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  • Phil Schiller warns third-party app stores are a risk to iPhone users

    thethirdshoethethirdshoe
    designr said:

    What would be new is admitting that this is primarily about money.
    If the prices for the same app on Apple vs New Store are same, well that proves it's only about money.
    New browser - all about tracking (money).
    Prices are not 15% or 30% less, Money.

    Apple just sent this out:

    "Price updates
    On February 13, pricing for apps and in-app purchases* will be updated for the Benin, Colombia, Tajikistan, and Türkiye storefronts. Also, these updates consider the following tax changes:

    • Benin: value-added tax (VAT) introduction of 18%
    • Tajikistan: VAT rate decrease from 15% to 14%

    Prices will be updated on the Benin, Colombia, Tajikistan, and Türkiye storefronts if you haven’t selected one of these as the base for your app or in‑app purchase."

    Are those new store fronts going to do all this bookkeeping for you? Probably not. They're probably only going to work in the EU.

    And I think I read somewhere, if you leave the Apple Store, that account does not get to come back.

    It's all very shortsighted.








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  • Apple offers Austin relocation to 121 San Diego employees in office closure

    thethirdshoethethirdshoe
    "Friendship" is the state motto of Texas.

    With friends like these, who needs enemies.  :p
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  • Mac gamers can now play 'Baldur's Gate 3' a day later than expected

    thethirdshoethethirdshoe
    The Beta was running fine on my 2019 iMac 27". Now all it does is crash when you try to launch the game after setting up your profile.
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  • Why Apple uses integrated memory in Apple Silicon -- and why it's both good and bad

    thethirdshoethethirdshoe
    godofbiscuits said:
    lam92103 said:
    So every single PC or computer manufacturer can use modular RAM. Including servers, workstations, data centers, super computers. 

    But somehow the Apple chips cannot and are trying to convince us that it is not just plain & simple greed??
    Yes.  
    that’s what the whole article is about. That “somehow “. Reread the article, and it explains why that type of memory is not user upgradable. That’s the whole point. It’s much more  efficient. The GPU on an Apple computer can easily have access to over 128 GB of ram. How much would a standalone GPU card with 128 GB on the card itself cost for your PC? do they even make that?
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  • Apple Vision Pro developer kits will be made available eventually, and to a select crowd

    thethirdshoethethirdshoe
    Liked the message the keynote ended on.

    The adult in the room was the Vision Pro.
    The other person was just a little kid, the Other wannabes.
    The actions came across as:
    You've been served.
    Your (really you are) toast.
    Then Apple stuck their collective tongue back out at them.
     :p 


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