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  • Sleep apnea in, hypertension out for Apple Watch Series 10

    sphericspheric
    AppleInsider said:

    Another health element users will miss out on is blood oxygen sensing. Following Masimo's legal fight and the successful ban on Apple using the technology, Apple stripped it out of the Apple Watch. 


    However, as Apple CEO Tim Cook previously implied that Apple wouldn't license Masimo's patents, blood oxygen sensing won't be making a return anytime soon. 

    This is wrong. Blood oxygen sensing isn’t missing from Apple Watch. 

    The only people „missing out“ on blood oxygen sensing are customers in the United States of America. 

    Maybe some day, Americans will finally grasp this „global“ concept and understand the whole internet thing. 

    We’ll be here when you’re ready. 
    watto_cobra

  • EU antitrust chief & Apple foe Margrethe Vestager out after 10 years

    sphericspheric
    danox said:
    michelb76 said:
    >Ireland disagreed with her stance then, and still does now.

    Yeah no shit, they want that sweet money. You won't see Switzerland becoming transparant about banking either.

    That aside, it's interesting reading American reactions to a real democracy with consumer protections and actual freedoms. 
    Yeah, they have real democracy protection for Spotify and Epic.

    They investigate and follow up on complaints. 

    At least you’ve discredited the stupid "EU is just out to get American companies", since you’ve mentioned the American company Epic’s win. 
    gatorguytiredskills

  • EU antitrust chief & Apple foe Margrethe Vestager out after 10 years

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    Fidonet127 said:
    tlinn said:
    I will forever be grateful to the Europeans for forcing Apple to adopt USB-C. But the idea that Apple shouldn't be compensated for developing a platform that allows thousands of developers to make a living, or that the "fair" amount of compensation should be decided by developers seems ridiculous to me. Apple is not a charity, nor do they exist to be the world's R&D department. Much of what the Europeans are doing feels like protectionism.

    That said, there are plenty of examples where Apple disadvantages its own customers and stifles innovation—like forcing all browsers to use the same engine. This is where government action should focus. 
    There is no evidence that EU forced Apple to go USB-C as Apple was already heading there. Yes they put it into law, but the market was already forcing Apple to go USB-C. Due to timing, EU got the credit. 
    These statements are so telling: you all think the EU is all about Apple. Fact is, the EU doesn’t give a SHIT about Apple: the USB-C standardisation was about getting EVERYBODY to unify their charging. Apple was already headed there because they aren’t stupid and knew it was coming (and they probably talk regularly with the Commission), having sat out the horrific micro-USB suggestion. 

    The EU rightfully gets the credit for kicking everybody into supporting a single standard — they’d already been working with various manufacturers for a decade before Apple finally switched their iPhones, as well. 
    ronnmuthuk_vanalingamwilliamlondon9secondkox2CheeseFreeze

  • EU antitrust chief & Apple foe Margrethe Vestager out after 10 years

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    ssfe11 said:
    What a mess she created. She needed to be fired. 
    She wasn’t "fired". She was nominated for the position by the ruling coalition of her home country, and when the outcome of the latest elections in Denmark changed that coalition, a different party got to nominate a commissioner. 

    Representative democracy in action. This is how it works. 
    gatorguyronnmuthuk_vanalingamwilliamlondonLettuceNotSoMuchtechrider9secondkox2CheeseFreezemichelb76

  • Vestager is out

    sphericspheric
    As expected. 

    Representative democracy in action. 
    nubus