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Well, it seems Apple Intelligence is insanely great by functionality - not by name. A new golden era.
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EU advocacy group sues Apple because other streaming music services hiked prices
US just fined Visa and MasterCard $30 bn for charging shops too much and causing price increases. A judge found $30 bn wasn't enough. The case of App Store is similar and could very well go to courts in the US. US, EU, and most of the world have antitrust regulation in place. EU under Vestager was known for being all open markets to the point where unions gave her a statue of a raised middle finger (a statue she kept on display at her office). The next 5 years are likely to be protectionism just as we have seen from US. But this case... it could happen in US and would give us more competition and better pricing.chasm said:The European Commission works very hard at making Europe really unattractive to non-EU businesses. Apple is no angel, but the obvious bias in favour of Spotify is kind of ridiculous, but luckily they don't have a leg to stand on if this case goes to court, so my prediction will be that Apple will eventually prevail in this particular case.
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EU advocacy group sues Apple because other streaming music services hiked prices
Visa and Mastercard have to pay more than $30B for the way they add cost to products. Why wouldn't US consumers go after App Store? -
Apple may have to give up $14B escrow account to satisfy EU court on Tuesday
The news are in... and Apple must pay $14.4b + interest. Several media cover it - but here is a link to the judgement of the ECJ:
https://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=289923&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=req&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=883040
This is a major win for Vestager and EU. As EU can't charge taxes and the amount will go back to the member states.
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Thinner & lighter Apple Watch Series 10 arrives with new design, sleep apnea detection
30% compared to... Series 6. While being a nice update Series 10 is the most disappointing X product ever.AppleInsider said:Apple made the Apple Watch Series 10 display 30% larger.
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Apple to introduce FineWoven replacement cases with iPhone 16 debut
Samsung used the fabric "Revive 1" by Kvadrat upcycled from PET bottles. Same designer worked with VW and Volvo.
Revive 1 hits 60,000 Martindale (abrasion testing cycles), the leather cases scored around 50,000, while FineWoven took a paltry 1,600 Martindale before disintegrating.
FineWoven 2 should at least hit 50k and Apple should report the number.
