leavingthebigg

To me, Tile's complaint is about having to deal with the reactions of informed users. In the past Title had the ability to indiscriminately collect user location data all day every day without users being informed beyond the initial request for location access. With users being informed about the collection their location data and being informed how to limit the collection, Tile has decided to go on a public relations campaign to damage Apple instead of changing its location collection practices. The campaign may be having the opposite outcome Tile has been aiming for. The harder Tile pushes for changes in iOS the more users become informed about how much Tiles wants to continue collecting their location data.

mdriftmeyer said:

tmay said:

I can see a lot of acquisitions by the big tech companies given the economic environment. Better than buybacks.

Especially when buybacks are banned during this period to anyone seeking government assistance.

True. But... Apple isn’t seeking government assistance. 

What is going to happen with the years upon years of customer data Fitbit has? 

The seemingly open-wallet policies of companies new to the industry contrast a rumored tightening of pursestrings at Netflix. With a multi-year head start, mature serial properties and experience in original content production, Netflix can afford to titrate spending. New arrivals like Apple, however, need to make a splash when their respective services launch later this year.

Earlier this year AppleInsider and others couldn’t print enough about how little Apple was spending compared to Netflix. Now that Netflix is cutting back on spending large sums of money, AppleInsider prints the above. 

1STnTENDERBITS said:

leavingthebigg said:

mobird said:

So how does this affect the recent kumbaya agreement between Apple and Qualcomm? Does that have to be re-written or is it locked in as written?
This will put a damper on the Qualcomm 4th of July company picnic...

I don’t think Apple will try to get a better deal only because I think Apple got a really good deal that nobody is admitting. I do think Apple will try to buy all of Intel’s 3G/4G/5G patents and with its binding contractual agreement with the Qualcomm, Apple’s 5G modem will be ironclad protected from any patent infringement lawsuits for many years to come.

Apple will not be ironclad protected from patent lawsuits regarding 5G.  Not really sure how you came to that conclusion.  There are a number of very large players in the 5G space and they are all looking to get as much of their portfolio into the standard as possible.  Huawei, Ericsson, Samsung, Nokia, and even LG are larger players than Intel.  Then you have the medium and smaller players.  Not to mention the numerous Chinese companies trying to get their patents as part of the standard.  Getting Intel's patents could help Apple, but in no way, shape, or form would Apple be ironclad protected.

If I’m correct, Apple has current patent agreements in place with Ericsson and Nokia. Since no company is suing Intel, I’m betting the Intel portfolio is strong enough to be used defensively and offensively if necessary. Another thing that makes me think Apple will be safe is its GPU has so far successfully navigated GPU patent land mines. Time will tell.