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  • Does Apple's platform need to be opened up?

    BiggieTallBiggieTall
    Not sure why anyone should expect the Apple platform to be treated like a “public good” to be opened up via governmental order to be harvested by other private money making entities. 

    Nerd and billionaire tech-bro rage over “our way is better” issues should only be decided by the market. Those with a better way can use their billions to invest in an alternative platform (new or existing) that does it “our way” instead of riding the government provided money train to continue spinning out more advertising to and collecting more data from the iphone users. 

    It seems a  good chunk of those tech-bro millions and billions, ironically enough, were made in product areas created directly or tangentially by the iPhone while operating under the same Apple rules and on the same Apple platform they now want to use the government to tear open. 
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  • Masimo open to an Apple Watch settlement, if Apple would only call

    BiggieTallBiggieTall
    There were reported talks within Apple to buy Masimo but they decided not to. 

    Prior to the Trade Commission ruling, Apple was one vote away in the jury trial from being found not guilty of patent infringement (5-1).  This resulted in a mistrial.  Apparently during the trial, Apple paraded its development team to the stand and each declared under oath how the Apple watch component was developed NOT using Masimo technology.  

    Btw Masimo was originally claiming $3B in damages at the trial but the judge threw out a bunch and it was reduced to $1.xB. 
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  • Russia's top tech giant is harvesting data from millions of iOS users

    BiggieTallBiggieTall
    “ The apps that use the AppMetrica API include games, messaging services, location-sharing tools, and "hundreds" of virtual private network (VPN) apps. Seven of the VPNs that researchers identify explicitly target a Ukrainian audience. Total downloads of apps with the API reach the hundreds of millions.”

    Name names please
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  • iPhone 13 Pro & iPhone 13 Pro Max review: Exceptional phones but the Pro Max underwhelms

    BiggieTallBiggieTall
    all cell phones "underwhelm" unless you need them or want them...then they don't. 

    The max is the max simply because there is an audience out there that wants a larger screen and are willing to absorb the cost difference to get that.  And you get some additional perks like battery life, video/camera enhancements as well. Not underwhelming. 

    ...and if you are in the apple upgrade program, there's no real reason to not get the max.

    ...and not sure Apple really wants to create and maintain another fork in its iPhone iOS software development  - max v non-max. 


    napoleon_phoneapart

  • Rogue Amoeba quits 'restrictive' Mac App Store

    BiggieTallBiggieTall
    …which relevant and impactful to probably no more than something like 0.001% of Mac users. 
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