magman1979

FoodLover said:

@appleinsider: your heading states:
"Samsung considering copying Apple's AC charger removal despite mocking ads"

I know that this site is very Aple-centric, but you should report correctly:
- Samsung removed the headphones from the package of Note 20 series first
- Apple COPIED Samsung and went one step further by removing the charger, too
- By removing the charger Samsung would just follow itself

One important difference:
- Samsung offers all Note 20 buyers a free of charge headphone if they wanted it.
- This means unlike Apple Samsung is not ripping off their customers

randominternetperson said:

Huh, perhaps we should read the linked articles more carefully.  Here's the English translation of one:

https://www.gazeta.ru/tech/news/2020/10/09/n_15056407.shtml

"Representatives of the American company Apple denied the data on the requirements to remove Telegram channels about Belarus. RIA Novosti reports .
The company said that they only turned to the Telegram administration with a request to take immediate action to delete personal data posted without the consent of specific individuals.
Apple clarified that such requirements arose against the background of complaints from users. So, people said that their personal information was disclosed in Telegram channels.
Apple representatives added that the service team did not object and promised to check the information received, and after investigation, give answers."

In other words, this wasn't about the App Store at all.  Someone complained to Apple that their personal information was available via this app without their consent and Apple reached out to the creator of the App to seek deletion of this information.  Seems pretty reasonable and harmless--unless the Apple representative included an "or else" that isn't acknowledged by Apple.

Perhaps we should be careful to take every tweet or complaint at face value.  Many times people completely mischaracterize what happened to make their case more compelling.

lam92103 said:

Excellent news! Any other industry and the execs would have already been in jail. Imagine a car company telling you that you have to buy all accessories from their store, and ones bought from anywhere else will just not work. And the makers have to get their products approved before they can be sold, by a somewhat arbitrary set of rules, and they have to pay 30% to the car manufacturer commission.