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  • US DOJ attacks nearly every aspect of Apple's business in massive antitrust suit

    chris_kalanchris_kalan
    Uhhh, didn't Apple address basically all of these in the last few months?

    Restrictions on the App Store applied to "super apps," and in doing so, limiting the growth of apps for third parties
    - this is the only one I could see them still needing to do some additional work on

    Cloud streaming services are limited by Apple, specifically game-streaming services
    - they began allowing these apps, including things like Xbox GamePass / Cloud Streaming earlier this year

    Excluding cross-platform messaging apps, forcing people to continue to buy iPhones to maintain messaging
    - unless they're talking about specific apps not being allowed because they're trying to forego iMessage TOCs, there are plenty of apps available: WhatsApp, Telegram, every social media app under the sun, etc.

    Diminishing the functionality of non-Apple smartwatches, by limiting access to software and hardware features
    - not sure what this is referring to at all

    Limiting digital wallets, and preventing use of the near-field communications to third-parties
    - These were opened widely with Tap to Pay on iPhone
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  • Alternative app marketplaces won't work outside of the EU

    chris_kalanchris_kalan
    On device VPN apps may not circumvent this, but a router-based VPN should, as the traffic being sent to and from the iPhone will masked at the router level, so the iPhone shouldn't be any the wiser.
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  • Reports are spreading about a very specific Apple Vision Pro front glass crack

    chris_kalanchris_kalan
    anantksundaram said:
    This is not good. 

    Overall, it reeks of being a rushed product,  notwithstanding the very good initial reviews. 
    How does one issue notwithstanding all the good reviews you even mention make this "reek" of being a rushed product?
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  • If you kept an original iPhone in the box, it might be worth $30,000

    chris_kalanchris_kalan
    Buying the stock has yielded more than that!
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  • Two unannounced iPads may have been revealed by Logitech

    chris_kalanchris_kalan
    ionicle said:
    Doyyyyy…. But not exactly hard to predict that the annually refreshed iPad pros are getting an annual refresh
    Not quite annually refreshed - the last one was April 2021. The first and second models had two years between them, the next was a year and a bit, the next was 18 months - iPad Pro doesn't have a predictable cyclical refresh the way that iPhone or Apple Watch do.
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