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  • Apple Vision Pro $3,499 mixed-reality headset launches at WWDC after years of rumors

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    Is a Dad really likely to play with his children or are you likely to be in a meeting wearing a huge headset?  Obviously, fantastic technology.  Will it catch on? 3D TV didn’t because people don’t want to watch telly with a headset on.  
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  • Watch 51 classic movies for free on Apple TV+

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    Not in the UK either. 
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  • Who will deliver useful AI to the masses?

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    AI is, of course, not that at all.  It is just a very costly, in terms of the finance and the environment, way of bigging up a higher level of data processing.  It adds hugely annoying pop-ups, drop downs and utterly pointless interruptions.  I am perfectly capable of doing my job without messages telling me I am not replying to the last email or that I haven’t followed something up.  I also don’t need suggestions on how to organise my life: I can do that far more quickly than wasting my time creating countless lists with pretty colours of what I need to do. I can save myself a lot of time, just doing it.
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  • 'F1' could be the last Apple TV+ theatrical release

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    I think it is a real shame that cinema as it used to be has died out.   Our local cinema had one huge screen probably at least 100 feet (30 metres) across, in a very large space.  We had a 19-inch (0.5 metre) tv.  Now we have multiplexes with lots of small screens (some probably not more than 20 feet (6 metres) and a 50-inch (1.5 metres) tv.  

    Consequently, going to the cinema to see a big screen film was exactly that and a great experience.  We can now see a film on something at home not much smaller than at the cinema.

    Big screen films should be seen on big screens, the bigger the better, such as the IMAX format.

    The basic problem again is quantity not quality:  we don’t need 10 new films every week, we need far fewer big blockbuster films.
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  • Doctor decries Apple gift card discount 'scam' after failing to understand the terms of th...

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    Just pay the internet a visit and search ‘girl math’. 
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  • Apple turns off data protection in the UK rather than comply with backdoor mandate

    davidlewis54davidlewis54
    The UK is not a democracy, sadly.  UK governments though voted in by the public do very little for the public.

    Most elected politicians have no knowledge of the role they are taking on, many have never actually worked. They, therefore, have an idea and expect the civil service to put that idea into practice.  A lot of the ideas are simply vanity projects and even those which aren’t are not usually based on proper research. The result is a load of completely un-thought through nonsense, on which vast amounts of tax-payers money is wasted.  Not only that but most money which is spent goes to the already wealthy, the same people as the politicians and their elite clique.

    The elite absolutely do not want end to end encryption because it’s hampers their ability to control the population and, preferably, keep it in a state of constant fear.
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  • Apple's satellite plans could be stalled by Elon Musk's Starlink

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    Tim Cook should tell Musk and Trump that he’s quite capable of running a large company and that their interference is not required.  Bearing in mind Trump is not good at running businesses and Musk is just a chancer who buys other people’s ideas and companies, I think I’d trust Tim much more.  Tim is also considerably more honest, though that isn’t much of a compliment, on reflection.

    Trump is, after all, just a guy with a big mouth and the sooner more people stand up to him the better. 

    Shame about the GOP and the Dems who seem completely incapable of mounting any sort of response, let alone an attack.  Why is everyone frightened of the guy?  Very odd.


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  • EU hits back at Apple withholding Apple Intelligence from the region

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    I’m at a loss to understand the EU position on any of its complaints.  Apple certainly does not have any sort of a monopoly over any aspect of any of its product range.  All tech companies offer different things in different regions.  No tech company has every application or product available in all regions at the same time and sometimes there are years apart, if at all.
    Apple is damned if it does and damned if it doesn’t.  MS Office, particularly Word is pretty much ubiquitous.  I’d much rather not use it but have to because every other business does.  There never seems to be any complaint about that. 
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  • Apple goes to court to fight UK demand for iCloud encryption backdoor

    davidlewis54davidlewis54
    One of my reasons for buying Apple kit is the security it brings.  Not so that I can commit terrorist acts or abuse children but so I know my personal data is safe.

    If the UK government wants to see what is on my devices, it can ask me. If I refuse it can go to court for an order which forces me to release what the government wants to see. 

    If a backdoor is created, then it, effectively, creates a free-for-all.  There is no going back.

    It is, of course, abject nonsense that the government only wants to protect us from terrorists, they want control.  The UK has the highest amount of surveillance in the world already. 
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  • The EU is betraying iPhone users and weakening privacy for political gain

    davidlewis54davidlewis54
    Apple produces a range of products, both hardware and software.  I use these products because they work.  They work without having to contrive all sorts of weird workarounds.

    I also use Apple products because I feel they are secure.  I don’t want third parties being able to see and/or take my personal data.

    I share what I want to share and with whom I wish to do so.

    If Apple makes certain restrictions or charges more, that is my decision to make and I am happy to do that or not, as I choose.

    I do not think it is a vote winner for the EU to dictate what I do with my data or to share it.  Once the door is open, it is open to everyone and you can be absolutely certain the control of the data will be outsourced and someone will want to benefit financially from it.

    Aside from this type of specific comments page, to which I subscribe to two, I use no social media.

    I keep myself to myself.


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