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Apple must make changes to in-app payment requirement, Dutch antitrust agency says
I think you need to do some more research into your arguments before you type them.tehabe said:
If you don't know what the difference between the compitition between Trader Joe's and Target and the competition between Android and iOS is, that there is no way I can explain it to you. Why is this so hard to understand what the differences are? Why simple grocery store around the corner and the app store on your phone are not the same? I mean, I could buy an HP printer from store A and get the ink from store B but I can't buy an app for my iPhone from store A today and store B tomorrow. And I would have to switch the entire platform, with all the consequences it entails. How is that the same of getting bread from store A today and store B tomorrow? Sorry, but you really don't understand what a monopoly is and what it isn't.mark fearing said:
No, what you write is riddled with non-logic and inconsistencies. Again - what you are saying is I can't buy Target products at Trader Joes. And what about grocery stores charging SELF fees? Is THAT illegal? If so on what grounds? If a supplier doesn't pay shelf fees, guess what, they don't get into the store. None of what you say can be applied to any other situation in any way. It's really just anger that another company has had success and you want to make sure they don't.
And if Apple has only success because they use their market power on iOS, I mean they just advertised their services in the settings, than they can go bankrupt for all I care.Apple offers two things here.First it offers a device that you elected to buy knowing it was a walled garden. As part of that purchase you could use the device as Apple originally sold it to you with only Apples apps. In that scenario clearly not a monopoly because that arm of Apple sold you a product.
Second part of Apple’s offerings is a market place of goods (software), for the product you bought as an bonus added service to the previous purchase. You are not required to use this service. They marketed this service at the purchase as what it is.For the general thought, I purchase a membership at Costco. Costco provides me a card, a tangible object with terms and conditions. That tangible object it mine to use and enjoy. I could just put it in my wallet to say I have one or I could take selfies with it at the beach. My $60 bought me a piece of plastic and the ability to access their walled garden. Within that walled garden I can only access the products and services that Costco feels are appropriate and receives some revenue from. My $60 plastic card does not allow we to ask them to carry anything, does not allow we to buy at Sam’s club, or allows me to take their product and pay for it on the manufacturer’s website. For my $60, I got the privilege of being able to walk into the walled garden.
While Apple is guilty of being a control freak, they are not a monopoly. They are nothing more then a device seller and a service provider of a market place.By the way this is the current legislative benchmark in the US:
“…to monopolize any part of the trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, shall be deemed guilty…” Sherman Act 1890
Thankfully case law has adjusted the scope to align with modern commerce or every grocery store chain, fast food chain, or market that spans multiple state could be considered a monopoly.
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iPhone 13 Pro & iPhone 13 Pro Max review: Exceptional phones but the Pro Max underwhelms
Sorry but the Max line is still where my money goes. I don’t care about widget or icon size. As I put all my apps in folders, an extra row is not a criteria that I am concerned with.For me and my large hands, it is the feel and the large screen size, while being pocketable. The new IPad Mini does seem enticing to go to a two device system, but I want an all in one device for my daily driver.
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GoPro Hero 10 action cam unveiled with 5.3K video, 23MP stills
To me the better resolution is less about the end product being 5K but allowing to crop into a 4K timeline so you can have a great video and remove some of the edge distortion that inherently happens.rinosaur said:
You mean for streaming? A 100Mb connection would be enough with compression.cpenzone said:Can anyone's internet connection even handle that quality of video?Though for anything but large TVs the difference between 4 and 5k may not be worth the file size differences.Still not a fan of the butterfly mount, but I may upgrade this time.I do wish DJI would release the OMA2 before I commit, as they had a nice showing when it dropped.
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Apple's iPhone 13, Apple Watch Series 7 event is on September 14
I cannot believe I am the first one to type that it is about the Apple Car.The image is clearly headlights from a car projecting out into a winters backdrop, as in the California Dreaming song alludes.
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New malicious Lightning cable can steal user data from a mile away
I agree, but remember we can mitigated our personal risk by not using third-party stores or payments. I will be giving the respective government the finger by “voting” with my wallet. I will only buy through the Apple App Store, I will only use Apple checkout or another trusted one like PayPal.thrang said:And yet people actively voice they want to open iOS to third party app stores that who content is developed, delivered, and transacts data without Apple's security and privacy layers. And don't say "well don't use a third party app store if it's a concern".... Given how we currently share information between family and friends in a secure iOS, environment, it doesn't take much to see how someone else using a nefarious third party app may unwittingly expose some identifiable information about me even if I steadfastly avoid third party apps.
So if people will go to the extent of this cable hack, imagine what that might do if that had executable code on your phone that has not been vetted nor is monitored?
If you sandbox third party apps to prevent data leakage, then you would lose access to everything else that makes an iPhone great - I doubt Apple would allow such external apps connectivity to Messages, Mail, Contacts, Files, Game Center, Photos, password manager, Wallet, Face or Touch ID, Continuity, Safari, Calendar, etc, etc, etc.....
Frankly, I'm not very worried about this cable hack. But a third party app story would be extraordinarily detrimental and potentially dangerous.Just be cause some crooked politicians thinks forcing Apple to cut holes in the walled garden, doesn’t mean I will walk through them.
