chutzpah

Calamander said:

"Nothing suggests that X Corp. will actually lead to the X app"

Nothing. 

Except Elon Musk publicly stating that Twitter will become X, the everything app. Over and over again. 

Elon Musk publicly states a lot of things.  Someone should do an infographic of how often they're true; I doubt it will be complimentary.

waveparticle said:

Will he tell the truths? The truths that numerous AI members pretend to know China best?

Why would Tim Cook talk about AI members?

darkvader said:

ApplePoor said:

Apple has had a cast of thousands and many years of work to create a secure store system. These cheap ass folks want the free ride without the expense s of keeping a secret environment and many frankly will be providing free virus infections with their products.

I do not want want a virus infested device that corrupts my complete system in addition to the iPhone.

Because the Macintosh is just FULL of viruses, it's insane how awful having the ability to install your own software is!

Oh, wait.  It isn't.  There's really not all that much Mac malware, and what does exist is pretty easy to clean up.  It's almost like what you're saying is utterly false and without merit.  Apple needs to open up the iPhone for users to be able to install apps from any source of their choosing, and if they won't do it willingly then governments need to force them to do it.

(And that's not even what this story is about anyway.)

There is so little Mac malware that Apple doesn't even ship Macs with a default setting restricting application installs from unknown sources.
There is so little Mac malware that Apple doesn't bother maintaining XProtect, a file with all known malware that can be detected by system security and quarantined if it is ever found.
There is so little Mac malware that Apple doesn't bother running a notarisation service in order to apply certification to developers.
There is so little Mac malware that Apple never even bothered to bring the sandboxing model to the Mac, because why would it ever need that when there's no malware.
There is so little Mac malware that this list is completely empty: https://www.macworld.com/article/672879/list-of-mac-viruses-malware-and-security-flaws.html

Nah, no malware at all, and Apple aren't even trying at all, so why worry about opening up another 1 billion devices with persistent internet connections.  What could possibly go wrong; there's no malware!

Dooofus said:

This case had no merit to begin with. Create your own platform if you want your browser on it.

That's not the issue, read the story.

JP234 said:

What's the big fuss? I haven't plugged my iPhone into a charger for 3-4 years. I use a Belkin wireless charger, and will continue to do so.

You do understand that other people exist right?  The world thankfully isn't populated with clones of you.