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moffatman

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    Comment #39132711

    In notarization rules, no executable code download is allowed

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    Comment #33914072

    I found just disabling these kind of Wi-Fi direct / local sharing features on macOS solved some latency I was seeing during online games. For example: Universal Control when enable…

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    Comment #33884865

    At that point it would make sense for the vendor to mail you a top-of-the-line non-iOS device to avoid the 30% commission if at all feasible.

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    Comment #31464950

    Property tax seems to me like the most fair of all taxes as the greatest value provided by the state is the enforcement of private property and ownership.

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    Comment #30944411

    Probably my favourite game. For anyone interested in something similar I would recommend “The Outer Wilds” and “Return of the Obra Dinn”.

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    Comment #30672701

    It's true that the new core slipped from A15 to A16. The improvements while real were just clock bumps. I'm interested to see if M2 will use the new cores or not.

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    Comment #26994605

    It's known that music licensing costs are about 50% of gross subscription prices. So a subscription to spotify is about 50% to rightsholders, 30% to apple, and 20% to spotify as th…

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    Comment #26993480

    I don't think you considered the loss of the 30% from each apple music customer's previous subscription to a competitor. There's no unfair advantage, the maximum profit apple can m…

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    Comment #26993425

    Something which is unintuitive is that the 30% payment fee does not advantage Apple as much as it seems. Converting a customer to Apple Music from Spotify can't increase Apple's pr…