Trump, who routinely touts his support of Israel more broadly, has reportedly said he supports Israel in its continued “war on terror” after the October 7 attack by Hamas.
This part always seems to be forgotten every time this comes up. Voting for Trump won't suddenly stop it. He'll either send just as much or more.
Lucky for you, but the truth is, Apple isn't that great or reliable. Here is a list of all the MacBook recalls, and it's a list from 2021. Battery issues of possibly catching fire, screens cracking, logic board failures, etc...
Here is another list that is from 2023 of different Apple devices.
Apple Watch Series 6 – Black Screen Issue
iPhone 12 and 12 Pro – No Sound Issues
iPhone 11 – Touch Issues
AirPods Pro – Sound Issues
iPad Air 3rd gen – Blank Screen Issue
Smart Battery Case – Charging Issues
iPhone 6s and 6s Plus – No Power Issues
15-inch MacBook Pro – Battery Overheating/Fire Risk
MacBook lineup – Keyboard Issues
13-inch MacBook Pro – Display Backlight Issues
Apple Three-Prong AC Wall Plug Adapter – Electrical Shock Risk
iPhone X – Touch Issues
iPhone 7 – No Service Issues
iPhone 6 Plus – Multi-touch and Display Flickering Issues
Apple European AC Wall Plug – Electrical Shock Risk
Beats Pill XL – Overheating and Fire Risk
Apple 5W European USB Power Adapter – Overheating Risk
Apple Ultracompact USB Power Adapter – Electrical Shock Risk
This resistance comes in response to a coordinated push by India’s top telecom operators — Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea — to bring OTT services under a new authorization framework.
Jio, India’s largest telecom operator with more than 475 million subscribers, and other telco operators have recommended that OTT providers contribute to network development costs based on their traffic consumption, turnover and user base.
This is one of those times that ISPs want not just their customers to pay them, but big companies online should also pay them since it's their services that are being used on their networks.
They can't sell Brazilian ads to Brazilians, as that needs an office/presence in Brazil. This hurts the value of ads that Xitter can charge when dealing with users in Brazil (Brazil is the largest economy in South America, and with Xitter already having ad money problems, it isn't a good thing for them.)
So while they could still show ads to Brazilians, the fact is it would be for companies with offices outside Brazil, something not many would care about.
Issue is, cutting bloat takes time and money that a smaller company would more likely view as taking away from new features which isn't viewed as a good thing. Look at reviews for versions of Android and iOS that were more focused on cutting bloat and improving code vs versions that add to the OS. You'll notice that focusing on code bloat and trimming gets at best "ho-hum" reviews with people complaining that "we've been waiting for a year for nothing" and "what's the point of updating to this?"
Think less Samsung, and a whole lot more Amazon Fire OS. And if you think Google hasn't been doing R&D for Android except for "useless" AI and something that could be done a small outside time... I don't know what to say to you then. I guess modern Bluetooth stacks, newer technology support and functionality, embedded encryption, etc... must be easy? A lot of R&D is done on the not very flashy things as well.
As someone who lives in the EU and travels to different EU (and the UK) countries, tipping is becoming a thing here.
Was just in Scotland, one place had mandatory 10% tip on the bill, another place "questioned" (complained) that the tip wasn't high enough for them. I've also seen it in other countries, typically on the machines to pay. I think it's because it's easy to put there and people are more likely to hit a yes option.
Isn't as high % expected as in the US and Canada, but it's showing up here.
This was a choice by Steve Jobs for how it is now. This was also the time they were trying to push HTML5 as the future as removing dependency on specialty software. If mostly everything was only needing a website, then it didn't matter what OS you were using. This would help allow iOS and OSX (at the time) be fully compatible against Blackberry and Windows Vista. But then Android got popular and Windows 7 was a major improvement, Linux was growing as well (netbooks, before MS tried to push into that market). Suddenly their push of any device would be on equal footing was not in their favor, so Apple pushed HARD on "There's an app for that" to start the hard lock in of iOS leading to where things are today.
Most likely the opposite would happen. With Android divested from Google, it would lose access to huge amounts of its R&D options. This means it'll need to generate more money to be able to sustain itself and future growth. Companies aren't going to want to pay more for Android and will start to spin off Android into their own custom versions that will more likely be more locked down, not less (for their profit maximization).
In the end, it would hurt Android and the smartphone market as a whole because this could cause Android to collapse, leaving iPhone the only option. No one could be able to compete because no one would buy a different smartphone. Smartphones are bought because of the apps they have (think of how many functions you use that need an app and can't be done on a web page. Banking, delivery apps, taxi apps, discount programs, government, etc...). Now, try telling people they could buy a different smartphone but won't be able to use any of those functions. No sale, one of the biggest issues to happen with the Windows Phone, the Sail OS phone, Firefox OS and why they fail. And companies won't make apps for those phones as there aren't enough users to justify the cost of making (chicken and egg problem).
A break up wouldn't help the market, and would really be handing Apple a monopoly for smartphones on a silver platter.
Look at the meme, and see the connection between our and your original post. You are the one who posted both.