MacsWithPenguins

mubaili said:

Apple could easily say any customer who pays for the iOS software can do whatever they want. It costs $499 initially and $99 updates.

The iPhoneOS updates for iPod Touch used to initially cost money every time you upgraded to a new major release. Apple said it was a regulatory issue. Even much more than a decade later, I haven’t heard the exact details on why. I think it was related to the firmware.

Apple should definitely charge a significant amount to enable sideloading, to cover the support costs for customers coming into Apple Stores with problems related to non-approved 3rd-party apps, such as slow crash-prone phones with short battery life, malware infections, etc. For the business model to work for Apple, every new device bought, would need to be ”pay-to-unlock” enabled. I do not know what kind of price tag is reasonable for them, but I’m rather thinking a one-time $349 registration fee per device you own. Also, flipping that switch for sideloading invalidates AppleCare+. Messages will popup and alert the user that ”your paid-for AppleCare+ deal will be immediately canceled due to clauses in section X.1 concerning unverified installation of applications”

Apple: ”Hmm, we got all these billions. Not sure what to do with this … we just bought a ton of startups earlier today. What now?”
Employees: ”How about showing us some appreciation for once?”
Apple: ”Well … a few select, extremely vital people can get a little bit of our money, to make sure we don’t encounter an engineering resource crisis”.

Employees: ”Really? That’s your move? *Leaves for Twitter, Microsoft and startups*”

I’m waiting for a video meme where you see a super-long chip, which just goes on and on for a minute until it is presented as the ”Apple M1 200X Ultra” or something.

stuartf said:

Except…

John Turnes of Apple quite literally said that the M1 Ultra completes the M1 line up just days ago

It is more likely that the MacPro will be based on M2 silicon or even a completely different design


Stuart

John Ternus, yeah. It makes more sense to present an M2 chip with new tech that allows for 2 or 4 TB RAM, as there are likely game studios and animation studios like Pixar and their Dreamworks rival wanting massive amounts of RAM for highly sophisticated 3D rendering. I know rhey hot rendering farms already, but I imagine Apple’s hardware could make initial animation sketching and storyboarding more efficient?

Finally! Excellent news! Hoping to see my Logitech MX Master 3 and MX Keys work better after this. It had a very rough start with M1 on Big Sur, but they mostly work fine now. Very stable on a daily basis in Monterey, but there are still minor issues now and then, especially when connected to a work PC laptop running Win 10.