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Re:Apple M1 Ultra by miohtama on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @05:32PM (#30608201)
Apple has now too much money and is running out of core business areas. Expect more investing in non-Apple areas like gaming, cars, etc.

Though every video game company on the planet hates them because of App Store terms.

Re:Apple M1 Ultra by flipgimble on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @06:09PM (#30608609)
"every video game company" = Epic Games, and mostly because they don't like to pay overhead for their Fortnite loot boxes that most parents wish they could have some control over. I don't have allegiance to either company mostly because they don't care about me, just my money.
Re:Apple M1 Ultra by lostlogin on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @12:04PM (#30616940)
> I don't have allegiance to either company mostly because they don't care about me, just my money.

This criticism is something that is a positive to me. Opposing companies are often dependant on adverting money and the things this leads to are a whole lot worse in my view.

Re:Apple M1 Ultra by t3rabytes on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @06:59PM (#30609126)
Epic doesn’t do lootboxes, next.
Re:Apple M1 Ultra by derac on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @08:34PM (#30609987)
In the spirit of his argument, they do use time-gated content and other methods to psychologically exploit their users into buying things.
Re:Apple M1 Ultra by codyb on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @10:10PM (#30610489)
They used to? At least Rocket League had them for a long time. Unsure how long after Epic purchased it they had them though.
Re:Apple M1 Ultra by jen20 on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @05:55PM (#30608458)
> Expect more investing in non-Apple areas like gaming, cars, etc.

I remember people saying this about phones in 2006.

Re:Apple M1 Ultra by nr2x on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @05:39PM (#30608276)
The first half of the event was old wine in new bottles - I reckon that’s the main growth area they are squeezing.
Re:Apple M1 Ultra by lostlogin on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @12:08PM (#30617003)
Or was it last seasons wine in old bottles?
Re:Apple M1 Ultra by kllrnohj on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @07:07PM (#30621660)
The "new" display is an 8 year monitor whose updates were a better webcam & integrated speakers, and they're charging more for it than ever before. More like rotten wine in old bottles.