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Apple Towson union files labor complaint against Apple over withholding benefits
radarthekat said:mikethemartian said:sbdude said:Apparently the unionizers didn't understand what a union is or how it works. You signed a contract, now live with it. Can't wait for the NLRB to tell them exactly that.
Apple was trying to dangle a "secret" carrot to entice workers not to unionize.
Jacka$$ corporate maneuver.
There is literally nothing Apple has done in the past 20 years that should entice their lowest paid workers to kowtow to corporate greed bosses.
Unions unite workers against robber barons. Sadly, in many ways Apple falls into this group. -
New iPad requires USB-C Apple Pencil adapter for pairing & charging
entropys said:Maybe some of these posters are Auxio, but that does not excuse Apple putting a product out to market that requires an adapter to charge a key accessory sold by the very same company, when a design tweak of the accessory (a USBc connector, it could be a pencil gen 1b) or adaptation of the iPad to the 2nd gen pencil already available for years. doing this is a despicable move that is pretty damn shameful. And worse, user unfriendly.
What would Steve Jobs have done? Tore the supply chain bean counter that proposed the very idea a new waste disposal outlet.
Apple has been the king of dongle world forever!
At work we have a drawer full of ADC to DVI/VGA/USB, DVI to VGA, FW800 to FW400, Thunderbolt 1 to everything, Lightening to 3.5 mm, Lightening to SD card, HDMI to DVI, Lightening to USB, USB to ethernet, plus all the 30 pin adapters, plus all the Thunderbolt 2 & 3 adapters, plus all the USB-C adapters.....
The list goes on and on - usually $29 a pop, but necessary.
Jobs would have loved a single-port Macintosh, regardless of dongles. He loved "There is no step 3!"
While he made some great moves for the company, remember, he also brought forth some doozies, things like Ping (if Coldplay and Lady Gaga are hyping its unveiling.... ) -
Apple passkey feature will be our first taste of a truly password-less future
How it works (you have to assume Apple wouldn't join the board of FIDO & then implement the feature in a non-standard way)
https://fidoalliance.org/fido-authentication/
It has been in the works for a while:
https://fidoalliance.org/overview/history/
1Password (and many many others) are members of the group:
https://fidoalliance.org/members/
LastPass "is committed" to FIDO:
https://blog.lastpass.com/2022/06/lastpass-is-first-password-manager-committed-to-a-fido-supported-passwordless-future/
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Apple's Self Repair Program was never going to be what repair advocates wanted
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Apple's iPhone repair tool kit that it rents is wheeled and weighs 79 pounds
hexclock said:You want professional tools? Prepare to lug them around. That’s the way it works.
And, honestly, when it comes to construction equipment, professional = bigger = better cooling, so you can run it 8 hours straight w/o burning out.
Professional doesn't have to mean outlandishly big & powerful, it is simply about having the correct tools for the job.