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GeorgeBMac said:

nht said:

GeorgeBMac said:

blah64 said:

GeorgeBMac said:

Apparently Tim does not see China as a threat but as a very capable partner.   Smart.

Very clearly, they are both.  And I'm quite sure he does understand this.

Since, the threat part only came from Trump and his minions, I am not at all sure that they are a threat -- except economically.   They simply don't have our insecurity driving a desire to dominate and control.  Instead, their dominance derives from doing things better.  But some are threatened by that.  Tim is too smart for that stupidity and knows to leverage their considerable abilities to our advantage.

Lol...the most insecure feeling major government is the PRC.  That’s even with the Brexit fiasco in progresss.

There is a reason for tight control over media and thought in China...they fear another revolution.  The income disparity is high, the population aging and these are existential threats to the government if they cannot find a soft landing.

They are growing at 2-3 times the rate of the U.S. -- while loaning us money to pay our bills and for Trump's TaxScam.
So who is insecure?

GeorgeBMac said:

lkrupp said:

The last thing invented in China was gunpowder. Everything since then has been copied or stolen, including Communism.

We said the same thing about Japanese radios, cars and steel -- and kept saying it till they beat us into the ground.

GeorgeBMac said:

blah64 said:

GeorgeBMac said:

Apparently Tim does not see China as a threat but as a very capable partner.   Smart.

Very clearly, they are both.  And I'm quite sure he does understand this.

Since, the threat part only came from Trump and his minions, I am not at all sure that they are a threat -- except economically.   They simply don't have our insecurity driving a desire to dominate and control.  Instead, their dominance derives from doing things better.  But some are threatened by that.  Tim is too smart for that stupidity and knows to leverage their considerable abilities to our advantage.

melgross said:

mjtomlin said:

melgross said:

Apple needs to get on the ball with these standards. They’re very shaky about supporting them. Sometimes they do, and sometimes they don’t. There’s no evidence that not supporting a standard is giving Apple a boost. It just makes it more difficult for developers to get aboard Apple’s platform.

Developers didn't complain about DirectX (vs. OpenGL)
Developers don't complain about nVidia CUDA (vs. OpenCL)

It doesn't make it difficult for developers to get on board to a platform with a device base of a billion and counting.

Yes they do. They complain all the time. It’s one reason why Apple’s platform has fewer games, and poorer performance for CAD and other software. No matter what you think, Apple’s is still a small minority platforn.

spice-boy said:

randominternetperson said:

spice-boy said:

When I was a kid I delivered a newspaper 6 days per week. I did not ask the publisher for 50% of the profits. Apple needs to get over itself. 

Did you deliver to hundreds of millions of people, and more importantly, did you market to those people and handle the sales?

Yes I had a space ship and I delivered millions of newspapers per day. Apple in this case is offering a delivery service for other companies' content. They are asking for 50% of sales from businesses which already have subscribers of printed and digital content. Apple will tell them of course they will reach a bigger market...... but in reality Apple News will cheapen their brands. You cannot compare the movie and music industry to journalisms, one is created daily the others are big budget projects which can bring in revenue for literally decades after release, you've heard what happens to yesterdays newspapers?