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  • iPhone 15 Pro Max camera bump could go on a diet

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    darkvader said:
    You know what would be really cool?  NO camera bump.

    Just make the phone thicker.  We're going to do it with a case anyway, might as well not have the ridiculous looking camera bump.
    then the phone would be even thicker with the inevitable case, so no.
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  • Apple inching closer to noninvasive blood glucose testing tech

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    Counting down in 3...2...1... (for which non-practicing entity will sue them...)

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  • Apple may be getting a secret slice of Google Chrome search earnings

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    avon b7 said:
    DAalseth said:
    lkrupp said:
    BirderGuy said:
    I seriously think that without Apple and iOS that Google would be finished as an alternative platform. 
    I think you’re right but if Apple were to release such a service they would then immediately be accused of the anti-competitive behavior. That’s how it works with Apple these days, damned if they do and damned if they don’t.
    Very true. OTOH where’s the crime in accepting a cut from Google and not developing one? If they say it’s anticompetitive behaviour, then that’s on Google, not Apple. 
    The devil will be in the details. If Apple agreed to put its own search plans on ice as a result of a request from Google to not move ahead in exchange for payments, then the EU especially, might start scratching into the surface of things.

    Finding something with clear enough wording though is probably impossible so I can't see this going anywhere. 
    Even if that's exactly what happened, so what? Apple could make the decision to either forgoe the money and invest in their front facing search engine, or accept the money and not make the investment. Companies make decisions like the ALL THE TIME. Actually,  Apple has invested in a fully operational search engine, but backend for now (Siri search results)

    Now, if Google threatened to harm/degrade/impair performance to iOS users unless Apple took the deal, there might be some merit. But I deeply doubt that is the case.
    tht

  • Apple may be getting a secret slice of Google Chrome search earnings

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    Companies contract with a multitude of vendors for goods or services. Sometimes they rely on multiple vendors for the same component/service, sometimes they enter in a single-vendor/exclusive agreements. 

    They have this right, for most any reason they wish. I think there was a time decades ago ATI pissed off Steve Jobs for publicly talking about some arrangement with Apple while the were embargoed, pre-keynote. I don't think Apple after that.

    For for an agency to "publish" the details of a contractual agreement between any companies - unless it is proven to be an illegal agreement in court - is wrong.


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  • Apple and Google abuse market dominance, says Japan antitrust regulator

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    "Japan's regulator does allow that this may not always be possible, however. It adds "except when justifications are recognized from the viewpoint of security assurance and privacy protection."

    Well, duh, this is sort of the paramount point and the reason this is a really bad idea.

    To those who say, "well, YOU don't have to use a third party app store, so what are you worried about?", you further miss the point. We share significant amounts of content between friends and family. So my contact information, shared photos, contents of mail and text messages, and more, reside on my wife's, kids, and friends phones (all iOS) There is a greater level of trust to do so given the intrinsic security of the shared ecosystem. So it "someone else" starts using unvetted apps from a third party app store which does a lot of harvesting, you are indirectly harmed even if you yourself do not use a third party store. 

    For those that do, how does Apple address the aforementioned "security assurance and privacy protection" by allowing unvetted apps on the store? Do they allow unfettered access to all API's/tools/data? Do they cut off access to Contacts, Wallet, Messages, Mail, Photos, Files, and more to try and protect the ecosystem? What becomes exploitable by allowing a "front door" into iOS for third party app stores?

    I don't think many people think about the ramifications of this, and more fundamentally, this is product and feature of the Apple's / Google's businesses. To what level do we want governments, including unelected regulators, putting their hands on the wheels of free enterprise, innovation, investment, customer relations, and success? It is a very dangerous manner of thinking. 

    And where is there a vast majority of users even complaining about this? These is no cacophony, not barely a whimper... Most people are fully aware of the ecosystem, enjoy it , and feel well served and protected by it. 

    Let others innovate a better solution/ecosytem in the open market. 


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