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fastasleep said:

blurpbleepbloop said:

Is Catalina the biggest pile of turds Apple has ever shipped as an OS.  Although I’ve skipped a few versions of MacOS over the years, typically the final version of each of them is palatable.  It seems this update is pretty darn important for Catalina users but does it finally overcome the caveats I’ve heard over all theses months about “issues” with Catalina.  Am I foolish to hope Big Sur will not suffer the same issues?

I have had zero significant problems in Catalina, having upgraded from Mojave I think around February.

Same here.  Not a peep. 

killroy said:

Kuyangkoh said:

Hmmm..... these LTE modems are made And supplied by Intel or Qualcom?? 

So why are they off the hook?

Because Apple has more money?

I saw an interesting tweet the other day. 

canukstorm said:

red oak said:

Microsoft is basically trying to create a gaming app store within Apple's App Store.   Why is it so complicated to understand that is not allowed?  

Android is 85% of the WW market.    Let's see how their launch goes there.   I'll bet you it goes down in flames 

This isn't any different than Netflix trying to create a video content store or Amazon trying to create a Kindle book store on Apple's App Store. Yet they're allowed.

No, not clear enough. Let's try again.

Netflix and Amazon are streaming content through their apps.
Microsoft wants to stream other apps through their app.
Apple doesn't check content. 
Apple does check every app that goes onto an iDevice.
If the app is streamed, they can't check it.

Here's the relevant paragraph from the review rules:

• You may offer a single subscription that is shared across your own apps and services, but these subscriptions may not extend to third-party apps or services. Games offered in a game subscription must be owned or exclusively licensed by the developer (e.g. not part of a game publishing platform). Each game must be downloaded directly from the App Store, must be designed to avoid duplicate payment by a subscriber, and should not disadvantage non-subscriber customers.

First of all, the games coming through xCloud are not owned by Microsoft, and secondly, more importantly, they're not downloaded directly from the app store. 

SpamSandwich said:

First of all, fuck off with your personal insults. 

Well, that certainly escalated. 

razorpit said:

Does Sony get a pass because the games are being played on a device that is owned by the user? The PS Remote Play is not perfect, but definitely serviceable.

According to original writer, yes. Remote Play works because it’s playing through another device on the same network.