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  • Fanhouse protests Apple's 30% commission on payments to creators

    williamhwilliamh
    morebeer said:
    30% is criminal.  Surprised they can get away with that.  Even eBay only takes about 12% of the sale which includes the payment processing fees.  And if you're a high-volume seller, its less.  30%????  That's like mafia protection money.
    The mafia offers a deal that you can't refuse, if television is to be believed.  Apple offers a deal you can refuse.

    And who is to say the Farmhouse's 10% commission is fair?  The content creator sells whatever it is for $10,000 and only gets $9,000?  That $1,000 could be the difference between life and death.
    williamlondon

  • Former Apple CDO Jony Ive helped design the 24-inch iMac

    williamhwilliamh
    coolfactor said:
    lam92103 said:
    So is that why it only comes with 2/4 USB-C ports?

    Likely based on market research where a majority of average consumers, which is the target of these new iMacs, have not needed that many USB ports. Why waste parts when they won't be used? And for those that need more, a USB hub adds more ports very easily.

    I guess it was that same market research that led Apple to put only 1 port on the original MacBook.  
    MplsPwilliamlondonDAalseth

  • Google will begin automatically enrolling users in two-step verification

    williamhwilliamh
    Kudos to you folks who steadfastly refuse to secure your accounts. Attackers usually go after "low-hanging fruit." Might as well be you.  Thanks.

    For those of you who believe that it should not be mandatory to require a mobile device for anything on the web, you should be pleased to learn that Google agrees with you.  You do not need a mobile device to set up multi factor authentication.  The AI article doesn't delve into it, but the MFA/two-step options not requiring a mobile phone include phone calls (doesn't have to be mobile!), a security key like a Yubikey, or even a printable sheet of one-time passcodes.  If you do have a mobile device, you can use SMS messages (not ideal) or an authenticator app for MFA.
    uraharadewmewatto_cobra

  • Steve Jobs job application valued at $175,000 heads to auction

    williamhwilliamh
    That doesn't look like a job application. There's nothing on the form about an employer or job applied to.  The paper looks more like a form he might have filled out for a university career development center or something like that.
    randominternetpersonsteve_jobs

  • VMWare Fusion 12 debuts with macOS Big Sur support, more

    williamhwilliamh
    Will Fusion or any other similar product allow me to run two copies of macOS simultaneously on the same Mac? If not, could this change under Apple Silicon?
    Other posters mentioned doing this with VMWare and Parallels. I'm running an older version of MacOS with VirtualBox which is free and has served me well for years.

     We'll see what we get with the VMWare free personal version but I am interested. That will have to hurt Parallels as the free VMWare version should be quite good for many home users.
    cat52