brucemc

cgWerks said:

Folio said:

Contrarian indicator shows a success: trolls are out in force, underwear in knots. 

Well, let me put it this way....
In the past, I've been accused of being a fanboy many times.
I've been around the platform for over 30 years now.
I used to plan my schedule around not missing a keynote, and was excited for them (and often impressed).

Now, I'm trying to decide if I should stick it out for a while longer and buy an old Mac... or just thrown in the towel.

franklinjackcon said:

Soli said:

franklinjackcon said:

muthuk_vanalingam said:

One thing I am understand is - Why is Apple NOT suing them? This would teach them a lesson and also prevent blatant copying like what is going on, particularly with the notch.

At the very least, Apple would struggle to demonstrate that it owns the notch design. As it says in the article, Essential came out with a notch before Apple did. LG also filed a patent in 2016 that had a phone with a notch in the illustration. Let's be realistic, the notch is not an intentional design, it's a workaround before anyone figures out how to make a bezel-free phone.

1) While I don't think the notch is protectable, it's disingenuous to imply that Essential was first with the idea (which may or may not be what you're implying) when the rumours of the notched phone predate Essential Phone's first announcement of their design that only notched the camera. This notion gets even more warped when you see people saying that Apple stole the idea from Essential when it's impossible based on the timeline of their products, unless one can prove that Apple had a spy into Essential's designs and took the idea from them.

2) The notch is absolutely intentional. "Workarounds," if you want to call it that, are intentional. It's very clearly a motion to make more of the front face the display but needed to keep certain sensors and components front facing. It's because of the nw display tech that allows it to exist. The notch is not an accident! Notching was going to happen as soon as foldable display tech became available.

If we're talking about whether or not Apple can sue Xiaomi, who came up with the notch in a board room is fairly irrelevant. Essential was first to unveil the design. Apple can't claim that Xiaomi stole their design if they weren't the first in the market with it. But as you say, the notch is probably not protectable so we basically agree that Apple/Essential/whoever was first can't/shouldn't be able to sue anyone over it.

gmgravytrain said:

ihatescreennames said:

AppleInsider said:

So far, Apple is deeply invested in pursuing such thoughtful contemplative efforts, while its rivals do not even seem to recognize this as an issue. That's not going to work out well for them.

That seems like a logical conclusion but based on the minimal fallout that Facebook has had since the whole CA thing, I’m not sure how accurate it is.  

It’s interesting that CA had to close down because their business tanked, but Facebook, the originator of the data collection that CA used, seems to have only been slightly bruised.

Considering that, I’m not sure many people care about ethics or privacy.

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Zuckerberg and Facebook are doing absolutely fine no matter how much data they harvest from consumers. Ethics are for losers and Zuckerberg is a winner. Zuckerberg is practically a god on Wall Street because his highly profitable business can't be touched by any regulating bodies. Since the data-harvesting scandal, Facebook is doing as well as it ever was. So much for consumers worrying over loss of personal privacy. If consumers don't care what happens to their personal data, why should anyone else care for them? Tim Cook going around telling people that privacy is a right is simply wasting his breath. If anything, the Feds are going to keep going after Apple because they hate the idea of iPhone encryption. The Feds believe everyone should be snooped upon and that nothing remains a secret. Apple is now the criminal for not letting the intelligence agencies have a back-door to iPhones. Apple is said to be protecting criminals and terrorists, so screw consumer privacy.
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