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  • Lightning iPhones get real USB-C support with custom case

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    Honestly, kudos to the EU for forcing this change. 

    For me, it was never phones that were the problem.  It was all those other rechargeable electronic devices like headlamps, security cameras, under desk lights, electric toothbrushes, etc etc that hand a mixture of USB-A, micro-USB and some other annoying USB "standards".
    muthuk_vanalingamVictorMortimerwilliamlondonAlex1N

  • Developer angry that App Store is removing game that hasn't been updated in 7 years

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    As a developer, I fully support Apples policy here. Updating an app to keep up with the latest App Store requirements can be a bit painful, but a junior programmer, with some oversight could take care of it.  It would just be a x.x.x+1 update. It just strikes me as lazy as hell the developers did not do that. 
    Most of the work is not actual code issues. The new privacy requirements, and the "paperwork" for submitting to the App Store are more onerous ( thanks EU!).
    williamlondon

  • How to use Siri to get answers from ChatGPT

    looplessloopless
    All this whining from the tech writers about Siri not knowing , for example, Baseball scores is solved by "Hi Siri, Ask ChaGPT < insert stupid baseball question here>" 
    Meanwhile Siri by itself works great for creating messages, reading messages , dictation , creating notes etc...   those useful things that people actually do.
    mr moewilliamlondon

  • Intel app compatibility on Mac is holding you back and will never get better

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    twolf2919 said:
    I, and perhaps quite a few others, are in an even worse predicament: we rely on x86 apps that were never even ported to macOS!  In my case, for the last 15 years, I've had to run Intuit TurboTax for Business in a Windows 10 VM on my x86 MacBook Pro.  Intuit - a pretty large software house - has never seen the need, despite user pleading, to publish a Mac version.  But besides shaming them in forums like this, not much I can do.  Anyway, it ran just fine in a Parallels VM over the years, so I resigned myself to keeping an x86 Mac around just for that - and for building x86 Linux installers (again in a VM) of a commercial app I support.  But that Mac is getting a little long in the tooth.  I had hoped that Parallels would provide a Rosetta-like solution so I could run x86 VMs on an Mx Mac at some point.  And, to their credit, they recently came out with such a thing - but very crude and very slow.  Not really useable really, from what I hear.

    I wish Apple provided a performant x86 interpreter a la Rosetta to the VM makers, so those of us who need to use or build x86 apps can do so on current 

    Wow, after all this time you have not heard of Parallels and Windows 11? You can run x86 apps in Windows 11/ARM using the Microsoft equivalent of Rosetta. And it works great.
    watto_cobra

  • App Store changes look like a free ride to some developers

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    As a developer, I wholeheartedly concur with the arguments presented by the OP. The intricate tax and regulatory frameworks that Apple must navigate across diverse geographical regions justify the substantial 30% revenue share.

    And then you just publish the app and the money magically appears  in your bank account. 

    I would NEVER link to some external payment system. I can't imagine how easily that could break.  For example, User X wants to pay for a "Pro" version. With Apples in-app payment process, that's super easy for a developer to handle.  If you have an external payment system you have to "hope" that the company provides a reliable web API to check that feature has been paid for and somehow link that back to your user.  Privacy nightmare ? And if that external payment processor goes under?




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