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Re:Apple Closes in on Deal with OpenAI to Put ChatGPT on iPhone by jsheard on Saturday May 11, 2024 @12:45PM (#40329190)
The same way they strong-arm TSMC into giving them exclusive first dibs on new process nodes - by having more money than God and making an offer they can't refuse.
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Re:Apple Closes in on Deal with OpenAI to Put ChatGPT on iPhone by stavros on Saturday May 11, 2024 @12:46PM (#40329200)
You and I have very different definitions of the word "strong-arm". By that definition, I just strong-armed Apple into giving me an iPhone by giving them $1200.
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Re:Apple Closes in on Deal with OpenAI to Put ChatGPT on iPhone by sureIy on Saturday May 11, 2024 @01:18PM (#40329398)
Not the same. If Apple pays OpenAI, it won’t give them 0.001% of their profits, but something like 20%.

If your iPad is worth 20% of Apple’s profits, you bet Tim will be hand-holding you through the obnoxious setup process.

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Re:Apple Closes in on Deal with OpenAI to Put ChatGPT on iPhone by stavros on Saturday May 11, 2024 @01:27PM (#40329454)
Me buying something is different from Apple buying something because the two things have different prices?

To strong-arm someone means to impel them by physical force, especially against resistance, not to give them so much money they'll be happy to cooperate. That's basically the exact opposite of strong-arming.

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Re:Apple Closes in on Deal with OpenAI to Put ChatGPT on iPhone by qubitcoder on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @01:39AM (#40363457)
You are reading things too literally.
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