madeofpalk

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   by madeofpalk 3y ago

   What if allowing Amazon to purchase iRobot harms the market and shuts down three other competing companies, sending many more people out of a job. Oh, and iRobot still lays of people because they can share a bunch of functions with Amazon n
2. 1232.▲
   by madeofpalk 3y ago

   > Windows coming soon ugh, not so easy.
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   by madeofpalk 3y ago

   Amazon and iRobot also have EU-based companies, thus get jurisdiction.
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   by madeofpalk 3y ago

   Do you think there might be negative effects for other american businesses if two companies control digital advertising and collude with each other to limit competition? https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-depar
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   by madeofpalk 3y ago

   Maybe your primary interesting in VR isnt gaming.
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   by madeofpalk 3y ago

   Did every other developer also withhold apps from Windows Phone intentionally to prevent competition with their operating systems?
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   by madeofpalk 3y ago

   Yes. Entitlements is a technical security measure of iOS independent of App Store. Your app must have a signed 'bit' from Apple to say it can use the specified APIs.
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   by madeofpalk 3y ago

   It's worth noting, for better or wose, that not just anyone can ship browser engines on iOS. You must apply for an entitlement from Apple, and they must approve you. A part of that approval process seems to require that you stick to si
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   by madeofpalk 3y ago

   Apart from the EU-only carveout, this is surprisingly more capable than I expected. I thought Apple would have done the bare minimum and continue to disallow JIT and multiple processes, but they have paths to allow other engines to do that.
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    by madeofpalk 3y ago

    Historically, from emails and the such made public through the courts, Apple has resisted making such deals.
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    by madeofpalk 3y ago

    Apple didn't make this up 2 weeks ago.
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    by madeofpalk 3y ago

    Or take advantage of some of the new capabilities, such as NFC access or alternative browser engines.
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    by madeofpalk 3y ago

    We're litigating Apple's release cadance from 9 years ago? I get it. Apple used to update Safari infrequently. In the past two years they've increased how frequently they update. "Apple patch their browser twice a year a
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    by madeofpalk 3y ago

    > Sure ok Windows Store sucks but that is changing the conversation here It's exactly the conversation. The platform allowed for competition and better options to exist. You think the Windows Store is bad now? Imagine if it was a
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    by madeofpalk 3y ago

    > but I assume you are not a gamer if you think that. Why would you assume that? I play video games on my PC. I'm not forced to install any software. I can make informed decisions and understand the trade offs with what software I w
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    by madeofpalk 3y ago

    > A new version of Safari shipped 17 times in the last 28 months — version 15.0, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 15.5, 15.6, 16.0, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 16.5, 16.6, 17.0, 17.1, and now, today’s Safari 17.2. https://webkit.org/b
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    by madeofpalk 3y ago

    Read through the technical announcement for browser engines https://developer.apple.com/support/alternative-browser-engi... These requirements are things like "Use memory-safe programming languages", "Ad
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    by madeofpalk 3y ago

    For what it’s worth, this already happens on macOS for non-app store apps.
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    by madeofpalk 3y ago

    WebKit does support the same extension API as Firefox - it’s an open standard. How you install them, bundled in a native app from the App Store, is the annoying clunky part.
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    by madeofpalk 3y ago

    The "or" in your sentence indicates the choice in the market.
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    by madeofpalk 3y ago

    You can’t sign up for Netflix on the iPhone app. Users lose because of that.
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    by madeofpalk 3y ago

    I don't think I would like that. I haven't been impressed with the experience of running GUI apps within WSL. Weird window controls/resizing, compositing, and font rendering issues would be a hard blocker from using this as p
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    by madeofpalk 3y ago

    I'm really keen for Windows support, but only if it means WSL. I hope their architecture allows for it.
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    by madeofpalk 3y ago

    Are celebrity endorsements actually useful for building trust? Usually i view them in a negative light, thinking that they just paid someone to promote the product, rather that a genuine and organic endorsement.
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    by madeofpalk 3y ago

    Well, you don't really need to make a whole car for that.
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    by madeofpalk 3y ago

    It seems like every three months the Apple Car project gets rebooted. I doubt this will ever ship.
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    by madeofpalk 3y ago

    Why is that interesting? How are AirTags useful for cars?
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    by madeofpalk 3y ago

    > It's a fair question, which was also raised when the iPod was introduced. I don't know. Benefit of hindsight, but you can see the line between computers and iPod. The line from selling iphones and rent seeking on casinos for
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    by madeofpalk 3y ago

    There was no touch screen iPod before the iPhone. iPhone came before the iPod Touch or the iPod nano (the one with the small touch screen).
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    by madeofpalk 3y ago

    > Why did they disappear? And why is no company no longer offering these sizes and instead go for "bigger is better"? I don't think it's that hard - 'the market' doesn't want them. Not enough people bou