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  • FireWire may finally be dead in macOS 26 & Apple isn't looking back

    mikethemartianmikethemartian
    FireWire has its roots going back to Atari in the mid 1980s then the engineer who was working on it, David Wooten, moved to Apple.

    The F35 uses FireWire.
    dewme

  • Apple appeals against EU mandate that it freely share its technology

    mikethemartianmikethemartian
    9secondkox2 said:
    chelin said:
    rob53 said:
    Apple owns its products not the EU. The EU has no right to dictate to Apple how its products operate. As I’ve said before, the EU has every right to build their own platforms but it’s obvious they don’t have the ability or talent to design and manufacture anything people, including those in EU countries, want. It’s time to boycott everything made in the EU but I’m not so sure there’s actually anything they make I really want. 
    Tell that to car or appliance makers.. all industries are regulated wherever they are 
    And yet whirlpool isn’t forced to share its tech with Maytag or vice versa. 
    Whirlpool and Maytag are the same company.
    sphericfreeassociate2watto_cobra

  • California Attorney General threatens lawsuit over potential 25% iPhone tariff

    mikethemartianmikethemartian
    Little Bonta isn’t going to do anything. The president has the authority to impose tarriffs and exercise trade policy. Tarriffs ate a trade tool. And he’s using them to get things fairer for America. 

    Cook has Trumps number. Just needs to call and provide some assurances. 

    Bonta needs to watch Bambi vs Godzilla. 
    It isn't "Bambi vs Godzilla" it's "Bambi Meets Godzilla".
    williamlondonbaconstangmacgui

  • Trump demands 25% tariff on any iPhone not made in the US

    mikethemartianmikethemartian
    I am waiting for the announcement that Melania will be joining Apple’s Board of Directors.
    baconstangwatto_cobra

  • Apple tests EU by adding scare screens to apps using third-party payments [u]

    mikethemartianmikethemartian
    JMaille said:
    I find it curious that something that tells you a fact that is absolutely true is referred to as a "scare screen."  

    Also why would this be a scare screen for people who are intentionally looking for apps that don't use Apple's eco-structure?

    Amd finally, does anyone know whether the EU has something like the 5th and 14th amendments to the US Constitution that explicitly prevent the government and the courts from forcing someone to provide things to others without compensation?  --- Oh, wait, I guess that doesn't matter, we don't follow those rules in the US anymore so why should the EU?
    An employee at Apple used the word “scary” in their internal communications about it so the court referred to them as “scare screens”

    From the court transcript:
    “In Slack communications dated November 16, 2021, the Apple employees crafting the warning screen for Project Michigan discussed how best to frame its language.  (CX-206.)  Mr. Onak suggested the warning screen should include the language: “By continuing on the web, you will leave the app and be taken to an external website” because “‘external website’ sounds scary, so execs will love it.”  (Id. at .2.) “
    ronnwilliamlondon