DAalseth

ranson said:

spheric said:

Unless I’m completely misunderstanding something, the EU paper
 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/es/ip_24_5727
specifically calls for equal access WITHIN THE EU. 

What this means is that there needs to be a single distribution license for the entire EU, NOT that EU citizens must have access to the same distribution deals as residents of countries outside the EU. 

The answer to that is, „Wait, this isn‘t the case already? Why the hell not?“ 

I don’t understand the point of this article — it feels like it’s arguing against something that isn’t even on the table. 

If I’m misunderstanding, somebody please enlighten me. 

Imagine if Apple geo-fenced people who created their Apple Account in Alaska so that if they traveled to Texas they wouldn't be able to see half of their music. The US would regulate them to stop that behaviour (and rightly so).

Well, there have been moves to do exactly that, not about music but relating to period tracking apps. There have also been attempts to force geofencing and different standards for particular websites on a state by state basis. So far the courts have blocked this, but I suspect with this SCOTUS it’s only a matter of time before these are allowed to stand. Once that happens you will be able to download Grinder in Alaska, but if the cops in Alabama find you have it on your phone you could be charged. 

More to the point however the EU is nowhere nearly as established as the US is. It’s more like the US was before the Civil War, a collection of states that share some rules. The central government is trying to assert its authority, but there has been a lot of pushback, especially from the former Soviet Block states. They simply aren’t where they need to be to establish a uniform set of rules that Apple and other companies could follow across the whole of the EU.

I will be the first to say the colours are gorgeous. But the colour facing AWAY from me is irrelevant. Why they did not put the same colour on the front is beyond me. Instead they put a washed out pastel version of the colour. As much as I may like the colours on the back, the fronts range between meh and ick. 

TigerWilliams said:

dewme said:

This is a bit confusing to me. Why does having an OLED screen really matter?
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Apple had fewer variations but there was a sense that what they did offer was always “best of breed”or nearly so  n the product category. 

If you want “best of breed” then you should want an OLED screen which is lighter, thinner, and better image quality.

burn in, you got to mention burn in. It’s why I’m avoiding OLED as long as I can. LED works just fine for the overwhelming majority of us. Better for those of us that keep our systems for a long time. 

Possum-us said:

What features are missing when using the intel macs?

Looks like Apple is feeling comfortable making even more brazen planned obsolescence moves with their intel culling process.
Less plausible deniability and more straight up. I guess they figure not enough people to make noise to care.

Exactly right. This is just a money grab.

lotones said:

DAalseth said:

Asinine. This is absolutely the WORST place you could possibly put the power button on a DESKTOP computer.

bloggerblog said:

Inconvenient from a traditional mindset, but nowadays a power button doesn't get much use..

I hit the power button on my Mini EVERY DAMNED MORNING.

And EVERY DAMNED MORNING you're sending an unnecessary power surge through your Mac.

That hasn’t been true since the early ‘90s.