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gatorguy said:

lkrupp said:

" and users can be tricked into giving it access to passwords, clipboard, and allowing it to take screenshots.

So which users are being tricked into installing this malware? Only the stupid ones or every Mac user on the planet? Why can’t the U.S. Cyber Command shut down "particular servers belonging to the company behind XLoader”? Are hackers now referred to as ‘companies’? Will XLoader be listed on the NYSE next?

I’m being sarcastic, of course, but we never , EVER, hear actual numbers from security researchers of how many are being compromised. Will AppleInsider be starting a web page for users to report, “Yeah, I got nailed by XLoader”?

I get phone calls almost every day from the IRS telling me my SSA check has been canceled, the IRS telling me there’s a warrant out for my arrest, the U.S. Marshals’s office telling me I’m involved in criminal activity, and Amazon telling me there’s a $900 order on my account I need to verify. I just chuckle and hang up. Same goes for any email or text I get claiming I need to resolve some issue or lose money.

Yes, when you reach a certain age the bad guys beat a path to your door trying to trick you into giving them money, data, or both.

There's a LOT more detail on this in the report cited by the Appleinsider editor. Watch your blue highlight links. 
https://research.checkpoint.com/2021/top-prevalent-malware-with-a-thousand-campaigns-migrates-to-macos/

elijahg said:

No one is going to buy an iPhone over an Android phone because it’s 1 or 2mm thinner. But someone certainly would buy an Android phone with a 24 hour battery over an iPhone with a 15 hour battery. Make the damn thing slightly thicker, which allows them to lose the camera bump, make longer telephoto lenses more easily, make the camera’s aperture wider, have better battery life, better speakers, better Taptic Engine and no stupid charging wart. The number of functional compromises made to satisfy the obsession over thinness is ridiculous. 

KITA said:

In terms of GPU, DSP (AI) and modem, Qualcomm already has Apple beat, so I'm not sure why this is such a mystery to everyone, CPU is their main bottleneck.

lkrupp said:

ajmas said:

Intel drops the ball, AMD picks it up and Apple decides they'd go with ARM. Intel is now in the process of doing damage control.

Apple on the other hand never targeted gamers and has always been a joke for gamers. Deprecating OpenGL and leaving it in a seemingly unmaintained state does not help the game developers who do want to port to macOS. On the other hand, while this is a barrier for a certain number of game developers, that iOS has a healthy selection of games, may mean there is a chance that these games will be ported to macOS. Also, I wonder how many Apple users simply turn to a console for the gaming experience?

And to me gamers have always been a joke, a tiny, minuscule market niche of people with questionable social skills. sort of like the gear-heads of the 1950s and 60s with their super chargers and Holley 6 packs trying to outdo one another on the street.

The global pc games market was valued at about $27.73 billion in 2018