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TravisV said:

and here lays a problem that the EU still hasn't come to grips with and will eventually with the Trump Administration. The more you fine a company such as Apple the harsher the penalty from the Administration. Canada and France are going to find out in the not to distant future that imposing "digital services taxes on American companies is frowned on by Trump.

You assume — wrongly — that Tr*mp will push for anyone’s interests other than his own and his billionaire cronies’. 

tiredskills said:

What I see as the primary reason for a guest mode is showing another person what the Vision Pro is all about.  Restricting apps and all that jazz is a relatively minor part of that, what the Vision Pro could really do with is a Demo Mode, where it walks a user through a few impressive functions, the same sort of stuff that is scripted in the Apple Store in-store demos.  

Gosh no. I absolutely despise when products shit a demo mode on their interface after I've already bought them. I'm a customer, not a salesman. 

Something that could grow out of this guest mode is great for my eventual primary usage: studio use with copious virtual real estate, several monitors for tracking, mixer, analysers, synched video track, as well as plugin interfaces placed virtually among the hardware in the studio. 

Rumour has it, the magnets interfere with Apple's new C1 modem chip. 

diman80 said:

NEO_STEPHENS said:

They will not have an effect because the CEO's are breaking their necks to rush to the White House to kiss the ring and get exemptions for their particular company - soooo, I don't seen an increase in the price (because of tariffs).

Likely, in the unlikely scenario.

Those tariffs are just bargaining chips for now.

To what end, exactly? 

Unlike Canada, which as a "concession" just presented a plan that had already been in effect for months before Tr*mp took office, which Trump accepted knowing that his disciples would never bother to find out they were lied to (or wouldn't care), China really doesn't give a shit about making Tr*mp look good. 

They're already laughing all the way to the bank: 

Killing USAID has destroyed any good will and good standing the United States had in those many countries where it was active, leaving the door wide open for China to fill in the gap and deepen (trade) relations long-term. 

Et tu, Apple? 

You, of all companies, are full-throttle on the path to enshitification of our digital lives? 



(bad enough that I cannot fucking opt out of those ANNOYING "hey stupid! — upgrade to Sequoia NoW!" popups. I'm a grown man, I'm WELL aware of the first TWENTY NOTICES you've given me. At this point, I probably have a GOOD FUCKING REASON not to have upgraded yet. Leave me the fuck alone.)