It’d be cool not to have to transform our entire digital lifestyle just because we want to do a thing that our phone is more than capable of doing, but can’t because Apple says so.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook Testifies in Epic Games v. Apple Trial
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Yeah, busy like the guy from Game of Thrones that became King for chilling 8 Seasons long on his Chair.
We knew what the deal was. This hasn't changed since 2007.
you must be listening to a different judge and a different trial than I am listening to.
Tim Apple must be reading MR with his Best Buy comment lol
So he will be asking questions, not answering them?
I want to respect your comment, but I literally quoted from the MacRumors post… so… please criticize me directly, or the author of the post directly… so that I can at least defend myself or agree with you.
They can. They can buy an Android phone.
You said the judge will see through something, but all of her comments and questions indicate that she thinks Epic is unlikely to have a case. As for allocating costs, as Cook pointed out, Apple is famous for using a single P&L and not allocated by product/feature. They are organized by business function, not by product.
Rather than relying on summaries, i suggest you dial-in and listen first-hand.
I understand and respect that perspective, and I had a jailbroken device for a few years back in the good old days of iPhone 3GS and 4, but now that Apple has pretty much caught up with all the stuff I wanted from the jailbreak, I haven't felt that need at all with my current device. Plus these days there is no shortage of apps available in the App Store that can do whatever most people need. In my view the main person Apple won't allow to install whatever they want is the hacker who wants to install malware on my device, and I'm totally cool with that protection.
For months, there have been these articles with MR user comments making analogies to Best Buy, Target, department stores, malls, etc.
Even if I weren't ok with Apple's protection, which in some ways I'm not, I'm supportive of their right to do what they want. Even though I'm not part of Apple in any way, those rights apply to other corps and individuals too.
Dang, I was hoping Tim unrelatedly inserted an angry comment that the 2020 iPad Pro 256 wifi+cellular refurb (which is now a dead deal, but went for $450 when in stock which was rare) has been cleared out for an 'offensively low' price that doesn't represent Apple quality or brand
Sounds like no evidence of perusing MR at all
Few MR news ago, they stated Cook was preparing for hours for this trial testimony.
Well MR (Apple vs. EPIC Threads) is full of stupid BestBuy analogies, he was probably just browsing through the all threads for hours.
Ahh, that makes sense. Thank you for elaborating. You are right, too, that first-hand information is more reliable.
What about giving some companies a better cut, and others exclusive access to APIs?
Has that been followed up on in this case so far? I haven't really followed it that closely (mostly because busy / don't really care just find this all mildly interesting)
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Though I think Craig saying 'Mac security sucks' essentially is an interesting argument to lockdown iOS completely, I really don't like that he's thrown Mac under the bus like that or believe that he necessarily believes that. Mac being more open obviously has its benefits and is a core strength. it's why people chose Mac over a tablet for 'serious work' in some verticals. Just like iOS being closed obviously has its benefits too. But both have cons for their strengths, too.
Has that been followed up on in this case so far? I haven't really followed it that closely (mostly because busy / don't really care just find this all mildly interesting)
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Though I think Craig saying 'Mac security sucks' essentially is an interesting argument to lockdown iOS completely, I really don't like that he's thrown Mac under the bus like that or believe that he necessarily believes that. Mac being more open obviously has its benefits and is a core strength. it's why people chose Mac over a tablet for 'serious work' in some verticals. Just like iOS being closed obviously has its benefits too. But both have cons for their strengths, too.
The P&L are sealed for those who were hoping that it will be exposed during trial. Didn't think so.