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EU's latest demand on Apple about geolocking is unforgivably naive
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Apple does accept PayPal as a payment method in App Store making this a very odd limitation. Amazon, Google, United, Delta, Amtrak, and so many more US companies do accept that the credit card and the country of the site don't match. This is the first time I wanted Apple to behave a bit more like Amtrak.JMaille said:Apple requires that the country of origin of the Apple Account and the billing address of the credit card used for purchases run through Apple's billing system must be identical to the country of the Apple or App Store in use.AFAIK, Apple do not accept any other form of payments in their App Store, except an iTunes account. Now one can fund their iTunes account using PayPal or a CC, your bank account or gift cards. But none of these can be used for payment in the App Store. You can't even use an Apple Card. If PayPal could be used for payment in the Apple App Store, then Epic Games could not had claim that Apple has a "monopoly" in their Apple App Store payment system.But you are actually comparing apple to oranges when comparing Apple iTunes payment to that of Amazon, United, Delta, Amtrak and many more. When you use your CC to fund your iTunes account, your CC is only charged when you make a purchase. Therefore, your CC must have the same billing address as your iTunes Account. With the others, you are billed as soon as you make the purchase.It's the billing address on your iTunes account that has to match your CC, not the country of where the CC was issued. If you could get a bank in another country to issue you a CC using your US billing address, then I see no problem with Apple allowing you to open an iTunes account with that CC. Or one can open another iTunes account using another CC. Some do this to separate business purchases from personal purchases.And really, how is this any different than many online retailers requiring that the shipping address must be the same as the billing address (on the CC), in order to cut down on CC fraud?And how about this. In the US, there is no VAT on app purchases. (Though there might be 0% to 10% State sales tax depending on the billing address on the iTunes account.) Now if Apple were to allow any CC to be used (in iTunes account) when paying for apps, then what is preventing some one in Spain from avoiding paying the 21% VAT on app purchases, by opening an iTunes account using a US issued CC? Here in CA, we pay 0% sales tax on apps.
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iPhones on iOS 18.1 will automatically reboot and lock down after being idle for a while
bobcov said:"I would bet that rebooting after a reasonable inactivity period probably doesn't inconvenience anyone, but does make your phone a lot more secure," Green added. "So it seems like a pretty good idea."What I don't like about these "pretty good ideas" is that I have no voice in the matter. Someone far away has decided they can think for me and deduce that I want this restriction and that it has to be good for me. As youth of a few years back would aggressively respond, I say "You don't know me! " It's beyond arrogant. It would be like deciding nobody really needs the last two key on a piano, so we'll just disabke them. Most of the people can continue to play just fine, so we will make this the standard for everyone with our remote piano key disable feature.Jobs once said (paraphrased) .... " ... our customers don't know what they want until we've shown them." Which is actually a take on Henry Ford's quote ..... "If I asked people what they wanted, they would have say faster horses".Speaking of "keyboard", Steve Ballmer (former CEO of Microsoft) infamously said that the iPhone will never appeal to businesses because it did not have a physical keyboard.Why do I get this feeling that if Apple asked you what you wanted in an iPhone and then built it that way, the iPhone would not only have a physical keyboard but also a user replaceable battery.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook congratulates Trump on his second election win
So far, Tim Cook working with Trump (during the 4 years of his first Presidency) had been more fruitful for Apple (and its share holders), than working with M. Vestager of the EU Commission.Of course, that might change during his second Presidency as Vestager is on her way out and who knows how the new appointed EU Commissioner will deal with the big 5 US corporations. This time around, POTUS Trump might be more troublesome for Apple, than the EU Commission.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook congratulates Trump on his second election win
BB92647 said:Enjoy the government opening your phones.248 years was a good run.FYI- The government, (any country's government for that matter), can open or eventually open in about 6 months, any smartphone, by paying the Israel company Cellebrite to do it for them. In June of this year, it's rumored that Cellebrite can already hack into any iPhone running iOS 17.3 or earlier. iOS 17.3 came out in the beginning of this year. Meaning it only took about Cellebrite 6 months find a hack.And it's even easier to find a hack for phones running Android.By the government demanding that Google and Apple provide a "backdoor" to the encryption on their mobile OS, only saves taxpayers money. In no way do Google and Apple not providing a "backdoor", prevent the government from opening your phone.
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Apple removes independent media app from Russian App Store
dewme said:I would prefer the statement: “Apple has responded to criticism of the removals by saying it has to operate within the laws of the countries it decides to serve” followed by “and Russia is not a country that Apple has decided to serve.”
Wishful thinking, but there are times when unfettered capitalism is not appropriate, imho, even when it involves a financial loss for shareholders. Actions are stronger than words.Apple is primarily a hardware company and Apple have already stop selling their hardware in Russia. At least I don't recall Russia actually banning Apple from selling any of their hardware (in Russia). It's because of US (G7) sanctions against Russia for invading Ukraine.But for those Russians that purchased iPhones, iPads and Macs before Apple stopped selling them in Russia, Apple is still allowed to support them. So long as Russia (or US (G7) sanctions) do not ban Apple from doing this. And I'm assuming Russia can ban Apple from supporting their devices in Russia, if Apple do not follow the laws of the country. Thus rendering all Apple hardware, (specially iPhones and iPads), that are in Russia even more useless. It would be as easy as forcing Russian mobile telecoms stop supporting iPhones.
