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  • EU antitrust chief & Apple foe Margrethe Vestager out after 10 years

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    rob53 said:
    spheric said:

    Fidonet127 said:
    tlinn said:
    I will forever be grateful to the Europeans for forcing Apple to adopt USB-C. But the idea that Apple shouldn't be compensated for developing a platform that allows thousands of developers to make a living, or that the "fair" amount of compensation should be decided by developers seems ridiculous to me. Apple is not a charity, nor do they exist to be the world's R&D department. Much of what the Europeans are doing feels like protectionism.

    That said, there are plenty of examples where Apple disadvantages its own customers and stifles innovation—like forcing all browsers to use the same engine. This is where government action should focus. 
    There is no evidence that EU forced Apple to go USB-C as Apple was already heading there. Yes they put it into law, but the market was already forcing Apple to go USB-C. Due to timing, EU got the credit. 
    These statements are so telling: you all think the EU is all about Apple. Fact is, the EU doesn’t give a SHIT about Apple: the USB-C standardisation was about getting EVERYBODY to unify their charging. Apple was already headed there because they aren’t stupid and knew it was coming (and they probably talk regularly with the Commission), having sat out the horrific micro-USB suggestion. 

    The EU rightfully gets the credit for kicking everybody into supporting a single standard — they’d already been working with various manufacturers for a decade before Apple finally switched their iPhones, as well. 
    Why does everybody have to unify their charging standard? Europe has all kinds of electrical "standards" so why don't they adopt America's standard? There's no way America will adopt any non-American electrical standard. This is the EU having a double standard. They want to keep their standard and force others to adopt theirs even if it's inferior to others. How many electronic products are actually developed by the EU? Not anywhere near the number developed in the USA yet the EU continues to force American companies to do the stupid things the EU demands they do. 
    Because American electrical standards are dumb. You take out the plug and you can touch the two metallic pieces, whereas in Europe they are covered by plastic to avoid that. And American plugs can’t stay plugged properly because they are so badly shaped, the tiniest pull from the side moves the plug. Medieval tech. 
    sphericmuthuk_vanalingamgatorguyronn

  • Apple released the iMac 27 years ago and it's better than ever

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    I disagree with the comment about it being not cheap. At a certain point a few years back Apple sold the 5K iMac at a similar price of what other companies sold 5K displays alone, no computer attached. 
    watto_cobra

  • Leak shows rumored bronze titanium iPhone 16 Pro

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    I remember the ad where Apple mocked the brown Zune. This is the same color. 
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  • Microsoft blames European Commission for global CrowdStrike catastrophe

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    The EU cause the dinosaur extinction!
    baconstangwatto_cobra

  • Global chaos erupts as Windows security update goes bad

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    avon b7 said:
    My scheduled video conference with HP has hit the skids. I was told at 8am this morning that IT support were working on the problem but I doubt they'll apply the machine-by-machine workaround offered by Crowdstrike which requires booting into Safe Mode and deleting a file.

    It's touch and go for the meeting which is scheduled to start in 30 minutes. 

    It is more likely they'll wait for the fix from Crowdstrike to flush through the systems. 

    Global automated updates should be rolled out in phases to catch these glitches before they become wildfires. 

    I see some airlines still have boarding cards that can be handwritten for the lucky ones who have been able to get off the ground.

    EDIT: meeting postponed.
    The corrected update has already been rolled out. If the computer installed the wrong one it stopped working and the only way to fix it is to manually intervene. 
    tmaybaconstangwatto_cobra