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Apple partnering with advocacy groups to foster critical thinking and news literacy
The moment you step out of the US, the truth looks very different on many issues from when inside.
The US "democracy" that is imposed on the world often at gun-point, drone-point or all kinds of sanctions do look very different to those being "democratized".
So Apple need to tread very carefully about what is fake or true to not alienate customers outside the US.
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Apple's new 2019 iMacs deliver twice the speed as previous model, Vega graphics option
This is what an incremental update looks like!
Hopefully Apple has learned a lesson or two, and will keep these incremental coming at regular, reasonably predictable intervals. Meanwhile, here is a lot to like for many existing and new users.
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Netflix will not offer programming on Apple TV service
How did they compete with their content providers and software developers in the iOS app store with a handful of titles published vs the millions of Apps and countless categories provided by non-Apple developers?leavingthebigg said:
Please stop the history rewrite. From the start of the App Store Apple competed with their content providers and software developers.ElCapitan said:Apple is on a path to depleting their own ecosystem of diversity and selection.
Why is anyone surprised that other companies don't want to pay to be in the space where Apple is a direct competitor? There used to be a time when Apple as a matter of policy never competed with their content providers or software developers on their platform. But not any more. – Obviously Timmy has too much time and money on his hand.
Apple provided every developer the opportunity to do better and/or different than Apple. Apple also provided and still provides every developer the opportunity to develop free native apps, native apps that cost whatever the developer wanted/wants to charge and/or Web-based apps.
Every upgrade to the Netflix app for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV is still made available to Apple’s customers as long as the developer’s license fee is paid. Netflix claims its App Store earnings weren’t that great. I challenge Netflix to remove its app from the App Store to prove it can truly go its own way without Apple’s App Store.
Apple's history of neutrality with developers and content providers did not start with iOS, but dates back to just about as far as the history of the company. Even right after the launch of the Mac in 1984 you had a healthy catalog of apps developed by non-Apple developers and Apple did never try to compete with them, but worked to enhance and improve their creations by adding better hardware, system software, dev tools and utilities to their lineup.
It is just Timmy who is fixated on suddenly getting "creative" as the behest of their core products. What he risks is throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
Also if Netflix's revenue on the App Store never was great, it does not cost them anything to just remove their presence. Then Apple can sit there with their 11 own productions and a load of disgruntled customers. -
Netflix will not offer programming on Apple TV service
Apple is on a path to depleting their own ecosystem of diversity and selection.
Why is anyone surprised that other companies don't want to pay to be in the space where Apple is a direct competitor? There used to be a time when Apple as a matter of policy never competed with their content providers or software developers on their platform. But not any more. – Obviously Timmy has too much time and money on his hand.
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Apple unveils 5th-gen iPad mini with Apple Pencil support, better Retina display
I bet the updated mini will make a great run with businesses who need a small device that can fit in a cargo pant or jacket pocket. The pencil support makes it easier for workers to do quick data entry when out and about. Helps for taking signatures too.
