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red oak said:

This screams anti-trust if they have any intention of making Call of Duty exclusive to Xbox and PC.    Half of company’s revenue is generated on PlayStation and mobile.I don’t see the point in Microsoft buying it.

Microsoft has a horrible M&A record.  It is where company’s go to die 

AniMill said:

I know it’s not a logical action, but if I were  I’d say, “Sorry, we will not comply. Instead we will be closing our App Store and no longer sell iPhones in your country.”

Add to this, with South Korea trying the same shit, Apple should tell them, “We will also send all our product production to other countries.”

Apple invented their iPhone, and their ecosystem. No one has to use it, no developer has to program for it. If you want to play in their garden, you pay for that privilege. 

9secondkox2 said:

shareef777 said:

darkvader said:

shareef777 said:

The best display is the XDR and it’s not meant for people in general, it’s meant for professionals. Just because it’s not sold in volumes doesn’t mean higher end (low volume) products shouldn’t be made. The average monitor today is 2k one going for ~$500. Apple offering a “lower cost” smaller XDR at $2500 doesn’t fit that average, not even on the high end. The high end consumer monitor is a monster 49 inch curved one by Samsung and it “only” goes for $2000.

An M1 iMac sans Mac parts is EXACTLY what people would go for. $700 for the 24”, $1000 for a 27”, and $1500 for a 32”.

No, it's not meant for professionals.  I work with video professionals, folks who do TV stuff that there's a decent chance you've seen.

They don't have monitors like that ridiculous $5000 Apple screen.

Those are for rich idiots.

lol, riiiiiiight, "tv stuff". You do realize there're monitors yet more expensive then the XDR. Not saying the XDR is worth it (far from it), but some photo/video professionals spend north of $5k on a monitor.

Great point. And if you’re a colorist, a graphic designer who needs to match exact color, editing for IMAX, or actually care about producing top quality and consistency visuals, you’ll have a top notch monitor. 

Apples display is actually on the low rent end of the equation, though they do a great job of making it punch above its weight class/price tag. 

muthuk_vanalingam said:

lkrupp said:

22july2013 said:

if Apple is accurate when it says it may take months to complete, then either Apple will be in violation of a court order, or Apple will have to shut down its store to avoid being in violation of a court order. There are no other options. I'm hoping for the latter, of course.

You’re hoping for the latter? You’re hoping that Apple is forced to shut down the app store? Wow, what a hater. I had no idea.

Wow, what a hater. - Don't come to such conclusions so quickly. This post has to be read in the context of 1000+ posts he has already made on this topic. Looks like you did not read any of them or do not remember them. Anyway, I will save you time and summarize the premise of his posts on this topic.

1. Apple is being unfairly targeted by politicians all over the world for its success, particularly on the App store front (Sounds familiar???)
2. Greedy politicians in power from various countries (US, UK, various EU countries, Russia, China etc) are in the process of changing the laws to make App store an unviable business
3. It is inevitable that one of the countries WILL pass laws that would make App store an unviable business in that country
4. He expects Apple to respond very strongly to the politicians of that country by taking down the App store in that country (preferably one of the western countries US/UK/any country within EU)
5. Once the app store is shut down in that country, people of that country protests vehemently against the politicians in support of the victim, i.e. Apple, and bring down that government and teach a lesson to the politicians who enacted the laws against Apple
6. Seeing the response from people in one country in support of Apple app store policies, politicians from other countries (particularly in China, Russia) quack in their boots and drop all the plans towards law changes related to Apple App store. 
7. And politicians from all over the world do not poke Apple the bear ever in their lifetime after seeing the support from people towards Apple in one of the countries, fearing a similar response from people in their own country
8. Apple and users of Apple iPhones live happily ever after

PS. Points 1 to 4 are pretty close to what @22july2013 has made in various posts. Points 5 though 8 are my own words based on the understanding of @22July2013's posts. He did not make those exact statements, i just filled in the blanks  . There could be slight exaggerations here and there, but please bear with that.

Edit: In case you are wondering if he is joking or serious, he is very serious (absolutely 100%, not even 99.99%) about it. And he found few supporters in this forum who also expressed similar views in different threads.