alexlindsay · TEXXR

EU is set to fine Apple up to 10% of their global revenue. EU is 7% of Apple's global revenue (profit being, on average, about half whatever that number is). So, the EU could, theoretically, fine Apple 3 years of income. When does it make sense to just leave the EU? Soon.

2024-11-06 View on X

Bloomberg

Sources: EU regulators are planning to fine Apple under the DMA, after it failed to let developers steer users to cheaper deals and offers outside the App Store

- Fine will target Apple for anticompetitive App Store practices — EU move follows earlier €1.8 billion fine in Spotify case

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Apple Vision Pro - “Submerged” is the highest quality 180 footage I have ever seen. - Not sure I like the extreme closeups or extreme wides. But the middle is incredible. - Surprised that cuts worked - Camera moves make you uncomfortable by design - amazing. More please.

2024-10-11 View on X

The Verge

A review of Submerged, Apple's first scripted short film shot in Immersive Video for the Vision Pro: technologically impressive, but an isolating experience

this could change the way we watch movies Tess Ryan / MakeUseOf : Will a 15-Minute Film Make You Buy an Apple Vision Pro? The Company Thinks So Neil Cybart / Above Avalon : Apple R...

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@sdw Apple is opening it up just enough to build use cases for why it will affect quality and security. The first missteps will be part of the marketing campaign. As a user, I really don't want another store. As a developer, I really don't want users to be confused/frustrated.

2024-01-26 View on X

MacRumors

Apple announces support for alternative app stores in the EU, charging no commission but instead an annual €0.50 Core Technology Fee per install per account

including sideloading John Voorhees / MacStories : Apple Details How It Plans to Comply with the EU's Digital Markets Act Siôn Geschwindt / TNW : Apple begrudgingly allows EU custo...

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Quick Take on Apple Event... 1) THEY SHOT IT ON AN IPHONE - I think the whole reason they did this at night was to show off the iPhone footage in low-light. Talk about burying the lead. 2) Black - Want 3) The performance increases are a bit mind numbing. I don't know how a...

2023-11-01 View on X

9to5Mac

Apple says “all presenters, locations, and drone footage” in the pre-recorded “Scary Fast” event video were shot on an iPhone 15 Pro Max

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac :

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Quick Take on Apple Event... 1) THEY SHOT IT ON AN IPHONE - I think the whole reason they did this at night was to show off the iPhone footage in low-light. Talk about burying the lead. 2) Black - Want 3) The performance increases are a bit mind numbing. I don't know how a...

2023-10-31 View on X

9to5Mac

Apple says “all presenters, locations, and drone footage” in the pre-recorded “Scary Fast” event video were shot on an iPhone 15 Pro Max

Apple today held a short and unusual special event to introduce a new generation of MacBook Pro and iMac with M3 chip.

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For those saying Apple's Vision Pro is expensive. My parents bought me an Apple IIe in 1982, with a green lit monitor for $2000. The equivalent cost today is $6300. A lot of people are going to buy the headset. Not everyone, but it will be a $Billion business out of the gate.

2023-06-08 View on X

Daring Fireball

Apple Vision Pro impressions after 30 minutes of use: extraordinary tech, heavier than expected, visionOS is a breakthrough, incredible for sports, and more

I got to spend about 30 minutes Monday afternoon using a Vision Pro and VisionOS at Apple Park, in a temporary “field house” …

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@Chris44535955 Seemed like an obvious next step. Other than regulation, there is no reason for Apple not to move into a market largely impacted by user trust and loyalty. If they were a bank, they could be nearly a closed system with savings and credit all revolving around their products.

2022-03-31 View on X

Bloomberg

Sources: Apple is planning to expand its financial services by adding payment processing, lending risk assessment, credit checks, fraud analysis, and more

Good morning! Apple is reportedly building financial tools … Mahmoud Itani / XDA Developers : Apple is working on its own payment processing technology and a “Pay Later” feature S...

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@Ihnatko Apple's shift was a genius move though it's not exactly what some were hoping for. Apple essentially flooded their market by going direct to consumer. This great for Consumers, great for Apple, great for Authorized repair... not good for non-authorized who have been commodified.

2021-11-18 View on X

CNET

Apple announces Self Service Repair, a program starting next year that will publish repair manuals, let customers buy parts and tools, and more

The tech giant says it will publish repair manuals and allow everyday customers to buy the same parts and tools certified technicians and repair shops use.

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In the “Before Times” I'd be really excited to see a new Macbook Pro on Monday. Today... I just want a faster MacMini to add to my growing collection. It's amazing how the M1 transformed this little utility mac into a full fledged computer.

2021-10-18 View on X

MacRumors

What to expect from Apple's Unleashed event on Monday: 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros with mini-LED, AirPods 3, redesigned Mac mini, and macOS Monterey launch

Apple's first fall event of 2021 focused on the iPhone and the Apple Watch, but the second, set to be held on Monday, October 18, is expected to be Mac-centric.

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@mikenoe @SenBlumenthal @marshblackburn @SenAmyKlobuchar I think our representatives should think about what millions of angry iPhone users will do when they are forced, by big corporations, to sideload in order to squeeze extra money out of them. I promise to blame the three of you for years for the mess that you are about to create.

2021-08-12 View on X

Wall Street Journal

Three US senators unveil the bipartisan Open App Markets Act, which would force app stores to allow sideloading and let developers use their own IAP systems

Legislation would place new limits on how Apple and Google app stores can operate — WASHINGTON—Senators introduced legislation Wednesday … Source: United States Senator … .

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Senators propose “Open App Markets Act” that will force sideloading and lead to a complete mess for the users.... but great for the massive corporations pushing for it. This is instead of working on something that would benefit average people... like less internet monopolies.

2021-08-12 View on X

Wall Street Journal

Three US senators unveil the bipartisan Open App Markets Act, which would force app stores to allow sideloading and let developers use their own IAP systems

Legislation would place new limits on how Apple and Google app stores can operate — WASHINGTON—Senators introduced legislation Wednesday … Source: United States Senator … .

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@TobyS2 Except that Apple Users' experience will be degraded as the pigs in these big companies move services to the 3rd party app stores, ask for our information, track us, require their own logins... it will suck.

2021-07-10 View on X

CNBC

Biden signs an EO calling on regulators to enact reforms such as increasing scrutiny of tech mergers and focusing more on moves like “killer acquisitions”

- President Joe Biden signed a new executive order aimed at cracking down on anti-competitive practices in Big Tech, labor and numerous other sectors.

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Banks screw us on a daily basis. Congress -To big to fail. Cable companies -Lack of competition thus poor service damages the economies of entire communities. Congress -That's OK. Apple builds something that actually works for consumers. Congress - Well, we can't have that.

2021-07-10 View on X

CNBC

Biden signs an EO calling on regulators to enact reforms such as increasing scrutiny of tech mergers and focusing more on moves like “killer acquisitions”

- President Joe Biden signed a new executive order aimed at cracking down on anti-competitive practices in Big Tech, labor and numerous other sectors.

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@TobyS2 Except that Apple Users' experience will be degraded as the pigs in these big companies move services to the 3rd party app stores, ask for our information, track us, require their own logins... it will suck.

2021-07-10 View on X

The Verge

Biden EO will encourage the FCC to bring back net neutrality and enforce clearer pricing labels for ISPs, asks FTC to draft right-to-repair rules, more

but it can't until he picks a third Democrat Pia Singh / CNBC : IAC CEO says Apple is ‘worse’ than Google and will be next target in U.S. antitrust crackdown Tyler Lee / Ubergizmo ...

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Banks screw us on a daily basis. Congress -To big to fail. Cable companies -Lack of competition thus poor service damages the economies of entire communities. Congress -That's OK. Apple builds something that actually works for consumers. Congress - Well, we can't have that.

2021-07-10 View on X

The Verge

Biden EO will encourage the FCC to bring back net neutrality and enforce clearer pricing labels for ISPs, asks FTC to draft right-to-repair rules, more

but it can't until he picks a third Democrat Pia Singh / CNBC : IAC CEO says Apple is ‘worse’ than Google and will be next target in U.S. antitrust crackdown Tyler Lee / Ubergizmo ...

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@stevebrazill @Ihnatko @leolaporte @reneritchie I generally don't take quite a hard stance but, for Apple Users, what congress is proposing is something we will not get to fix when it's wrong... and it will damage our experience permanently. We, as the users, bought into an ecosystem and we have a right to have that ecosystem.

2021-07-08 View on X

The Verge

Facebook-commissioned study by Comscore claims that most US iOS and Android users stick with preinstalled apps; Apple says the study is “seriously flawed”

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@snitstwits @daringfireball All sideloading ideas play into the plans the FBI, NSA, and Five Eyes have for Apple. This whole thing is an intelligence take down.

2021-07-03 View on X

Reuters

Vestager warns Apple against using privacy and security concerns to fend off App Store competition, says security and privacy are not lost due to sideloading

Europe's tech chief Margrethe Vestager on Friday warned iPhone maker Apple (AAPL.O) against using privacy and security concerns …

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Let's be clear about who really wants to get into iPhone... the intelligence community - FBI, NSA, Five Eyes, etc. Congress can cover it with other issues but this whole process is to make the phones less secure so our governments can spy on us. We should not go quietly.

2021-07-03 View on X

Reuters

Vestager warns Apple against using privacy and security concerns to fend off App Store competition, says security and privacy are not lost due to sideloading

Europe's tech chief Margrethe Vestager on Friday warned iPhone maker Apple (AAPL.O) against using privacy and security concerns …

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If you are an Apple User that enjoys ease of use, privacy, and things just working... The new bills proposed in Congress are an existential threat to your way of life. If you are OK with everything be like Android... It's fine, go about your business. Everything will be fine.

2021-06-17 View on X

Bloomberg

Rep. David Cicilline, leading a push for a new Big Tech antitrust legislation, says it will prohibit Apple from impeding users from removing pre-installed apps

distracting the company from its growth areas, risking regulatory retaliation, making its higher information users mad, and all not actually that much $$ in Apple terms. https://ww...

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@philiped Apple has never protected the cloud or metadata... they have always protected access to the phone itself. I'm constantly amazed that people can't get their heads around that. There's no contraction here... just click bait.

2021-06-14 View on X

Washington Post

Secret gag orders imposed by the US government on tech companies must stop, as they abuse citizens' fundamental freedoms and are no longer even used sparingly

Brad Smith is the president of Microsoft. — The past seven days marked another bad week for the collision between technology and democracy.

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