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  • EU tells Apple to justify its blocking of Epic Games

    dope_ahminedope_ahmine
    sirdir said:

    dewme said:
    This level of micromanagement is insane. Do these EU regulators have nothing at all to do other than to constantly harass Apple? 
    As long as Apple keeps harassing their customers and the developer that made them successful, please, yes, go on. 
    I'm both a customer and a developer, since way back. And I've never felt harassed by Apple …quite the contrary.

    Among the many hundreds of friends and colleagues I've had, I know only a single one who has ever left the Apple ecosystem. And that was entirely due to his employment contract.

    So, I guess harassment of Apple's customers and developers must be a local thing near you @sirdir ;
    Either that, or it's just more of the same old lie coming from people that claim to be Apple users …but are more like envious wannabes, who don't even understand the value of having a trustful gatekeeper at the doors of your community.
    tmaywatto_cobra

  • M3 MacBook Air review roundup: light and powerful AI machine

    dope_ahminedope_ahmine
    And it smells good too? Wow!!! That definately settles the matter. I'm getting one.    Thx, iJustine
    kdupuis77watto_cobra

  • Apple Vision Pro one month review: a new reality is setting in

    dope_ahminedope_ahmine
    Let’s be honest here, this thing will collect dust within a few months. As expected.
    Oh, so it's within a few "months" now. Up from a few "weeks" which was the prediction before its launch.

    You're always so positive, BrainFreeze. Let's talk again in a few months times. Maybe you have upgraded your prediction to a few "years" then. As expected.
    williamlondonwatto_cobra

  • Apple updates rules surrounding EU DMA compliance to address developer concerns

    dope_ahminedope_ahmine
    A maze of red tape to make it prohibitive.  An alternative app store on macOS requires no interaction or input from Apple at all.  An example is MacPorts.  The real answer here is customers demanding app freedom on iOS and iPadOS from Apple and voting with their dollars if Apple doesn't deliver.  The same app freedoms should exist on iOS/iPadOS as has existed on macOS since 1984: 'sideloading' allowed.  The very term 'sideloading' is itself a loaded term that presumes an authority that Apple doesn't have, control of YOUR device.  It is your device not Apple's.  You should be able to load on it whatever app you darn well please.   That is still true on the Mac.  It should be true for iPhones too.
    @libertymatters  You need to be able to distinguish between iOS and iPhone. You bought an iPhone, and that's yours to use as you see fit. You can throw it into a wall, or jailbreak it, or whatever. On that iPhone, Apple has preinstalled their iOS software without a separate charge. But you didn't buy iOS, and nobody is forcing you to use it either.

    You can see iOS as a free, large application with a bootloader, and the ability to add extensions to it. Therefore, Apple has the full right to decide what extensions ("apps") you can download and add to it. This is the way things have been in the digital world since the dawn of times. So, I would say that liberty matters as much as it ever did.
    muthuk_vanalingambadmonkget serioustmayBart Ywatto_cobra

  • Early M3 MacBook Air benchmarks aren't surprising

    dope_ahminedope_ahmine
    charlesn said:
    tht said:
    charlesn said:
    "Big" improvement over M2? Even Apple marketing isn't trying to make that claim, focusing instead on comparisons with Intel chips and M1. For the sake of argument, let's say the 20% bump in bench testing is accurate... what does that translate to in real world tasks? Is it even 10%? And considering that the vast majority of real world tasks are now handled instantly, how much does a 10% improvement on "instantly" matter? Possibly, professionals who work in processor-intensive tasks that do take time on a daily basis--video editing comes to mind--would benefit if everything was 10% faster. But those people are probably buying Macbook Pros or desktop machines. 

    And look, I get it: what was Apple going to do, NOT upgrade the MBAs to M3? Obviously, this needed to happen, if for no reason other than marketing purposes. But this is Apple's conundrum across product lines, except at the pro level: the hardware is already beyond what the vast majority of people will ever demand of it. Apple now needs new and compelling capabilities that require new hardware to drive the rationale for upgrading Apple products. We all know that the M4, M5, M-etc. chips are coming in a year, two, three, whatever. Do you care? Tell me what those machines will be able to DO that my current machines can't and you'll have my attention. 
    Software always uses up compute performance. People will upgrade to the M3, M4, etc, machines because new features will make older machines feel slower. One obvious thing that has soaked up compute performance are web sites. It's a grand software trend that more and more software will use web and advertising technologies. This software can bring low end hardware to its knees, especially if you have multiple web sites that are javascript and ad heavy. This trend has not ended, and is likely to get worse as more "native" apps end up be redesigned with web technologies, and websites become more pathological. 

    Machine learning and generative AI is obviously looming. It still the early days of "smart agents", and its features in the future will demand more hardware performance. So, there could be a smart agent feature that is continually evaluating what you are doing on the display, keeping a log as it goes along, continually re-polling the ML models. I can see today's M1, M2, M3 SoCs being too slow and hot for things like that.

    I also think Apple should add eye and hand tracking to Macs and iPads. If so, that soaks up more compute, more energy.
    Sorry, but this is word salad. 
    @charlesn ;
    I asked chatGPT if the text above can be considered "word salad". This is the reply:

    The text you provided is not a "word salad." It presents coherent arguments about the evolving demands on computing hardware due to software developments, including the impact of web technologies and the potential future requirements for machine learning and smart agent features. The ideas are connected and follow a logical progression, discussing how advancements might necessitate more powerful processors like the M3, M4, etc., and additional technologies such as eye and hand tracking, thus requiring more compute power and energy.

    Prompt: Could the claims that the text was word salad be an example of the so called cancel culture?
    Reply: Labeling coherent text as "word salad" could be perceived by some as an attempt to dismiss or undermine the arguments presented, without engaging directly with the content. This approach might be seen as part of broader behaviors associated with "cancel culture," where individuals or ideas are quickly dismissed or criticized without thorough discussion or debate.

    …or maybe you just need another cup of coffee ☕️
    muthuk_vanalingamdanoxbeowulfschmidtneilmwatto_cobra