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  • Apple heads to court to try to get massive & vague DOJ antitrust suit dismissed

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    Cesar Battistini Maziero said:
    They are going to just stop getting in the way of companies. These kinds of regulation don't benefit the consumer.
    Yep, we're much better off when we can be subjected to unnecessary fees and penalties, gouged on price once completion is eliminated, refused insurance claims after paying skyrocketing rates, and on and on.

    Unbridled capitalism benefits no one... unless you're the oligarch at the top of the food chain.  
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  • Google is pissed that the DOJ may make it sell off Chrome

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    When the DOJ turns a blind eye to their shenanigans it's fine, but when they object it's suddenly "push[ing] a radical agenda".
    sphericForumPostelijahgsconosciuto9secondkox2danoxAlex_Vwatto_cobra

  • Shazam has been used more than 100 billion times since it launched

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    Used to use it quite often, but now rarely in an environment where it's useful.
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  • Apple execs address Mac mini's hidden power button in 2024 redesign

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    DAalseth said:
    Uses Less Power is one of the many myths that hasn’t been true for decades. 
    As far as photos, patches, etc, you forgot malware, DDOS attacks, not to mention damage from power ripples in the night. 
    No you ALWAYS shut your machine off when not using it. 

    Apple Silicon is based off of a portable device chip with low-power cores and an extremely efficient power management system. It sips power. Heck, I have a nightlight that draws more power.

    And as others have said, my computer is always on and always plugged in. And connected to an UPS/surge protector so no power glitches either.

    The only time my computer is ever off is that split second when it's restarting.
    Fidonet127watto_cobra

  • Trump tariffs will raise prices, but Apple has set the table to avoid the worst of it

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    Trump's deportations will get rid of millions of people who do most of the actual work in the US. Hard work that no one else wants to do for the wages offered.

    He might not do that. After all, he lies and basically said anything he needed to say in order to get reelected and get his get-out-of-jail-free card.

    But if he does, then when food prices start climbing again and restaurants and small businesses start closing and construction ceases.... and then when you start adding 20-60% tariffs on imported clothes and food and goods... and when slashes in government spending trigger layoffs among teachers, police, and essential services... and then when they kill the ACA and cut SS and Medicare and even more people are broke and homeless....

    Then the economy collapses.
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