That’s true, but it’s also true that China has prioritised to make automated factories and investing heavily in just plain better battery tech.

I know alot of the money came from the CCP, but when the investments are done, this new tech will outperform other companies on just being better (thinking of EV specifically).

I think I’m just saying that a state investing in tech and technologies is not a bad idea always.

He’s literally evil towards his daughter. He said “can’t win them all” when asked about her. Wtf.

Maybe Huawei is just better?

Not when it isn’t a rich US/EU guy owning the business.

That’s why the EU election is the most important election for the world, because no one else is doing anything.

I think you read it wrong then. It just says that Apple has accepted it, not that they decide.

It is EU who makes the rules. This just implies that Apple is on board or have been forced to do so.

If Apple had denied, it would break the rules laid upon them.

You are right, it’s really stupid.

But it’s also stupid not to consider, that it’s not the real reason they made this in the first place.

They want to track you, and porn is the first excuse. If this is a success you might need this passport for alot of other things.

As a non English speaker, I can’t tell the difference. Might be the same for OP.

Sodium batteries will not replace lithium in cars, as the density is too low.

It means the battery weighs more but contains less power.

For an EV, that wouldn’t work, as the heavier the car is, the more power it uses.

With sodium you will probably half the range of the EV, which is already low.

The draw-back with sodium batteries needs to be known, because they won’t replace lithium anytime soon.

The density is lower, which is a great problem in EVs.

Not trying to be negative, but for an EV, or anything handheld, you get more weight for less power. Which is essential in a car, that uses more power the heavier it is.

What sodium IS the best at, are use cases where weight and size doesn’t matter. Like with battery farms.

In this case they are much better than lithium.

Batteries can’t stabilise frequency. If the frequency changes too much, the grid will go down.

You literally need a giant spinning turbine for this.

It’s pretty basic energy engineering, and is not related to load balancing.

While controversial, I think it’s more a product of how insane US “politics” are.

They could be good guys even so.

My best guess would be that Shopify either care about the open Web or had some disagreements with Google.

I can’t find anything shady on them, but maybe I’m looking the wrong places.

falls short later

So far… Next model will be even better, and it won’t stop getting better.

Great take.

So they did it, but purposely didn’t do it well enough. Next time it’s a 10% fine.

I actually agree with you, that Apple most certainly will stall. And I also don’t think it’s optimal, but huge decisions on how to go forward do take time.

And I just think it may be better in the long run, that it seems more “fair” for the company, even thought it’s not.

Also, if Apple doesn’t comply this time and tries to find a new bullshit form of non-compliance, there’s no second chance according to the EU law. The fine will hit, so they certainly won’t do that.

Yeah, they will, but I think for this to work and be respected, they need to give companies this period, because it actually could take alot of time to change.

In this case, not so much, but it could be in the future, and the rules are the same regardless.

At least it opens up for challenge.

Well, if it’s illegal to do otherwise, some must do it, because the money involved are big.