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  • EU to scrutinize Apple's Shazam takeover on competition concerns from member states

    charlesgrescharlesgres
    The market obviously is not the one of 'song recognizers', but of 'music streamers', i.e. Apple Music, Spotify, ...
    If Shazam prevents you from adding songs to your Spotify playlists, that's going to be a huge negative impact for Spotify.. 
    EU is right to be vigilant for stuff like that..
    That said, don't think Apple is a bad-faith actor either, so they may come to terms..
    gatorguy

  • What history teaches about Apple's windows of opportunity for 2017

    charlesgrescharlesgres
    (speculating out loud)
    I think the reason that Macs get less attention is that in Apple's future they probably see them going up into the iPhone..
    But unlike Microsoft with Continuum, they'll only do it when the experience is actually better than the machines they intend to replace.. 
    Which is why this is probably still years ahead..
    Which is why Macs have to be 'maintained' in the meantime..
    My point is not that Continuum v2 is a goal in itself of Apple, but that it is an inevitable consequence of an iPhone that gets ever more powerful.  iPhones are already approaching desktop territory in terms of performance..  Give it a couple more years and you can have desktop-class computing in your pocket, and only a dumb keyboard and display away..  (when connected iPhone could provide macOS interface..)
    So my guess is that they are putting most of the effort in bringing iPhone beyond the Mac instead of leveling the effort between the two..

    Rayz2016GeorgeBMac