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Apple Vision Pro one month review: a new reality is setting in
Let’s be honest here, this thing will collect dust within a few months. As expected.
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Alternative app marketplaces won't work outside of the EU
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M3 MacBook Air vs M1 MacBook Air -- Compared
Apple has designed the lowest tier just as a bogus smoke-screen option to make people start climbing the spec ladder.darren mccoy said:
Would you prefer the cheaper option wasn't available? That just means a more expensive starting price.CheeseFreeze said:The real cost for a laptop like this is of-course one that is equipped with 512gb of memory, and if you want to truly leverage its performance, with 16gb of internal memory.
Apple is deliberately equipping it with a measly 256gb so that you are inclined to walk up the ladder, ending up with a ~ EUR 1750 laptop, EUR 250 shy of an entry level Macbook Pro, which in return makes no sense either (and up the ladder you go).
Not climbing it is buying a laptop that will give you problems down the road. 256gb is a terrible option, similar to the 64gb iPad.So yes, a more expensive starting price would have been more fair to the consumer.Of course even better: put in a 512gb option for the same price as a 256gb. To Apple the difference is $10 - $15, looking at SSD prices and what they’d pay at scale.Apple mistreats the buyer.
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Apple updates rules surrounding EU DMA compliance to address developer concerns
Well said and good observation around the term “side loading”, which by itself is a propaganda term. It’s really simply “downloading”.libertymatters said: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.
As long as the operating system has the necessary protections to “sandbox” security on a per app-level and the app not having the ability to touch things like the kernel or system level services, it’s perfectly fine to place the responsibility in the user’s hands when it comes to downloading from other sources.The snarky, somewhat juvenile comments from “Chasm” feel like fanboyism, defending a large corporation who has been actively lobbying a false narrative of security vs exploits, but is really only interested in two things: control and profits.
It reduces what can be a mature dialogue to personal attacks, and this keeps happening on this forum.
It is just a matter of time before these rules become the new standard. EU is considered a perfect pilot for the US and other territories.
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M3 MacBook Air vs M1 MacBook Air -- Compared
The real cost for a laptop like this is of-course one that is equipped with 512gb of memory, and if you want to truly leverage its performance, with 16gb of internal memory.
Apple is deliberately equipping it with a measly 256gb so that you are inclined to walk up the ladder, ending up with a ~ EUR 1750 laptop, EUR 250 shy of an entry level Macbook Pro, which in return makes no sense either (and up the ladder you go).
