Gaby

The discrepancy in scores between the the M1 Pro and M2 Pro in terms of CPU performance has nothing at all to do with comparing base models with upgraded ones. It is simply to do with the fact that the new machine is equipped more for efficiency and is effectively fighting with one hand behind its back - The first generation of Apple silicon had 8 performance cores and 2 efficiency cores. Two more than this years range which has been differentiated with two variants of M2 Pro - the base having 6 performance cores to the spec bumped model having 8. Both this year however have an additional 2 efficiency cores.
 

rob53 said:

EU is a dictatorship, plain and simple. At this point Apple needs to seriously tell the EU to GTH. The US needs to triple import duties on EU goods effectively shutting the EU down. The US should also reduce exports to the EU and cut off any financial support. 

I live in Europe (UK) and I completely agree with you. Why they want to homogenise everything makes no sense to me. Companies should have every right to differentiate. Being as ideas in themselves cannot be patented and more and more frequently tech companies  as an example copy one another any way they can, differentiating through developing specific hardware and implementations is one of the only protections left. Granted there are huge problems with concentrated wealth but this is not the way to solve this issue in my opinion 

And people complained about Apples system… I have to say that I am against any weakening of encryptions or privacy protections but in terms of which method is the lesser of two evils Apple’s solution is the less intrusive. The language in this Bill truly is terrifying. I have to say that considering that the police constantly complain that they don’t have the resources to deal with crimes as it is I find it farcical that more and more legislation continues to be added. Not to downplay the significance of sexual abuse in any way but one has to be pragmatic and decide whether the the attack on privacy is justified. It seems to me police forces do less and less detection and real crime fighting and are becoming merely administrative in their roles. 

@rrabu  I’m assuming that she has some sort of cognitive impairment/disability. Though I could be  wrong and perhaps she is just plain stupid…
 I think Apple in the case of these sort of apps is just being greedy; there are so many cases of uninformed parents allowing kids to make purchases without understanding that there are millions of these predatory apps out there, ( though personally I think parents should be more proactive and educate their children as a lot of problems are down to lazy parenting.)  moreover you have vulnerable people who don’t understand that they’re spending real money. Not to mention those with addiction issues. The money that must get wasted annually I’m sure is staggering. I feel Apple should just ban these sort of apps. There’s no excuse for charging 99.99 for a box of coins or a stupid costume etc. They’re laughing all the way to the bank. Apple has so many streams of revenue that they would be just fine without in game IAP. They’d also be setting a great example and potentially lead other companies to end the practice entirely - Much to the chagrin of devs everywhere I’m sure…

While no doubt welcomed by some, Anyone who is even remotely lucid will be cognisant of the fact that this comes at a very convenient time and is frankly nothing more than a token gesture, and too little too late. and won’t placate anyone but the most dim witted among us or our Governments.