glennh

A TV remote should have not ever been considered or use as a GAME CONTROLLER in the first place.

"Anything can be forced to converge, but the problem is that products are about tradeoffs, and you begin to make tradeoffs to the point where what you have left doesn't please anyone,". "You can converge a toaster and a refrigerator, but those things are probably not going be pleasing to the user." — Tim Cook 2012

In this case, it look like Apple just canceled its Toaster/Frig mistake! 😎

skippingrock said:

So glad that the EU is tackling some of the issues that most politicians in North America don’t even want to touch with a 2 metre pole. Mostly because they’re lobbied to heck not to or they don’t want to show how technology incompetent they are. 

Or maybe unlike the EU, North Americans politicians have learned or been slapped in their faces by their courts for trying to stifle innovations and individuals initiative! 😘

mjtomlin said:

The big issue here is that Apple does not allow 3rd party apps to indefinitely access Bluetooth while they're in the background on iOS. So Tile's tracking system is left at a disadvantage as it is not able to constantly monitor unless their app is open and running. The FindMy system in iOS is allowed, specifically because it is a system level service.

So the question becomes is it ok for Apple to allow its operating system to do this, but not 3rd party apps? And of course the answer is, yes.

The only issue here is that Apple does not have to let anyone into its hardware, software and operating systems period! Just like in sports, the home team will always have a distinct advantage! Apple can not be forced under any U.S. Constitutional legal mandate to research, patent, design and manufacture it products for the benefit or profit of others entities not belonging to its shareholders and approved by its Board of Directors and Executives appointed by this Board.

People, companies (yeah, I am referring to Epic) and Legislative “Hypes” need to get over the fact they are not entitled to the work of others. The simpler fact is that are all invited guests in the Apple Ecosystems and there are others choices if they do not like the rules, competitive products and behavior of the Apple INNKEEPER! 

All of this could be put to a quick end if the law required you can only collect, sell or post an individual’s data only with the individual’s explicit permission for each posting, sell or harvesting of their data or data set. 

22july2013 said:

There is a word error in the middle of this article that nobody has spotted. I want AI to proofread the article to find it. A spell checker or grammar checker will not catch this error.

Do mean “companies” instead of “countries”? Well at least the articles are written by “humans” trying to do a good job instead of “AI” always making a perfect mess! 😜