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  • Future path of Apple's App Stores at stake in Monday's Supreme Court arguments

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    Can a market that was never open in the first place be monopolised?
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  • Here are the five biggest iPad Pro problems, because no device is perfect

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    Latko said:
    mcdave said:
    If I hear another “where’s the mouse” article, I’m going to scream, iOS should never have a mouse.  I really don’t get the external screen, I just don’t.


    If you don’t see the benefits of a mouse in precision and control or a large screen for viewing so much more, your family must be eating with their fingers whilst looking TV on their phones
    We use a pencil in the cases where precision is required; mainly photo retouching.  I rarely use a knife & fork to eat my breakfast or lunch.  Unlike Windows, iOS is built for fingers so pointer precision is already appropriate across Apps/UI.
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  • Here are the five biggest iPad Pro problems, because no device is perfect

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    OutdoorAppDeveloper said:
    A locked down operating system like iOS is perfect for consumers but it is useless for professional users. Apple is all about telling users what they need. They are actually surprisingly good at it. Unfortunately that entire business model falls apart when you consider the professional market. Professionals are not interested in what Apple or any other company thinks is best for them. They need to do actual work and complete tasks. Let's say that one of those tasks is to scan the local network to determine what devices are attached. If iOS prevents apps from seeing the actual MAC addresses of those devices then the iPad Pro becomes useless to professionals that need to do that. This is just one example but iOS is full of limitations like that which are entirely created by Apple. Apple should either produce a professional version of iOS or allow any iOS device to be put into "pro" mode with fewer protections but no restrictions on how that device can be used. It should allow users to side load apps, access all of the hardware via the SDK without limitations and do anything the owners of those devices need to do. Only then can Apple call a device "Pro" and target professional users.
    Apple should focus on creating products for professional customers, not those who support them.  That’s MS’ model and the real customer loses.
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  • Here are the five biggest iPad Pro problems, because no device is perfect

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    IOS has shortcomings for sure but to run back to tired and, in many cases, fraught solutions from the 80s isn’t what I’d expect from AI or Apple.

    Yes, the files app needs more advanced control around file localisation (and renaming, bulk copying & moving) but to run back to plugging in HDDs or Flash drives isn’t moving ahead in information management.

    Yes, running all photo imports via Photos is nonsense & double-handling and inefficient.  They shouldn’t  just add another “drive” for people to complain about and not move forward but an API to allow access from other Apps for Cloud service ingestion?  And get rid of the location: “on my iPad/iPhone”.

    Adding RAM serves a purpose. If that purpose is already met, don’t add RAM.

    If I hear another “where’s the mouse” article, I’m going to scream, iOS should never have a mouse.  I really don’t get the external screen, I just don’t.

    The industry is packed with clueless attempts at Touch with MS dipping their toe in an Samsung running back to a desktop config with DeX.  I really hope Apple doesn’t become one of them but they’d better come up with some big .1 iOS ‘fixes’
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  • Look to the new Mac mini with Thunderbolt 3 to predict what the 'modular' Mac Pro will be

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    welshdog said:
    ascii said:
    From Phil's quote it sounds like they are making it modular so that Apple can produce regular updates rather than saying anything about end-user expansion or lack thereof. Because one problem with the 2013 was the long time between updates.
    I think you have something there. Car makers do this now - VW has the MQB architecture that defines how the underpinnings go together and what size the car will be, but really has little to do with how the car looks. It standardizes engine mountings regardless for what fuel is used for example.  Like you say, Apple might be referring to modularity more for their own purposes and not ours.
    I don’t think they’d announce ‘modular’ unless it was from a user perspective.  It’s a pretty simple pitch; the enclosures are good for 7-10 years but the silicon needs upgrading every 18-months.  Cards would be the way to go though modularity does imply external upgrades.
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