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  • Google's new Nest Learning Thermostat works with HomeKit through Matter

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    kurai_kage said:

    ..., and since they support Matter, both can work with Apple HomeKit.

    Last I checked there weren't that many notable alternatives though.
    You just mentioned a notable alternative: Ecobee. I have four throughout the house for the last five years and they’ve been excellent. Haven’t even thought about Nest. 
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  • Global iPhone shipments are rising, but Apple is losing share to Chinese rivals

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    avon b7 said:
    rob53 said:
    I really don't care about how many phones China has sold. All this garbage about percentages. Apple sold 45.2M phones in China. That's still a lot. Apple continues to sell millions of phones of every year. I'd rather see total sales figures than percentages of phones, especially when you include garbage phones that are only(?) sold in China. 
    Definitely not 'garbage' and if you want a folding or flip phone, Apple isn't even in that game. Neither is it in the 'smart car' market so if you're looking for that you only have a very limited Car Play option while others offer the whole integration feast. 


    What exactly is the point of these examples? Flip phone sales are a rounding error and not nearly as popular as Samsung and Chinese OEMs would like you to believe. And CarPlay is an add-on and not a product. 

    “Shipments have increased” is the takeaway from this article and everything else is just noise. 
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  • EU Apple Pay antitrust action is complete, after NFC opened to competitors

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    avon b7 said:

    You decide. All McDonald's wants is your money. Put your card onto Apple Wallet/Pay and see if McDonald's rejects it. 
    Put your card into Apple Wallet/Pay and see if Walmart rejects it. Spoiler alert: they rejected it 
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  • EU Apple Pay antitrust action is complete, after NFC opened to competitors

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    cropr said:
    I do not trust Apple for my financials:  it is a foereign company, the nearest Apple Store is 2 hours driving and I don't get a presonalized service, and it does not support Android (which half of my family is using).   On top of that I don't like vertical integration: Apple is great for its hardware, but I don't want to be locked in in the Apple ecosystem for something like my financials, Apple has no business with my bank account details.


    Then why the hell did you buy an iPhone for? You sound like you’re a terrible consumer. 
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  • Apple in talks to license Google Gemini AI for iPhones

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    In typical fashion everyone in the comments jumping on this as fact. 
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