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  • Apple's iPhone came out 18 years ago and changed the world

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    eriamjh said:
    A year into the iPhone sales, there were still articles about how it would fail.  For a long time.  

    My favorite was the animation of the dogs(?) and one was saying “I want iPhone 4” and the other one just kept saying how other phones had better this, and better that and the response was “I don’t care.  I want iPhone 4.”

    https://youtu.be/DaxU0ut5tUw

    The iPhone was always the best overall experience.  Since day one. 

    The Verge spent the first three-five years after the iPhone introduction saying that the iPhone wouldn’t last and someone Microsoft, Blackberry, Motorola would catch up real soon now, also the meme Apple is troubled is always right around the corner with them.
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  • Trump's new China trade deal is still bad for US business & consumers

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    mac_dog said:
    Trump: doing everything possible to destroy this economy and what’s left of the middle class.  It without help from the democrats, tho. We wouldn’t be in this position if they actually had a backbone. 
    They have none most just want to get along also many are also part of the upper division, it’s only been 52 years since Kissinger and Nixon asked China to join the great dance, if we don’t wake up and put differences aside and start concentrating on real infrastructure, (and I don’t mean just make a few people richer we already do a very good job at that), our future will be a Brexit future.


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  • Trump's new China trade deal is still bad for US business & consumers

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    MassiveAttack said:
    I see that Apple is treated very unfairly.
    But Apple has been "friendly" in terms of their pricing policy. 
    I think Apple will not be heavily affected by raising prices. 
    Not according to Wall Street, Apple is more doomed than Tesla who is really getting clocked by BYD Worldwide.
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  • Trump's new China trade deal is still bad for US business & consumers

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    jcintron said:
    All mainstream media: Anything orange man does bad, Democrats good.


    A business deal is not a favorable one if it leaves you in a worse position than when you began. Is this the approach Donald “Taco Friday” Trump advocates for in “The Art of the Deal”? Once again, during the first 172-175 days of this administration, the Chinese and many other global entities are mocking the incompetence of the current administration. We require long-term planning, strategic thinking, and consistent oversight, but we currently lack these qualities.

    For instance, consider the proposed US-China deal and the potential release of additional Defense Department funds. This move will not alleviate China’s grip on military-grade rare-earth magnets. Mining and extracting these materials will necessitate long-term planning, substantial financial resources, and extensive supply lines. This endeavor will probably span 16 years across four administrations and require the cooperation of all parties involved, despite their current political differences.

    Furthermore, this situation highlights the extent of American infrastructure decay. Have you heard about the new Chinese-built airliner or the high-speed rail system being constructed in Thailand? The European and American responses have been to ignore the issue. This does not imply that all Chinese constructions are inherently superior. Instead, it is the iterative improvements, similar to Apple’s approach, that demonstrate their long range planning. Remember when Korean cars were not well-regarded in the mid-1980s? Today, they are widely praised and no longer elicit laughter.

    For reference, the high-speed rail system in Thailand is expected to be completed before California and Nevada.

    [Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail_in_Thailand]

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  • Bipartisan 'Open App Markets Act' resurrected to challenge Apple's App Store control

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    This is going keep cropping up. IMO the best solution is to create two versions of the OS. One locked to the App Store and one open up wherever you want. If you opt for the open option you have limited access to the App Store and so software support for anything affected by any app or software you load. Is guess better than 80% of users opt for the secure option and then Apple is off the hook for these stupid laws. 

    Let Microsoft, Google or Meta who all have billions of dollars, let them build something from the ground up, why is it required that Apple fall back into the muck with everyone else designing engineering and building a OS and the cpu/soc is open to anyone who has a talent and the money. Apple isn’t stopping anyone from pursuing that goal. Yes it’s hard….
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