americans just cant cope with their companies being regulated lol like the rest of the world are in agreement that apple are pretty fucked up
Who are these consumers unhappy with how Apple is managing their product offerings? Who's being hurt? If your entire lawsuit is about protecting the consumer then who and what is disenfranchised by Apple, Google, Samsung, Microsoft, etc?
Epic isn't going to offer anyone a better and more affordable in-game currency on Fortnite delivered via their own app store -- they're gonna pocket that money.
By and large, almost all of smartphone users are happy with their ecosystems.
Epic isn't going to offer anyone a better and more affordable in-game currency on Fortnite delivered via their own app store -- they're gonna pocket that money.
By and large, almost all of smartphone users are happy with their ecosystems.
That sounds like an outright lie lol
"forcing users" is doing A LOT of work there for a feature that users can optionally tap into
Also the irony of Apple asking to access APIs from GM and GM saying no and in response they ditched CarPlay altogether. And that is being used against Apple, so isn't GM being anticompetitive here?
"forcing users" is doing A LOT of work there for a feature that users can optionally tap into
Also the irony of Apple asking to access APIs from GM and GM saying no and in response they ditched CarPlay altogether. And that is being used against Apple, so isn't GM being anticompetitive here?
Find you someone that loves you as much as:
1. Reilo loves Apple
2. Sy loves Sony
3. Smokey loved Harden from 2012-2021
1. Reilo loves Apple
2. Sy loves Sony
3. Smokey loved Harden from 2012-2021
I'd even defend Google and Microsoft on this. This lawsuit makes no sense.
It's like suing reddit and Facebook and saying they need to make their APIs public for fair use.
BUT at the same time claim that they aren't allowed to access another company's APIs.
It's like suing reddit and Facebook and saying they need to make their APIs public for fair use.
BUT at the same time claim that they aren't allowed to access another company's APIs.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/03/hackers-can-extract-secret-encryption-keys-from-apples-mac-chips/
Sy getting set up by slaent. Hopefully he didn’t listen to all of you
Sy getting set up by slaent. Hopefully he didn’t listen to all of you
Isn't that what reddit ads are currently? Feel like I constantly see crap ads masquerading as real content
The EU said it will investigate five different possible acts of non-compliance in its announcement:Dude, what does this even mean? These are so vague.
1 & 2 - Whether Apple and Alphabet are not allowing apps to freely communicate with users and make contracts with them
3 - Whether Apple is not giving users enough choice
4 - Whether Meta is unfairly asking people to pay to avoid their data being used for adverts
5 - Whether Google preferences the firm's own goods and services in search results
Not only that, but they're telling Meta they can't implement alternative revenue models while simultaneously making them offer a free service is ridiculous.
Edit:
Under the third point, the EU says that Apple is obliged to allow users to easily uninstall apps on their devices, change default settings and be given "choice screens" to let them use different browsers or search engines.Nobody that uses any phones fucking cares. Demanding how the UX should work is beyond stupid. Nobody out there is deciding whether they want to buy a phone or not because of the iOS Photos app, wtf.
The EU says Apple's web browser "choice screen" does not give people enough choice, and said that some apps, such as Apple Photos, cannot be deleted at all.
Never seen anyone that hates people being able to choose how to use their own devices as much as reilo does
If you delete the Photos app, where will your photos go!?
I'm against old farts that don't understand software dictating how it should behave. Noone in their right mind is being hurt by not being able to delete the Photos app.
More choice screens is a shitty ass shitty consumer experience that will cause more headaches than lessen them.
I'm against old farts that don't understand software dictating how it should behave. Noone in their right mind is being hurt by not being able to delete the Photos app.
More choice screens is a shitty ass shitty consumer experience that will cause more headaches than lessen them.
By DiPro Go To Postin the photos folder.So a structured application with files and folders is okay but a structured application specifically for images and videos named Photos is not? Will they demand the Files app should be deletable next?
Watch out Microsoft, EU will demand that customers can choose a different file system on first time Windows setup. That's clearly anticonsumer that Windows ships with a file system.
I deleted my photos from the Google Photos cloud and it deleted them on my phone too. What kind of shit is that.
By reilo Go To PostSo a structured application with files and folders is okay but a structured application specifically for images and videos named Photos is not? Will they demand the Files app should be deletable next?Finally, the year of Linux on the Desktop is upon us!
Watch out Microsoft, EU will demand that customers can choose a different file system on first time Windows setup. That's clearly anticonsumer that Windows ships with a file system.
Various *nix distros allow you to choose from multiple different filesystems on initial install. EXT, BTRFS, ZFS, etc.
By Kibner Go To PostFinally, the year of Linux on the Desktop is upon us!While I fully support that being a thing, it shouldn't be dictated via a shitty choice screen!
Various *nix distros allow you to choose from multiple different filesystems on initial install. EXT, BTRFS, ZFS, etc.
By reilo Go To PostWhile I fully support that being a thing, it shouldn't be dictated via a shitty choice screen!I agree with you on that. I was just (trying to) making a funny.
Ads on ads on ads their clickthrough rate (because people accidentally click while trying to close using the tiniest fucking x) must be incredible
By Rob Go To PostNot sure why websites think this is an enjoyable reading experienceWriters rail against it all the time. The money people laugh at them and crack their whips.
That's a fucking nightmare.
Seems to have snuck in to macOS too if you use brew.
Worth a check on your machines
By JesalR Go To PostThe extent of the damage is TBD, imo. The author made “good faith” contributions for years before using their reputation to get people to make changes that allowed this backdoor to get pushed out.
That's a fucking nightmare.
Seems to have snuck in to macOS too if you use brew.
Worth a check on your machines
E: the author was also getting post to MS to get something similar posted out to one of their software products, too, iirc
Speaking from the consumer side of things, I don’t really see an issue with that.
You’re selling a product, people should know viable ways of contacting you should any issues arise and they need help.
You’re selling a product, people should know viable ways of contacting you should any issues arise and they need help.
Reporting early responses to DMA compliance
For the consumers™
Here are a few other things we’re seeing across countries where DMA changes have been introduced:https://blog.google/around-the-globe/google-europe/new-competition-rules-come-with-trade-offs/
- We’ve seen increased traffic to a small number of successful intermediary services and significantly less engagement with a wide range of businesses like airlines, hotels, local merchants and restaurants.
- Hotels are concerned that direct booking clicks are down as much as 30% since our compliance changes were implemented. These businesses now have to connect with customers via a handful of intermediaries that typically charge large commissions, while traffic from Google was free. European airlines and local businesses have expressed similar concerns.
- Consumers have expressed negative views about changes to the display of Google Maps in Search. Many European users are raising concerns on message boards and in our help forums that they no longer see a useful Google Maps tab on our Search results page.
For the consumers™
The projector’s user interface is — how can I put this nicely? — bananas. To unlock your device, which you have to do every time you magnetically reattach the AI Pin, you move your hand forward and backward through a series of numbers and then pinch your thumb and forefinger together to select a number. It feels a bit like sliding a tiny trombone.
It feels like Humane decided early on that the AI Pin couldn’t have a screen no matter what and did a bunch of product and interface gymnastics when a tiny touchscreen would have handled all of these things much better. Kudos to Humane for swinging big, but if you’re going to try to do phone things, just make a phone.https://www.theverge.com/24126502/humane-ai-pin-review
*shocked*
No more telling carriers and phone makers where they can’t (or must) put app stores on their phoneshttps://www.theverge.com/2024/4/12/24128531/epic-google-proposed-injunction-remedies
No more sharing Google Play revenues with carriers or phone makers
No more agreements with terms that might disincentivize other companies from carrying competing app stores
No more Android app exclusivity deals or most-favored-nation clauses that require devs to offer the same prices, release dates, and content on Google Play as other platforms
Downloading apps from third-party stores needs to be as easy as downloading from Google Play with no additional steps, warnings, or friction save a single tap to sideload them — but Google can block malware and apps that haven’t been notarized
Equal access to Android APIs for all developers, no tying them to Google Play Store
No tying access to other Google products and services to use of Google Play
Google to allow third-party app stores access to Google Play’s catalog of apps for six years and let users make those third-party app stores perform their app updates
Google to allow third-party app stores into Google Play for six years, with no fees
Do any of ya'll really wanna side with Epic? Because, wow. They just want someone else to invest billions in building a popular OS for them and they want to reap all the benefits.
Why don't they like, just create their own OS? They can do whatever they want.
Oh, because it won't come with the network effects they desire and it's a prohibitively expensive proposition? I see. I bet they don't even believe in corporate taxes.
Oh, because it won't come with the network effects they desire and it's a prohibitively expensive proposition? I see. I bet they don't even believe in corporate taxes.
By reilo Go To Poststuff like that is why i switched to linux
I'm sorry but what
I have many issues with MacOS, but every single time /i have to use windows I’m so thankful Mac is my main computing platform.
Obligatory 'haven't had a serious Windows issue in 20 years' post.
No impulse whatsoever to switch OS. Everything just works. If I don't like something, there's a way to customize it exactly as I want it.
No impulse whatsoever to switch OS. Everything just works. If I don't like something, there's a way to customize it exactly as I want it.
Anyone updated and regrets it? My C2 get used as a monitor only, so it wouldn't change much for me, but still. If it ain't broken ...
you can turn the ads off, right? i feel like people showed it being pretty easy. still pretty shitty to do that though.
By reilo Go To PostWould never willingly use a TV OS. Stick with AppleTV, Roku, Chromecast, etc.That was my credo as well until I bought the C9. Works very well still for Plex, YT, Netflix and Twitch, which is all I've ever needed.