gernot · TEXXR

Good story about how bad @Apple is at curating the AppStore. I see a point in having a store with a gatekeeper, but that comes with a big responsibility. If @Appstore does not live up to that, what remains is well deserved Antitrust problems. https://9to5mac.com/...

2021-02-09 View on X

9to5Mac

A developer is exposing scam lookalike apps that are flourishing on the App Store, fueled by lax enforcement and fake reviews, after his own app was targeted

what to avoid Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Philip Elmer‑DeWitt : Apple cracks down, piecemeal, on scam apps Msmash / Slashdot : Developer Exposes Multiple Scam Apps on the App Store, Some...

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Finally someone understood Cookies! Everyone, please do the same! https://twitter.com/...

2020-12-18 View on X

TechCrunch

GitHub says it is doing away with all non-essential cookies and will no longer feature “irritating” cookie banners on GitHub.com and its subdomains

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@joaopinheiro Pretty sure that it's the usual qi charging. They added a circle of magnets for centering and to make wall and car mounts possible. It's very likely since there have been pics of that magnet ring months ago, and reusing the MagSafe name also sounds like a move they'd do.

2020-10-10 View on X

The Verge

Report: Apple to announce 4 new iPhones, including $699 5.4" iPhone 12 Mini, MagSafe branded wireless chargers and iPhone case, and $99 HomePod mini on Oct. 13

Alongside claims we'll see a new HomePod mini this year — A new leak has provided extensive details about what Apple could announce at its October 13th event.

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Noone cares about Speed on the iPhone (it's fast enough for most people), and the iPhone 12 processor has already been announced on the iPad Air. If the messaging is Speed, I expect ARM Macs. https://twitter.com/...

2020-10-07 View on X

9to5Mac

Apple announces it will hold an event on October 13 at 10am PDT, where it's expected to unveil new 5G iPhones; invites are titled “Hi, Speed.”

and that looks a lot like Apple's rumored AirTags (Tile clone) right on the invite. https://twitter.com/... Joe Rossignol / @rsgnl : 5G. A14. Both speedy. https://twitter.com/... M...

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No no no, @Apple, „temporarly doing the right thing" is not the same as „doing the right thing". Sure, take a cut where appropriate, but don't take it where not. Apply rules consistently. And don't insist on crazy margins in a monopoly situation. The 30% cut has to go. https://twitter.com/...

2020-09-26 View on X

TechCrunch

Apple has agreed to allow Facebook to process payments for its paid online events feature via Facebook Pay, without taking a 30% cut, until December 31

for now — when Facebook sells online classes Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat : Facebook takes a shot at Apple over stance on paid online events for game creators Bloomberg : Apple to ...

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Apple ending „Sign in with Apple" support for Epic Games is making the whole service look EXTREMELY bad. NEVER shut down a service others depend on for LOGIN. I don't care why, just don't. Developers TRUST that this doesn't ever happen.

2020-09-10 View on X

iMore

Epic says Apple is disabling Sign In with Apple for Fortnite on Sept. 11 and impacted users should update their account email address and password now

What you need to know — Epic has tweeted to warn users that Apple is going to block Sign in with Apple for Fortnite.

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