bestkeptsecret

So the only difference between ToTalk and Facebook is that one f's you up while the other makes a profit off you and then f's you up.

One of my relatives lives in the far east and the iPhones she buys there don't have the FaceTime either.

Unless there was an obvious way to request for drugs or there was a flashing banner on the app saying "REQUEST DRUGS", it is very unlikely that Apple would have withheld the app.

Looks like the title "High School Musical: The Musical: The Series" was suggested by the Department of Redundancy Department.

jimcord said:

As a life long apple user…… he is dead! Move along and find a new demigod. Let the poor man rest and get yourselves a new god to worship. 

Most people have moved on. However, to take the time to acknowledge the profound impact someone who has died has had on the world is one of the things that makes us human. 
The people closest to him will miss him. The people who admired him for what he did will always take a moment on his anniversaries to acknowledge him.

A tribute to Steve Jobs on an Apple-centric website is never out of place.

mystigo said:

> New rich previews for Apple TV+ content to boost discovery

Yay more spoilers with audio. My favorite part about HBO scaling back support for their App is that it does not preroll the episode or play any audio while surfing. That makes my blood boil on Netflix. I am always scrambling for the mute button and trying to get to the show I want as quickly as possible so it isn't ruined for me before I start. If i had to choose between the two services, the absence of pre-rolling would tilt me 100% to HBO.

There is an option to turn off auto playing previews on Netflix, though it is not very intuitive. You need to do it from the web and can only do it for one profile at a time.

I imagine the privacy team sits in the basement, like the IT team on the IT Crowd.

Pema said:

we shall see. 
1) Apple Car
2) Apple Vision Pro
3) iPhone 16

Apple needs a few hits to help us forget the duds. 

iPhone 16 a dud when your last phone was an iPhone 15 Pro Max? Debatable.
iPhone 16 a dud when your last phone was an iPhone XS Max? I definitely don't think so!

The 16 Pro Max has been amazing for me so far and I only see it getting better when iOS 18.1 and later roll out. 

The Vision Pro looks like it is ahead of its time and I think it will hit its stride in a couple of years. I hope Apple expands the availability of the headset soon.

The Apple Car, well, how is it a dud if they did not even release it? I am sure all the R&D on the project has been filed away for future use. 

Chris Rock was doing what any Oscar host was doing. Will Smith found the joke funny, then changed his mind. 

I think Will should get what he deserved. Chris was the better man by not taking the matter any further.

I don't understand all this snark being thrown around on Cook. He seems to be the right person to steer Apple in these very unpredictable times. 

He paid $1MM out of his personal pocket for the company and the direct and indirect dependents. 

We still have a few months till September. It will be most interesting to see what the landscape is like then.

Is this the start of that phase where competitors start showing stats as to how better their product is compared to Apple's - just as Apple steadily starts pulling further and further away?