goodbyeranch

The state of the mac went from stale to dusty to long silence to emergency catch-up mode. Ugly.

In the name of transparency I’d like to see in app messages on Instagram / Facebook overlaid on every advertisement With the following information : clickable phone number to the direct line for the ceo of the advertiser, how much the advertiser paid, what personal data was used to target me, how this data was acquired and a link to opt out of all data collection instantly and forever. I’d also like to see zuckerbergs Personal bank statements. So I can see where all that money is going. 

TLDR Someone doesn't think its worth it to replace his old laptop or learn new tech to support a tiny sliver of a microscopic partcile of a market.

Time to expand wearables to include a futuristic health/fitness wraparound band. I tried the watch, several iterations, it just doesnt do it for me. UX is terrible, UI is visualy cute but practically terrible. By the time I tweak the UI, notifications and turn off naggy features, there's nothing left but fitness activity and a watch face. I'm the type to turn off all notifications for everything and turns out apple watch is little more than a notification dongle. FOR ME. Millions disagree and i'm fine with that. Happy for you

crowley said:

Never enter a deal with Apple.  They're smarter than you, have better lawyers, and you'll get screwed eventually.

Alternatively don't miss agreed upon milestones. Another example: Apple and GT Advanced Sapphire factory.

mikethemartian said:

Dr. Dre threw a woman down a flight of stairs in public and then joked about it and Tim Cook loves him.

Dre's biopic was pulled. Dre was managed out of Apple.

With touchID my phone is unlocked BEFORE I look at it and with FaceID my phone is unlocked AFTER I look at it. I prefer the touchID experience but its not that important in the grand scheme. If they bring it back cool. If they don't whatever.

Remember when UX was the hot new job for about ten months. Those jobs dried up and the UX designers who have jobs, hate them. A quick search shows adobe job postings containing "UX" are all based out of India. This was the weirdest, shortest tech trend I've ever witnessed and Adobe got caught up in the hype. Good thing they can pull out for 1 billion instead of 20

jbtuckr said:

goodbyeranch said:

I know this wont happen but I dream that This is Apple’s chance to drop the watch altogether and exit that market. It is by far the worst Apple product ever. I’m embarrassed for Apple. I’ve tried and given up on several models, most recently the Ultra 1. Obnoxious phone/watch integration and by the time I turn off 1001 unwanted naggy intrusive “features” there’s little value for the price. Excuse me while I search Apple support forums to figure out how to disable this screeching beeping crisis alarm signal because I bent my wrist too far at the gym. The Apple Watch “experience” is trash. Unpopular opinion but surely I’m not alone. 

There's no way you're actually using this like a normal human uses an Apple Watch bc really? Lmao

LOL the jury is out on "normal" but when I wake up before my alarm goes off and look at the watch but it won't show me the time because I should still be sleeping. I play music on my PHONE and when I look at the watch instead of it showing me my watch face, it shows me my music. Same with YouTube. How about this one - I'd like the watch to play music for me instead of my phone so that my music isn't interrupted when I make a video on my phone. Nope. can't do it. I'm a respectful person that doesn't want texts and calls interrupting  dinner, meetings or even my work so that's all turned off too. I don't want it buzzing to let me know to turn left or right when I'm navigating on my phone when I can hear Siri say it anyways. I wear the watch to the gym but can't wear the watch doing front squats because my wrist will press and hold a button that sets off a crisis alarm. Shall I go on? By the time I "accidentally" discover all those annoying behaviors, figure out how to turn them off I've just lost interest and stopped wearing it. Nag nag nag nag nag. And that's AFTER I've turned off breathe and stand alerts. Another Apple watch on eBay. I'd LOVE to LOVE the watch - obviously, since I tried it so many times. it's certainly sexy. But in the every day real world? No thank you not for me.  I'm glad it works for you.

foregoneconclusion said:

All four are Republicans. All four voted against an investigation of the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. That gives you an idea of how deep their support of "democratic principles" actually goes. 

My first thought confirmed. Thanks.