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MagSafe connector could return and replace Lightning on iPhone
The mag safe on the iPhone is wireless charging which is very inefficient compared to direct wired charging. You can’t claim to care about the environment if the only charging option is wireless. With or without magnets.
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Apple aggressively lobbies against Arizona bill that would allow third-party App Store pay...
I think you’re missing the point. Apple provides the platform, coding language and storage for these apps. Before the App Store and its ilk, it cost a developer much more to develop and distribute software, often requiring physical media in the past.Peza said:I personally don’t see the problem with this bill, but I’m not gunning for Apple to increase its massive multi billion dollar profits by every cent they can get either. I’d rather it gives something back to the end users and customers and allow freedom of choice.
The American justice system is daft though, basically lobbyists are there to bribe the politicians right? So one bribes for one thing whilst the other bribes for the opposite?
I have no doubt Apple will win though with its huge power and influence it has.Why should Apple provide all those services for free? Can you go up a to a public storage facility and tell them you want to leave your stuff there but not pay them for the it? Can you ask a store to sell your products without taking a cut of the profits of being paid for their shelf space? Of course not. Why should Apple have to do these things?
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iPhone not migrating to USB-C or getting Touch ID on power button any time soon
Just shows the lie of Apple being concerned about e-waste. If they really were, they’d go to USB-C which would cut down on wasted cables as they break and need to be replaced.
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Apple aggressively lobbies against Arizona bill that would allow third-party App Store pay...
Doesn’t this fall under interstate commerce which only the federal government can regulate? The tech involved here is not limited to Arizona’s borders only.
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Apple Store suppliers suffering through longer payment terms, consignment model
Looks bad to companies petitioning the EU to regulate Apple. Looks bad to EU officials looking for any excuse to reign Apple in. Again it’s not that Apple is doing anything illegal, it’s the image. This is even worse given the timing when small businesses are suffering from the pandemic. Now’s the time they choose to squeeze the vendors. When they’re sitting on billions in cash. It just adds to the public image of Apple being the ultimate greedy corporation.lkrupp said:
Looks bad to who? Tech blog denizens? You do realize stuff like this never makes it to the national psyche. And again your argument seems to imply that accessory vendors have some kind of right to be in an Apple Store on their own conditions. These smaller companies are just as cutthroat as Apple, maybe more so. I don’t get the concept of socialism in business relations espoused by some here. Apple has an obligation to support other businesses that thrive on their coattails?80s_Apple_Guy said:The problem here is image. Every time Apple, the most valuable company in the world, bullies the little guy it looks bad. More than that it incentivizes governments to reign them in with regulations that will cause them significant harm. The EU is licking its chops to go after Apple. Every move that causes another company to become bitter at Apple is another tool the EU and yes, the US will use to justify regulating them. I’m not saying Apple is doing anything wrong, but they seem to quickly forget how they were the small underdog that almost faded away
