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  • Lawsuit accusing entire computer industry of patent infringement fails on missed deadline

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    chasm said:
    Rayz2016 said:
    Well, the man clearly needs professional help.

    He needed legal help and now he's thrown away his shot, but as the article notes he has in fact been recognized as having created a working microcomputer roughly four years before the Apple I came out.

    You might want to read the article linked from the AI article about him: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/canadian-hailed-as-father-of-pc/article1167114/
    Exactly. Someone that actually created something and then patented it. Not someone that simply filed a patent for thin air, no actual physical product (which is what most industry do to block or slow competition). Patents don't really help protect real inventors like this chap - as is clear - despite the fact he actually got patents.

    Gotta have the big bucks first - he clearly is not able to continue the case without the funds.

    Anyway, surprised no one picked up on "failed to file an opening brief by a July 2 deadline. The lawsuit was tossed on Sept. 1" so it took the courts / lawyers two months to 'process' this? I guess they have a big backlog.
    spock1234auxiokillroymdriftmeyerwatto_cobrachasm

  • Apple warning developers about new international tax impacts to App Store

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    chadbag said:
    Because we can buy apps in bricks and mortar stores.  
    Right!!?? They are on a different planet.
    It it were really for bricks and mortar stores, then this would be protectionism. That never ends well.
    This whole thing does not make an ounce of sense.
    watto_cobra

  • Russian draft bill would force third-party app stores, cap commissions at 20%

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    I repeat what I wrote elsewhere some time ago: what If... Apple would allow any third party App Store - however put clear requirements on them in terms of app reviews for clearance, update availability, TestFlight availability, server uptime and speed, and providing at some extra cost infrastructure such as payment through Apple, etc. you know, all that Apple is requiring for their own App Store. Then Apple may create a “meta store” similar to what they did with the TV app for the various steaming sources - so it would be one front end for the consumer. 

    I mean, apart from the proposed bill and it being Russian, wouldn’t that be an idea that might actually be beneficial to the consumers?

    That might work.
    In my experience though, about 9 in 10 apps are discovered from reading reviews, blogs, and even just looking online for software and reading discussions about the pros and cons of a group of apps to help me decide which is likely my best option. Only then do I head to the app store to get the app. I pretty much never found an app through the app store.

    While a meta store would change the way costs are managed between Apple and the dev, I'm not sure it adds much benefit to the end user - Apple would still be managing it just as they manage the current App store - the experience would be the same, but the user now needs to go to two different stores to download the app, so not really sure that helps. Having said that, when I go to a dev's website, read over their app, and decide to purchase it - I click a link on their web page that takes me to the App store (I don't think anyone ever things which App store am I at) so in that case the experience would be identical - and in that case the App store is not much more than a checkout / till / register).

    I think that just as Apple are moving to using notorisation 100% on MacOS (people can still chose to run an app that is not notorised, but that will be changing over the coming year)  notorosation of iOS Apps is all the security users actually need - it would mean that an app downloaded from somewhere else other than the App store could be installed and run if it was notorised by Apple. If it is not notorised, it will not run.
    This offers all the protection users really need, and the flexibility that some software devs want.
    Devs that wish to keep using the App store as is though could also do that.
    I think that if Apple offered this option, most if not all of these court cases would pretty much evaporate.

    Apple would charge a fee for this notorisation though (other than needing a dev account, I think it is free? See https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/notarizing_macos_software_before_distribution)

    The only thing that I really see as a potential problem for any of this is the update process. Right now it is pretty smooth. Have apps from all over the place makes managing updates more complex. Would end users be happy with that? Just food for thought.
    cropr

  • Apple joins tech companies in trying to halt WeChat ban

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    svanstrom said:
    PShimi said:
    PShimi said:
    PShimi said:
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    Sure.

    The below contains links that @GeorgeBMac has requested in support of what I wrote in a previous post. Most (but not all) of them do not talk about WeChat which is really what this thread is supposed to be about, but they do support my comments about what China has been doing, and in that vein, how Apple supporting the CCP over WeChat does not make any sense.

    If you are busy and do not have time to look through all the below material, I would HIGHLY suggest you watch this - directly mentions WeChat various times:

    Simone Gao documentary, 1 hour long, viewed over 2 million times - discusses how China hid the virus and lied about human to human transmission, including monitoring people via WeChat and using it as a tool of suppression:



    Very interesting video that covers various topics but focuses on Canada's CBC extremely worrying pro CCP anti democratic news stories calling Chinese journalists racist against China when they were talking about the Chinese Government (i.e. it would be like saying someone was racist for saying the Nazis were bad - when the Nazis are not a race - a government is NOT a race) and attempts to conflate the CCP with the Chinese people which is again helping the CCP:



    How China is gobbling up millions of acres of land, vital infrastructure and companies in Australia
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7725675/How-China-owns-Australia-buying-infrastructure-land-water.html

    How China's CCP has taken control of Port Darwin in Australia for 99 years, a very important and strategic port:
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-12/why-did-northern-territory-sell-darwin-port-to-china-what-risk/10755720


    Google search: australia gum on shoe china
    About 3,850,000 results
    Suggest this article first:
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/29/chewing-gum-stuck-on-the-sole-of-our-shoes-the-china-australia-war-of-words-timeline

    Google: Australia threatened by China virus
    China's government attempting to use economic coercion to stop Australia looking into virus further. This is in support of the comments I made about how the CCP is trying to remove the link between the CCP and the Virus:

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8264031/Chinese-ambassador-threatens-destroy-Australias-economy-coronavirus-probe.html

    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-china/australia-rejects-chinese-economic-coercion-threat-amid-planned-coronavirus-probe-idUSKCN2290Z6

    Connected with the above story:
    'You will feel more pain': China's chilling new threat to devastate Australia's economy if it supports America in a 'new Cold War' (mentions the above stories)
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8353231/China-warns-Australia-feel-pain-economic-punishment.html


    March earlier this year (well before the US was in the throws of Covid19): China Will Do Anything to Deflect Coronavirus Blame - points to Italy as the starting point of Covid19:
    https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/30/beijing-coronavirus-response-see-what-sticks-propaganda-blame-ccp-xi-jinping/
    https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3903271


    As you can see, the information is out there. You do not need to look very far to find it. It is not as if you have to join some secret club, have a special handshake, and follow some mumbo jumbo.
    Using WeChat for business communication is a serious danger not only for businesses but freedom in general. Ignoring this threat is like walking on a bed of snakes and pretending that none of them will bite you.



    On to @GeorgeBMac later comments on Trump:

    I said nothing about Trump. I find it strange how people often attempt to inject something about Trump when talking about China's CCP. I don't live in the US. I am not American. I do not really follow American politics. China affects the ENTIRE WORLD. How can you not understand that? This is NOT about Trump.

    That said, your comment about protecting American businesses - well China is constantly draining information from around the world and using it to it's own ends. IP theft is a thing, it is ABSOLUTELY real. 

    China's Harbin Z 20 is a virtual clone of America's Black Hawk.
    https://www.businessinsider.com/china-tested-black-hawk-copy-z20-helicopter-on-advanced-destroyer-2019-7?r=US&IR=T

    South China morning post called "China’s Z-20 Black Hawk lookalike"
    https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3033088/chinas-z-20-black-hawk-lookalike-and-flying-saucer-concept

    A bunch of fighter jets that are near copies:
    https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/g23303922/china-copycat-air-force/


    The point is - these are copied from the militaries of the world - who are 'well protected' and yet the CCP still manages to steal their data. Compared to this, stealing information from businesses is child's play, and WeChat makes this even easier.

    So again, what is Apple doing!? It makes NO sense.

    I was talking about evidence.   Not propaganda and selective 'facts'.

    We do have hard evidence that Russia has attacked our last two elections and is proceeding to attack this one as well.  But for some reason Trump and his Trumpers ignore that and hyperfocus on China hate.   Why is that?   Could Russia be aiding Trump and China just a distraction?  

    Around 11 different sources - is 'selective'? Well look, just Google it yourself. I just provided suggestions and tried to select from a variety of different sources on purpose to avoid being 'selective', but whatever.

    Australia being bullied by China is propaganda. Um, OK. That's weird. I'm sure you know more than people in Australia do, apparently.

    You clearly did not read my reply where I think I made it pretty clear I don't give a toss about Trump.

    As for China 'hate' - this is getting a bit much. I am deeply concerned about the plight of the Chinese people in China due to what the CCP is doing to them, and what CCP is doing to the world. Everyone should be concerned about this. Don't think for a moment that what happened to Hong Kong is going to be the end of their aggression. Long after Trump is out of power, this is still going to be an issue for the world. It's not going to magically disappear.

    At the end of the day, China uses WeChat to monitor people - Chinese people know that all too well.
    By pushing WeChat to remain in use Apple are supporting the CCP to suppress the Chinese people.

    If you don't want to understand, that's up to you. No one can open your eyes for you.
    He's only in this to protect the CCP, and derail the thread with whataboutisms; so add the facts to the thread for other readers, and then move on. There's no other way forward; all that happens otherwise is that the thread gets muddled to the point where everyone ignores both his delusions and your facts.

    Thank you @svanstrom I appreciate your note, and much agree.
    svanstromgatorguywatto_cobra

  • Apple joins tech companies in trying to halt WeChat ban

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    GeorgeBMac said:
    PShimi said:
    PShimi said:

    We do have hard evidence that Russia has attacked our last two elections and is proceeding to attack this one as well.  But for some reason Trump and his Trumpers ignore that and hyperfocus on China hate.   Why is that?   Could Russia be aiding Trump and China just a distraction?  

    PS I should add that as for what Russia has been up to, I would certainly agree with you that it is also deeply concerning.
    GeorgeBMac