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📌 BREAKING NEWS : 10 AM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, March 5, 2026 Quick follow-up to our last News Update. We want to clarify that we have NO intention of taking Apple to court. We simply want to present our case to President Trump & let his DoJ take the lead. Our main pitch that we'd like President Trump to use: "It's simply NOT OK for Apple to suppress American Innovation,
OR to cheat Americans out of the benefits of that innovation" Specifically, iPhone owners, AAPL shareholders,
& the shareholders of Apple's cellular service provider & Apple-product partners. By our count, Apple left $113B USD of (mostly high-end) iPhone revenue on the table over the years. And we want that to become Common Knowledge. Do NOT be surprised if Heads Roll in Apple's App Store. Do NOT be surprised if the AAPL Board (soon) announces Tim's retirement date. -----
📌 BREAKING NEWS : 9 AM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, March 5, 2026 We plan to use the following to affect positive change in Apple's App Store: 1.) iOS controls if/when to present the In App Ratings Request Dialog when prompted by the app. 2.) Apple's App Store controls which Ratings & Reviews to which accept and which to reject. 3.) Apple controls who gets notified that app updates are available. Consider this: ● ONLY 746 of the 50.2K Users WW who have downloaded & installed Photosets
have updated to v26.1 ● ONLY 498 of the 13.9K Users here in the States who have downloaded & installed Photosets
have updated to v26.1
The key points we want to make
: 1.) Apple has the ability to suppress knowledge of ANY app OR App Dev they don't like. They don't like that we figured-out Cook's biggest screw-up as CEO. i.e., suppressing knowledge of 1/3 of the Domains/Applications/Use-Cases represented by the Camera Tech in every iPhone. We believe they're gonnaq try to make up for it later this year, but the damage is done. Tim Cook's Apple has left, by our count, $113B USD of (mostly high-end) iPhone revenue on the table over the years. Specifically, by suppressing knowledge of Photosets & the other Flagship-caliber Burst Photo Camera Apps. 2.) Apple wasn't harmed by their actions. Thus proving that they do in-deed represent a Monopoly. Also, for clarity, we've given Apple an out, but it's NOT a good one. They can claim they we're Technically Incompetent AND Market Opportunity Ignorant WRT Burst Photo Technology AND its associated Domains/Applications/Use-Cases. At a Min, we want Tim Cook to make a public apology. Actually, we're NOT gonna let Cook OR Schiller Off the Hook that easily. It's time for some Payback. We're thinking a sufficiently-sized Grant, for starters. Plus, changes to the App Store to make sure it doesn't happen again to others. It's simply NOT OK for Apple to suppress American Innovation, & cheat our mutual customers out of the benefits of that Innovation. In our opinion, Tim should simply Fess Up. i.e., that Apple made a mistake with an important Camera Tech & its Use Cases. And BTW, we believe it would send a nice message to President Trump. i.e., that it's OK to acknowledge mistakes. Everybody makes mistakes.
As an exercise calculate the per-Launch TAM - Reported numbers (the total is $113B USD).
Click on the graph to view the 4K Res version.
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📌 BREAKING NEWS : 7 AM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, March 5, 2026 We're on track to release the next update, v26.2, by day's end. We'll then pivot-back to working on our macOS app Photosets TV/Studio. BIG picture perspective, think DMoE over NG MVC ! Off the radar of most but should NOT be. But that's what you get when Cook runs Apple & Schiller runs the App Store. Two guys with NO Engineering OR Software Development experience, & NO known OR proven "Camera App" Domain/Application/Use-Case expertise. Go Figure ! Which BTW, very-likely also holds true for every member of the AAPL Board. The Emperor has NO clothes. And we're NOT just referring to President Trump. For clarity, we are almost-ALL Center-Right. A few Center-Left. NONE Far-Right, NONE Far-Left. -----
📌 Older News Updates can be found on our News webpage. -----
Cosmosent Labs, Inc. La Jolla, California -----
Photosets Burst Photo Camera 8-bit 420 & 10-bit 422 Capture 10-bit 422 4K120 LZ4 (Lossless) Capture += 4 Xfer Functions: sRGB, HLG, Log, & Log 2 += multi-scene 10-bit ProRes 422HQ 4K video maker
(iOS App Store here in the States)
● Key STATs (June 10, 2015 - March 5, 2026): ● Installs: 50.2K World, 13.9K Here in the States ● # of App Review Approvals: 412 ●
📌 Photosets v25.411+ (table last updated 8 AM, Fri, Jan 2, 2026)
| Bit Depth |
Single Photo Capture |
Burst Photo Capture (1) |
Video Maker (1) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Mpx (33.33 ms) |
4K30 (33.33 ms) |
4K60 (16.67 ms) |
4K120 (8.33 ms) |
12 Mpx (33.33 ms) |
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| 10-bit (422) |
- |
- |
LZ4 in RGB3x |
LZ4 in RGB3x |
LZ4 in RGB3x |
- |
HW-based ProRes 422HQ Encoding (2) |
| 8-bit (420) |
- |
JPEG, HEIF |
JPEG, HEIF |
JPEG, HEIF |
JPEG, HEIF |
JPEG, HEIF |
H.264, HEVC (3) |
(1) As a reminder, it's Photosets' Long Press Shutter support controlling a User-sized FIFO Buffer that's the starting point of it ALL. (2) Photosets crafts 10-bit Videos simply based-upon what's stored in the app. (3) up-to "60" scenes per 8-bit Video. Also, for the record, from our perspective, nothing Technical prevents v25.411+ from becoming the planet's first-ever De Facto Burst Photo Camera App. -----
📌 How the different versions of Photosets (now) stack up,
Capture-wise. (v25.412+) (table last updated 8 AM, Mon, Jan 12, 2026)
| Version of Photosets |
Capture Duration (Photos per Set) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8-bit 420 |
10-bit 422 |
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| 8 Mpx |
4K30 |
4K60 |
4K120 |
12 Mpx |
4K30 |
4K60 |
4K120 |
|
| In House |
75 |
75 |
75 |
75 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
| Premium Capture sub TBD |
75 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
| Base $9.99 USD |
75 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
● 4K capture is (optionally, by You) Image Stabilized, 8 Mpx & 12 Mpx capture is NOT.
📌 ... and Video Maker-wise. (v25.412+) (table last updated 8 AM, Mon, Jan 12, 2026)
| Version of Photosets |
Max Capture Duration (Seconds per Video Scene) |
Video Maker |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4K30 (1) |
8 Mpx (30 fps) (2) |
12 Mpx (30 fps) (2) |
8-bit 420 60-scene (3) |
10-bit ProRes 422HQ Multi-Scene (4) |
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| 8-bit 420 |
10-bit 422 |
8-bit 420 |
8-bit 420 |
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| In House |
2.5 |
2.0 |
2.5 |
2.0 |
✔ |
✔ |
| Premium Capture sub TBD |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.5 |
2.0 |
✔ |
✔ |
| Base $9.99 USD |
1.0 |
1.0 |
2.5 |
1.0 |
✔ |
✔ |
(1) 4K Capture is (optionally, by You) Image Stabilized. 8-bit 420 4K capture supports JPEG & HEIC. 10-bit 422 capture currently ONLY supports Lossless LZ4 "data" compression. (2) 8 Mpx & 12 Mpx Capture is NOT Image Stabilized. Capture Rate is Fixed at 30 fps. (3) 8-bit Videos crafted by the app's 8-bit Video Maker
may optionally include concurrently captured Audio data. (4) In a near-future update, 10-bit Videos crafted by the app's 10-bit Video Maker
will include per-Scene Dynamic Metadata.
📌 Alt. View for 8-bit 420 Capture (v25.412+) (table last updated 8 AM, Mon, Jan 12, 2026)
| Version of Photosets |
8-bit 420 Photo Capture (Max photos/set) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image Stabilization |
No Image Stabilization |
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| 4K30 |
4K60 |
4K120 |
8 Mpx |
12 Mpx |
|
| In House |
75 |
75 |
75 |
75 |
60 |
| Premium Capture sub TBD |
60 |
60 |
60 |
75 |
60 |
| Base $9.99 USD |
30 |
30 |
30 |
75 |
30 |
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📌 Apple's Final Cut Camera app vs. Photosets' Multi-View Capture (MVC) feature (table last updated 9 AM, Mon, Dec 29, 2025)
| |
Apple's Final Cut Camera app + Apple's $49 USD/year Final Cut for iPad 2 software |
Photosets' MVC feature |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Live Monitoring of up-to 4 different angles of a single scene i.e., up-to Four Feeds |
✔ |
✔ |
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| Individual Control of each Feed |
✔ (1) |
✔ (2) |
|
| Video capture |
✔ |
- |
|
| High-Precision Timing Burst Photo capture (+ optional concurrently captured Audio data) |
- |
✔ |
|
| Captured Content stored on the Master |
✔ |
✔ (3) |
|
| Captured Content stored on the Slaves |
- |
✔ |
|
| Master |
iPhone |
- |
- |
| iPad |
✔ |
✔ (soon) |
|
| Mac |
- |
✔ (4) |
|
| Slaves |
iPhone |
✔ |
✔ |
| iPad |
✔ |
✔ (soon) |
|
| Mac |
- |
- |
|
| Craft Short-Form, Multi-Scene Videos with up-to 60 scenes from the Captured Content |
? |
✔ (5) |
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(1) Capture, plus various camera controls. (2) Currently ONLY capture, but we're now working on adding support for everything, & more, that Apple supports with their Final Cut Camera app. (3) ONLY if the Master is an iPad and its Camera is participating in the MVC session. (4) via our companion macOS app for Photosets, Photosets TV/Studio. (5) As you may OR may NOT know, Photosets includes an integrated Short-Form, 60-Scene 8-bit 420 Video Maker. And it includes Rock Solid A/V synch support for the optional concurrently captured Audio data. You can run the Video Maker on an iPhone OR iPad. In the past, we had allowed Photosets' 8-bit 420 60-scene Video Maker to also run on a Mac. And for that case, End Users needed our Photosets TV/Studio macOS app with its custom App Group-based Content Sharing support, to pass photo sets IN & get Videos OUT (of the Mac app). -----