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HomePod could gain touch-sensitive fabric & more convenient controls
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Apple must make changes to in-app payment requirement, Dutch antitrust agency says
dewme said:Where this headed is that more and more apps will be free to download with a subscription managed totally out-of-band by the app developer. This is exactly how Microsoft Office 365 (and other subscription based apps) works today and it’s really not a big deal.
From a consumer perspective it just means that you’re having to deal with a separate payment system for all of these out-of-band subscriptions and you’re handing out your personal and financial information to many more people. In other words, consumers are taking on more complexity, inconvenience, and privacy/security risk so that App developers can skim a little more profit from you. Yes, they can be nice and pass along some of their savings to you, but they don’t have to. They can charge whatever they want and with addictive games the sky is the limit.
In the end, these out-of-band app subscription payment services aren’t screwing Apple nearly as much as they are screwing their customers.And all because Apple got far too greedy. A 30% cut is absolutely insane.Not that this is how I think the situation should be resolved. Regulators need to end Apple's app store monopoly. It's MY iPhone, not Apple's iPhone, and I should be able to install apps from any source of MY choosing. Apple's app store monopoly needs to end. -
Apple cancels Joseph Gordon-Levitt's 'Mr. Corman' after one season
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Apple might introduce new 'High Power Mode' for Mac
fastasleep said:mattinoz said:So is this only going to be Laptop thing ie it's an acknowledgement you are using on a stand and burn stuff if the casing gets hot or is going to be Desktops as well and fans are going to get loud thing.
Even if they do let the machine get a lot hotter they'll be watching for heat build up and switch it off.
The iMac has been a terrible thermal design for years. It's pretty well known that this happens. It can't be fixed with software, though. The heat sinks are physically not big enough. The iMac Pro was practically guaranteed to throttle if you actually put significant computing load on it.
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Apple keeps making third-party screen repairs harder
chadbag said:mikethemartian said:
There are no easy answers.There is actually a REALLY easy answer to that one. If the phone is still under warranty, Apple is legally required to repair it (but is not responsible for repairing the screen) unless Apple can prove that the 3rd party screen damaged the phone.That's already the law in the US, Apple just chooses to ignore it.