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spacepenguinbot said:

On the one hand, they have some very high quality shows and movies. On the other hand, they have a very small audience of people watching and talking about these shows. Maybe it doesn’t seem fair, but it still matters. I don’t think they’re going to pull off a “CODA” style win again.

Actually, most of the awards that are voted on by industry members (SAG, Golden Globes, Oscars) or critics (CTA) don't have much to do with popularity/reach, and focus more on originality, writing, individual standout performances, etc. That is why the Marvel movies never win (or are even nominated) in the big categories, and movies that most people have never heard of (Nomadland, CODA, Moonlight) do win. To further that point - a good many award-winning films don't even make it to wide release until after the awards season ends.

netrox said:

I imagine that would be too expensive to compute at this point. 

Isn't that they are recorded with two 2K resolution and merged as 4K worth of data for 3D? So, it would make sense they don't do 8K at this time. 

Not quite. It is recording two separate 1080p (aka HD) streams. When going from HD to 4K, the pixel counts are doubled on both the horizontal and vertical axes; thus four separate HD streams would be required for a combined 4K resolution.

chasm said:

Here’s what will happen:

1, Alternative App Stores will eventually open in Europe. Apple will still have some level of approval/control on how they run their business. Curious people will go check it out.

Apple has full control of how they run their business. This regulation does not take away from that. But users have a right to install whatever they want on their devices without any say, involvement or control from Apple - or any particular government for that matter - so long as it does not facilitate criminal activity. While I would never provide my contact or payment info to a shady app store, I can certainly see a situation where there might be an App or Game that Apple has declined to list in its store (or outright banned) that I'd like to install from a reputable source. For example, I do not currently play any Epic video games, but perhaps at some point I may; and Apple has banned them. Right now, Apple is the gatekeeper with final say over what I can and cannot install on my phone. My phone is my property, so that gatekeeper should be me, and me alone.

6ryph3n said:

I trust Apple with my privacy far more than I trust anyone in our government. This is nothing more than an excuse to give them more access to our personal finances.

The proposed regulations have nothing to do with accessing or viewing customer financial information. The only time the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has access to consumer data is when a consumer voluntarily provides it as part of a complaint. Millions of Americans have filed complaints with the CFPB. For context, the Bureau was created to ensure that we as consumers don't get ripped off by powerful service providers. That is its only mission, and it has returned tens billions of dollars to consumers over the last decade. Yes, more regulation is generally bad. But the CFPB is one of the few good guy regulators that are focused on protecting all Americans' financial health from greedy corporate interests - and they have the receipts to prove it.

To that end, this is more about ensuring that Google, CashApp, Apple, etc. are doing everything possible to protect the consumers' interests and preventing consumers from being subjected to unfair business practices. For example, Google could decide tomorrow that they will start charging a small fee to withdraw one's own cash balance without providing the opportunity to withdraw and switch providers prior to such a policy change. Or they could start charging a fee to initiate a person-to-person cash transaction from an in-app cash balance. Or they could be putting your saved funds into risky investments that are underinsured, risking your balance without your consent. In the past, when business have done shady things like these, the CFPB has stepped in and forced the bad actors to return the funds to the consumer.

As a hardcore fanboy, I trust Apple more than anyone. But, due to the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th amendment, the government can't pick and choose which companies they think are bad and only regulate on those. They have to regulate the whole Market or not at all. Right now, there are very few rules for these companies to follow. And since we really can't trust Google, Cash, etc.; we need proactive consumer protections to prevent them from finding new ways to screw over their users in the future, and penalize them when they do it anyway. As Apple is also operating in this Market, they must be subjected to those same regulations, even though they are likely already operating on the level. So at the end of the day, any new regulation would likely not be impactful to Apple, thus there is not much reason to recoil at this.

Xed said:

The problem with this proposal is that Apple Pay is for the secure setup of the card, but transactions aren't be funneled through Apple's servers the way it is for Pay Pal, Venmo, and CashApp.

Any regulations on credit card handling would likely be to ensure consumers do not face price increases due to potentially exorbitant processing fees being imposed by Google Pay or ApplePay. Otherwise, regulations would likely be focused on liquid cash services like ApplePay Cash and the savings account feature; and on any of the loan-based 'Pay Later' services.

The OLED panels used in the current iPad Pro displays are known as a "single-stack product," 

What? The current iPad Pro displays are Mini-LED. iPads have NEVER used OLED panels! This site has really gone downhill in quality. Typos everywhere; Basic, well-known facts being completely wrong. We readers point out the problems, and nobody cares to correct the article.