avon b7

IMO, this was a step too far. Visit, plaque, talk.

Obviously Apple was strong-armed into the investment against its business plans but an agreement and press release would have been adequate.

All of the manufacturering that results from these investments (and those from other companies) will be more expensive and less competitive than the same products made elsewhere. 

In terms of semiconductor production, the US will not see the cutting edge nodes manufactured on US soil unless a US company can top TSMC/Samsung.

Over 90% (98% the last time I checked) of chip production happens on mature nodes and no one is going to top China there. 

And after all the upheaval, stress and lost business for US companies, Trump will be gone, leaving a trail of broken deals, damaging tariffs and 'allies' who have been forced to treat the US as wholly untrustworthy. 

The EU and China will be far less dependent on the dollar and other dependencies are already being reduced.

foregoneconclusion said:

This is the same administration that wants to destroy solar and wind technology/companies in the United States. 

And of course, when his rant against wind farms was fact checked, his whole argument entered the realm of plain wacky. 

It's actually pretty scary. 

applegeorge said:

VictorMortimer said:

Before you whine about the Mango Mussolini's DoJ, remember that this suit is something that was started during a sane administration to give US more rights to the products WE own.

It doesn't go far enough, we need the right to install whatever software we see fit on OUR devices without Apple's permission or interference.  And while some of the issues have already been resolved, they haven't all been, and they definitely need to be resolved in OUR favor, not Apple's favor.

YOU bought the device knowing exactly what the deal was. Don’t like it, don’t buy it. 

That argument wouldn't even reach court. 

The truth is you cannot make statements like that because there is nothing in the purchase process that spells out the Apple imposed limitations (which Apple could make perfectly clear - but doesn't).

But, running with your idea, do you think these limitations should be made clear to users prior to purchase? If not, why not? 

This is overreach IMO.

The time to contest this was many years ago. Just because Apple has a film business now shouldn't affect the situation. They should simply do what they've been doing until now. Live with it. 

There may well be some confusion initially but that isn't the fault of the cinema. How much confusion has there been in the areas where these cinemas have existed for years now? Very little I imagine. 

Absolutely agree with this.

Apple should be maxing out its commitment to the platform to make sure things flow naturally down to future iterations of the product. It should be leading the way and filling in as any holes and shortcomings as possible before it reaches a wider audience (which I think is a given).

Where better to start than it's own apps?

The product is on the market (best place for it to be) and there is no real alternative to having it in users' hands to evaluate how it is used and where to take it forward (both hardware and software) so Apple should be bending over backwards to commit to those early adopters who bought into a Gen 1 product.

All I can think of is that Apple is a bit stretched at the moment on the software side and this has taken a bit of a backseat. 

shywizard said:

I’ve asked this before, but nobody seems to answer.  I need someone to tell me why Apple legally (or doesn’t legally) has to host everyone on Apple’s App Store.   Can’t Apple decide it doesn’t want to host an app like Fortnite.  It’s Apple App Store after all.  So can Apple decode it doesn’t want to offer Fortnite ?

Sure if they host someone, they must provide external links for purchases to be made per the court order.    But I’m talking about the ability to decide which App are even on its store.  

Apple is on the hook for anti-competitive App Store practices around the world.

Singling out a company by not allowing it on the store (while simultaneously not allowing any other store to exist on iDevices) would really put Apple in hot water. 

Please enlighten me to which design choices I fail to understand. Changing iMac hard drives by removing the screen assembly?

Yes, plenty of things were 'fixed' then 'unfixed'. Front ports for example. The entire Mac Pro for example. But anyway, at least you tacitly admit they got things wrong but they were great enough change or fix what they got wrong.

And where did I say Apple was at it best before Flower Power?

Is my argument that Apple isn't perfect in EVERYTHING it has ever done?

Your point is exactly? That you don't like people criticising Apple and giving examples?

What do you think this means?:

"Lots of great design but lots of trash design too"

Soli said:

avon b7 said:

ManyMacsAgo said:

Could just hold the suspects finger, like while rolling his fingers on the ink pad for fingerprinting, and force him to unlock his phone. Home button, ink pad, fingerprint card. Done.

This is why I see fingerprint sensors more as convenience technology than security technology. If you use it, it's like having one password that you never change.

Touch ID is and always has been a convenience feature, not a security one. It only bridges security because without it most people didn't use any PIN and those that did were unlikely to have the device lock immediately.

Using it in conjunction  with a typed password is better.

:sigh: The passcode is a requirement for Touch ID. If you don't use it within a certain timeframe the passcode is required. If you have too many failed attempts with Touch ID the passcode is required.  If the device is restarted the passcode is required.

My Honor 7 with Android 6 allows me to use different fingerprints to unlock the device and I can set a print to give 'guest' access to the unit, limiting access to certain areas but not the entire phone. The fingerprint sensor also supports gestures and is situated on the rear of the phone, making one handed use very simple.

No.

'No'

Ha. Having used both systems, I can assure you that for phone use, the Huawei implementation is far more useful than Apple's. Not just a little. It is miles ahead.

I fully expect Apple to take 'hints' from it in the future. 

'Sigh'

Ha again. Finger print for convenience in conjunction with a passcode for security.

Example: online banking

My online banking app gives me  the option to access my account using a passcode or directly if I have used the fingerprint sensor. 

sog35 said:

Good news if true.

Ive had his day.

Its pretty obvious by recent designs that Ive is bored, fat, lazy, and not motivated.

We need new leadership that is exicted, hungry, and willing to take risks.

Few examples of design that is below the Apple standard:

1. Same iPhone shell for 3 years. Unacceptable. Even cheap POS China companies come out with yearly shell changes.



2. Mouse. 



3. Pencil



4. Battery case



5. Smartkey board, non flush design



6. Camera bump & ugly antenna lines



These may seem like nitpicking. Small details. But that was what made Apple great. The details.

That is a nice summary of recent disasters. I agree that design at Apple is past it's best. The trash can Mac Pro wasn't innovation at all, it was an exercise is doing something different - for the sake of doing something different.

They had honed the Mac Pro very well then released an abomination.

They spent nearly two years getting the plastics right for the Flower Power and Dalmatian iMacs. Then they died a death

Sunflower iMac? It went away never to be seen again.

The Cube was another example of doing something different for the sake of it. It never came back either (not even when aluminium became all the rage)

Hockey Puck mouse?

Always white cables for iDevices?

Is the front of the phone the best place for the fingerprint sensor? 

Etc.

Then you have the things they took away. The little practical details. Taking the power button off the keyboard. Or the little but not practical things like the illuminated Apple logo.

In the quest for thinness we lost accessibility. We lost the option for user upgrading of RAM and storage. We got glued on batteries instead. We lost a decent keyboard and got a hard, loud one instead. With keys so thin that they feel cheap. On the machine I tried for a long while, the space bar wobbled BUT it was optically 'cleaner'. Much less light bleeding through the keys. I hated it but I mean absolutely hated it. Then people will say 'you'll get used to it'. That's not the issue. The question is: what was wrong about the old one? The answer is nothing, but to reach the size they wanted it was the only way to go.

Can someone tell me why I need to take off the screen to change a hard drive on an iMac if the result is 20 minutes to replace the drive and an extra 30 making sure the screen and glass cover are dust free. And why the special dust removing kit is even exists? Was it really two much to design access from the rear?

Why did iMacs get thinner (and thermally compromised) if they are rarely moved and almost always looked at front on. Just so you Can admire their thinness at the store?

Why can't iDevices have microSD support?

Why can't my wife Bluetooth a file directly to another device. Why is AirDrop so flaky?

On the MacOS/iOS front, why is the design so unintuitive? Shake to undo? Hold down the refresh but to to load the desktop version of a page? I challenge any user to figure out how to bring up an email draft with out help.

Why are there no arrow keys on the keyboard? Why are certain interface elements almost microscopic? Close tab in Safari, for example.

Why did OSX on an Air have zero colour contrasting on key interface elements (sidebar contents).

How did they manage to bloat iTunes so much and royally screw up the interface so often?

Why is it that whenever Apple touches cloud computing it screws up so much. iCloud is STILL the worst cloud service to trust your documents to?

Lots of great design but lots of trash design too.

Lots of hideous design in the interfaces of both iOS and Mac OSX. Bad design that also goes against Apple's own thinking.

So what's happening? Millions are being spent on store re-fits to make what was already a decent (if utterly boring) design more hip!

As for 'pushing forward' it's ironic that users had to complain about Apple doing exactly the opposite with implementation of USB2. Please remind me. How long did we have to wait for that one? Apple has a history of not pushing forward on many things. How long did it take the iMac to move to 17" screens?

Blanket statements serve no purpose when They aren't true.