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  • iPhone 15 fails to save TSMC from lowest profits in five years

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    9secondkox2 said:
    I’m sure them not charging apple for defective 3nm silicon has plenty to do with it. 

    Add to that the industry-wide slowdown and boom… less money. 

    It will pick up. 
    My understanding was that "rumor" turned out to be false.
    chasmwatto_cobra

  • Dozens of stalking victims join AirTag class action suit against Apple

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    ihatescreennames said:
    Nah, you’re just misunderstanding comments and then trying to blow them up into something else. The same tactic you used quite a bit when you posted as JP234, before that handle got banned and erased, so no surprise you’re up to it again. Also not a surprise: your ad hominem attacks.


    I was wondering what happened to JP234.  Guess he found a new rock to crawl out of.
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  • Dozens of stalking victims join AirTag class action suit against Apple

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    I'd bet money that this "class action" lawsuit was only initiated by scummy ambulance-chasing lawyers fishing for people so they can roll the dice for an Apple payday.  

    If someone is stalking you, GO AFTER THE STALKER!  Don't put blame on companies making products that nefarious people also use.  

    Moronic.
    ihatescreennamestimpetusthtwatto_cobraMissNomer

  • Apple could be out $20 billion a year if Google loses DOJ antitrust case

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    AppleInsider said:

    Now according to a Bernstein financial report first spotted by The Register, Google is actually paying Apple significantly more.


    "We estimate that the ISA [Information Services Agreement] is worth $18B-20B in annual payments from Google to Apple," says the report, "accounting for 14-16 percent of Apple's annual operating profits."

    So they don't know and are just guessing.  Kind of like what a lot of news outlets do anyways.
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  • Genshin Impact maker tried to dodge App Store fees -- twice

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    neoncat said:
    Is it time for Apple to re-evaluate the 30% fee? Yes. But they deserve something when they are advertising, distributing and providing some levels of support.
    Don't get me wrong, I agree with you completely—I think Apple deserves to charge whatever it feels it needs to to cover those costs and support its profit objectives. Those numbers can be as high as it wants them to be—as long as the App Store is subject to competition. I don't care if the share of use by end users is 99% AppStore to 1% AlternativeStore. People who feel more comfortable using an Apple-run AppStore with all its inherent advantages should have every right to do so. As long as it's competing for that business with other App Stores that have an equal footing for developer and end user attention. 

    Otherwise, gloves off. As long as it's a closed system, I don't particularly care if the efforts developers use to try and break the rules amount to dirty pool. Means to an end.
    Wrong.  Apple's priority is to its customers, not developers.  Apple works hard to develop new hardware, maintain all aspects of iOS and the App Store to keep those customers coming back.  Developers know this as those customers have the disposable income.  Developers think they're the one's calling the shots and are the reason the App Store is successful.  They are wrong.  I'm speaking as a developer myself.  The ones complaining are the ones set on greed thinking they can ride on Apple's work for free.  Don't like it, then go to Android.
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