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  • Apple makes first change to Pixelmator Pro with a new splash screen

    sphericspheric
    It feels like they're going to go the Emagic route. 

    25 years after the acquisition, Logic Pro is still a standalone product, but there's a version of it — GarageBand — that comes for free with all computing devices from Apple. 
    The team is still in the old Emagic headquarters here in Rellingen, independently developing their application. 
    appleinsideruser

  • Apple Maps still calls it the Gulf of Mexico, and politicians are upset

    sphericspheric
    garybau said:
    -change the spelling of the metal Al from aluminium to aluminum the only country on the planet

    You might want to read up on the history of that name…they didn't "change" the spelling. It's kind of complicated: 

    watto_cobraronn9secondkox2marklark

  • UK group wants $4 billion payout for iCloud users

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    loopless said:
    So… apple provides a service for free, albeit with some limitations on storage, but charges to get more storage, this is somehow ripping off UK customers? The argument boils down to 5GB is not enough?
    No, as per the fucking article, the argument boils down to that, and I quote, "specifically, Apple is accused of making it difficult to use alternative suppliers." 
    avon b7tiredskillswilliamlondon

  • UK group wants $4 billion payout for iCloud users

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    tundraboy said:
    I don't know.  I would think when you build your antitrust lawsuit on the assertion that "iOS is a monopoly", you deserve to be laughed out of court.
    Antitrust violations do not require, and have never required, the offending corporation(s) to be monopolies. They merely need to be large enough to unfairly disadvantage competitors. 

    That’s it. 

    Stop pretending otherwise: that’s a red herring. 
    Alex1Nmuthuk_vanalingamtiredskillswilliamlondon

  • European Union evaluating if Corning monopolizes the smartphone screen market

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    rob53 said:
    Since when is the EU the global dictator for how things are made and what is sold? If you don't like it, don't buy it. I need to investigate whether I actually buy any products manufactured in EU companies. I don't buy European vehicles, don't buy European wine (CA and other USA states make fine wine), don't buy EU made bikes, don't buy any cosmetics from any country, don't buy any knives either, in fact I found a website that showed several country's products and I don't believe I ever bought any of their products. 
    Hi Rob! I hope you are doing great.
    Can you please tell me why the EU influence how products are made and sold, and is it possible to avoid buying goods from EU companies entirely?
    Thanks,
    Mike Taku.
    God forbid he buy any devices with chips manufactured on ASML machines — they're Dutch. 

    Wouldn't want that. 

    This "world wide web" crap is a Eurocommie invention, as well — that was Tim Berners-Lee at CERN, a known pro-science (and thus left-wing extremist) institute. 

    Avoid at all costs! 
    muthuk_vanalingam