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  • Peloton's CEO calls Apple Fitness+ a 'legitimization of fitness content'

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    I don’t think they’ll be cannibalizing each other that munch. I believe they’ll actual help each other by expanding the curated home fitness market. Kind of like how fast food chains do better when they’re close to other fast food chains. In the age of Covid, they’ll both take market share from fitness clubs. 
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  • Apple fails to appear before UK environmental committee, drawing criticism

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    Let me see if I’ve got this straight. They schedule a meeting. They cancel at the last minute. They reschedule another meeting. And they wonder why Apple didn’t RSVP?
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  • Microsoft says loosened App Store gaming rules still make for a 'bad experience'

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    "This remains a bad experience for customers..."  Ok Microsoft, I see what you did there.  You're speaking Apple-ese.  Smart. 

    As much as I am a fan of Apple's ecosystem and 'walled garden', I struggle to see the risk of streaming game platforms.  I'm not much of a gamer, but I would rather have one app that can stream tons of games, than have to download each game one by one and delete them to make room for more.  Am I getting the two models right?

    I heard xCloud get compared to Netflix like this: They are both zero footprint downward streams with upward controls.  The play/pause/skip function is just replaced by left/right/jump/shoot etc.  I honestly think Apple isn't allowing it simply because they can't figure out a way to monetize it. 
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  • Epic Games' CEO responds to Apple's countersuit in Twitter thread

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    I believe Epic has a point, and don't believe Epic forfeited anything by agreeing to the original Apple contract. Contracts are re-negotiated often, even iron-clad ones. Business is often about exerting influence based on a company's popularity with consumers. Apple commands its price premium because of this.

    Regardless of the proposed motives for it, Epic has a point in wanting consumers to have a choice that Apple doesn't want to give. The device isn't a rental, and without the App Store ecosystem the value of the device we are paying for is much less. They go together.

    But here is where I believe Apple should get a pass. Desktop computers that Epic references are much more forgiving of any kind of program run on it. Epic is trying to get the same system applied to mobile devices which are finely-tuned for battery life, performance, and security. If Apple ever is made to allow other app stores on its devices, it should be able to indemnify itself from offering support for the device, unless the device is wiped to a factory refreshed state. 

    Apple's promises about its devices are based on its mobile operating system and software working exactly as Apple intended. Apple should not have to support anything it doesn't create itself, because mobile devices are different. I would not take advantage of a third-party App Store for this reason. But if others want to, and sign away their ability to have Apple fix any problems that arise, they should be allowed to do that because they bought the device outright. It's not being licensed to them.


    I agree with your point that phones are different than PC's or even laptops in that they must be hyper optimized in order to create a good experience. Apple invests a ton of R&D to achieve that.  In this sense, iPhones are closer to consoles than they are to laptops.  And Tim Epic has said he's ok with paying 30% to a console company.   

    I disagree with your indemnity idea though.  Even if users could sign a waiver and forfeit all support in order to 'root' their phone and do what they want, Apple would still get publicly raked over the coals if there was any performance decline or vulnerability exposed.  App store approval is also one of the tools Apple uses to ensure apps keep current with evolving hardware and OS capabilities.  An old, poorly written app downloaded from some third party store might still be 32 bit, or drain your battery, or include nefarious code, or, or, or...  And the user would say "This iPhone sucks!". 
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  • 14-inch Apple Silicon MacBook Pro coming at 'Time Flies' Apple event, says leaker

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    iGlass maybe?
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