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  • Samsung considering copying Apple's AC charger removal despite mocking ads

    It’s always the same story: Apple makes a change, Samsung (and others) mock them for it, only to promptly copy said move a few months later. Nothing new *rolling eyes*
    watto_cobra
  • Congressman says antitrust hearing confirmed Apple's 'deeply disturbing' behavior

    How did the hearing confirm deeply disturbing behavior if they didn’t let ANYONE fully answer any of the questions? As for Apple, I still can’t understand how they can be considered a monopoly if they don’t control the smartphone market? Or how charging 30% is being abusive, when servers, bandwidth, development, et al, costs money, plus any company is trying to make money out of their products. Is there a company out there that sells a product and foregoes absolutely all profits? I doubt it. And if there’s one or some, I doubt they survive for long.
    macxpressDogpersonwatto_cobraStrangeDays
  • Epic Games CEO says Apple suit is about 'basic freedoms,' calls Apple a middleman

    raymondai said:
    Build epicPhone, epicOS, epic App Store,
    set all of these at zero price, and you may have all developer on earth to support your business, no more middleman, then sell your game 30% cheaper, wonderful~

    Exactly. They don’t like how Apple does things? Then find or build a phone and/or store that does exactly what they want. Easy as that. That’s precisely why Apple built the iPhone and Google built Android, etc.
    watto_cobra
  • Epic Games CEO says Apple suit is about 'basic freedoms,' calls Apple a middleman

    This is just dumb. Of course developers have a choice. They can distribute however they want. They can charge whatever they want. They could even launch their own phone with their own store if they want to. But if they want to sell their app on App Store or Google Play, they need to follow the rules set by then. It’s absurd that they want to use a system, but they want it to bend over backwards to fit their desires. I like to drive, but if I want the freedom to drive as I please, there WILL be consequences for my choices (could be good or bad). I can’t expect the police officer to bend the laws just because it’s MY freedom to choose how I should drive. Likewise, if I want to pay a certain price for an item, I can find a better price by shopping around. I can’t expect a store (Walmart, for example) to change their prices and policies to fit MY preference just because of MY freedoms. This is just dumb. Apple doesn’t force you to buy an iPhone, and there are plenty of choices other than an iPhone; I personally buy it BECAUSE of the “walled garden”; I prefer a system that’s stable and reliable and which I can count on, just the same way I prefer my house to be safe and secure; not wide open for anyone to walk in. When I want to tinker, I either jailbreak it or use an Android. We DO have choices. These people just want to impose THEIR choices (to have a wide open system) on the rest of us, who prefer stability and better security.
    lolliverGabyBeatsuraharan2itivguywatto_cobraDetnator
  • How Apple A-series chips stack up against Intel Macs

    I’m looking forward to a 16” MacBook Pro with Apple Silicone. My 2016 15” MBP still has plenty of life in it, but when the above comes out, I can hand it down to my kids for school work :smile: 
    watto_cobra