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  • So far, Apple is struggling to market Apple Vision Pro

    mark fearingmark fearing
    it's an odd choice and it feels like Apple was really feeling like they had to DO SOMETHING. But I do not think it's a product that will last. It just doesn't solve a problem and if bought would quickly be relegated to the side. I never bought the AR/VR push. Especially for consumers who want minimum effort to play a game or watch a show.
    M68000watto_cobra

  • Department of Justice could file an antitrust lawsuit against Apple as soon as March

    mark fearingmark fearing
    mknelson said:
    It's interesting that none of these investigations look at Apple's anti-competitive behaviour against their own reseller partners. Business discounts, stock availability, CTO ETAs, education pricing all designed to steer customers to their own stores.
    anti competitive behavior in itself is not illegal. just ask why target doesn't carry Walmart brands, or gives larger discounts to their internal brands, or charges more for shelf fees the larger the company is. People need to stop thinking the market place is some magic level field. the only case forgot. involvement is in a monopoly. apple is only a monopoly with their own product. why can't multiple companies have x-box stores?


    badmonkwatto_cobra

  • Rabbit R1 is the latest AI hand-held that wants to kill the iPhone

    mark fearingmark fearing
    reading again, it's doing nothing you can't set up already. weird...
    watto_cobra

  • Rabbit R1 is the latest AI hand-held that wants to kill the iPhone

    mark fearingmark fearing
    if you want the AI to read everything, track you 24-7, learn your habits, know everyone in your life, read all your posts and then it will help you in some nebulous way...I think that's the real danger. we still have some control, especially on the iPhone with safeguarding personal material, but the AI will promise all the things it can do as long as you give it complete access to everything.in return for what exactly?
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  • Here we go again - Apple rejects Hey Calendar app from App Store

    mark fearingmark fearing

    elijahg said:
    hmurchison said:
    Reminds of the conundrum the Pre - Jobsian Apple found themselves in with Clones. 

    They thought the clone vendors would attempt to expand into new markets but instead they 
    simply sought to cannibalize the company with inferior offerings. 

    What incentive does Apple have to allow a significant amount of vendors to leverage their distribution 
    platform at minimal cost and reap the financial benefits outside of Apple's sphere? 


    If they were inferior offerings how was it they were able to cannibalise Apple's sales?

    A lot of the clones were excellent. That was the problem, they were faster, more feature-rich and cheaper than Apple's Macs. 

    This is different. Apple's incentive to allow vendors to sell on the App Store is increased sales of iPhones. Besides, Apple distributes Facebook, X and a multitude of apps completely free, so why try and force this small developer to pay especially when they've already got another app through with the "reader" clause? And considering the amount of trash on the App Store - and as the dev points out, Google has heaps of apps that could all be mangled into one. Why did Apple allow Messenger to be separated from Facebook?
    The question is - should it be illegal for Apple to do something someone thinks is dumb? And what about access to x-box and PlayStation stores? Or reselling digital downloads? I think this is a big ‘so what’. Walmart still won’t sell my homemade bird feeders and that’s the way I reach Walmart buyers. Illegal?
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