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  • Bill Atkinson, pioneering early Apple engineer, dies at 74

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    Atkinson gave us HyperCard which in turn inspired the creation of both WWW and JavaScript. I loved HyperTalk.
    And he developed overlapping windows as part of QuickDraw. Imagine not having them.
    Not to mention his creation of MacPaint that defined image editing. The core tools and concepts in Photoshop still look and behave like MacPaint.

    He should be remembered at apple.com and/or WWDC.
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  • 'Fortnite' CEO thought he'd beat Apple in weeks, not years

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    pichael said:
    I can’t see it in the uk store still? Anyone else unable to see it in other countries?
    Why would it be available in the UK? The court orders are for EU and US.
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  • Apple appeals against EU mandate that it freely share its technology

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    Seen a few comments on ASML.

    If the EU regulated ASML and their monopoly like they do Apple then ASML would be forced to give competitors and startups access to their proprietary technology so ASML doesn’t have an unfair advantage.
    Having a monopoly/dominant position/being a gatekeeper isn't illegal in the EU. It comes with certain responsibilities. If ASML decided to sell only to some customers or told their vendors not to deliver to competitors or their customers that they had to be 100% ASML to get support then ASML would be hit as well. 
    muthuk_vanalingamspheric

  • Apple appeals against EU mandate that it freely share its technology

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    darelrex said:
    Is there anything the EU could possibly demand of Apple that you would not call "leveling the playing field"? Should Apple's chip team be required to provide chips to Apple's competitors? Should Apple be required to license iOS to its competitors? Should it be required to allow installation of alternate OSes on iPhone and iPad? Do you have any sane legal theory of which features of its products a company should be allowed to control, and which it should be forced to turn into third-party flea markets — or do you say "leveling the playing field" when you really mean leveling Apple with any frightfully damaging fairness fantasy that comes down the regulatory pike, simply so that Apple won't be so successful any more, and the playing field therefore will be more "level"?
    In theory there is no limit. US/China/EU could make the demand that devices can't show a smiling face (or now logo) on startup. Or that Apple must sell through stores it doesn't own (the way US states decided to regulate car sales). Or that there can't be encryption (UK, UAE,...). Legislation can result in pretty much anything. Obviously Apple can decide not to sell but from reduced encryption in UK to gov apps in Russia it seems Apple has low standards.

    What have US and EU demanded so far?
    • USB-C and removal of the charger from the package to reduce e-waste - something Apple promised to do on their own.
    • The option for alternative stores but EU respects the value of the SDK. Apple can reject apps and do get paid for SDK use per install.
    • Allowed apps to give people an option to pay directly but only for extras (US).
    • Allowed apps to use NFC (EU) - the apps are still checked by Apple.
    None of the above give technology away. The current request from Google, Meta, Spotify, and Garmin isn't giving tech away either. Those greedy companies want to profile us better towards advertisers. We don't know how EU will respond.

    If EU decides to give away our privacy then we do have a problem. That is however not the current situation.
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  • Adobe hikes Creative Cloud prices with a rebrand no one asked for

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    Completed an audit on 1000 Adobe licenses earlier today (spent a month doing it). There are some obvious replacements:
    • Photoshop - Apple Pixelmator Pro is fantastic.
    • Premiere Pro - Final Cut Pro is the replacement. You can even get a license for a shared computer while Adobe won't do unless EDU.
    • Acrobat Pro - Preview does allow for PDF files to be combined and signing can be handled by other tools. pdf24 is OK for online use.
    • InDesign is still the industry standard. I don't expect to ever go back to Quark.
    • Illustrator was never fantastic. I don't see a switch to CorelDraw. Perhaps Affinity?
    • XD... the last UX'er moved to Figma years ago. No wonder Adobe tried to buy it.
    • After Effects... motion designers really like this.
    • Lightroom... PhotoMechanic is what professionals use - at least if they need to deliver.
    Companies could benefit from understanding their license use. Widespread use of Adobe software indicates a lot of non-creatives spending time on stuff they shouldn't spend their time on. We're talking broken workflows, that someone created templates for the SoMe team in Photoshop, manual steps, or "hidden factories" / failed outsourcing.
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