narwhal

I'm a longtime developer, and this is nothing new. It's been going on for years. If you don't update your app for several years, Apple pulls them, with 30 days warning. It may seem harsh to some, but it's fair. Users don't want to slog through ancient apps in the App Store that don't run on current devices. Aspect ratios change, APIs come and go, notches or none. If you can't update your apps to the latest devices, it only gets harder waiting another year. This is a difference between Apple platforms and Windows. Windows tries to keep 30-year-old software working on the latest OS; Apple says nope. Works for active developers, not great for lazy ones.

For years now, Comixology has been encouraging us to click the My Books button to access our purchased comics (this is in a browser on a computer). On the new website, I have no idea how to read my thousands of books. Anyone have an idea? At this point, I'd like my purchases refunded, all 12 years of them.

jdb8167 said:

Monopolies will do that. But don't worry, the DOJ was on the case and punished the culprit that had 5% of the market. Problem solved?

Former Obama press secretary James Carney runs the 250+ person Amazon division that bribes government officials on Amazon's behalf. It's why Amazon's monopoly is propped up by the DOJ and Amazon doesn't pay taxes.

I agree that Apple's recent designs aren't amazing or surprising, but functionally the new MacBook Pro is a HUGE improvement over the 2016 design. The Mac Pro is also a good design. As for Tesla, I find most of their cars eyesores, especially the rear ends and the unreleased truck.

lorca2770 said:

Just a question, since time makes me forget. Wasn’t Arm developed by Apple, and Steve Jobs sold the company in the times of necessity? Careful! I am not talking about the false narrative of Microsoft. Only about Arm

In 1990, when Acorn's RISC chip division didn't have the funds to implement Apple's requested changes for Newton, ARM was formed, a joint venture of Apple, VLSI and Acorn (with Acorn's IP). When Steve Jobs returned to Apple, Newton was discontinued and Apple sold its stake in ARM for a big profit, helping Apple's balance sheet until Steve could release iMacs, iPods and eventually iPhones and iPads. (Ironic that both Newton and iPhone were based on ARM.)