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  • It's impossible to compete with Apple, says third-party iPhone repair shops

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    Alrescha said:
    In 2019 via the BBC:
    In response to a question about how much the company earns from repair services, Apple said: "For each year since 2009, the costs of providing repair services has exceeded the revenue generated by repairs."

    Given that, it seems optimistic to think that independent repair shops could do better.  They have every right to try, but Apple has no obligation to make their business model profitable. 

    Alternatively, given that, doesn’t it seem like it would benefit Apple to make it possible for independent repair shops to do better?
    williamlondon

  • Battle of the sexes: Men and women like different iPhone models

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    My wife has a 12, and I have a 12 mini. For me, pocketability and weight was key. Anything I want to do on a larger screen I do on my iPad. She doesn’t use an iPad, and does a lot of work work on her phone out in the field, so she wanted the more portable larger screen. 
    sphericBart Ybaconstangjeffharrisartdentwatto_cobra

  • Google's 'Bard' chatbot completely botches first demo

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    waveparticle said:
    The nearest star is four light years away. There is no way any telescope will be able to see a planet of any star so far away. 
    As noted in the NASA link in the article itself, the first planet directly imaged by a telescope was in 2004, when the VLT telescope pictured one in a system 230 light years away. The mistake referenced in the article was not that they could see a planet using the telescope, but that they were nowhere near being the first to do so.
    lolliverStrangeDaysuraharaFileMakerFellerravnorodomwatto_cobrabyronljony0

  • White House calls Apple and Google 'harmful' in bid to cut app store fees

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    Madbum said:
    spheric said:
    Madbum said:
    This White House , which I regretfully voted For

    is fast tracking our families  to a Nuclear War vs Russia….

    is helping European Union bashing America’s greatest companies while doing nothing against European companies 



     a complete shit show in more ways than one ….
    😂😂😂

    I was waiting for someone to tie this into EU-bashing. 
    Well, do you see EU bash their own companies? No they know how to protect their own and tax base.

    but current American government stands with Europeans more than Americans ….
    Do you really expect us to see coverage in the media of European regulation of European companies? Just because you don’t see it doesn’t mean it isn’t happening. The companies we’re talking about here are technically American companies, but they’re really fully international in their scope, size and influence. Not surprising they get attention from everywhere.
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  • White House calls Apple and Google 'harmful' in bid to cut app store fees

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    foregoneconclusion said:
    ranson said: I fail to understand how this compromises YOUR security. It's very simple. If YOU don't want to use a third party store or sideloading to have access to an app, then YOU don't have to. See, no security problem for you. But others, who want to put software on their phone that Apple has declined to list in their App Store, should have that opportunity, given it is their device that they own.  None of that compromises YOUR security in any way.
    That would only be true if there was a legal requirement for developers to make their app available in the App Store as well as in third party stores. 

    Market forces should drive them to make their apps available in both places, if the numbers of consumers who want the security of the Apple ecosystem are truly as large as we’re claiming here.
    williamlondon