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Apple calls for changes to anti-monopoly laws and says it may stop shipping to the EU (www.theguardian.com)

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[-] frunch@lemmy.world 37 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Apple hasn't innovated shit in years. They can take their ball and go home. Nobody will miss them and you can pretty much rest assured they'll come crawling back when it's clear they won't win. All they do anymore is piss and complain about being made to play nice with the other phones or that they don't get to keep more of the exploitative wealth they've amassed.

Edit: i take that back, they managed to convince people that they would pay $1000 for an ipad stand lol

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[-] Lastangel@feddit.uk 1 points 2 days ago

To be fair, I prefer apples form of innovation over most other tech companies. iPhones haven't got much flashier, just a bunch of incremental improvements. The battery lasts longer. It's a bit faster. The OS works with more third party apps and systems. Minor tweaks. They aren't exciting, but they're steady.

2 provisos: my newest iPhone is like, 5 years old. It does not have AI or any of the weird shit they've been pushing recently. And: it's my spare phone. Because lol fuck apple. I like their products but not as much as I like having a decent phone in my daily life

[-] arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 days ago

The only really significant Apple project in at least a decade IMO is Apple Silicon. Everything else has either been in limbo forever or is just a minor generational improvement of often questionable quality. Basically, it feels like finance and engineering took precedence over design shortly after Jobs died and everything has stagnated since.

[-] Niquarl@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago

I can't believe whybwe allow such inequality to have apple customers by a set a set of four wheals for half the minimum wage in most European countries.

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