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  • Apple demands that it have no big tech competitors near its Mumbai store

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    AppleInsider said:
    Apple's lease for its Apple BKC store in Mumbai reportedly includes a specific list of 22 competing brands that it will not allow to have any advertising or retail locations nearby.


    Of the specified competitors, 21 of the reported 22 specified firms have been revealed.

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    Next? Is Apple trying to prevent some kind of internal mutiny by elderly NeXT employees?
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  • Apple focusing on mixed-reality headset, high-end shelved for now

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    I also have zero interest in goggled VR and considerable interest in eyeglassed AR.
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  • Kuo doubles down on iPhone 15 Pro having no physical buttons

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    M68000 said:
    lkrupp said:
    retrogusto said:
    If I can no longer press the volume buttons through fabric when the phone is in my pocket, that would be an added inconvenience, and if I can no longer glance at the ringer switch to see if the ringer is on, that too would be a step in the wrong direction. It’s hard to imagine any advantages to the user that would more than make up for these drawbacks. It’s not like the current waterproofing is insufficient for my needs.
    Well, no one will twist your arm to buy it, right? In addition to better water resistance there’s also the matter of physical switches and their failure rates, accidental activation, etc. So I guess you can look at it from a glass half empty or glass half full perspective. If true there’s nothing stopping Apple from going port-less either, completely sealed. WiFi 7 will solve the data transfer concerns of the “gotta have a USB-C port” crowd, and MagSafe takes care of charging. Of course EU bureaucrats might see things differently, assholes that they are.
    regarding “failure rates” of
    switches - been using iPhones since the original and several since then,  have not had one switch or button failure ever.  Nor do I know anybody who has issue.  Your mileage may vary but I think reliability is not an issue.
    You're a sample size of "several". Apple has shipped billions of iPods/iPhones/iPads/Macs. They know the failure rates. During my career in electronic device design, mechanical switches of any kind were a known reliability issue and we endeavored to eliminate them.
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  • Kuo doubles down on iPhone 15 Pro having no physical buttons

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    twolf2919 said:
    I wonder what benefits to the user this move has - I mean beyond the obvious elimination of water ingress points?  Perhaps the circuitry for implementing haptic feedback requires less room inside the device?
    Physical buttons compromise reliability and cost more. If Apple's haptic solution works well with gloves and cases, I'll welcome it. The current physical buttons are too hard to locate and operate when I'm wearing gloves and the phone is in my pocket. A haptic interface would allow larger virtual input surfaces and robust tactile feedback.
    watto_cobra

  • Twitter staff nearly decimated by Musk's 'extremely hardcore' demand

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    pjohnt said:
    "Decimated" literally means to reduce by 10%.  This word is used incorrectly all the time.
    From Oxford:

    dec·i·mate
    /ˈdesəˌmāt/

    verb
    past tense: decimated; past participle: decimated
    1. 1. 
      kill, destroy, or remove a large percentage or part of.
      "the project would decimate the fragile wetland wilderness"
    2. 2. 
      HISTORICAL
      kill one in every ten of (a group of soldiers or others) as a punishment for the whole group.
      "the man who is to determine whether it be necessary to decimate a large body of mutineers"

    The definition you're using is "historical", not current. You won't feel left behind if you grow with the language.
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