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Facebook seems to have kicked off Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp integration
xfx and 3 others reacted to Brian Miller for a topic
NO ONE wants this.4 points -
Google Duo could be reportedly replaced with Meet
Nogib and 2 others reacted to seeprime for a topic
Duo was a great Facetime equal that ran on both Android and iPhones. Google somehow managed to totally screw up the marketing for it. Most people don't even know it exists. So, instead of bringing it back to life, management by committee will very likely screw it up.3 points -
Google Duo could be reportedly replaced with Meet
matthiew and 2 others reacted to dustojnikhummer for a topic
Yeah, and they can call it Hangouts3 points -
Google Duo could be reportedly replaced with Meet
Nogib and 2 others reacted to George P for a topic
Google and its never ending chat app quest.3 points -
NASA Commercial Crew (CCtCap) test milestones
SteveL and one other reacted to DocM for a topic
NASA did plenty, the Dream Chaser spaceplane started development as two vehicles; HL-20 (crew & light cargo) and HL-42 (crew and medium cargo) after Challenger. Special interests in Congress, basically the Shuttle contractors, got it killed. This in turn killed 7 more people, which tipped the scale to end the Shuttle program in 2011 and start Commercial Crew.2 points -
Postbox 7.0.26.1
Rigby and one other reacted to Thrackerzod for a topic
Better download it fast before Trump has it removed and hauled away in a truck.2 points -
Microsoft adds 'Play my Email' feature to Outlook on Android
waysidesc and one other reacted to Ryster for a topic
Why do you have to be so snide in these articles ? English is not exclusive to the U.S. and U.S. residents use languages other than English. Which other articles mate? I'm being snide because it's justified. Making something English only at first is fine, you always have to start somewhere. But making it be for English only in the US and excluding other English speaking countries, not least of all the county where the English language comes from, is just just plain annoying.2 points -
Xiaomi Redmi 9 is now available to purchase in the UK for £149
Xahid and one other reacted to Elliot B. for a topic
That is a lot of phone for the money!2 points -
Telegram adds video call support on Android, blames Apple for iOS delay [Update]
matthiew and one other reacted to Brony for a topic
If you have to pay 30 percent of your revenue to the App Store one may expect fast service. Possibly, but there's millions of other devs out there that have zero problems with it. IOS developer here. 👎 It could be more than 2 days. Sometimes, it could take a week if not more. In some cases, it could take a month. Some developers are even claimed that Apple delays updates of their applications on purpose. https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/109568?page=42 points -
Telegram adds video call support on Android, blames Apple for iOS delay [Update]
noobient and one other reacted to 0sit0 for a topic
"Telegram adds video call support on Android, blames Apple for iOS delay" "Video calls are pretty standard on Telegram, and the developers plan to expand its feature set over time, including support for group calls. " Which one is it?2 points -
Apple kicks Fortnite out of the App Store, Epic sues Apple [Update]
REM2000 and one other reacted to Steven P. for a topic
Lol "help us sue Apple so we can publish our freemium game on their store and so you can purchase things to make us rich"2 points -
Microsoft publishes its secret Surface Duo briefing
Osiris and one other reacted to Atlantico for a topic
$1400 and runs Android. You get Google's spyware and a bad phone for $1400. If this ran Windows, ok. Maybe... still expensive. But Android? No, there are better and cheaper Android devices out there and if there's anything worth copying in the hardware, that will be copied by one or more of the bajillion Android hardware OEMs. This thing is more stupid than the Surface RT.2 points -
Apple kicks Fortnite out of the App Store, Epic sues Apple [Update]
dead.cell and one other reacted to SuperHands for a topic
Well yeah, that was the whole point. It was a great decision to show in the lawsuit how monopolistic Apple really is here It is their platform though and the rules haven’t changed since the day Epic signed up to them Which means nobody is allowed to fight against those? Literally nobody's saying you can't be against the terms. The difference is you don't sign up on an agreement you're unhappy with, then get to act dumb about it. Reminds me of the last dumbass company I worked who'd pay all their invoices on a NET45, regardless of the terms they signed up on (often NET30). They refused to pay late fees until their services would get shut off for being behind 3 months due to complete non-compliance... Can't fix stupid I suppose. Epic knew damn well what rules there are. But they disagreed with them and they are well within their rights to do so. In this case, I just have to be on their side. They can disagree with them by just not selling on their platform. Not acting like a dumbass child with what they’ve done. They’ve not come out of this looking good.2 points -
Neowin might share location data?
spikey_richie and one other reacted to SnoopZ for a topic
Thanks for the heads up just turned all this bollocks off, hopefully it'll get remembered for next time.2 points -
Software support for older Huawei Android devices could be affected as temporary license expires
Geezy reacted to dustojnikhummer for a topic
Huawei locks bootloaders of their phones, so installing custom roms would rely on exploits that bypass the lock. Therefore, there is little to no OOS development for Huawei phones. So does Samsung, but there are plenty of ROMs for those phones. Also, i thought there was a process to have it unlocked after a certain period, or was that Xiaomi? And a Huawei phone is more likely to not have the SoC supported than the likes of Samsung, that mostly use off the shelf stuff like Snapdragon. Also, not the question i asked. Mostly i was interested in the legality of opensource projects and their direct/indirect support of such devices. Xiaomi used to be that way, you had to wait a certain amount of days, but they recently changed it and it's instant Really? That is good to hear. I guess the fake ROM issue on Aliexpress stopped then1 point -
Dell XPS 15 (9500) review: A MacBook Pro killer
Jose_49 reacted to Tidosho for a topic
Unfortunately, this Dell has a Max-Q design. My new Dell G3 3779 does, with its GTX 1060, but it runs all games beautifully, with decent GPU temp of 63 degrees. I've undervolted the CPU, as with the thinness of the laptop (why, grrrr) the cooling system isn't optimal, the i7 8750H CPU hits 100 deg C. Undervolting and limiting boost slightly it performs BETTER and runs 30 deg cooler! I find the Max Q GPU's to be OK, even with them being slightly lower clocked than my desktop 1060. I don't run Ultra anyway most of the time.1 point -
Weekend PC Game Deals: Publisher sales and freebies shake things up
Sir Topham Hatt reacted to Ci7 for a topic
Been while just collecting freebies from epic , for no purpose. Lool1 point -
Microsoft adds 'Play my Email' feature to Outlook on Android
waysidesc reacted to neo158 for a topic
Exactly, why is this not mentioned in the title of the article. It's not just Neowin that's guilty of this as well and before you all say that Neowin is an American site, it's hosted in the UK.1 point -
Google Pixel 4a review: You wouldn't believe that it costs under $400
dustojnikhummer reacted to George P for a topic
It's not that bad if you use it for more than just calls and texts, plus if you hold on to the phone for long, 3-5 years, you get your moneys worth IMO.1 point -
Huawei P40 Pro+ unboxing and first impressions: The camera beast
The_killer reacted to drunk for a topic
I don't love huawei, but apple, samsung, motorola, lg, etc, doesn't do the same ?1 point -
Microsoft adds 'Play my Email' feature to Outlook on Android
waysidesc reacted to Mobius Enigma for a topic
Why do you have to be so snide in these articles ? English is not exclusive to the U.S. and U.S. residents use languages other than English. Which other articles mate? I'm being snide because it's justified. Making something English only at first is fine, you always have to start somewhere. But making it be for English only in the US and excluding other English speaking countries, not least of all the county where the English language comes from, is just just plain annoying. Cool, so do you live in Germany, Netherlands, Belgium or Denmark? (This might be why your comment sounds a bit snide.) ;)1 point -
Neowin might share location data?
Jumping Jacinta reacted to SnoopZ for a topic
I don't get any notification either on Windows 10 with uBlock enabled, but i turned it off to test and i get the notification, including the annoying privacy button in bottom corner. Everything was disabled for me in the settings and i hadn't done that for the new popup unless it carried over from when i did it on mobile. Time to reenable uBlock make the internet usable again.1 point -
Software support for older Huawei Android devices could be affected as temporary license expires
dustojnikhummer reacted to Sirtuin for a topic
Huawei locks bootloaders of their phones, so installing custom roms would rely on exploits that bypass the lock. Therefore, there is little to no OOS development for Huawei phones.1 point -
Google Duo could be reportedly replaced with Meet
Brony reacted to trojan_market for a topic
Is google hangout still around too ?1 point -
Apple kicks off the macOS Big Sur public beta
excalpius reacted to Mobius Enigma for a topic
I believe I have won this argument. Nope. Based on the truth as determined by facts and supported by evidence, it's clear that I did. But, seeing as though you seem to believe everything that Apple's Wall Street accountants and marketing ###### have spoon fed you, I won't hold my breath on you figuring this aspect of reality out either. I will also note that you apparently were also wrong about you no longer "continuing with me" in this thread. Color me unsurprised. Still nope I fear that Apple's ARM move is going hand in hand with them walking away from professional Mac customers. This started with Apple downplaying the Mac Pro for years and then throwing large Mac markets away with the forced adoption of Metal and abandoning OpenCL/GL and other frameworks. (OpenCL even being Apple's baby they trumpeted for a while, until people noticed how much slower and limited it was on OS X.) Apple's disdain for NVidia also hurt, because as ###### as NVidia is, they were supporting newer hardware assisted technologies, and in the video and animation world these have been massive improvements over OpenCL or CPU based solutions for over two full years. While doing this, Apple was in the process of not only ignoring these technologies, there were pushing Metal along with breaking Vulkan or providing newer OpenCL/GL drivers. Most 3D and video production software firmly behind Apple had to stop being performance competitive on Mac. If you look at the production and studio markets, from 2015 to today, Macs had at least a toe in the industry, with several studios being Mac exclusive. To today where Macs are RARE in this same industry. This was a big thing and a massive shift in an industry Apple had by 'graphical myth' had maintained since the 1990s. Even the 'renewed' and 'professional' Mac Pro is little more than a cash grab from the few remaining die hard fans and companies that just do not know better or have so much money they don't care. The problem with the new Mac Pro, is that even spending $60,000 - the resulting 'workstation' is 10-100x slower than a non-Mac build costing far less. Again, this hits in market areas most people aren't familiar; and where they have no clue how most much power can be built into a workstation class system. ARM even jacked, is still RISC with the same limitations that hurt RISC back in the 90s by not offering more advanced instructions, and today those advanced instructions are even more crucial Especially at a time when the GPU is picking up the RISC type operations on platforms like Windows. And GPUs are not something Apple even does, let alone does well - they have mangled their PowerVR crap for a long time and still were unable to compete when the device was not hampered with Android's crap GPU performance to make the Apple silicon look better. People forget that most Snapdragon processors ARE FASTER than the Apple Ax processors, because people forget it is Android that makes the A Series look good, not the actual hardware being slower. The irony... Apple themselves have bought in that last bit and think they can compete with their silicon. Which would be reasonable if Android was their competitor. But in the non-phone space, Android is not their main competitor, Windows is. (Even in 'native' comparison of ARM performance, native code runs faster on Windows than OS X, even though translating x86 OS X code to ARM is a bit better performance, but only compared to the original slower x86 OS X binaries.) --- I hope I am WRONG. I hope Apple has some magical crap up their sleeve and are able to shove the whole computing industry to a new level of technology and performance. However, it so far appears to be that Apple doing iPad + level of notebook performance, which doesn't compete in even the Surface i5 device level - let alone the gaming class notebook processors and GPUs.1 point -
Neowin might share location data?
Jumping Jacinta reacted to Steven P. for a topic
I think it acts as a normal cookie consent for other territories, for the EU it will seek consent every 30 days as required by law (thanks politicians! /s).1 point -
Google Duo could be reportedly replaced with Meet
Mobius Enigma reacted to Raa for a topic
I don't know anyone that's actually used this... It'd be good if Google could just combine all this up and make one good app that's well integrated!1 point -
Facebook seems to have kicked off Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp integration
wotsit reacted to MateerL for a topic
Too bad we don't have open messaging platforms like xmpp and irc anymore, and RCS seems to be going nowhere.1 point -
Thor is angry....
Emn1ty reacted to techbeck for a topic
Don't forget the orange dust cloud as well. See that coming, prepare for a storm.1 point -
Microsoft promises three years of feature updates for the Surface Duo
alex_d2w reacted to samw61 for a topic
Rich's comments in the article stand. There are only 10 releases of Windows 10 to the public. Only 1511 is no longer supported. Windows 7 needs ESU, and Windows 8.1 gets updates. You can argue that Windows 8 is included in your math.. but that's separate from 10. 20H2 is in development and doesn't count. Nonsense, there are 10 current versions of windows 10: 1507, 1511, 1607, 1703, 1709, 1803, 1809, 1903, 1909, 2004. This is not the same at all as a service pack like windows 95-8.1 had, this is like windows 98 and windows 98 SE - entitely separate. To go from 1507 to 1511 or any other build you need to download an update file which upgrades the whole windows 10 system and puts the old system in C:\windows.old - it is completely separate. Yes it migrates your settings or files (if it doesn't just decide to delete them becuase why not) but it is not just a small update, and builds 1507, 1511, 1607, 1703, 1709, 1803 and 1809 have NO support for non-enterprise or paying business users. So no, you are completely wrong. The only one receiving no updates at all is 1511. The following builds are still receiving updates on non-enterprise versions: 1607 - Certain devices running Intel Clovertrail have updates until 2023 1703 - Surface hub (Though likely to be business oriented, it's still the non-enterprise version). 1809 - Support was extended until November 2020 1903/1909 2004 1507, 1607 and 1809 are LTSB/C. 1709 Enterprise support was extended until November 2020 1803 Enteprise support until November 2020 So yes, out of the 10 versions of Windows 10 released to date. Only 1 is unsupported all togther. I'm talking about non-business users, so LTSB is excluded, surface hub is excluded, this isn't just a 'business only' device, it's a device any consumer can purchase, and as a result the updates offers to comsumer level devices are what matter, just like I don't care what support IBM offers to it's #1 customer paying billions of dollars a year for licensing if I'm just buying a single item from them, clealy I'm not going to get anywhere near the same level of support. Rich's comments in the article stand. "This company supports nine out of the 10 versions of Windows 10 still" No mention of consumer specific support, literally just support. Of which 1 of the 10 versions of Windows 10 is currently out of support. Which, regardless of the way you look at it, leaves a device like this with a good chance that it will be supported, even if it's not Windows, and especially if it's aimed at a business market.1 point -
Microsoft adds 'Play my Email' feature to Outlook on Android
Geezy reacted to Ryster for a topic
"Available for eligible accounts in English in the United States" Why, of course it is. Why did I ever doubt it....1 point -
Microsoft publishes its secret Surface Duo briefing
Slackerr reacted to Tarrant64 for a topic
Microsoft wants to be mimic'd. The Surface line was initially designed around bringing proof of concepts to life on how to best use Microsoft software on unique hardware and take advantage of it. They wanted their designs to be taken as reference to improve what was already out there. The more companies take advantage of it the better - because those companies will be building devices built around Microsoft software - not someone else's. In that sense, Microsoft can compete with larger ecosystems like Apple by getting stuff out there that's potentially more desired than what Apple can offer. As much as it sucked, that's why Windows Phone had to ultimately die. I was a user of it for awhile and was disappointed when it just about reached it's peak with the coming Continuum product they were working on (which by the way Samsung ultimately came out with Dex, which is the same concept/idea that Microsoft was trying to bring to market). My personal opinion is Microsoft is exactly where they want to be. Designing the next generation of hardware and software, coming up with new flows - selling it at a premium and letting everyone else build out their own types of hardware based on that - using Microsofts apps/software. (Think Nvidia GPUs/reference cards - then all the other makers of them). Those are two different worlds though my dude. The Surface expanding how you can use Windows is one thing because regardless of who made it, it was running Windows which stood to gain Microsoft more money, as people upgrade from their older Windows PCs, along with app utilization and so on... Microsoft doesn't really stand to gain much here, unless there's some sort of licensing for what they're showing to which they can make money from. Otherwise, every other manufacturer is going to be using Google's applications and Play Store, making Google more money... with exception to those like Samsung who will make their own variants of the same apps. ...unless I'm missing something there, please feel free to correct me! Sure - so Surface isn't just expanding on how you can use Windows. It's expanding on how you use their apps/software. Particularly office apps - and the rest is really just a bonus. It is after all a MS flavor of Android, not Windows. And with the Surface devices what it introduced was how to best utilize touch and the type of hardware that was required at a minimum to have a good experience. Microsoft was not the first to implement touch for Windows, but their Surface division I would argue is the first to do it well. And it was only after Surface came to be that others managed to pull something decent together for their own touch-screen variant of hardware. That said, what Microsoft stands to gain here in the mobile space is putting forth an example of how to potentially best use a smaller dual screen piece of hardware and how their applications can be used to take advantage of it. And what was great, was it wasn't just theirs - it played well with other social media apps like Instagram as well. So, my argument I guess is they're one in the same world in terms of what they're trying to accomplish. The Surface brand is to set an example of what good hardware and software can do together - which helps solidify them as common place - people continue to buy Windows, Office applications, cloud applications, etc. - and the will start to enjoy that experience when the hardware improves to a point where it's easy and actually an enjoyable experience.1 point -
Please Advice - Windows 7 or 10?
amalsk reacted to Circaflex for a topic
Or alternatively, you can activate using the key on the side of the computer case, or if you have the original install media with the product key.1 point -
Explzh 8.16 [Update]
xrobwx71 reacted to Jazmac for a topic
Dude, I was at work when I read this today, I downloaded it and used it a bit. I wanted to try it at home but could not for the life of me find it on the internet. I had to remote into my work computer to see it and write down how to spell it to search for it. All that being said, I like it so far! My curious nature about these things wants me to try it. Now I think I will. Thanks for the feedback1 point -
Apple kicks Fortnite out of the App Store, Epic sues Apple [Update]
Slackerr reacted to SuperHands for a topic
https://arstechnica.com/gaming...-past-googles-30-cut/" rel="external nofollow">https://arstechnica.com/gaming...e-bus-past-googles-30-cut/" rel="external nofollow">https://arstechnica.com/gaming...le-bus-past-googles-30-cut/ Google told Epic to F-off. But, on Android, Epic can use their launcher and their payment method. They can't do that on iOS. It’s not up to anyone else but Apple to decide if people can side load apps on their own product. Apple don’t have to make it ‘open’ if they don’t want to. In the same way people don’t have to buy Apple products if they don’t want to . The market will decide these things. If epic doesn’t like how Apple do things, they don’t have to sell on their platform. I’m not sure how this is such an alien concept to you aside from possibly needing mental help. Is it not an antitrust thing, much like microsoft had to include all the browsers. Not the same situation as there is alternatives to Apple ecosystem. In fact Android is the much larger user base. It would be apple, android "the OS" is not a company. Android may have a larger user base, but it is fragmented across a ton of different companies. Where as iOS is Apple. And you can side load Android. ... a ton of different companies which almost all offer the play store, therefore available to all of them....1 point -
Apple kicks Fortnite out of the App Store, Epic sues Apple [Update]
Slackerr reacted to SuperHands for a topic
At the very least Apple should be forced to allow sideloading by anyone like Android does. LOL, really? there went any idea of validity in the rest of your comment. Wow.... how so? why shouldn't people be allowed to sideload apps if they want? the closed garden direction can only take them so far. Yes it allows better security but it also gives Apple way more power to force their greed onto everyone than they should be allowed to have. At the rate things are going all these lawsuits may force Apple to finally bring down the walls in some form or another on the "garden" For the same reason you can’t install whatever you like on Xbox, PS4, switch, etc. If they want a closed system for whatever reason (piracy, more attack vectors, whatever) it’s entirely up to them. Not some crybabies throwing their toys out their pram. Many people purchase iOS devices for the (real, or perceived) security offered by the way they do things. If you want sideloading, fine go for Android, that’s your option. Unless they change it, iOS is catering to a different audience. No amount of crying and stamping your feet is going to change that.1 point -
Please Advice - Windows 7 or 10?
amalsk reacted to techbeck for a topic
Wouldn't worry to much about it. Also, drivers for Win8/Vista may work as well. When Win10 came out, I could not find drivers for some systems so I used the Win8 ones. May have to manually go in to the device manager, choose update, and then browse to the folder you DLed/extracted the driver files to. I loaded Win10 on a Netbook, yes, you heard that correctly, before and it found all the drivers for that.1 point -
Please Advice - Windows 7 or 10?
amalsk reacted to Brandon H for a topic
if there are no updated OEM drivers then Windows 10 should use a generic graphic driver. since you don't intend to game on it this shouldn't present any issue. If you're worried then when you get your SSD I'd install windows 10 fresh on it leaving the current drive intact to verify everything is working and if you're satisfied then you can move your files over from your other drive at that point 🙂1 point -
Adobe plans to preview its system of flagging 'photoshopped' images later this year
samw61 reacted to BenBB for a topic
Nothing to do with tracking pirates perhaps? Photoshop is dead to me now anyway ever since I've started using Affinity. Easiest switchover ever and I got it for like £25 one-off.1 point -
Apple kicks Fortnite out of the App Store, Epic sues Apple [Update]
Slackerr reacted to SuperHands for a topic
At the very least Apple should be forced to allow sideloading by anyone like Android does. LOL, really? there went any idea of validity in the rest of your comment. Wow....1 point -
Apple kicks Fortnite out of the App Store, Epic sues Apple [Update]
Slackerr reacted to SuperHands for a topic
Epic agreement to the policies happened when they had 0 Fortnite users on iOS was one thing. That is no longer the case. That doesn’t make any sense. They had 0 iOS users and that was the cost of entry they agreed to. So now they’re just getting greedy and wanting the other 30%. They can’t claim Apple is he monopoly since the android platform is much bigger. They could just stay there. It’s not like Apple don’t support other ways of people paying externally and using the content on there like kindle, epic just don’t want to do it and want special treatment to get their own way.1 point -
Apple kicks Fortnite out of the App Store, Epic sues Apple [Update]
Slackerr reacted to SuperHands for a topic
Hahaha just seen the edit that they have indeed sued including info about removal from the App Store, so it was all a ploy and ready to go. ###### epic though. Crying about quote ‘Apple monopolises the iOS app store’ I mean it is *their* App Store and epic had to agree to the terms to publish there. They are crying because they want special treatment. Why don’t they go and create their own mobile ecosystem and their own App Store like they have on PC. Why don’t they go and create their own mobile ecosystem and their own App Store like they have on PC. Because on iOS they can't. And the between Android and iOS, Fortnite has way more spenders on iOS. Not talking about iOS I’m saying they should go out and make their own mobiles and mobile OS and App Store. But they won’t it’s not their market and too much work. They want someone else to do all the work and then they get a free ride on it. If Epic did that they wouldn’t be able to put the Google Store software stack on their devices just like Amazon. Your suggestion is anti-consumer Not anti consumer it’s just completely unrealistic. Epic just want special treatment and a free ride on someone else’s platform.1 point -
Apple kicks Fortnite out of the App Store, Epic sues Apple [Update]
Slackerr reacted to SuperHands for a topic
Hahaha just seen the edit that they have indeed sued including info about removal from the App Store, so it was all a ploy and ready to go. ###### epic though. Crying about quote ‘Apple monopolises the iOS app store’ I mean it is *their* App Store and epic had to agree to the terms to publish there. They are crying because they want special treatment. Why don’t they go and create their own mobile ecosystem and their own App Store like they have on PC. Why don’t they go and create their own mobile ecosystem and their own App Store like they have on PC. Because on iOS they can't. And the between Android and iOS, Fortnite has way more spenders on iOS. Not talking about iOS I’m saying they should go out and make their own mobiles and mobile OS and App Store. But they won’t it’s not their market and too much work. They want someone else to do all the work and then they get a free ride on it. And why would they do that? They would have 0 users. 0 marketshare. Microsoft tried it and they failed. Exactly. So epic just want special treatment and want a free ride on someone else’s platform.1 point -
Apple kicks Fortnite out of the App Store, Epic sues Apple [Update]
Slackerr reacted to SuperHands for a topic
Well yeah, that was the whole point. It was a great decision to show in the lawsuit how monopolistic Apple really is here It is their platform though and the rules haven’t changed since the day Epic signed up to them Which means nobody is allowed to fight against those? It means nobody has to sell their wares on the iOS App Store if they don’t want to. they don’t get to dictate the terms of someone else’s product1 point -
Apple kicks Fortnite out of the App Store, Epic sues Apple [Update]
SteveL reacted to dustojnikhummer for a topic
Hahaha just seen the edit that they have indeed sued including info about removal from the App Store, so it was all a ploy and ready to go. ###### epic though. Crying about quote ‘Apple monopolises the iOS app store’ I mean it is *their* App Store and epic had to agree to the terms to publish there. They are crying because they want special treatment. Why don’t they go and create their own mobile ecosystem and their own App Store like they have on PC. Gotta love this tho 19. On the morning of August 13, 2020, for the first time, Apple mobile device users were offered competitive choice. Epic added a direct payment option to Fortnite, giving players the option to continue making purchases using Apple’s payment processor or to use Epic’s direct payment system They added it knowing Apple would sack them and were waiting to publish the paper. I don't like what Epic is doing on Windows with EGS, I really don't, but I have to be 100% on their side in this case. Epic gives users choice on Android, Google does not force you to use their payment. They do take a cut if you do, but you don't have to use this. Also I have to give them props for Epic is not seeking monetary compensation from this Court for the injuries it has suffered. The thing is, they could just not publish on iOS. It’s their system. They agreed to the terms Apple have had since day 1. I don’t know why Epic are the good guys for signing up to a platform and it’s rules, and then crying about said rules that haven’t changed. They should just try and make their own mobile system if they really want to, or focus on Android. remember though epic are also the guys who came out with having people side load the game (and the can of worms that opens) when it came out to avoid Google’s App Store cut. So you are saying nobody is ever allowed to fight monopolies? Because "Oh, you agreed to these terms, too bad!". No, that should never be the case. >remember though epic are also the guys who came out with having people side load the game (and the can of worms that opens) when it came out to avoid Google’s App Store cut. And that is half of Epic's argument. On Android it is possible. On iOS it is not possible.1 point -
Apple kicks Fortnite out of the App Store, Epic sues Apple [Update]
Slackerr reacted to BigBoy for a topic
So let me get this straight: Epic knew that the rules were. In fact, they have agreed to those rules (or else their apps would not be in the Apple store). So then they break the rules on purpose, they then get kicked out and then they turn around and sue Apple for the rules... which they originally agreed to? I mean I get it; put the pressure on Apple all you want to change those policies. But I mean you did agree to them (or else you would not have been in the store all this time). I do agree that this is becoming an uphill battle for Apple.1 point -
Microsoft promises three years of feature updates for the Surface Duo
alex_d2w reacted to Brandon H for a topic
Y? Only Apple is the cool kid as far as updates are concerned That's exactly why. Microsoft has a lot to prove and showing that they can have a device supported longer than most other Android OEMs would be a good start. If I'm paying nearly 1400 for a device I'd expect it to last more than a few years. Our mobile mindset of keeping a phone for a year or 2 then getting something different is honestly a bad one. you don't see (most) people doing that with computers/laptops or other things that expensive...1 point -
Vivaldi 3.2 launches with improved tabs interface
+Legendary reacted to MS Bob 11 for a topic
Can Neowin writers mention in the title if the browser article is about PC/Windows version or mobile?1 point -
New Gmail experience with Chat, Rooms, and Meet tabs rolling out to G Suite customers
Brian Miller reacted to dustojnikhummer for a topic
> to G Suite customers Besides, you can disable that in settings I think. You can 100% disable Meet in consumer Gmail1 point -
2015 Neowin post cited as "Prior Art" in a patent application
FloatingFatMan reacted to +Warwagon for a topic
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