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  • Apple releases macOS Monterey with Shortcuts and Live Text

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    Update proceeded uneventfully. Though I'm having issues with iCloud Drive sync. Nothing seems to be pulling down or uploading from my Mac. Updated iPad/iPhone and those are syncing just fine.
    watto_cobra

  • Compared: 2021 New 16-inch MacBook Pro vs. 2019 16-inch MacBook Pro

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    Love everything about the new MBPs, except the shell. Gives it a retro look, but still prefer the current design. And that’s saying a lot if that’s the only issue. (The notch/menu area of the screen is actually a plus in my book). Grabbed a 16”M1Max as soon as it was available. Sadly bumping just the memory to 64GB pushed delivery out to Dec. Strange that they didn’t prioritize their higher margin machines. I’m betting that they’re prioritizing the base to get as many out into the public so word spreads on how beastly these M1Pro/Max are. Very hyped!!!
    williamlondonwatto_cobra

  • New MacBook Pro driven by M1 Pro & M1 Max processors

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    Picked up an M1Max w/ 64G memory. Sucks that the memory config alone pushed the order back by over a month. Thought Cook was a logistics genius.
    williamlondonkillroywatto_cobra

  • Apple must make changes to in-app payment requirement, Dutch antitrust agency says

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    darkvader said:
    dewme said:
    Where this headed is that more and more apps will be free to download with a subscription managed totally out-of-band by the app developer. This is exactly how Microsoft Office 365 (and other subscription based apps) works today and it’s really not a big deal.

    From a consumer perspective it just means that you’re having to deal with a separate payment system for all of these out-of-band subscriptions and you’re handing out your personal and financial information to many more people. In other words, consumers are taking on more complexity, inconvenience, and privacy/security risk so that App developers can skim a little more profit from you. Yes, they can be nice and pass along some of their savings to you, but they don’t have to. They can charge whatever they want and with addictive games the sky is the limit.

    In the end, these out-of-band app subscription payment services aren’t screwing Apple nearly as much as they are screwing their customers. 

    And all because Apple got far too greedy.  A 30% cut is absolutely insane.

    Not that this is how I think the situation should be resolved.  Regulators need to end Apple's app store monopoly.  It's MY iPhone, not Apple's iPhone, and I should be able to install apps from any source of MY choosing.  Apple's app store monopoly needs to end.

    Right, some of these cultists will eat you alive for even THINKING like that. The same ones that riled up against Microsoft’s inclusion of IE. Same ones that stand up against Google’s tracking/privacy issues on Google’s device (apparently Apple can do whatever they want since it’s THEIR phone, but when it comes to Google consumers come first).

    Wonder what they would think if auto manufacturers made it a requirement to buy parts for their vehicles only through them. What if businesses no longer wanted to give people breaks and/or vacation time? It’s their business, let them run it however they want.

    The instantly in some of these thoughts is mind boggling.
    williamlondonelijahg

  • Apple making display repairs harder on iPhone 13 Pro is a step too far

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    macxpress said:
    IreneW said:
    Is this an opinion piece? Because it makes zero sense. What this article advocates is for Apple to put it’s customers at risk somthat some bottom feeder random repair shop can service Apple products their way.  ߙ䰟鄰 
    What "risk" are you talking about? I have had a lot of third-party repairs to my iPhones all these years, should i be worried?
    Maybe you're not worried but Apple certainly is. Apple holds their products to a high standard, even to a 2nd or 3rd hand owner. So if their phone was repaired by Bob's repair and they did a shitty job because they don't know wtf they're doing and it goes to a 1st time iPhone buyer with issues, none of which are Apple's doing that harms Apple's image. The 2nd or 3rd owner of the phone may have no clue what so ever the phone was repaired by a 3rd party. It can also make the phone insecure after the repair. Who knows what a 3rd party did to that phone, where they get their parts from, etc. They can inadvertently install a malicious piece of hardware.

    So in my eyes the "risk" is someone owning the iPhone that is now possibly insecure and possibly with inferior 3rd party hardware installed. 

    Lets not forget that Apple designs the phone to have the owners personal information on it from their credit cards, health information, drivers license, COVID-19 vaccination status cards, insurance cards, etc, etc. If this gets breached because of a non-Apple part installed, who gets the blame? Apple does. It doesn't matter if the owner allowed it to happen. Apple is the one who catches the crap in the end with news articles, lawsuits, etc. This results in negative perception that iPhones are not secure which can make owners (or potential owners) not use the phone to its fullest capabilities. 

    Apple could fix this by giving 3rd party repair shops an opportunity to be an Apple Authorized Repair Center so they can get proper training and get genuine parts only from Apple directly.  
    Really!? As a consumer you care about the 2nd/3rd owner of said device, but not the ORIGINAL owner who’s now forced to pay obscene prices for a screen replacement to Apple if they want the UNRELATED FaceID to continue to work?
    muthuk_vanalingamelijahgwilliamlondon