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  • Apple, others seek to obscure sensitive data in Google antitrust suit

    mr lizardmr lizard
    gatorguy said:
    mr lizard said:
    seantheman said:
    Does anyone here think that Google wanted to pay Apple 9.5 billion to be the default search on Apples platforms?   You would have to be an idiot to think anyone would want to pay that much to become the default on Apples platform. 
    So why did they? If Google was so sure they didn’t need to be the default, and that customers would wilfully choose to set them as the default, then they wouldn’t have paid it. 

    They obviously felt that in order to maintain their search traffic from iPhone users, they needed to pay up. User choice alone wasn’t enough. 

    In fact it’s so important for them to keep that traffic, that they paid an eye watering nine point five billion dollars to make sure no other search providers became the default. 
    Neither Google nor Apple has EVER commented on what Google might be paying for the default search position. "Rumor has it" is as firm as it gets. You really don't know what was paid. Could be half that amount for all anyone knows outside of the two players themselves.  
    Missing the point. The amount isn’t really relevant. Point is Google felt the need to pay to remain the default option. See the post I was replying to for the context. 
    viclauyycwatto_cobra

  • Cable companies offered brandable Apple TV remote alternative

    mr lizardmr lizard
    Now... if only it were useable via BT or WiFi like the Siri Remote.
    I have my AppleTV hidden away out of sight... this remote won't work without an IR line-of-sight.

    (But I agree that the Siri Remote is TOO minimalist... it is just not the best possible remote.)

    From the article:

    ”Using Bluetooth LE to communicate with the Apple TV itself, with support for Apple's MFi authentication, the remote also uses infrared to provide a universal control function for the television.”

    So no line of sight needed to the Apple TV. 
    elijahggregoriusmCloudTalkinmike1watto_cobra

  • Apple Store Lenox Square closes after shooting takes place nearby

    mr lizardmr lizard
    This must have been in a lawless nation like Somalia, or somewhere like Baghdad. Only there would people be allowed to walk around with guns and shoot at each other in the street.  

    Oh no wait it’s in the United States.  
    olskudu

  • Apple, others seek to obscure sensitive data in Google antitrust suit

    mr lizardmr lizard
    seantheman said:
    Does anyone here think that Google wanted to pay Apple 9.5 billion to be the default search on Apples platforms?   You would have to be an idiot to think anyone would want to pay that much to become the default on Apples platform. 
    So why did they? If Google was so sure they didn’t need to be the default, and that customers would wilfully choose to set them as the default, then they wouldn’t have paid it. 

    They obviously felt that in order to maintain their search traffic from iPhone users, they needed to pay up. User choice alone wasn’t enough. 

    In fact it’s so important for them to keep that traffic, that they paid an eye watering nine point five billion dollars to make sure no other search providers became the default. 
    aderutterviclauyycwatto_cobra

  • App Store graphic revives wild speculation about touchscreen Mac

    mr lizardmr lizard
    I can see it happening, but only when the groundwork for touch support on macOS is more mature. It’s not at the right stage yet; just making bigger UI elements isn’t enough. 

    For it to work, it needs to be great as a secondary input method. That means the OS understanding when a swipe should be interpreted as a scroll as opposed to drag, for example. 

    If implemented well the result would be two clear and distinct approaches across iPad and Mac:

    - iPadOS: Touch first, with great keyboard and pointer support 

    - macOS: Keyboard and pointer first, with great touch support

    As for Federighi downplaying touch, I wouldn’t pay too much attention to that. Apple has a history of saying they won’t do something right up until the moment they do it, and there’s absolutely no way he’s going to say anything else. He’d be in front of a firing squad if he pre-announced products still in development. 

    And that graphic on the Mac App Store? A red herring. The person who oversees digital marketing is not going to be privy to Apple’s secret roadmap. 

    dysamoria