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by IBM 8y ago
>The rent seeking point from Stratechery is taken directly from Apple's own earnings calls where they are now measuring their success based on revenue from this rent-seeking instead of on devices sold. I don't follow how talkin
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by IBM 8y ago
Someone on Something Awful made one too but this one looks a lot better (and is up-to-date). https://didgoogleshutdown.com/
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by IBM 8y ago
I actually sent them 3 over the past two weeks but never got a reply. I'm guessing no one stays on top of the inbox.
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by IBM 8y ago
A few months ago Bloomberg published a story which I'm 99% sure was directed by Facebook PR, in-line with their strategy being reported on in this story [1][2]. Also can any mods tell me why all my comments are dead? [1] https:/&
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by IBM 8y ago
>“We’re not going to traffic in your personal life,” Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive, said in an MSNBC interview. “Privacy to us is a human right. It’s a civil liberty.” (Mr. Cook’s criticisms infuriated Mr. Zuckerberg, who later order
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by IBM 8y ago
Bloomberg had a report earlier this year saying they'd have ARM Macs in 2020, which makes sense given that lines up with the work they're doing in Marzipan now [1]. They're also making gains in the legal fight to crack the Qu
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by IBM 8y ago
Almost all of Apple's security features are invisible and by default and don't get in the way. They're striking the balance between user experience and security.
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by IBM 8y ago
It will force the market to stop viewing them as a hardware company like Dell or HP and instead view them as the ecosystem company they are. That's why they're doing it.
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by IBM 8y ago
Intel's gross margins are high enough (especially on the higher end chips) that it makes sense for Apple to design their own chips for Macs. Rumors are pointing to 2020 for when it will first happen. Macs could then be cheaper and be
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The Conspiratorial Hate We See Online Is Increasingly Appearing in Real Life(buzzfeednews.com)
53 points by IBM 8y ago|25 comments
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Countries Push Digital Taxes on Tech Giants(wsj.com)
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by IBM 8y ago
>The suit included a screenshot of an August 2015 email Mr. Rubin sent to one woman. “You will be happy being taken care of,” he wrote. “Being owned is kinda like you are my property, and I can loan you to other people.” Uhhh
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by IBM 8y ago
>Only in some cases where it benefits them. In other cases, they absolutely stand up. It is blatantly obvious that their principles are based on borders and are inconsistent here. It's your prerogative if you want to continue to ins
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by IBM 8y ago
Here's the exact time stamp so you can hear his answer yourself: https://youtu.be/VD1cP8SK3Q0?t=244 >Why are public statements about privacy always about the US or EU but never China? As much as Apple/Cook may
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by IBM 8y ago
I've posted this a number of times before but it's apparently not common knowledge (and for good reason Apple doesn't seem to talk about their situation in China often). Apple's position in China is completely consistent
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by IBM 8y ago
Fun fact: I emailed Tim Cook in August after reading this story in the NYT, asking him to publicly oppose a weak federal privacy bill in the US [1]. I thought they might do it when Bud Tribble, Apple's privacy czar, testified in Congre
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by IBM 8y ago
Alex Stamos doesn't realize that the political tides have shifted. The technolibertarianism that has been prevalent in Silicon Valley since at least the 1990s is on its way out. Governments around the world are increasingly asserting t
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Apple’s CEO Tim Cook to endorse GDPR in major privacy speech(techcrunch.com)
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by IBM 8y ago
>“This legislation poses a threat to both your livelihood and your ability to share your voice with the world,” Wojcicki wrote. “And, if implemented as proposed, Article 13 threatens hundreds of thousands of jobs, European Creators, busi
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by IBM 8y ago
Except in Apple's case, Apple's products last longer and have higher resale value. Apple tightly controlling the supply chain and who repairs their products directly influences the secondary market value for their products. When y
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Talks at Google: The Elite Charade of Changing the World(twitter.com)
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by IBM 8y ago
This lets Apple nuke a compromised version of an app without doing it to all versions or apps by that developer. Which would have been useful in the case of Transmission [1][2]. [1] https://arstechnica.com/information-techno
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by IBM 8y ago
What they denied was that the servers were used in production. They also said they didn't find the firmware on the server as shipped from Supermicro, it was downloaded from their website [1]. >Update: A source familiar with the case
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by IBM 8y ago
It's not immoral if what's being reported is in the public interest. It's questionable when it's something like "Brad and Angelina are breaking up", but obviously not illegal.
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by IBM 8y ago
It's not irresponsible at all if the story is true. Bloomberg has no responsibility to Supermicro's stock (or anyone else's). They also aren't responsible for protecting classified information. But the story probably isn
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Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression(washingtonpost.com)
65 points by IBM 8y ago|23 comments
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by IBM 8y ago
I think that's already happened. https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2016-amazon-same-day/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-jobs-automatio...
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by IBM 8y ago
I mean it's obviously bad for the LPs if it all goes to zero. But there's no systemic risk to the financial system that taxpayers will have to shoulder if that happens, which is what the government or regulators should care about.
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U.S. senators urge India to soften data localization stance(reuters.com)
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The U.S. Needs to Crack Down on White-Collar Crime(bloomberg.com)
208 points by IBM 8y ago|129 comments

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