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  • Mastercard may be in for a fight to stay Apple Card network provider

    nubusnubus
    Xed said:
    I understand the more recent historical limitations of Amex, but that's not really the case anymore.  It seems Amex is growing on all fronts, like tripling its worldwide acceptable since 2017 and today being accepted by 99% of merchants that accept card payments. 
    The 99% is only true in the U.S.

    Amex holds 1-2% of the market in Europe and is far from universally accepted. Personal cards from Visa and Mastercard have no processing fees while Amex is a 3rd party card under EU regulation allowing merchants to add a processing fee. The fee is often 4% making Amex more expensive. Apple can't use Amex if the plan is to expand beyond U.S.
    williamlondon

  • Future Apple Vision Pro headsets could get an Action Button

    nubusnubus
    Seems Apple on April 1st got a patent on how to facepalm a visor. Thanks to the AI-team for covering this :smile: 
    watto_cobra

  • EU antitrust agency may not fine Apple much to avoid tariff war escalation

    nubusnubus
    davidw said:
    The DMA was written and enacted, to have the 5 largest US tech companies solve the age-old problem with Socialism eventually running out of other peoples money.
    Are you calling Reagan, Nixon, Bush, and Trump socialists?  Look at the list: https://www.investopedia.com/us-debt-by-president-dollar-and-percentage-7371225. Of modern presidents the big spenders are all from one party. Bush (1) did worse in 4 years than Obama in 8. Trump 1 did worse than Biden (that had to clean-up after Covid). Trump is known to run out of other peoples money. Doesn't make him a socialist.
    sconosciutomuthuk_vanalingamwatto_cobra

  • EU antitrust agency may not fine Apple much to avoid tariff war escalation

    nubusnubus
     Let’s not focus on moving goalposts and instead simply be glad someone is standing up for Apple in the face of abusive and corrupt foreign powers. 
    3 countries having North American geographical areas are on the "15 least corrupt countries list" according to transparency.org.
    U.S. is not one of them. U.S. is globally #28 and #5/6 in North America. Did you try to fix your own house first?

    I guess not.     The White House is now a Tesla showroom funded by taxpayers while the next round of tariffs affects everyone but Tesla. The art of being a back scratching swamp creature.

    All of this for an article based on hearsay from a lobbyist. Have you considered that EU can't keep fines and has no smartphone production to protect?
    9secondkox2saudawgwilliamlondonsconosciutomuthuk_vanalingamtrustnoone00

  • WWDC will be on June 9 with iOS 19, Apple Intelligence updates, and more

    nubusnubus
    Xed said:
    nubus said:

    Apple holds 10x more followers on YouTube than Nvidia. It doesn't translate into viewers. Yes - some iPhone users have Apple TV but in terms of buzz and getting YouTube views the keynotes from Apple are not selling ticket.
    I'd bet those 37M Nvidia views are the majority of all the views. Some may only get the info via other sources, but with Apple it is picked up by an excessive number of websites, podcasts, and even local news stations where clips will be played.
    Those interested in Nvidia are actively seeking information while the Apple eco-system is more "we don't need to look at this". Blogs for gamers, crypto, and AI blogs all add to the buzz and the 128% growth by Nvidia show where the excitement is. Growth at Apple continues to be below inflation.

    The current format doesn't get viewers matching the size of Apple. Not even when introducing Apple Intelligence. Is staying with the current format the right choice?
    williamlondontiredskillsronnwatto_cobra