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  • New watchOS 9.5.1 update includes bug fixes & improvements

    sphericspheric
    Anilu_777 said:
    I checked the battery health on my S6 since it used to be around 40% at 10 pm and now it’s usually below 20%. The health is 98% so it must be the update.  Fingers crossed 
    Oof. Mine is at 83% maximum capacity. Okay… Hmm.
    williamlondonwatto_cobra

  • New watchOS 9.5.1 update includes bug fixes & improvements

    sphericspheric
    Battery life has been abysmal on my Series 6. Here's hoping.
    Anilu_777gregoriusmwilliamlondonwatto_cobra

  • EU regulators ramp up probe into NFC tech at core of Apple Pay

    sphericspheric
    jbdragon said:
    There is the Government sticking its nose where it doesn't belong yet again.  No one if forced to use Apple Pay.  There is Android Pay and Samsung Pay and Garmon Pay and on and on.  Let alone QR Codes and other methods.  I use PayPal a lot of the time.  

    Apple only has a small percentage of the market in the EU anyway.  It's mostly Android.  Talking about a lock in the marketplace by Google!!!!  Google can spy on people world wide.
    Not arguing your conclusions, but the basic premise is flawed: 

    Apple currently has about 1/3 of the market share. That's not "small" by any measure. 

    Usage share is considerably higher, since iPhones tend to remain in use much longer than Android. 

    Apple is absolutely a major player in the EU. 

    jbdragon said:
    Why doesn't any company in the EU develop its own OS and phone to sell in the market?  Because the EU and their laws make developing anything there to costly for most all companies there. 
    You're not old enough to remember Nokia, are you. 


    muthuk_vanalingamwilliamlondon

  • Battle of the sexes: Men and women like different iPhone models

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    I was so glad to replace the dork-slab Xs with an actually pocketable 13 mini. 

    I dread the day this one gives up the ghost and I have to go back to a fucking aircraft carrier, since they've stopped putting out pocket-sized models as of the 14. 
    SerqetrywilliamlondonJapheybaconstangartdentTRAG

  • New EU rules would force Apple to open up iMessage

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    davidw said:
    spheric said:
    gatorguy said:
    -Are you claiming the EU cannot do what they are saying they wish to do because "not a monopoly".
    -If so then you're also saying Apple can safely ignore anything the EU has to say about allowing other browser engines besides their own on your iPhone?
    -Or that Apple could have safely said "NO!" to the charger cross-compatibility rules?
    -And that any challenges to Apple AppStore will be of zero consequence and any attempt for regulators to interfere is not legal anyway, and certainly can't stand up to an Apple legal challenge if they try? 
    The simplest thing to do would be to ship EU phones without Messages installed, and make it available for download in the app store.

    The EU/EC are waaayyyy too full of themselves, and the best thing to do is to ship crippled phones to EU customers and let EU customers know it's EU rules and regulations causing it.

    The EU has already crippled their native industries, and outside of a couple of infrastructure companies there are no big tech companies left within their jurisdiction.

    The fact that the EU thinks it's appropriate to go after revenues made outside of the EU just shows how fatheaded they've become.
    The point of fines is that they’re supposed to hurt. 

    Even with fat headed global megacorps who figure they don’t need to follow laws because they can afford the cash to violate them. 

    The US courts generally seem to agree, btw. Look up this famous case for an inkling of how silly you sound: 

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restaurants
    No, your link shows the the US court disagree. [detailed explanation snipped]
    Thanks for the explanation and clarification! Appreciated. 
    avon b7Illus1ve