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  • iCloud outages resolved after nearly every Apple service went down globally

    magman1979magman1979
    This is not isolated to Apple; lots of spikes in reported failures on DownDetector for cellular providers, landline ISP's, Spotify, PoF, stock market apps, etc. This seems wide-spread and not internal to Apple.
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  • Xiaomi CEO aims match Apple for 'product and experience'

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    GeorgeBMac said:
    The user experience for most people is mostly based on Apple's ecosystem.   For most companies it's not hard to duplicate Apple's hardware (or at least come close enough that most users wouldn't know the difference) -- Samsung  does it every year.

    But most of the user experience derives from the software and the support and interface structure surrounding the device -- no company can beat Apple as long as they're locked into Android.

    The analogy is the companies producing Windows PCs.   They can only set themselves apart by hardware and construction quality.  But that has a very limited impact on the "user experience" -- which mostly derives from software and ecosystem.

    I think Huawei would have a MUCH better chance at beating Apple's ecosystem because, as we forced them to do, they have developed their own modern OS and they spend more on R&D than Apple.  But, it doesn't look like they have any intention of fighting that battle.
    ROTFLMAO!!! Thanks for my Friday morning FUD laugh!
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  • Xiaomi CEO aims match Apple for 'product and experience'

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    auxio said:
    laurent_g said:
    That's an honorable goal that would benefit their customers.
    It would truly benefit their customers if they matched Apple's privacy stance.
    Uhhh, they're a Chinese company with CCP members within the company as per their laws, what are you smoking???
    williamlondonbyronlwatto_cobrajony0

  • Fanhouse rolls out 50% surcharge on in-app purchases, to offset 30% App Store fees

    magman1979magman1979
    Oh, so a scam app that gets gullible people to pay for garbage content created by scammer "influencers", wants to be greedy and take even more for itself?

    I'm shocked! /s

    GTFO Fanhouse, hope the door knocks you on your ass on the way out!
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  • Apple will allow alternative payment systems in South Korea App Store

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    darkvader said:
    I'm not surprised.  Apple's payment processing rates are highway robbery.

    But what REALLY needs to happen is opening the iPhone to allow app installation from any source of the user's choosing.  I'd have no problem with Apple charging 50% on their store if I could bypass it and install apps without it.
    That's already been done, called the trash can OS, go have at with that virus-infested garbage platform if that's what you want.
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