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  • FTC targets Adobe for deceiving consumers about early termination fees

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    I miss the days where my credit cards had the option to generate a temporary card number, for a set amount of money, with a user-specified expiration date.  I always used them with online purchases as I grew tired of dealing with companies that made it so difficult to cancel something.  

    Somewhere in the annals of Adobe, there were a group of executives discussing how best to trick their customers into signing up for things they did not want.  They played the numbers game to bank that x-percentage of people will ignorantly continue to pay.  Really scummy for sure.
    AniMillwatto_cobra

  • Apple plans slimmest iPhone 17 & MacBook Pro designs following iPad Pro success

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    kamilton said:
    Thinner is a “process” goal.  Where is the content?  Apple has stalled.  I don’t care what they introduce but the industry needs something tangible 
    Are you ignorant, trolling, or both?
    williamlondonwatto_cobra

  • Japan's parliament has approved a law that will force third party App Stores on Apple & Go...

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    I still remember news headlines years ago about some app stealing user data.  The article was all about the iPhone’s abysmal security.  Turned out the app was installed on a jailbroken phone.

    Get ready for a wave of this to happen.
    davwatto_cobra

  • Apple gets another App Store antitrust win, this time in China

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    MacPro said:
    I owned a software company at one time.  I'd have laughed if anyone had told me I could keep 70% of my sales revenue.  These companies bitching about the 30% have no clue about the overheads they'd face without the Apple Store.  Their solution is easy: leave the Apple Store and find out.
    As a developer myself, I'm embarrassed to be associated in any way to those "developers" that whine about the 30% fee.  I remember the days of boxed software and distribution and 30% would have been considered a steal.  Apple and its AppStore has enabled developers the ability to sell their apps to countless customers with zero headaches of distributing their apps.  Apple provides so much value - like payment processing, Xcode tools, development packages, infrastructure, etc.. - which carries a cost and all it asks is 30%.  Fricken steal.  

    It's also right in line with what the other competing platforms and markets charge too.  

    Screw you whiners.  
    strongywilliamlondonCookItOffwatto_cobra

  • Apple Hearing Study rings the alarm on tinnitus

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    I suffered from tinnitus 24/7 for all my adult years.  At times it was unbearable.

    A few years ago, I did a sleep study as I had severe sleep apnea.  They prescribed me a CPAP machine and not only did my snoring go away, but so did my tinnitus.  My lack of sleep all these years and the problems associated with it seemed to be my cause.
    sphericsidricthevikingappleinsideruser