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  • Compared: iPhone 14 & iPhone 14 Plus vs. iPhone 13 & iPhone 13 mini

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    In previous models the distinction between’Max’ and ‘Plus’ was also the distinction between ’just bigger’ and ‘bigger with more features’. 
    Apple seems to have left that road with the 14 lineup…
    watto_cobracornchip

  • Apple's secure Lockdown Mode may reduce web browsing anonymity

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    CheeseFreeze said:
    When you take into account that websites can tie your iPhone's Lockdown Status to your IP address, it becomes clear that the high-risk security mode could be a privacy risk itself.

    How though? How can a website detect your lockdown status? It isn’t able to detect operating system level settings the way a native app might, the same way it can’t know what files are on your hard drive. It just gets what the browser exposes through languages like JavaScript.

    The article doesn’t fully explain this. Curious to learn more.

    It’s not that the lockdown mode a website can detect, it’s the lack of information a website can get from your device. And because a typical combination of information cannot be retrieved from your iPhone, that itself fingerprints your device as an iPhone with Lockdown turned on, because other phones share other combinations of information that can or cannot be retrieved. 
    Only if all phones would restrain from sharing the same information (i.e. have the same type of lockdown mode) only then you’d be anonymous. 
    watto_cobrajony0

  • Dutch regulators rule Apple must make App Store changes before Jan. 15

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    AniMill said:
    I know it’s not a logical action, but if I were  I’d say, “Sorry, we will not comply. Instead we will be closing our App Store and no longer sell iPhones in your country.”

    Add to this, with South Korea trying the same shit, Apple should tell them, “We will also send all our product production to other countries.”

    Apple invented their iPhone, and their ecosystem. No one has to use it, no developer has to program for it. If you want to play in their garden, you pay for that privilege. 
    I’m from The Netherlands and I love Apple products and use them since 1995. I don’t see how your (indeed illogical) solution would add to justice: as a Dutch user I don’t have anything to do with this matter. 
    Furthermore, it’s more nuanced than it seems (as always in complicated matters like this, so I don’t even bother responding to some other completely senseless reactions in this thread). This ruling is only about dating apps, with the reason given, that the dating market these days has no other ways of earning money, than through dating apps, which completely depends on the App Store. It doesn’t seem to apply to other app makers, like Epic, which has other ways of collecting money, and aren’t dependent on the App Store. This ruling will of course ultimately also be applied to the Google Play Store, because their guidelines are about the same as Apple’s.

    Me myself, I’m not sure. It is really complicated and has already previously been explained quite well in an old article, here on AppleInsider. I tend to not agree with the ruling, because back in 2008, when the App Store came alive, it was a godsend. Back then you’d pay about 70% to middlemen and physical stores to get your software in the hand of the customer. On the other hand: these days there are lots of alternative payment options, so blocking app makers from using them might be anti competitive. 
    Maybe it helps if Apple would make using the App Store cheaper, to make it unattractive to use other payment options (which Apple already partially did). 
    But the main reason for some app makers seem to be to own payment user data, and for that reason alone, I hope Apple will find a legal way to fight te ruling. 
    tenthousandthingsgatorguywatto_cobra

  • Russian opposition leader slams Apple for acting as Putin "accomplice"

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    Apple and Google obeying governments is not surprising me: they usually comply to local legislation. But Telegram also blocking a service does indeed surprise me, since they take pride in being independent…
    wonder what their rationale is…
    narwhalwatto_cobra

  • 'iPhone 15' will get in-screen Touch ID, 'iPhone Fold' arrives in 2024 says Ming-Chi Kuo

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    Same for me. Before switching from TouchID, I was curious/skeptical. After switching, I haven’t looked back: it’s sooooo convenient to be logged in before even noticing!
    Incidentally, TouchID might come in handy when your face isn’t in front, like when it’s on a table, or in your pocket before using Apple Pay. But with the latter I use my Apple Watch anyway. 
    longpathDBSyncwatto_cobrajony0