Ugh… This was already mentioned before in another channel. Did you even read the rules? Modding you down and banned.

(These actions haven’t been better, in fact they tend to be worse. I’ll take PC forums over this ego tripping mod actions).

You forgot to add that Apple tracks your behavior so they can sell you targeted ads.

They are PC that have NPUs (Neural Processing Units) in the CPU/SoC, and a few other requirements.

Here are the specs required.

Apple makes it hard, if not impossible, to leave their ecosystem. And they are a large enough entity (in the USA where this is based) to use and abuse this size and influence.

With Android, if i don’t like Samsung, i can use Google, Motorola, etc. Same with Windows. I can buy Microsoft Surface devices, or Dell, HP, etc. I could also buy a Linux computer, Chromebook, Macbook, Android tablet, iPad, etc…

With iOS, it’s Apple or nothing. This makes Apple a gatekeeper, and a dangerously strong one. For more and more people, their “computer” is their smartphone, and with iOS, Apple is the first and final word. Want to sell to an Apple user digitally, Apple must get a cut, and they must approve of it. This just further empowers Apple, as they have more and more power and sway into what can and can’t be done. Combined with the fact as I mentioned that Apple makes it so hard to leave them. It is this size and power that makes them a monopoly, not their popularity. It’s the same thing that happened to Microsoft with it’s monopoly lawsuits. It wasn’t they were “just popular”, its they used their size and power to limit/surpress competition to empower/enrich themselves.

As for your example of “better like Microsoft”, I do have options, and those options will still allow me to leave them easily and non-painfully, or at least if I still use Windows I can use apps regardless of what Microsoft thinks or giving them more money “just because”. Apple iOS doesn’t allow this. As for power companies, ISP, streaming options, these aren’t the same subjects so I’m not going to address them. And before it comes up, no, consoles aren’t apart of this because they are marketed and sold as limited functionality devices. iPhones and iPads are sold as fully functioning devices (see “There is an App for That” and “Whats a PC?” marketing from Apple).

The USA has gone through this before with things like Bell Telephone and Standard Oil. They were too big and powerful that the only way to fix it was to break them up. The hope is that instead of breaking up Apple like those past examples is to prevent them from abusing their power and size before they get that large and dangerous.

Also, remember that Google is in the final processes of monopoly abuse lawsuits, Amazon is being sued for monopoly practices, Disney was sued for antitrust a few years ago, and Ticketmaster is being sued for monopoly charges. So, its not just only Apple here. And these are just the lawsuits from the US government, not even including EU nations, other companies, etc…

Issue here is the iPhone 14 USA models are all e-Sim. They don’t have sim cards to remove. The article says it was a iPhone 14 Pro.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vgzdj1xGw8

https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome?tab=readme-ov-file

The Microsoft Tay one I can understand though. Before it was released, they had also had Microsoft Xiaoice which had been in use for 2 years prior without this issue. Yay was just the English version of that.

I think it’s that Apple did it and showed that the consumers will take the abuse so figured why not dip into it as well.

Pulled pork?

Eh, it’s ok. Sometimes the meat just falls off the ol’ bone.

It popped off…

Thankfully this will be a private search like DuckDuckGo.

I need an answer to how do I make my peepee become larger?

It is a bad thing as it happened just at a transitional period in chargers. If it was just another USB A connector, then it wouldn’t have been an issue. But we are now in the transition of USB C chargers and most people don’t have a “box of them”.

Newer devices are advertising that they have ever faster charging options, but these need the newer USB C connectors to reach these advertised speeds, which as I mentioned, most people don’t already have. So you are stuck buying another thing to use what they were advertised as having.

Online gaming for certain games. Proton doesn’t work with some online DRMs.

We don’t believe in controlling you and your games. Here, you won’t be locked out of titles you paid for, or constantly asked to prove you own them - this is DRM-free gaming.

From the GOG website.

You’ll need to show some proof for that claim.

They have the app stores ban it from being downloaded if you are in the USA. This is already done, and app stores aren’t affected by on device VPNs, so it wouldn’t be that easy to get around.

For example, you can’t download this app since (I’m guessing) you live in the USA, similar enough. It’s geolocked. Same will happen with Tiktok.

The emulator is more likely that the Switch 2 was supposed to be released this year and ended up getting pushed to next year. This means they have to support the Switch fully for another year and it’s a harder sell when it’s easy for customers to make a choice between:

• A Switch and 3ish games

Or

• A Steam Deck that can play all the Switch games for free

When these are both the same price. The fact that instructions were easy to find and follow didn’t help.

Seems everyone jumped to conclusions about this article.

Yes, iPhones are blocked because they lack security. This is military, so they aren’t worried about basic malware. They are worried about government level security issues (Pegasus, etc…). And let’s be blunt, on this level, Apple keeps showing that they lack security in the real world situations. Yet the latest of a long list of iPhones being targeted and hacked.

Now, where people seem to be badly jumping to conclusions is that the article points out that “many” devices will be banned, so no, I doubt the latest Samsung Galaxy phone will be allowed. They are most likely going to require people use a Samsung Tactical Edition smartphone. These are designed for military usage and prevent phones from being secretly turned on for recording private conversations by hacks like Pegasus. These phones have been around for a few years now, and have likely been thoroughly tested and approved now.

This isn’t some knee-jerk patriotic requirement, but a real understanding of what is and isn’t a secure device, combined with the fact that Korea has to deal with a more and more aggressive China. They need real security for real world military.