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  • Five years of Apple Silicon: How Apple continues to revolutionize chips

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    bestkeptsecret said:
    nubus said:
    Did the change make increase the market share for the Mac? All the "it is fast" and "it uses less energy" are nice but did it really change anything?
    I think the goal of Apple Silicon was for Apple to not be held hostage by Intel's development cycle.
    That happened but as fabless we see how Apple now depend on TSMC (and the stability in their region). And it didn't boost iPad or Mac sales to get M-series. Or?
    williamlondonwatto_cobraStrangeDays

  • Apple EU anti-competition fine is a relatively modest $570 million to avoid Trump retaliat...

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    danox said:
    The US federal government forced AT&T to provide its patents (including for the transistor) for free to other US companies.

    So it would be OK for the current White House occupant to say ASML should give up all of their research and development for competitive reasons. Some poor American company Intel (Spotify) needs in because they have problems keeping up with ASML (Apple)?

    Creating a popular product is never a problem. Using the monopoly to enter another market is.
    ASML doesn't require for TSMC to use buy wafers only from TSMC and with a 30% tax due to technology. Unlike Apple and well... Tetra Pak (and they got fined as well by the EU).
    sphericsphericwilliamlondonwatto_cobra

  • EU puts Apple fine on hold while US trade talks continue

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    bestkeptsecret said:
    nubus said:
    Amazing news. These EU laws are insane, only people who didn’t actually read into them think they are “good”
    I like strong competition as it drives innovation and value. Obviously the fat tech cats don’t want any of it.
    Have to remember that antitrust legislation saved Apple. 
    I am not sure how this relates to what Apple is facing now? Which are the small companies that need protection from Apple in the EU?
    Apple wasn't a small company when Jobs had to ask Microsoft for help. Take Spotify - Apple is bundling 3 months of their own music service with most devices. Apple is aware of every new owner and even installs the subscription app. EU could probably ask Apple to let users choose the default media player, don't install any, split media playing for media subscription, and let users get an offer "do you want 3 months of Apple Music or Spotify". 

    On API-access... pretty sure Sennheiser, Beyerdynamic, B&O, and more would like for their headphone volume to be controlled by hardware volume buttons just as the AirPods. Those protected API calls for basic stuff are hard to defend.
    muthuk_vanalingamwilliamlondonwatto_cobra

  • Trump gives Apple a giant break with wide-ranging tariff exemptions

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    londor said:
    Xed said:

    How much did he impose on Ukraine?
    10%. AFAIK Russia and North Korea were the only two countries excluded from the tariffs. 
    Cuba and Belarus are also members of the U.S. non-tariff zone. Ukraine - exporting less than Russia - got hit by 10%.
    There is a 20% tariff on SSDs but 145% on memory cards affecting U.S. photographers. Governments are not supposed to work like this or be allowed to.
    londorTomPMRIbaconstangsconosciutoronn

  • Apple hampered its Siri ambitions by penny-pinching

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    Blaurieter said:
    No, Siri has been going down hill for a long time - who can say what "vision" Apple has left - just more distractions.
    Apple is mainly doing products for 1 feature per year while keeping tiers making products mediocre by waiting or by tier - often by both. That is why we can't get OLED on Mac or anything beyond 60 Hz unless "Pro". We get more buttons, lenses or transistors just to make things look fresh.

    Same on iOS. It is bloatware caused by annual updates with features being piled on top. Thousands of settings instead of going deep and trying to figure out "what are people are trying to do". 

    Not that the hardware is bad. MBA is a very nice computer but the main difference between now and 19 years ago is battery life. User experience hasn't changed much.
    williamlondonAlex1Nentropys