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  • EU hits back at Apple withholding Apple Intelligence from the region

    jameskatt2jameskatt2
    Apple is right to withhold new features such as Apple Intelligence from the European Union
    since the DMA would force Apple to give up user's privacy and data.

    For example, if Apple is forced to allow other AI platforms such as Facebook's platform to replace Apple Private Cloud Computing (Apple's AI platform), 
    then user data is going to go to private companies or would be even sold to third parties.
    Imagine all your phone contacts, your passwords, your photos, your text-messages, your credit-card numbers being sold to third parties.

    Apple does not have to introduce new features in every region.
    Apple already has to block certain app sales in China to comply with Chinese law, for example.
    Apple's Private Cloud computing cannot yet be introduced in China since the Chinese don't want
    responses against the Chinese Government.

    blastdoorcoolfactordanoxwatto_cobra

  • Apple sued for storing iCloud data on third-party servers

    jameskatt2jameskatt2
    Frivolous lawsuit. 
    The lawyer suing Apple should lose his or her license. 

    magman1979watto_cobra

  • Apple Watch vs Fitbit Versa: which fitness tracker watch is right for you?

    jameskatt2jameskatt2
    Apple Watch wins because it can be worn as jewelry - at any time, at any event, with any clothing. 
    The Fitbit looks only good when you are wearing athletic wear. 
    watto_cobra

  • Editorial: The new Mac Pro is overkill for nearly everybody, and it hit Apple's own target...

    jameskatt2jameskatt2
    I remember my first Mac PROFESSIONAL computer. 

    It was the Mac IIci.  It sold for $3500 to $6700 in the U.S. in 1990. I bought mine with a student discount at $3500. 

    It was one of the most popular Macs ever.

    Given some inflation (after tall, the average car now costs $35,000 new), the new Mac Pro 2019 at $5999 is VERY COMPARABLE IN PRICE.

    So stop complaining. 

    The new Mac Pro 2019's price is about the same as the price of the Mac IIci in 1990.  No one balked at that price of the Mac IIci then.  They simply saved up or got better jobs. 
    magman1979watto_cobra

  • 2019 MacBook Pro keyboard changes don't look like they're going to do much

    jameskatt2jameskatt2
    Changes to the MacBook Keyboard noted in the article.

    1. Switch from Polyacetylene to Polyamide switch covers
    2. Change metal dome switches to new alloy with new surface treatment

    These are big changes to improve reliability of each key.

    The complaints about keyboard malfunction most often involve the keys most frequently used on the keyboard. Thus, the problem is not dust but key mechanism failure through fatigue.

    The new keyboard materials will help improve the reliability of the keys themselves - which is what Apple is claiming.

    As iFixit itself noted, the long-standing complaints are about the MacBook keys double-typing or becoming unresponsive. This is a fatigue-induced failure problem which Apple just addressed.

    radarthekat