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  • Chrome's new AI update brings a smart twist to browsing & text composition

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    mike eggleston said:
    I wouldn’t trust Chrome as far as I can throw it. It is absolutely evil. It messes with the Mac Windowing Manager something fierce. You can read all about at chromeisbad.com
    2020 is ages ago in tech.
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  • YouTube and Spotify also won't offer any apps on Apple Vision Pro

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    And why would they, for such a limited audience? Wait and see. If it gets popular, the apps will come.
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  • Apple to sell Apple Watch with blood oxygen detection removed to bypass ITC import ban

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    So will they adjust the pricing?
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  • Apple won't send reviewers a Vision Pro without briefings, says Gurman

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    9secondkox2 said:
    Reviewers don’t need a babysitter to “educate” them how to use or review something. 

    That’s very manipulative and screams of a guarded and controlling issue. Not a good sign at all. With this going on, no one can trust the initial “press” reviews by actual press, YouTubers, etc. 

    you can just feel the pressure from these folks who’ve invested their livelihoods to cover apple being covertly pressed to review it positively or face a sense that they might not be early in receiving review units of important products anymore. 

    incredibly bad and unethical move. 

    If someone doesn’t know how to review it right, that reflects on the user. 

    If they don’t know how to use it, that’s a failure of the apple UX team. Not a need for babysitters. And that failure should be reflected in the interview, because guess what? That’s what actual customers will face. 

    If it’s about being sure that special features are noted, just highlight it in the press kit. 

    Zero need for such interference. You’d think this was coming from China or something. 
    You can't review this as 'yet another VR google'.
    Expectations are sky-high, and people are treating this thing as a competitor to the Quest, which is not (yet). It can't do what the Quest can do, namely, play half-decent VR games, because there aren't any for this device. So what can you do with it? Not that much. That is not a great start for a review, of which many think will be aimed at regular consumers, which is also not the target group. So who is it for? I can understand Apple having to explain that, but it does feel a bit lame. But given the trackrecord of the tech-press, they are pretty stupid, so yeah, some guidance is needed.

    I think it's a fantastic device, a decent first step into AR. Something I might consider to buy in its 4th or 5th iteration, if it ever gets that far.
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  • Here we go again - Apple rejects Hey Calendar app from App Store

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    Kierkegaarden said:
    “Hey apps are free, standalone apps that access a paid service. This is similar to how apps like Netflix and Spotify function — the app is essentially a reader app that accesses off-device content.”

    How is this app similar to Netflix or Spotify?  Does it stream video or audio content?

    I’m not privy to the whole situation, but my impression is that the developer seems to be looking for a fight.
    I have multiple apps in the store just like Hey, for my clients. Zero problems. Maybe I got lucky with the reviewers? Or maybe there is something else going on? there are exceptions for certain types of apps, listed in the rules. Hey follows those rules just fine, so why does Apple deny multiple times?
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