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  • Judge in Epic v. Apple trial presses Tim Cook on App Store model, competition

    dope_ahminedope_ahmine
    Beats said:
    danvm said:
    Beats said:
    I think Epic will eventually lose.  
    They cannot call Apple a monopoly nor anti-competitive in this case.
    All they can do is build a better or cheaper product to compete against Apple.  Good Luck with that.

    Microsoft should be ashamed of itself for testifying against Apple in this case.
    Microsoft ashamed?

    You're talking about the people that delivered Vista having shame?

    The company who makes knockoff everything Apple. 
    I suppose Apple have knockoffs too, 

    Surface Pro / iPad Pro
    Tile / AirTag
    Spotify / Apple Music
    Netflix / Apple TV+
    Sonos / HomePod
    GamePass / Apple Arcade

    Looks like nobody is perfect, including Apple.  

    You can’t be that stupid are you?

    If you wanna move the goalposts and call all speakers a knockoff you’re gonna have to go way back in history. Idiot. 
    What about the rest of the things this person talked about that is a direct copy? Apple copies too, everyone does. 
    Don’t even try to insinuate that all companies are equally bad. Being fair, honest and user friendly does pay off.
    killroyGeorgeBMacwatto_cobra

  • Judge in Epic v. Apple trial presses Tim Cook on App Store model, competition

    dope_ahminedope_ahmine
    danvm said:
    Beats said:
    baconstang said:
    I think Epic will eventually lose.  
    They cannot call Apple a monopoly nor anti-competitive in this case.
    All they can do is build a better or cheaper product to compete against Apple.  Good Luck with that.

    Microsoft should be ashamed of itself for testifying against Apple in this case.
    Microsoft ashamed?

    You're talking about the people that delivered Vista having shame?

    The company who makes knockoff everything Apple. 
    I suppose Apple have knockoffs too, 

    Surface Pro / iPad Pro
    Tile / AirTag
    Spotify / Apple Music
    Netflix / Apple TV+
    Sonos / HomePod
    GamePass / Apple Arcade

    Looks like nobody is perfect, including Apple.  

    iPad is not a Surface knockoff, independent of Pro or not. Pro is a natural incremental evolution of the basic model, and iPad (basic model) was the inspiration for Surface.

    Apple Music is not a Spotify knockoff. But rather the opposite; Spotify = iTunes (Apple Music) + subscription model. And remember, Spotify didn’t invent the subscription model either. They just followed the trend.
    killroywatto_cobra

  • System 7 transformed the Mac on May 13, 1991

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    MicDorsey said:
    My first Mac, a IIci, came with System 7.

    When I hear people complain about the cost of Apple computers and devices today, I have to laugh. The cost of entry to become a desktop publisher in 1991:
    Mac IIci: $4,095 (5MB RAM, 200MB hard drive)
    Keytronic keyboard: $139
    Microtek 600ZS color scanner: $1,469
    Apple Laserwriter: $1,799
    Ikegami 20" color monitor: $1,990
    Cables: $18
    NET INVOICE $9,570
    TAX $737
    TOTAL $10,307

    Now, keep in mind those were 1991 dollars…
    Impressive …that you keep receipts that long.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple, Epic Games experts debate whether iOS gamers switch to other platforms

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    iSRS said:
    So I had an original PlayStation. Then a PS2. Then an original Xbox when that launched. Know what I've never bought since? A PlayStation. no PS3, PS4, PS5.

    I have bought an Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X

    So shouldn't Epic also be suing Microsoft? I can't sideload their games on my Xbox. I'm far more locked in to Xbox than Apple, even though I've been using and buying Apple products since 1983....
    Yup, when you keep buying the same things because you like them, then you’re locked in. Funny, I never thought it would feel so nice to be “locked in”.
    thtFileMakerFellerwatto_cobra

  • Zuma launches combined AirPlay 2 smart speaker and ceiling light

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    maestro64 said:
    ^ I really hate you guys, you peed on this before I even had chance to enjoy the idea's for few minutes.

    We're building a new house and I have been struggling how best to deal with whole home audio, we talked about homepod everywhere but Apple killed off the original and small one is no where as good as original, I looked at speakers everywhere connected to one or multiply atv via an amplifier and speaker matrix, there is a speaker matrix that supports airplay 2 but it's costly. Then we did not want speaker grills all over our house, this would have been good idea, but as it was pointed out, what about power, and it is probably not good light or speaker.

    Now homekit the lights and airplay 2 the speakers this could work.
    Yeah, we are in the same situation and had also planned to buy a whole bunch of HomePods. Now I have a hard time finding decent wireless speakers with Airplay 2 / HomeKit, especially ones that don’t mess our interior deco up to much. So please, share any findings maestr64.
    watto_cobra