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  • Apple TV+ is losing billions of dollars -- as planned and expected

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    dewme said:
    I recall Bill Gates and Steve Jobs both talking emphatically about how promising the future looked for “content owners” in 2007. Apple is now a legitimate content owner with its Apple TV+. If Apple really wanted to, they probably could have acquired Disney, Pixar, etc., at some point.
    "Content is King" is an essay by Gates written in 1996. It was the idea at the time shared with Jobs/Pixar. I disagree. It isn't content or products but distribution. Facebook, YouTube, Amazon, Google Search/Discover (through Chrome) own the distribution. Apple and Google owns distribution of apps. Pixar had no distribution - Disney could deliver that.

    Distribution is where the revenue from sales, subscriptions, and ads have moved. To Google it doesn't matter if you post a video on how to fold a napkin or have a background in journalism. Click is the currency. You don't need to check sources to get clicks. It shows.
    tiredskillswilliamlondon

  • EU will force Apple to totally expose its iPhone features to all who ask

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     There's a middle ground here, but the EU isn't interested in hearing about how the technology works or what compromises can be made. They write laws in a vacuum without understanding what they ask for and bend to the will of other's complaints outside of Apple.
    Writing in a vacuum is indeed a terrible idea. Earlier this week we got this article: https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/03/16/iphone-air-was-almost-portless-but-concerns-about-eu-regulations-prevented-it - one mail from MacWorld to the EU got it debunked. Apple can make devices without USB-C.

    Is the EU operating at the level presented in articles?
    • Apple signed a memorandum on a common charger to reduce e-waste. It then did nothing for 15 years causing a lot of waste. Apple could have kept Lightning outside EU and even in the EU if it just also had USB-C so both could be used or if Lightning didn't allow charging. All the options for not doing harm to the planet or users. Apple did nothing.
    • Apple blocked NFC access from other payment solutions making Apple Pay look better. Classic antitrust. EU didn't ask for Apple to break the on-device Secure Enclave or divest Apple Pay. EU worked with Apple to allow for apps to use NFC HCE where card details are stored in the cloud like on Android since 2013. Apple is in full control over the API.
    • EU didn't block Apple from selling apps but demanded an alternative "app store" due to antitrust. Don't install and you have a normal secure iPhone. Install and Apple will still notarize the apps and get paid for the platform. Was that completely unhinged and a "EU will never listen"?
    • Apple block 3rd party headphones and speakers from being controlled by hardware buttons giving AirPods, Beats, and HomePods an advantage that really is hard to defend. We then get the most whining headline "EU will force Apple to totally expose its iPhone features". Eh... no it won't and never has.
    avon b7tiredskillsmuthuk_vanalingamwatto_cobra

  • Apple TV+ is losing billions of dollars -- as planned and expected

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    AppleZulu said:
    So here we are. I can explain this to the Netflix guy. For Apple TV+, Apple produces a relatively small stable of high-quality original series and films which yield a pretty high "hit rate" among viewers, as compared to their competition. 
    After more than 5 years there is still no viable business model. The service is holding just 0.3% of TV screen viewing time in the U.S. 

    How many more years should TV+ be taking billions from shareholders? 10 years?
    williamlondonwatto_cobra

  • Apple's premature Apple Intelligence ad subject of new lawsuit

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    The first comment from 6 months ago on Reddit: (https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/1ffi7et/apple_intelligence_more_personal_siri_iphone_16/)

    Seems a little disingenuous to produce an iPhone 16 ad highlighting a feature that does not ship with the device, isn’t even available in beta (and won’t be until next year), and in fact hasn’t even been demoed live for anybody…

    It was so very obvious and there was no need for it. iPhone 16 is great without.

    muthuk_vanalingamdewmewilliamlondonbulk001dav

  • The EU is betraying iPhone users and weakening privacy for political gain

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    davidlewis54 said:
    Apple produces a range of products, both hardware and software.  I use these products because they work. 
    You can do all of that and still let others have the freedom of an alternative App Store. It won’t affect you. And you can use AirPods but let others control volume the same way. It doesn’t take anything away from you.
    avon b7watto_cobra