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  • Spotify legal chief calls Apple a 'ruthless bully' that stifles competition

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    avon b7 said:
    Business revenue and market share of the different complainants are irrevelant to the issues being looked at. It is important to separate them. 

    The investigations will decide if the compaints themselves have any grounds or not. 

    The EU already appears to have found that Apple is in fact breaching competition rules.

    The size of Spotify played no role in that decision.

    The other investigations will run their course and we'll see what happens. 


    ACTUALLY... Spotify is saying these things about Huawei.
    pulseimageswatto_cobra

  • AirPods Max won't support Apple Music lossless over Lightning, HomePod also left out

    BeatsBeats
    Nice planning Apple.

    HomePod I understand

    HomePod Mini.. ehhhh I’d let it slide.

    But AirPods Max?!?!

    Hopefully WWDC will be full of new audio gear announcements. Apple will destroy competitors if they announced:

    Beats line with Apple Music lossless support and spatial audio

    AirPods/Pro/Max with Apple Music lossless support

    HomePod with Apple Music lossless support

    I understand most people won’t tell the difference but it will be marketing genius for both hardware and Apple Music. 
    williamlondonbyronlelijahgScot1

  • Apple denied Microsoft request to bypass 30% commission for Office

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    crowley said:
    Beats said:
    crowley said:
    Beats said:
     Removing Fortnite was petty and although it doesn’t affect us AI readers much it did affect iPhone users who did play the game hours a day. 
    I thought they just removed it from the store, not existing installs?

    I believe if you don’t update the game it doesn’t play(there was an update post removal). The app may be on your iPhone but won’t actually let you play it.
    Ok, that makes sense.  But the update was down to Epic, so they're the ones who have broken the iOS app.

    I can tell you don’t play Fortnite(not a negative statement). This game gets updates frequently and they have “seasons” which are updates. Everyone has to be on the latest version to play. Apple didn’t get the latest version. When you don’t have the latest version a pop-up asking you to update appears, basically a gatekeeper.
    FileMakerFellerwatto_cobra

  • FTC concludes manufacturer repair restrictions harm consumers

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    Until Uncle Joe’s repair shop starts messing up everyone’s iPhones while voiding the warranties.

    Then these “right to repair” idiots will blame Apple for Uncle Joe’s failures. 

    williamlondonBittySondoozydozenbaconstangwatto_cobra

  • New study finds that Night Shift does not improve sleep quality or quantity

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    dysamoria said:
    Apple has tacitly inferred a lack of evidence for this feature to help sleep, instead on iOS states that it is easier on the eyes. Also the health app’s health checklist and the specific sleep portion of the app makes no mention of it whatsoever. macOS states "This may help you get a better night's sleep."

    That said, for some, it is a reminder to put down the phone. 
    It definitely feels easier on my eyes. The lowest brightness on my phone is too bright, especially with Apple’s stupid minimal empty design of vast amounts of white space. I’m envious of people who have dark mode on their phones. Just checking the weather or the time or a middle-of-the-night message is painful to my eyes with all this white space.

    Dark mode is the only reason I want to update iOS beyond iOS 12.x. What’s stopped me so far is fear of performance loss (which I’m getting anyway, even without OS changes, because online services are getting sluggish: looking at you, autocorrect & keyboard lag)... ...but the worst issue is the loss of Safari iCloud sync with my Macs stuck at High Sierra.

    I use Night Shift 24/7 as the blue light hurts my eyes.

    Here’s an iPhone hack for sensitive eyes:

    https://www.imore.com/how-use-and-customize-accessibility-shortcut-iphone-and-ipad

    Choose “reduce white point”.




    Now when you triple click the home button or side button (FaceID devices) you’ll have access to even lower brightness than previously available.
    StrangeDays