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  • Dell's new USB-C UltraSharp 32 4K Video Conferencing Monitor has a webcam bump

    uraharaurahara
    MplsP said:
    OMG the bump is hideous! What were they thinking? I’d never be caught DEAD sitting in front of that thing! /s 
    Do you mean the speakers which were placed at the top of monitor? Where would you place/hide them?
    watto_cobra

  • China rolls out digital yuan wallet app for iPhone and Android

    uraharaurahara
    I am confused. Could some one please explain to me:
    - what is that digital yuan? Is it just money in the bank? How is it linked to 'normal' yuan? Or is it something like Cryptocurrency?
    - what is that payment system? How is it different from WeChat, or Apple Pay, or PayPal?
    I would appreciate some info on that points. Thank you. (I read the link provided on the South China Morning Post, but didn't get any better understanding).
    watto_cobra

  • HDMI cable purchasing is about to get a whole lot more complicated

    uraharaurahara
    cpsro said:
    Vote with your wallet
    And what are the choices?
    GeorgeBMacwatto_cobra

  • Tested: MagSafe charging speed versus Qi, USB-C, and USB-A

    uraharaurahara
    fred1 said:
    I’m glad to have this information. Personally I don’t see the benefit of wireless charging except for MagSafe backup batteries. If you use a charging pad, you can’t pick up the phone to use it without the charging stopping. And why use a MagSafe wired charger when you can plug in a charger? Again, just my view. 
    And why use plug-in charger if you can simply use MagSafe? ;) 
    williamlondonwatto_cobra

  • Antitrust chief says EU has delayed Big Tech regulation too long

    uraharaurahara
    Not sure why people have latched onto anti-steering as somehow harmful. It's a standard practice throughout the business world. Limiting how companies can provide preferential treatment for their own products makes sense in situations where either consumers would expect neutrality (like search) OR the company itself is claiming that everyone is treated the same (Apple makes this claim with the App Store). 
    It's only weird when you look at the retail and sales environment as a whole. For instance, within Walmart, I'd not expect them to have posters for Target prices. Or at a restaurant they don't also show you the menu and prices from the restaurant across the street. But I get that this digital market is 'different'. But I think it's very much a debate about what is different with it. As mush as people have complained about Apple charing that 15 or 30% in the App Store, all grocery stores charge a shelving fee. And wholesale sellers have to pay money (or discount) for better sell space. That has been deemed legal. The contradictions are rife. 
    …

    Some may argue that the Play Store is competition, but how can you really say that when you need a completely different device in order to access it?

    ….
    If everything would be the same - would the competition even make sense? 

    By your logic, competing services should have all the same parameters. Then why Airlines compete with trains? And why trains compete with cars? How Macs compete with WinPCs?  Even though they are different.
    Because they compete also by being different (by at least some parameter).
    Do you expect Apple Store would have had such a value for so many people if it would be the same as Play Store, using the same devices, security features etc?
    How Macs compete with WinPCs? 
    williamlondonwatto_cobra