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by turquoisevar 3y ago
Can’t speak for PG&E, but I know from experience that it’s cousin SDG&E (the most expensive in the country I believe) will charge more than 60¢/kWh in the summer during certain times of the day and I’ve even had it be over 80¢
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by turquoisevar 3y ago
Apple never comments on beta versions. Whether it be a bug, a removed function or an introduced function. As far as Apple is concerned a beta is a beta and all beta are off. Only once it gets a stable release will they start commenting.
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by turquoisevar 3y ago
You completely sidestepped their criticism of Google’s Chromium dominance, which will only be exacerbated by Chromium engines being able to enter the last bastion Google needs to conquer: iOS. I’ll leave in the middle any value judgment on
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by turquoisevar 3y ago
Pretty much this. Plus there are a few “news” websites that bother translating Dutch news articles into English for expats and the like. You see this happen less with French or German news, those are typically picked up by bigger US outlets
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by turquoisevar 3y ago
Do you have v15 installed? Not sure if it’s already pushed out.
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by turquoisevar 3y ago
I got a few, also the longer one. Works 99% for both days and PD. But then I have this one Seagate external SSD that simply won’t mount with it, for which I have to use a TB4 cable (even though it’s not rated for TB). Also, some cheap Chine
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by turquoisevar 3y ago
Yeah, $2.99/mo would be a great value. $13.99/mo is at streamer levels who spend millions on production on top of infrastructure cost and allow you to share (within same household). $23/mo for family is just plain robbery.
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by turquoisevar 3y ago
> For example, Netflix would like to offer in app subscriptions and to keep more the revenue without sharing with Apple. Netflix already has that option[0] at a 15% commission rate, but they snubbed their nose. Allegedly because they di
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by turquoisevar 3y ago
Always reminds me of this TED talk[1] that goes into the fantasy accounting in cases such as this. 1: https://youtube.com/watch?v=GZadCj8O1-0
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by turquoisevar 3y ago
Quite a long read, but well worth the time. Sinofsky nails the analysis on EU regulation and provides some interesting insight into how it is to be on the other side of the table. Also a very apt analysis of Apple’s motivations.
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by turquoisevar 3y ago
Ah good old AT&T with the sleazy shit Technically it’s not a SIM lock (also called carrier lock) in the traditional sense, AT&T calls it the carrier visibility or carrier reveal program. It’s a BS name because it doesn’t just hide o
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by turquoisevar 3y ago
Actually, you might be right and I might be wrong. It’s been a few years since I’ve left the low lands and a bit longer since I stopped practicing law, so who knows what has happened in the meantime. I mainly jumped on it because I know of
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by turquoisevar 3y ago
I’d add a caveat. Namely that physical SIMs are an excellent security feature, provided carriers aren’t cavalier about managing them. Nowadays US carriers put up a few more hurdles here and there after some highly publicized issues, but it’
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by turquoisevar 3y ago
On the contrary, the DMA explicitly provides for this. Article 6 sub 4, second and third paragraph: > The gatekeeper shall not be prevented from taking, to the extent that they are strictly necessary and proportionate, measures to ensure
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by turquoisevar 3y ago
I am going to need a source for that. EULAs (or agreements in general, for that matter) are unenforceable if the terms of the agreement aren’t known to the consumer before it binds them. That’s why companies present EULAs and other shrinkwr
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by turquoisevar 3y ago
The outlets all echoed the same leak by one “supply chain specialist”. None of them were from confirmed sources or even cross referenced. As for a commissioner seriously reacting to it; your local police department is more professional when
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by turquoisevar 3y ago
That wouldn’t explain the Irish courts affirming the DPA’s decisions on this. Unless you also want to argue that the Irish courts are compromised of course.
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by turquoisevar 3y ago
Not sure what “the EU” cares about. I can tell you that the courts in the EU mainly care about the letter of the law. Less SCOTUS-esque rollercoaster rides about intent and historical tradition, more plaintext reading of the law. Doesn’t me
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by turquoisevar 3y ago
No big banner, but a EULA on first boot that explains the limitations and an option to return the device if you don’t agree. No language on what the developer agreements terms are, because the E and the U in EULA stand for “End User”, so pr
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by turquoisevar 3y ago
Many years would be an understatement. From investigation to enforcement to adjudication all the way to the ECJ you’ll be looking at roughly 10 years. Once all of that has played out, maybe some other jurisdiction might then decide to copy
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by turquoisevar 3y ago
It’s mainly on purpose. The more specific they get and the more prescriptive they are in how a business should do business, the easier it is to get it overturned in court. That’s also the reason why the DMA doesn’t contain price regulation,
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by turquoisevar 3y ago
Another example: In the Netherlands the Dutch Supreme Court provides parliament with a shortlist of 6 people. The Dutch parliament then makes a short list of 3 people based on that list. Traditionally the first three people on the 6 person
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by turquoisevar 3y ago
Heck of a weekend hobby project if it manages to pull in over 1M unique installs on iPhones in the EU alone. Might want to make it your day job in that case.
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by turquoisevar 3y ago
They created a daemon called countryd that continuously checks a bunch of variables. Such as sim country, gps, WiFi country code if WiFi networks around you, Apple ID country etc. I know better than to say there will never be a way around i
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by turquoisevar 3y ago
And yet enough people do it to the point that Android makes up more than 50% of all infected devices by virtue of Trojanized banking apps and the like being distributed via third party stores.
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by turquoisevar 3y ago
Hi, bad person here, happily building apps for their devices. They missed out on €0 because government entities, non-profits and educational institutions are exempt from the install fee. Alternatively you can also just stick with the App St
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by turquoisevar 3y ago
Non-iPhone installs don’t count. Installs outside the EU don’t count either. It’s only first unique install in a 12 month period on iPhones in the EU and then only the ones that are above 1M that are charged €0.50 in monthly installments.
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by turquoisevar 3y ago
Installs only matter on iPhones in the EU. You can have 100 million installs in the US and it wouldn’t affect what you owe Apple. You can have a 100 million installs in the EU on iPad, again, doesn’t affect what you owe Apple.
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by turquoisevar 3y ago
Are people still struggling with ad blockers on iOS in 2024? Just get the Wipr Safari extension, haven’t seen an ad since I got it the year extensions were introduced.
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by turquoisevar 3y ago
Can’t speak for other Fanboys™ but I have to help my in-laws with their Pixels weekly, which also happens to coincide with the one time a week I want to blow my brains out. Luckily I’m extremely close to having them inducted into the fruit

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