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  • Samsung admits a screen protector defeats Galaxy S10 fingerprint sensor

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    Wow, if iPhones did this, it would be the end of the world. But Samsung can even have a phone that blows up and it's just business as usual...
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  • Apple Pay under scrutiny by EU for possible anti-competitive payment practices

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    g3. said:
    Limiting usage of NFC for 3rd parties is clearly anti-competition behavior. It’s like to say you will use only Safari at your iPhone because of security. It will not go like that forever. It can’t. Apple is just milking NFC payments and keep all generated on iPhone for themselves. 
    More to say, apple pay didn’t improve “payment culture” in Europe much. When US was using swipe and sign, EU was doing chip and pin payments (more secure) and contactless payments were pretty common long before apple pay. In general, acquiring and payment services as such are more developed in EU - that’s for the innovations.
    Main point is that Apple is really limiting developers to make use of NFC and deliver additional services on top of apple pay...
    As long as these banks will let Apple, and anyone else, make a debit card for their accounts. I mean a direct debit card that takes from the accounts directly without the bank being involved.... heck, let me make a debit card for other customers if I want. That will improve the "payment culture" in Europe. And that would in no way be abused.
    Or is that not an option because of security?

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  • Apple Music, other streaming services account for 80% of music industry revenue

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    Cd killed the vinyl album, digital downloads killed the CD, streaming killed the digital download...
    All the while the money actually getting to the artist has declined.
    There is no longer a real investment in developing music and musicians. So we get mostly crap for popular music. Even more than before. And that music is taking the biggest part of the money out there.
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  • Apple demands review of Red's Rawcode format patent

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    Graham is the driving force behind Redcode Raw. He wrote most of this. This patent is 100% solid. RED has changed the video world with this.
    As Jarred said, this happens all the time to valuable patent holders... as we see with Apple.
    watto_cobra

  • BMW says annual $80 CarPlay fee needed for ongoing testing & development

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    Ciprol said:
    This is hilarious and sad for a car company that once was on the top of my admiration list. At my last car purchase 3 years ago, it was exactly this arrogance and demand for extra money for CarPlay that made me pick up a Merc instead. Merc provided CarPlay/GooglePlay support as a part of its default factory package and without charge. Sorry, BMW can continue to lose sales with it as I approach my next car update cycle.
    My favorite car I've owned of all time is the 750iL. I've always loved BMWs. I've had 6 so far.
    I bought a Porsche Cayenne turbo last time I needed a car. My brother bought the X5 M. Mine is way better.
    I bought a new Mercedes last week for the wife.
    No more money for BMW from me. I'm going to keep my nickles and dimes.
    /well that and their cars stink now
    //really stink, like bad

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