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App Store's Dutch dating app payment policies are 'unreasonable,' regulator says
Having done the development for adding payments into an app, I can see why Apple might be doing this not just out of spite. Payment processing is complex and Apple does a great job of making it seamless. Trying to patch in some third-party payment system to live along side the existing Apple blessed system might be a technical/payment processing nightmare, so it might not be unreasonable that two versions of the app are required.
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Knitters support Epic in knotty legal fight with Apple's App Store
These 'knitters' should not be tying their fortunes to Epic. The great majority of app developers see huge value in Apple's curated App Store ( I know I do). The knitters obviously have a tricky issue with selling physical good as well as an app. Did they not do their homework with App Store rules beforehand?
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Apple Watch saves man's life after hard fall from an electric bike
I have fall detection turned on while exercising. I had a massive endo on my mountain bike. I was pretty knocked around and the watch was preparing to dial 911 , I can really see the value now.
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Apple Maps team gifted posters & pins for new Maps experience
Wow, that spouse is quite the big-mouth posting that on social media. Someone is probably going to get carpeted by their boss. -
Roku update that broke AirPlay & HomeKit has yet to be fixed weeks later
Odd rant. I use both a roku and Apple TV. The Apple TV is just a much better quality device . Roku needs you to sign in too all your services like Netflix, Hulu etc anyway so your “complaint” about signing in all the time on atv vs roku is just plain wrong. In any event atv will let you use your iPhone for password entry, and auto fill from keychain. Lastly, I like the clean modern atv remote instead of the play school roku device.microbe said:I have three Apple TVs sitting in a drawer because the system is basically obnoxious. Their constant screaming to reenter PWs. to change streams and the hassles to change users (and associated PWs ) before you can access programming from different accounts will have you looking up pws most of the evening instead of viewing. And enetering them on those remotes is enough to make suicide legal! The screen is cluttered as much as any other box but in a different way. Not as cluttered as my two Fire TV Cubes but more than the Roku in my theater. And the remotes!! Apple=horrible, Fire pretty nice and Roku solid and easy to use. Backlighting would help on all three. Regarding data collection, much of it is program viewing which I would urge them to collect for the simple reason they will sell it to the ratings companies, and programs I like get reported as having eyes on, hopefully prolonging their existence. Which leads us to pricing…. Why not save money for equal performance? Not to mention Apples habit of knocking products, particularly these, into the twilight zone with updates for which there is no recourse, as has happened to two in the past. Which has led to me throwing the perfectly good remaining HD and two 4K Apple TVs into a drawere marked “get rid of”.
