Madbum

JP234 said:

genovelle said:

JP234 said:

So sayeth the Oracle of Omaha. And he's right. You pay $30-40K for a car that does one thing. You pay $1K for a device that does more things than you can count or even remember, many of them essential of important to your daily life.

It's the bargain of the millennium. And enough people know that, consciously or not, that Apple Inc. is a cash machine, and will remain so for the foreseeable future, regardless of global events, market fluctuations or technology advances (the iPhone will be at the forefront there).

I agree ☝🏾. I hadn’t considered it like this, but Apple’s secret weapon is solving problems people don’t know they have in stealth mode and having the iphone in their pocket facilitate it effortlessly. Once they own two current devices and experience the seamless integration, they can’t go back. If they do for some reason their absence will be short lived v

That secret weapon of which you speak was the essence of Steve Job's genius. You saw it the first time he showed the world the iPod. 10,000 tunes in your pocket, with little white earbuds that became status symbols. No need to lug a bag bull of CDs & a Walkman on a fanny pack anymore. A revolution and an evolution, indeed!

JP234 said:

Well, now that they have samples of the M-series chips, it's just a matter of time before they reverse engineer their own using them as templates.

AppleZulu said:

ericthehalfbee said:

lkrupp said:

Government regulations being proposed will make this ‘victory’ moot. So maybe Epic can open its own app store in the EU but not in the U.S. ? How ill that be handled?

This will kill any proposed legislation in the US. Nobody is going to try and pass a law that overrides the rulings of two courts. I think they were waiting for this outcome before moving on, and now any proposed bills will be shelved.

As to allowing a separate store in the EU it will be simple. Depending on the country you live you’ll get a slightly different version of iOS.

What I expect to happen in the EU is numerous criminals and shady developers are going to infest iPhones with malware and privacy invading features. Users will be screaming at Apple (who else will they blame) and Apple will sue the EU for instituting a law that directly caused harm to iPhone users. Unlike the imaginary harm the EU is trying to prevent by forcing 3rd party stores. 

Excuse me while go troll Epic and the Coalition for App Fairness over this loss. ߘ馬t;/div>

That’s not how this works. Unless the courts rule something is unconstitutional (that didn’t happen in this case), a court ruling doesn’t stop pending legislation. In fact, if lawmakers don’t like how a court rules on something under current law, their remedy is specifically to pass legislation to change the law. 

I’d rather they didn’t, but that’s the remedy. If courts rule that existing law won’t force a change that they want, their next step is to try to pass a law that will. 

jmaximus said:

Madbum said:

Great victor for Apple over the Chinese communist owned Epic games.

Tik Tok spying for China is in the news but Epic is just as dangerous 

I disagree on the fundamental assessment that only Apple can operate a secure digital store. With the DMA coming in Europe Apple will be forced to allow 3rd party stores. 

Don’t get me started on blocking developer accounts you disagree with. That sounds like communist stance to me.