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  • Apple Watch bands and iPhone cases come in new spring colors

    beowulfschmidtbeowulfschmidt
    There do not appear to be any new FineWoven Apple Watch bands or iPhone cases at this time.

    Given reports of how those products age, I am completely un-surprised by this particular lack.
    williamlondon

  • Apple stresses security risks of complying with EU's Digital Markets Act

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    gatorguy said:

    Apple has published a whitepaper detailing how it says it is working to protect EU users and emphasizing the risks of opening up the iPhone to rival App Stores.

    "By requiring that all apps on iPhone be distributed through a single trusted source, the App Store, we were able to accomplish our goal of protecting users more effectively than any other platform," says Apple in its new whitepaper. "While our efforts to protect users and developers alike are never complete, iOS has never allowed a widespread consumer malware attack on users-which is exceptional for a 17-year-old, modern computing platform."
    Technically not true. Apple's AppStore is better at keeping malware at bay than large stores on other platforms, but XcodeGhost Malware Infected 100+ Million iOS Users. "Only a single-instance" rather than "Never" is more accurate.

    In addition, the fact that an infection isn't "widespread" doesn't make it insignificant.  A single instance of an app that steals $100,000 from each of 1,000 people is just as significant in my mind as an app that steals $1 from each of 100,000,000 people.
    muthuk_vanalingamwilliamlondon

  • Watch 51 classic movies for free on Apple TV+

    beowulfschmidtbeowulfschmidt
    As a certified old person, I object to calling these movies "classic".  Not because they aren't good, most of them are, but because they are much younger than me...
    cincyteewilliamlondonlesterkrimbaughmattinozlowededwookieviclauyyccarstenl.byronl

  • Apple cites bevy of scared users to back up its case against the EU DMA

    beowulfschmidtbeowulfschmidt
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that the EU regulations require Apple to permit side loading and other app stores, and not to require the users to use other app stores, right?  If that's the case, most of these letters seem to be based on misinformation, and thus not really supportive of Apple's desire to avoid allowing other app stores.
    muthuk_vanalingamxyzzy-xxxwilliamlondonwatto_cobra

  • Apple doesn't care about games, long-time Apple Arcade developers say

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    jgreg728 said:
    Apple is so godd**n stupid with their “gaming efforts”. Here you have a full fledged service in the middle of the App Store - the only App Store on iOS tvOS and iPadOS - along with announcements and grandstanding of how console level games can be played on their newest hardware. WHY AREN’T MORE AAA GAMES MAKING IT TO ARCADE???? Why aren’t Apple TVs being made with it in mind??? Why didn’t they try to get games like RE4 and Death Stranding on the service?? Arcade has the infrastructure and hardware it needs to be a mainstream Steam, but Apple just has their heads up their asses when it comes to reaching the potential of their services in general. They need to do better.

    Why aren't more AAA games making it to Arcade?  Because AAA games now consume tens and hundreds of millions of dollars of development resources, and they will not be profitable on the pittance Apple pays out from Arcade games, that's why.

    Note that I'm addressing the issue of Arcade, not Apple devices in general.
    williamlondonbaconstang