jetpilot

All of the aforementioned third-party apps that have been "Sherlocked" this year still do far more than the new Apple features the OS 26 releases. For example, Flighty allows you to track any flight whereas the Apple version only allows you to track a flight you're on since it integrates with a boarding pass. Apple's clipboard manager only keeps an 8-hour history whereas Raycast and other clipboard managers allows you to store much more (plus those apps have dozens of other features). 

As with most any time Apple "Sherlocks" a feature, they implement the basic surface-level functionality which is fine for most users. But for folks that already use the expanded features of these third-party apps, it's unlikely what Apple has implemented here will fulfill their needs. As with most things Apple, their new features are designed for the masses. If you want deeper and more expanded feature-sets, that's where the third-party apps come in. That's not a bad thing. It allows Apple to implement an expanded list of basic features for all without introducing unnecessary complexity while allowing third-parties to develop markets of their own for power users.

citpeks said:

If your Chase credit card also had "Chase Home Loans.  Low Rates.  Apply Today." emblazoned on it, that would be advertising, of a different service from the same company, and different type of consumer loan.

Apple trying to hawk a movie from one of its other divisions inside your wallet, which many consider neutral ground, so to speak, is advertising.

I guess the company didn't learn from the U2 experience.

Attitudes like this are exactly why companies think they can get away with worming greater and greater numbers of true advertisements into users' lives.

Have you been into the Chase wallet app lately? It’s littered with ads that can’t be removed.

I just opened it up and just one page there’s an ad for Straight Talk Wireless, Wilson Shoes, Total Wireless, Orkin Pest Control, Whirlpool Appliances, Hello Fresh, Lululemon, and dozens of ads from other companies I’ve never heard of right on the main page. Granted they are below my transaction list rather than above it, but there are a total of 51 companies advertising in the Chase wallet app this morning.

The AMEX wallet app is the same. At least AMEX hides the ads behind an “offers” tab.

Meanwhile people are handwringing because the Apple Wallet app has ONE ad that can be dismissed away and never seen again. Give it a rest.

mtbnut said:

Does anyone know if Apple or anyone else makes a Lightning-to-Parallel Port adapter? I have an old OKIdata dot-matrix printer that I'd really like to use with my iPad. It's sad that Apple has ignored parallel port-using customers in its desire to move forward and advance the state of the art. 

/sarcasm 

This is where I insert the Henry Ford "a faster horse" quote. 

I love how the people who will have no problem dropping $700 on a brand-new iPhone are already groaning about not being able to use the headphones that shipped with their 1983 Walkman. Cry me a river. 

My 2015 $300 Bose noise cancelling headset didn't ship with my 1983 Walkman, but you expect me to just throw that away so I can have an iPhone that is 1mm thinner.  That makes sense only in the mind of an Apple fanboy.  There's a reason why that jack has been around for so long...because it works and it works well.

This is where I insert the quote "if it isn't broke, don't fix it".

awilliams87 said:

jetpilot said:

Yes because Lightning headphones are so plentiful on the market. Oh wait...they're not.  Apple doesn't even make them.

Your comment proves that even Apple fans lack imagination. This is similar non-sense I heard about the disc drive removal.

Please post the link to the Apple first-party Lightning headphones so I can purchase a set. Thanks!

supadav03 said:

larrya said:

Headphone jack removal apologists, take note. Wireless not always as great as it sounds. 

Pretty sure you can still used wired headphones even without the headphone jack. So missing your point? It's called lightning connected (not wireless) headphones 

Yes because Lightning headphones are so plentiful on the market. Oh wait...they're not.  Apple doesn't even make them.