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  • HomePod could gain touch-sensitive fabric & more convenient controls

    This is patentable?  Seriously?

    It's been done before.  I've seen touch sensors in fabric decades ago, it's easy to do with conductive thread.
    williamlondon
  • 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.
    shareef777williamlondonelijahgchelin
  • Apple cancels Joseph Gordon-Levitt's 'Mr. Corman' after one season

    A show about a depressed elementary school teacher!  I'd go sign up for TV+ right now if they hadn't canceled it!

    (Yes.  That is in fact sarcasm.)
    GeorgeBMacwilliamlondonanantksundaramOferentropys
  • Apple might introduce new 'High Power Mode' for Mac

    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. 
    Seems likely to be for laptops. Are desktops throttled beyond reaching their thermal limits given they're always connected to power? Seems silly if so.

    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.
    williamlondon
  • Apple keeps making third-party screen repairs harder

    chadbag said:

    Why would someone try to fix the infotainment system if it is still under warranty? The desire to buy OEM parts separate from service is to make repairs on items that are out of warranty.
    Actually not.  The biggest thing are things like screens and other broken glass (phone backs etc).   The phone is often still under warranty in some of  these cases but warranty does not cover damaged items.  So someone breaks their screen after 6 months.  Gets a 3rd party replacement.  Phone itself is still under warranty.  A month later phone has a problem (not directly with the screen).  How can Apple be sure the 3rd party screen  replacement was done correctly and didn't cause a knock-on effect that caused the later problem?   Technically the rest of the phone is still under warranty but Apple could be stuck fixing or replacing it because of a botched 3rd party screen replacement.

    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.
    williamlondonmuthuk_vanalingam