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  • Apple gives some older iPhones OS updates, going back to iPhone 5s

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    spheric said:
    darkvader said:
    Nothing short of amazing.

    Amazing?  More like pitiful. 
    We have these little things — we call them "phones", but they're really hand-held computers, and most people replace them every two or three years. Yeah, it's a little disconcerting, I know.  
    What's truly disconcerting is that we've been convinced that we just have to discard perfectly useful devices every "two or three years" -- and that ending software support is one of the main causes. Maybe your attention spans are too short to remember the reviews when these devices were introduced five to seven years ago. They were described as breathtakingly fast with stunning graphics and remarkable power. They didn't get less powerful over the years; consumers have been trained to be permanently dissatisfied. Nice for my Apple shares; not so great for the resources new devices consume or the waste discarded devices generate (even with recycling programs).
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  • Microsoft says that if Apple isn't stopped now, its antitrust behavior will just get worse...

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    "Innovation will suffer."

    It's the go-to cry of the out-innovated.

    Also: Invoking the legacy of Ma Bell might backfire. The U.S. phone system was never better (relative to technology), and Bell Labs didn't seem to have a problem with innovation.
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  • Chip shortages could last until the second half of 2022, White House says

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    sconosciuto said:
    wood1208 said:
    Sure! This administration has no idea how to fix chip shortages. First they said, last half of 2021 than first quarter of 2022 and now 2nd half of 2022. Than 2023. Keep moving goal post. They don't know what they doing. Industry will figure out and make money by charging more to keep shortage, End result, inflation and regular people pay more for products.Salary has not gone up to keep up with inflation and now going to be rising Interest rate from FED.
    When did the US replace capitalism with a planned economy? Asking for a friend

    It's an interesting balancing act, isn't it? Soviet-style centralized planning is obviously a disaster, but the planning done by the Invisible Hand of the Marketplace is shortsighted and focused exclusively on cost. Maybe a little planning – offering some sort of support for industries deemed to be valuable to national economic security – wouldn't be such a bad thing, Charlie Brown.
    williamlondonDogperson

  • Apple thought low-cost TV dongle would ruin its premium reputation

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    Greg Joswiak and Phil Schiller overruled Twerdahl, saying that they didn't want Apple to get into the business of making cheap, low-margin devices. They also didn't want a cheap Apple-branded device to affect its reputation for premium hardware.

    This is an unfortunate case of falling for one's own PR and missing the real point. Offering premium products means Apple creates a TV dongle that just works better than the competition's and sells for more than theirs – not they don't enter the category at all. The attitude cited in the article is a sad condescension toward customers.

    williamlondondesignrwatto_cobra

  • US House of Representatives to recommend break up of Big Tech firms

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    wood1208 said:
    US Government getting into non-government business affairs is how they screw them up. Leave them alone. Once upon time Bell/AT&T,Kodak,Standard oil,etc,etc were big and could have expanded globally but look at where they are today.. Even threatening to break up restricts their ability to invest,grow and compete globally especially against Chinese companies where Chinese government continuously help beyond normal instead of hurting them. To compete against larger global competitors, you have to be big in size and balance sheet.
    Your initial point isn't entirely unfounded, but your examples aren't so great. The regional children created by breaking up Standard Oil have been able to compete just fine globally: Standard Oil of New Jersey, aka Exxon; Standard of New York, aka Mobil; Standard of Indiana, aka Amoco; Standard of California, aka Chevron. Kodak's demise was the result of poor management decisions and hubris. AT&T agreed readily to be broken up because it was sure it could use its expertise and resources to become a giant in computer technology; it was wrong.

    The argument about facing government-supported Chinese entities sounds like it was copied and pasted from the 1980s – just search for Japan and replace with China. That turned out not to be quite the danger it seemed. (Admittedly, China is larger and has more resources to bring to bear, so that might boost your argument.)

    Still, the lines of business demarcation for possible breakups of, for example, Apple or Amazon, are not readily apparent. Even a Democratic tidal wave in 2020 will not lead to that draconian a solution, but it does make a strong negotiating starting point for the government.
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