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  • Apple capitulates to Russia laws requiring preinstalled software on iPhone, Mac

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    crowley said:
    qwerty52 said:
    Not good! In such a countries, even only refusing to install domestic apps in the set-up process, it’s enough for the government to consider this user as unreliable and suspicious.....because they will know it. 
    “Big Brother”......remember?
    Any suggestion that Apple reports back to the Russian government which apps were installed and which were skipped?  That doesn't seem to be part of this story.

    No, no, this is misunderstanding! 

    I am very, very far from the idea that Apple is going to report back to the Russians. 
    My concerns are, that with the  set-up process, the users are forced to make choices.
    The developers of the domestic apps (who are state backed, otherwise they will never appear in the choice list), would be able to know who is using their apps and respectively who don’t, what makes the users vulnerable in countries without democracy.
    Ofer

  • Apple capitulates to Russia laws requiring preinstalled software on iPhone, Mac

    qwerty52qwerty52
    Not good! In such a countries, even only refusing to install domestic apps in the set-up process, it’s enough for the government to consider this user as unreliable and suspicious.....because they will know it. 
    “Big Brother”......remember?
    killroywatto_cobra

  • Former Facebook employees detail impact of Apple's upcoming anti-tracking privacy feature

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    The top of the arrogance!
    Zuckerberg knows perfectly that the people do not want to be traced and do not want adds, but still is doing every thing possible to fight Apple’s decision to protect the users.
    Zuck, you don’t want the people to have a choice. This is  puur dictatorship! Change your business model or f*** off
    fotoformatradarthekatAlex1Nwatto_cobra

  • Toyota president tells Apple to prepare for the long-haul with 'Apple Car'

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    JWSC said:
    cloudguy said:
    gilly33 said:
    Aww oh-oh. Are they getting scared already. Big duh of course a car comes with long term commitment. Guess Apple hasn’t shown long term commitment to their core products. Thanks Toyota. 
    No, they aren't scared already. Why should they be? Look at Apple's current product line.
    1. PCs: selling them since the 1970s. 8% market share in 2020, usually lower.
    2. smartphones: practically invented the market in 2007. Usually 15% market share.
    3. tablets: again, invented the market in 2010. Usually 35% market share. 
    4. Apple Watch: basically invented the market in 2015, 50% market share.
    5. Apple Music: at best #3 in music streaming to Spotify and YouTube. Tidal, Amazon Music and Pandora are still around.
    6. AirPod. Didn't invent the market  - Samsung did - but despite great mindshare and profit margin but everyone else - Sony, Bose, Anker, JBL, Samsung and a host of others - have had no problems competing and even driving innovation here.

    And those are the successes. Not as successful:
    7. HomePod. Less than 3 million units of the original since 2018, practically no one talks about the Mini.
    8. Apple TV. Apple (again) invented this category in 2007 and are in 4th place behind Roku, Fire TV and the various Android TV devices. The gap between #3 and #4 is so big that they may even be behind smart TV-only platforms like Samsung, LG and Opera. 
    9. Apple Arcade. The last time you heard anyone talking about it was when exactly? If it had a fraction of the regular users that xCloud and Nvidia GeForce Now does we would have heard about it. The last real news from this effort was Apple ending commitments with publishers (fulfilling certain financial obligations but maintaining the exclusivity, preventing the games from ever being released anywhere). 
    10. Apple TV+. Launched 18 months ago and is basically giving it away.

    This "Apple, destroyer of competition" thing isn't true at all. The only place where it has been true is the iPod. And no, it wasn't the iPhone that crushed Blackberry, Nokia, Java JMS and Windows Mobile. If you have 15% market share you can't crush anyone. It is Android and their 85% market share that killed off everyone else. Just like it was Microsoft who crushed everyone else in the PC market (until Google was able to parlay their Android and Chrome browser success into some ChromeOS market share). 
    One significant flaw in your thesis.  You use marketshare as the yardstick for industry dominating success.  And we all know, Apple has demonstrated repeatedly that it is not.

    This is not to say that Toyota (or other traditional automakers) are “scared” of an Apple entry into their market.  Apple is a side show to them.  What keeps them up at night is the government driven transformation of the auto industry from ICE to EV.  If it were purely market forces at work many of theses changes would not be occurring nearly as fast or perhaps not at all.  These companies are going out on a limb betting billions that governments will not pull the financial incentives and regulatory rug out from underneath and make their investments in EV suddenly worthless.  Meanwhile, they continue to put on brave faces.
    Exactly! 
    Forget everything we know about cars. There is a new begin, new market rules and new opportunities. 
    radarthekatwatto_cobra

  • Toyota president tells Apple to prepare for the long-haul with 'Apple Car'

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    cloudguy said:
    gilly33 said:
    Aww oh-oh. Are they getting scared already. Big duh of course a car comes with long term commitment. Guess Apple hasn’t shown long term commitment to their core products. Thanks Toyota. 

    This "Apple, destroyer of competition" thing isn't true at all. The only place where it has been true is the iPod. And no, it wasn't the iPhone that crushed Blackberry, Nokia, Java JMS and Windows Mobile. If you have 15% market share you can't crush anyone. It is Android and their 85% market share that killed off everyone else. Just like it was Microsoft who crushed everyone else in the PC market (until Google was able to parlay their Android and Chrome browser success into some ChromeOS market share). 



    The only thing, you forgot to mention it is, that Android is shameless copy of iOS / iPhone. So, it is well iPhone who killed off everyone else.
    I suppose you are living in a wishful thinking Samsung would............ But this is not the reality 
    StrangeDaysradarthekatwatto_cobra