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EU backs down on Big Tech tax ahead of US trade deal
American companies are hurting the EU with policies that are completely unacceptable.9secondkox2 said:Sounds good. Trade is the way to get the EU to stop hurting American companies.No extra taxes on big tech is s good stsrt, but we need WAY more than that.The baseline isn’t right now. It’s before the DMA.Have you ever considered the fact that the world doesn’t see the US as the central source of truth, or standard?America is an arrogant, selfish nation and I’m actually really glad Europe has woken up with Trump. This includes a very important step in detaching ourselves from big tech gradually. It is not a trustworthy partner.
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visionOS 2.4 beta brings several long-awaited features to Apple Vision Pro
I think all 5 active users will appreciate these updates.
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Apple now lets you transfer purchases from one Apple Account to another
Classic Apple! And that after decades of waiting.And with Family Sharing being another blocker (why?!!) this seems to be another half-assed execution.
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Apple Vision Pro review one year later: time to exit the preview
I have the Vision Pro dev kit, basically the same hardware but with an extra USBC port and a bunch of accessories, but otherwise close to the product you’ll get from Apple today.
The device was both released too late and too soon.Too late because Meta pushed an entire ecosystem for years - at a huge loss, albeit with a different positioning.
if Apple didn’t have Meta as competitor I bet their current positioning would have been different. They just couldn’t enter the market so late with a “Samsung let’s copy” approach. So it became a “spatial computer” instead that no one wants.Too soon because they weren’t ready by a long shot. Most of the apps are iPad apps projected on a flat plane in a 3D space. The only way they can sell that odd reality is because of their “spatial computer” positioning: these are windows on your spatial desktop! Sure, whatever. The end result is that most of the UX isn’t truly spatial. It’s just flat stuff in a 3D space. The spatial nature isn’t leveraged.The “you can have 10 monitors” argument is also nonsensical. Nobody needs it. And you can buy pretty decent monitors for $500-$700 if that’s what you need.The truth is, you’re not really productive with a VR device. Especially one that feels way too heavy on your face and puts two monitors right in front of you.AVP it’s a terrible device for gaming. Meta was smart enough to go for a dual approach where you can switch between hands and controllers based on your use-case.So at least with the Meta Quest, you can consume spatial videos and many fun games for $550 or so. On AVP, you can’t really do much.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook personally invested $1 million in Trump's inauguration
$1 million of his personal money to support a man who attacked democracy itself. Absolutely gross.Goes to show, again and again, that American capitalism is what matters and nothing else. The rest is a thin layer of HR & marketing bs. Things like “privacy first” or “inclusivity” are all just checkboxes on a form.
Sure, keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer, but this is straight up corruption. The only radon why it’s personal money is that this way it’s a “legal’ transaction. Tim knows it’s pocket money for him which will pay dividend on a corporate level, and therefore his share valuation.Gross. America is the most corrupt country in the world. Yuck.
