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  • Why Apple will move Macs to ARM, and what consumers get

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    wizard69 said:
    cropr said:
    Using the Mac for cloud development, this could become an issue for me.  All major cloud providers are using an Intel architecture. 

    If Apple would move the whole Mac product line away from Intel there is absolutely no reason to keep a Mac as a development machine.   A Dell XPS with Ubuntu will not only have the price advantage (the current situation), but also the ease of use and speed advantage.

    My use case is of course only limited to a few percent of the market, but it could anyhow jeopardize the market share of Macs
    Seriously if you are a developer you should already know that the architecture of the processor in the cloud is not a big deal.  Most of those machines run Linux anyways and do so with specific feature (software) support on those systems.  I really don’t see an issue for cloud developers as long as you still have MacOS on the box and the freedom to install your favorite (cloud providers) software. 
    Apparently you have no clue about cloud developing.  Currently I develop locally, launching a set of Docker containers on a my development machine. The containers can run at almost native speed because the Mac has an Intel architecture.   If Apple moves fully away from Intel, it is not sure I can run those Docker containers on the new architecture, and even if Apple provides the necessary tools to eventually run these containers, they will run much slower and not hassle free.    Like I said, A Dell XPS with Ubuntu will have the price advantage, the ease of use and speed advantage.


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  • Why Apple will move Macs to ARM, and what consumers get

    croprcropr
    Using the Mac for cloud development, this could become an issue for me.  All major cloud providers are using an Intel architecture. 

    If Apple would move the whole Mac product line away from Intel there is absolutely no reason to keep a Mac as a development machine.   A Dell XPS with Ubuntu will not only have the price advantage (the current situation), but also the ease of use and speed advantage.

    My use case is of course only limited to a few percent of the market, but it could anyhow jeopardize the market share of Macs
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  • iPhone 11 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S20 - $999 premium smartphones head-to-head

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    baylab said:
     4G is just as fast as 5G in the non-mmWave implementations.
    No it is not.  In a saturated network (think of city centers),  non-mm wave 5G is about 3 times faster than 4G. And more importantly it has a much smaller latency, which leads to faster reaction times. In a shooter game, a 4G connected gamer won't have a fighting change a 5G connected one, just because of the latency.
    GeorgeBMacmuthuk_vanalingam

  • US DoJ antitrust probe interviewing developers over Apple's App Store activity

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    SpamSandwich said:
    Oh, brother. Private property means the company/owner sets the rules. It’s not possible to violate antitrust laws when there are more competitors serving an arguably bigger market on the Android side. Yes, Apple is leaps and bounds more profitable, but that’s not a criteria for antitrust violation.
    From an end user perspective there is indeed choice, but for an app developer like me, the Apple App Store is a monopoly for the distribution of my iOS apps.
     
    From a developer point of view Apple is judge (approving the apps) and involved party (Apple takes the 15%/30% cut and Apple is competing with its own apps).  I don't mind that Apple is controlling the technical side and validating the apps (meeting technical requirements, security, privacy, ...), and I am willing to pay for that.  In fact I already pay $99 a year.

    But the business restrictions that Apple is imposing on the developers, is pure power abuse:  I have to use the App Store, I cannot give my loyal customers extra discount,   I cannot give temporary discounts during launch, I have to use the Apple payment infrastructure with a 30% cut, my apps can be kicked out from the App store without an appeal (which is an enormous risk for an app developer), ...  Having a Mac App Store like approach for iOS, would be a great improvement

    Don't come with the argument that I should switch to Android app development.  Most of my apps can only thrive if they are available on both platforms.  E.g. my e-voting app (the Democrats should have contacted me) makes only sense if all voters, both iOS and Android users, can cast their vote

    jony0

  • Apple spent 'billions' on revamped Maps service

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    Language support is still a disgrace.   I am a Dutch speaking Belgium (like 60% of the Belgians) and after spending all these billions Apple Maps is still unable to show me the streetnames in Brussels in Dutch.    And Siri + Maps are still not able to find major roads in Antwerp like Desguinlei and Amerikalei.

    Will Maps ever leave a beta status?
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