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  • Apple releases MagSafe Battery Pack for iPhone

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    OctoMonkey said:
    Wow is that thing...  ugly.  As much as I hate to say it, bring back Jony!  ugh - I regret saying it already.
    What would he do?  Make it a hemisphere instead of a rectangular cube?  Make the Apple logo a different color?
    fahlmanwatto_cobra

  • Google slapped with antitrust lawsuit over app store management

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    gatorguy said:
    Weird lawsuit. On Android there's the option of side-loading and using alternative app stores like Amazon's. On iOS there is no such option, it is 100% Apple's to control, but the AG's are accusing Google of antitrust violations despite not having control of the app delivery market for the OS??
    The difference is Google has been paying developers to not offer apps outside Google's store. So side loading is not really an "alternative" when it comes to the top apps on Google's store.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple declares 12-inch MacBook from 2015 a vintage product

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    GeorgeBMac said:
    MplsP said:
    AppleInsider said:
    "Obsolete" products, on the other hand, are those that have been discontinued for more than seven years. Obsolete products are not able to receive hardware service from Apple technicians or Authorized Service Providers, with "no exceptions."
    This is another argument for right to repair laws. 

    I agree....
    While I support Apple's walled garden approach to hardware repairs, I also think that Apple should not use that to cut users off from obtaining (or performing) the support they need in a planned obsolescence approach.

    Your absurd post is based on the incorrect and illogical conclusion that Apple forbids repairing obsolete products.  In fact, Apple has no such policy for any product, current, vintage, or obsolete. 

    dewmetmayRonkeluraharaRayz2016watto_cobra

  • Apple declares 12-inch MacBook from 2015 a vintage product

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    sflocal said:
    sdw2001 said:
    I take it my mid 2015 MBP (purchased 2016) will be on the list very soon 
    And even if it were, will it suddenly stop working?  
    People have no idea what it means, but they complain anyway. 
    Ronkelwatto_cobra

  • American Airlines switching to iPhones, iPads for all frontline employees

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    AppleInsider said:

    American Airlines pilots will continue to use iPads are electronic flight bans. 
     :# 
    watto_cobra