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They have different fixed lengths, no prefix needed to tell them apart.

As a developer I routinely compile projects that Apple has never seen and run them on my iOS devices. It’s not locked down in the sense that it’s impossible, but that the barrier is too high for normal users (who also don’t have a developer program membership).

Im Europe we have alternative app stores on iOS too.

But at the end of the day, even as a technically adept person, I don’t care that much about what my phone can do beyond the actual phone things, and just want it to be a reasonable smartphone that doesn’t need me to be technically adept just to be useable.

If we’re talking about AI performance the software is there, and models often get ported to MLX.

1. Nethack
2. Dark Souls 1
3. Monster Hunter 3U
4. Kerbal Space Program 1
5. Baba is You

With this definition, it’s not different from before. Pretty much any smartwatch or smartphone or noise cancelling earbuds record by this definition. The new thing is the automatic summaries. But for example, all modern Apple devices can listen for Hey Siri constantly, and other brands have something similar. Noise cancelling earbuds record and process the noise they’re cancelling (and Apple’s can listen for Hey Siri). Laptops do it too.

Look, if you want to cast one vote then Russian hardware can handle it just fine, but if you have to cast thousands, that needs something faster.

Part of it is that EU countries charge VAT on digital sales and prices must include it, while in the US there’s sales tax instead, which depends on the state and is only added at checkout time (and also often lower or even zero for digital goods). For example if I pay 80 Euro in Germany, then Steam gets to keep 67 because those 80 Euro include 19% VAT.

The other part is that in a market economy, prices are determined by what generates the most profit, and not necessarily related to cost or based on fairness. EU customers apparently pay 80 Euro often enough that it makes more money than 60 or 100 Euro so developers set their price to 80 Euro.