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  • Usual suspects complain about App Store price hikes outside US

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    CheeseFreeze said:
    mike1 said:


    Epic CEO Tim Sweeney added his own comments to the mix. He compared Apple to a landlord adjusting rent without giving tenants any say in the matter or anywhere else to go.

    "Developers don't want to raise their app prices in the EU and UK," Sweeney said in a follow up tweet. "Consumers don't want app price increases in the EU and UK. Central banks fighting inflation don't want app price inflation."

    What a moron.
    Does your landlord ask for your input before raising your rent?!
    Problem is, there are only two landlords to pick from!

    ps: that “moron” is a billionaire with an amazing set of companies under his belt. Cut the juvenile behavior please.
    One can be rich, and still be a complete moron.  Sweeney being a perfect example of that.
    foadFileMakerFellerwatto_cobra

  • Apple Watch battery blowout sends man to emergency room

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    I suspect ambulance-chasing lawyers are calling him as we speak.
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  • Compared: Parallels Desktop 18 vs VMWare Fusion

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    JP234 said:
    It mystifies me as to why anyone would want to run Windows on a Mac, silicon or otherwise. Sure you can do it, but in the words of my late mother, "JP, just because you CAN do something doesn't mean you SHOULD." Mom was wise.

    With Windows PCs available for next to nothing, both new and refurb, with Windows pre-installed (you know Windows is not included with either emulator, right?), please, someone provide me with justification for not just buying a cheap PC to run your QuickBooks Pro, or some other application not available on MacOS?
    I bought a top-of-the-line 2020 iMac right when ASi Macs were about to be introduced, knowing it would be my last Intel-based iMac.  I'm one of those Mac users that has no choice but to use Windows as many of my clients are windows-only environment and I need it for tools and software that is only available for Windows.  There is not choice to go it alone on a Mac.  So why it mystifies you is simple... you're not in that segment that needs it.

    I've been a VMware Fusion user since v4.  I haven't used Parallels in a long time, but when I decided between the two back then, Fusion was the far superior choice for me and still is.
    chadbagdewmeFileMakerFellerwatto_cobra

  • Apple Watch Ultra has exposed screws, but still a difficult repair

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    Appleish said:
    Whoda thought that a waterproof watch good for pretty deep diving would be so protected by seals, that you shouldn't mess with?
    Dedicated dive computers require servicing every few years as stated by the manufacturer in order to maintain the water resistance.  Those seals will go bad eventually, and will degrade even faster if one dives a lot.  It’s inevitable.

    if Apple does not have that option, or makes it extremely difficult for 3rd party dive shops then this will discourage many serious divers I think.
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • Two years after Apple Silicon, Intel still wants Apple to buy chips

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    bloggerblog said:
    I remember reading a while ago that Intel engineers complained that Apple was a pain in the ass, asking for features that are not on their roadmap.
    I also remember reading a while ago that Apple was the top contributor to Intel's CPU errata.  Basically, Intel's latest CPU's (during Apple's Intel days) had so many bugs in Intel's CPU's, that Apple spent a significant amount of resources telling Intel to get its act together.
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