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  • Dubious report forecasts 42-inch OLED iMacs by 2027

    boboliciousbobolicious
    ... the next iMac pro ...?
    Please bring it on...
    I run a (curved) 40" 4K every day @ 110 dpi and love it ...
    Flanked by portrait thunderbolt displays also coincidentally @ 110 dpi...
    9secondkox2

  • Apple rumored to pick and choose which markets will get sideloading in iOS 17

    boboliciousbobolicious
    ... at last check was Apple the one bypassing user VPN and privacy settings to scrape data within what has been called a secure or 'walled garden'...?

    gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-ipad-privacy-problems-data-gathering-1849855092/slides/9#replies
    gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-analytics-tracking-even-when-off-app-store-1849757558


    byronlwilliamlondon

  • Apple demands that it have no big tech competitors near its Mumbai store

    boboliciousbobolicious
    ... will the anti competition lawyers start their engines ...?
    Has Apple become a bully corporation, vs simply pursuit of excellence ...?
    M68000byronl

  • Mac shipments collapse 40% year over year on declining demand

    boboliciousbobolicious
    To me there are many factors that have made the mac decreasingly attractive, some mentioned above:

    - challenged privacy representation / trust (mysk report + class actions)
    - increasing online / cloud dependence
    - gpu speed concerns
    - increasing ads
    - inflexible ram / storage
    - uncompetitive ram/storage cost
    - increased churn (os/hardware) shortening life cycle / orphaning
    - increasing churn overhead (every bloody year)
    - increasing churn seeming lagging or abandoning bug fixes
    - astonishingly poor migration experience still non functional
    - debatably poor repairability
    - subscription trend vs persistent licensing
    - dongle churn
    - partial feature support (aka touchbar, intel macos lag)

    sell, sell, sell...

    ... has 'better' for profit replaced profit for 'best' (for the customer)...?

    ...and on it goes...

    Peak Apple...?
    williamlondonmitchelljdbaconstang

  • Apple employees face reprisals, possible termination over return to office policy

    boboliciousbobolicious
    ... how does commuting fit into the Apple sustainability mantra ...?

    Are tech companies potentially well suited to offer telecommuting...?


    While every company has specific needs there seems much research to suggest benefits:

    “After evaluating over 105 million data points from 30,000 U.S.-based Prodoscore users, we discovered a five percent increase in productivity during the pandemic work from home period,” www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2022/02/04/3-new-studies-end-debate-over-effectiveness-of-hybrid-and-remote-work/

    "companies now find themselves offering remote and hybrid options as a strategy for retaining talent rather than for any performance considerations"
    www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2022/03/18/in-office-vs-remote-vs-hybrid-work-two-years-later-the-impact-on-employee-efficiency

    "Don’t be the next Harvard Business School case study of a managerial disaster."
    hbr.org/2021/08/dont-force-people-to-come-back-to-the-office-full-time

    "Remote work influences the environment, which should be an aspect of any environmentally-focused corporate social responsibility program"
    www.gallup.com/workplace/283985/working-remotely-effective-gallup-research-says-yes.aspx
    muthuk_vanalingamtdknox