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  • Tim Cook sneaks in Apple Vision Pro promo while congratulating Porsche

    omasouomasou
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql_OvZBWEFg
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  • Under pressure, Apple will restore Epic Games' developer account in the EU

    omasouomasou
    Apple didn't fold to pressure from the EU.

    They got exactly what they wanted.

    Which is to make sure that Epic/Sweeney sign the new developer's agreement.

    If he breaks it again, I'm willing to bet there will be absolutely nothing he can do to restore it.
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  • Georgia's largest healthcare system switches to the Mac

    omasouomasou
    Initially reading the title, I wondered how this was possible w/o support from Epic, Siemens, etc.

    It'll be interesting to see if this opens the flood gates for other HCOs.
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  • Apple updates rules surrounding EU DMA compliance to address developer concerns

    omasouomasou
    A maze of red tape to make it prohibitive.  An alternative app store on macOS requires no interaction or input from Apple at all.  An example is MacPorts.  The real answer here is customers demanding app freedom on iOS and iPadOS from Apple and voting with their dollars if Apple doesn't deliver.  The same app freedoms should exist on iOS/iPadOS as has existed on macOS since 1984: 'sideloading' allowed.  The very term 'sideloading' is itself a loaded term that presumes an authority that Apple doesn't have, control of YOUR device.  It is your device not Apple's.  You should be able to load on it whatever app you darn well please.   That is still true on the Mac.  It should be true for iPhones too.
    What customers are demanding app freedom? The only one's that care are the greedy app publishers.

    People seem to forget past development costs.
    • Developer accounts were way more than $99.
    • Documentation was in the form of expensive books
    • Distribution required duplicating discs, then CDs and today web sites, etc.
    • Advertising is never cheap
    Today...

    • Developer accounts are relatively inexpensive at $99
    • Documentation is free.
    • Distribution & Advertising
    • Yes, today you can stand up a web site, not free.
    • Yes, you can use an alternative app store, also not free.
    • Oh, you plan to use social media to advertise...good luck only works, if people know you exist.
     Hopefully, we'll see a migration of a lot of the junk apps to these other stores. It will only server to improve the value of Apple's app store search.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple IDs may be renamed 'Apple Accounts' by the end of 2024

    omasouomasou
    Great. Now let me merge and consolidate all my Apple IDs into one account.
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