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  • Apple will try to talk its way out of a $40 billion fine on Tuesday

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    iOSDevSWE said:
    I’m an iOS developer working for the government in the EU. Because of my job I often meet Apple that asks us about possible way to improve our use of iPhones. Last meeting I had with a woman that came especially from Apple London, the question of NFC came up. For us obviously we are not interested in using NFC for a payment solution but for writing NFC Desfire cards to replace keycards. That person told me it was not possible as it’s interfering with Apple Pay… and now they say they do not?
    And please, keep away your comments “we hate Americans” because it is not true. I do not want to use Android phones but because of the way Apple has closed NFC we still have to use droid phones as well for some use cases (which sucks).
    The solution is actually really easy as I mentioned to her: create a programme where companies get granted a special entitlement (like critical notifications) that can easily be revoked if a company is not following Apple’s guidelines. I’m still waiting for the response from Apple on this one. In the meantime I didn’t know they were going to trial because of that. I would say it’s a pity, Apple should listen more to its premium users and government agencies requests (as long as it’s reasonable like in my case, I’m not asking for backdoors in their iPhones 😉)
    That argument 'it would interfere with ApplePay' is quite definitely wrong. How come that works for some US universitiesm, where they actually use that exact mechanism for students to get access to campus infrastructure.
    See their press release here https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2018/10/apple-adds-support-for-contactless-student-id-cards-in-wallet/
    aderutterkillroy

  • Apple will try to talk its way out of a $40 billion fine on Tuesday

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    slurpy said:
    40 BILLION? That's fucking insane. How much money does Apple Pay even make Apple? I think it's almost negligent. It's more of a value added feature for their ecosystem. 

    Pure insanity. Meanwhile companies that engage in actual egregious shit get no punishments, or pathetic slaps on the wrist. 
    Those fines are supposed to REALLY hurt. So it makes sense they are based on a percentage of the worldwide revenue. Otherwise companies might just continue doing illegal business practices accepting 'low' fines as the cost of doing business. Since the EU cares about adherence to law more than about money, that makes sense.
    muthuk_vanalingamavon b7cornchipwilliamlondonkurai_kage

  • iPhone 15 Pro rumored to get Thunderbolt connectivity

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    PERockwell said:
    I push the BS button on this one. Thunderbolt chips are expensive. Thunderbolt is over-kill.  Take a look at the cost of external USB-C drives vs Thunderbolt drives if you want an idea.
    If you want to drive up the cost of iPhones excessively, then go right ahead and put Thunderbolt in them.

    USB-C as a connector and USB 3.2 Gen 2, USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 or USB 4 are much more appropriate for these devices. 
    I guess the situation with Thunderbolt is very similar to the Firewire saga. A great idea (Firewire used to be the superior choice to USB while it lasted) in theory, but bogged down due to high licensing cost (making those ports expensive to install). Since USB uses the 'dirty trick' of being backwards ... compatible it eventually pushed Firewire out of the market.
    I predict the same for Thunderbolt, made even worse through that whole cabelling mess. It all uses the USB-C plug and in the end it's the cable that 'decides' the protocol being used. Since the cables are literally indistinguishable from the outside, bad experiences are to be expected (all those cheapo cables and you are lucky to get USB2.0 speeds out of them).
    watto_cobra

  • Tim Cook saw big money in App Store ads, shot down early resistance

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    Yep the next Release they'll rename it the Apple AdStore

    muthuk_vanalingam

  • M2 Extreme Mac Pro due in 2023, MacBook Pro still in 2022

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    macxpress said:
    If Steve were here Apple would have completed its transition on time... /s
    Maybe on marketing terms, but not in reality. Still remember the day Apple reported the transition to Intel is over. At that time they simply stopped selling the PowerPC based Servers and it took several months to at last introduce the new Intel based servers.

    So following that lead Apple now could simply stop the manufacturing and sale of Intel based Macs and declare 'mission accomplished'. Obviously that would just happen (no press release about dead products). ... and personally I think the Pro desktops are the 'xServers' of this transition. Maybe they'll disappear as well in the next few years.
    watto_cobra