Apple has its own custom hinge already designed and ready in the supply chain for next year. Samsung likes their design and is adopting it for their next model.

iCloud is just a set of services Apple offers for their customers. Complete with vendor lock in. There’s no indication they are selling that data though if that’s what you are asking.

Rumor has it Apple wasn’t happy with the crease in folding phones and didn’t want to launch a foldable until they could solve the crease problem. Supposedly, they are gearing up to launch theirs next year and Samsung will be adopting apples solution for the crease problem then too.

Seems relevant…. https://imgur.com/ZDDnQDB

Dude I’m still bitter about Apple killing 3D Touch. It’s like companies research what I like and when they find it that’s the tipping point for killing a feature/flavor/model/etc.

Canonical had a really interesting idea for a Linux phone back in the day but it never launched. There are some Linux phones trying to make that happen but it’s just not likely to see the widespread adoption needed to fund development.

We can’t have nice things.

I like Apple’s os, App Store and processors better than android’s. I like Android’s everything else better than apple’s.

Ultimately you are getting fucked anyway but you get to pick the guy who fucks you.

Fanboi: “Apple does everything Android does! They just lie about it!”

Apple is no saint, but they have a different business model with different pressures. There’s little incentive for them to commit the same sins Android does.

You using this thing helps boost metrics and alert search engines and shit. That boosts their visibility. Just using the thing helps the project.

Frankly, if libreoffice made a cleaner looking UI that wasn’t stuck in the 90s more people would take it seriously. It’s functional, but curb appeal helps to attract people, to convince them to give it a chance.

It’s fun to assume this is Microsoft being petty but the most likely scenario is Microsoft has cut their operating costs to such extremes they no longer have usable services or products.

This always happens when business majors are allowed to make decisions.

There are more concerns in the world than just “is it open source?”

Who said anything about banks? Republicans are all in on crypto. let’s play this game.

Pirate all your shit. Problem solved.

Capitalism is actually the fix for this one for once. Just be the only payment processor that lets you buy anything legal. Demand for your services guarantees your success and the others die out.

Let’s see if republicans still like capitalism now.