seem confused. You can't be "hell bent" on something if you haven't even released it yet. There's zero evidence that this will ever be released. And you didn't name any other products which HAVE been released, so one is left with the distinct impression that you're desperately searching for something to bash Apple about without having much real ammunition.
    ronnwilliamlondon
  • Apple just bought another Bay Area campus for $350 million

    bonobob said:
    Apple should build data centers as Apple has committed. 

    Apple should build data centers centers when they need them. 
    I am sure they are going to need them since they want to strive for on-device AI. 
    But..Yeah..Apple is always late.
    You don't seem clear on what "on-device" means. Hint: it means you don't need data centers to support it.
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  • Apple appeals against EU mandate that it freely share its technology

    rob53 said:
    Apple owns its products not the EU. The EU has no right to dictate to Apple how its products operate. As I’ve said before, the EU has every right to build their own platforms but it’s obvious they don’t have the ability or talent to design and manufacture anything people, including those in EU countries, want. It’s time to boycott everything made in the EU but I’m not so sure there’s actually anything they make I really want. 
    The EU absolutely can dictate to Apple how aspects of its products operate, that's what EU law is for. If you want to sell tech, fruit, cars, aeroplanes, clothes or whatever to members states of the EU then those products must abide by the rules that the EU sets. This will be in just the same way that the USA dictates the standards products sold there must meet (unless the USA is content to have dog meat sold as beef and TVs sold with totally unsafe wiring and cars made of old bits of rusty tin). They can be challenged, as Apple is doing and depending on the result Apple can either comply or withdraw from the market. In this case, I think the EU is overreaching and Apple is in the right (in what I know of the issue) but what is relevant is what the lawyers say.

    To say that "they [EU member countries] don’t have the ability or talent to design and manufacture anything people, including those in EU countries, want" is just ridiculous and verifiably so. So, nobody wants cars from BMW, Ferrari, or Mercedes? Nobody wants British HiFi or ARM's tech? Not even in Europe? Are you seriously suggesting that?

    Boycotting everything made in the EU? So no more French cheese or Champagne? No Italian clothing or wine? No Belgian chocolates? No IKEA or Lego? No Airbus? You seem to be using the same playbook as Trump! Hilariously, given his "Made in the USA" obsession, none of the merch in his Trump shop is made in the USA - most is from his evil enemy, China. You can't make up this kind of blinkered economic foolishness.
    You seem to be being obtuse, here. Rob53 was clearly talking about tech platforms. Obviously. Not cars. Not wine. Not overpriced British audio gear. Not chocolate. Tech platforms. And yes, the EU sucks at that.

    The EU won't be dictating these particular terms. This will not stand.
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  • Apple appeals against EU mandate that it freely share its technology

    avon b7 said:
    rob53 said:
    Apple owns its products not the EU. The EU has no right to dictate to Apple how its products operate. As I’ve said before, the EU has every right to build their own platforms but it’s obvious they don’t have the ability or talent to design and manufacture anything people, including those in EU countries, want. It’s time to boycott everything made in the EU but I’m not so sure there’s actually anything they make I really want. 
    The EU has every right to level playing fields and counter consumer harm and the stifling of innovation.

    That has long been the case. 

    In the 'digital' world, the same ideas are applicable but new laws were needed specifically for the kind of cases explained here. 

    Do you remember the world pre-pdf?

    Interoperability is key to the points mentioned above and for progress. 

    Mechanisms will have to be created and perfected but technology has the tendency to outpace legislation so these situations will persist until things get settled. 

    This isn't an Apple thing. 

    It's a EU thing! ICT carriers were forced to open up their technologies years ago and share their resources to a degree. 

    This isn't like the US where for as long as I can remember (and for all I know, may still be the case) your place of residence was a limiting factor to which carriers you could choose from.

    I can opt for a virtual carrier which will use the infrastructure of one of the bigger players. That allows for competition to exist. 

    Left to its own devices, Apple does not allow for competition to exist. We know this and this is precisely why it is being forced to open up in certain areas (and not only the EU). 

    Of course, Apple is free to pull out of the EU. So is Google and Meta et al. Will they? Nope because, as you seem unwilling to contemplate, any pull-out would be met with very swift movements to fill any gaps. 

    You personally, may well be able to get by without EU products, but what would Apple's current supply chain do without ASML? 
    1. PDF sucks. Yes, I remember the world pre-PDF. We had text files. Which didn't suck. And which weren't proprietary.
    2. "Interoperability" already exists and doesn't require letting Meta steal Apple users' private data. That's not going to happen, btw. Apple will pull out of the EU before letting it dictate user privacy rules to it.
    3. "Apple does not allow for competition to exist" is vague mealy-mouthed idiocy. There's plenty of competition.
    4. Without ASML? Make my day. Please. That's laughable. ASML isn't going to stop selling its stuff. Don't make stupid empty threats that you can't back up. I also note that you're forced to use TWO qualifiers here rather than talking directly about Apple.
    5. The EU's overreach here is as shocking as its lack of cluefulness. 
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