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  • Santander, intel contractor L3Harris Technologies drawn into Apple vs Corellium battle [u]...

    ajminnjajminnj
    I was initially anti Corellium.  I still think Apple will win, but they’re not going to walk away clean.

    I’d like to see the documents related to their buyout offer.  Apple is coming across as 2 faced.
    While it could be two faced, don't forget that Sony bought the Virtual Game Station from Connectix in order to kill what they saw as an infringement on their copyrights.  The offer could have been an attempt to do that. 
    watto_cobra

  • iPhone 11 location services controversy quelled with new UWB setting in iOS 13.3.1 beta

    ajminnjajminnj
    My read is that any feature that has positional regulations (like Ultra WideBand) will be disabled.  Basically if you want to use the feature, let us comply with laws/regulations.  If you want to wear the tin hat: 
    PetrolDavenetroxktappen2itivguywatto_cobra

  • US Senator demands Apple & Google pull app used by Saudis to oppress women

    ajminnjajminnj
    This is a classic example of the media reporting part of the story.  If you go to the Absher website it is a portal to do business with the government.  While one of those services are the "Guardianship" services, there are other services like registering your car, renewing your passport, and making appointments with government officials for offline services.  This is probably why Apple and Google approved it, they reasonably saw it as no different as IRS2GO by the US Federal Government (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/irs2go/id414113282?mt=8).  
     
    Do not read this as support for "Guardianship" services, just a reminder that before we go crucifying someone lets at least do a little fact-finding for ourselves to get more than one side of the story.
    beowulfschmidt

  • Apple restores Google enterprise developer certificate after five-hour ban

    ajminnjajminnj
    Considering they were only down for 5 hours, the Google punishment was just for show, and Google probably knew it was only going to be for a short time from the start.  Google came clean on their own, where as Facebook was caught.  

    Apple had to do the punishment otherwise Facebook could have gone after them for damages and/or gotten governments to investigate Apple for Monopolistic practices.  (While both claims are BS, not applying rules evenly does open you up to the lawsuit/investigation)
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • Nintendo's Dr. Mario World comes to iOS this summer

    ajminnjajminnj
    gutengel said:
    bestkeptsecret said:

    It's sad that Nintendo's strategy for Super Mario Run didn't work out as much as they hoped it would. A one-time payment for a game is definitely something I'm happy with.

    I'm currently trying out Civilisation VI's free mode. If I find it engaging enough, I'll spend for the entire game.

    Having said that, I think the "Freemium" model has been entrenched for games now. It was inevitable that Nintendo would go that way. Look at the kind of money Fortnite made. That's what every game is now going to aspire to.

    I think the Mario game was a flop because it required the game to be connected to the internet to be use (to prevent piracy on iPhones, I guess) and leaving iPod touch is out of the equation (a kids game, you can't play on kids device). If I can't play the game while commuting or when I have poor coverage hell no I'm paying $10 for that game. Nintendo probably says "people aren't interested on one time payments", I think they are just giving a s**ty experience and service. People aren't stupid, a lot of the game success is about word of mouth and exposure (seeing other people playing the game on the train, streets, etc). I think Nintendo make great games, but they make pretty poor decisions on hardware development, distribution and services.
    In addition to everything you said, the IAP purchase (and the subsequent lack of support for Family Sharing) is what turned me off.  That game was fun and I would have paid $10 for it.  However, myself , my wife, and are 4 kids are now $60 and that game is not worth that much.  (I have since found out that there are ways to restore IAP on the other family member phones, but I am not interested in work arounds that may not work in the future)  
    watto_cobra