StrangeDays
About
- Username
- StrangeDays
- Joined
- Visits
- 315
- Last Active
- Roles
- member
- Points
- 33,944
- Badges
- 2
- Posts
- 13,226
Reactions
-
Trump demands 25% tariff on any iPhone not made in the US
“Siri, what does extortion look like…”
-
Apple MagSafe Battery Pack Review: Great, but controversial
Define value, please. From what I’ve read Anker is like the others - less efficient and unable to charge rapidly when plugged in. Two things this battery is better at. Also, reserve charging via one cable plugged into the iPhone. These all offer value.tommikele said:As usual , with charging devices and cabling, Anker offers a superior product and much better value than Apple.
-
'Foundation' is beautiful, lavish, and boring say reviews
"self-indulgent, meandering and more complicated than need be" - heh, this could arguably be applied to the source material itself. Just finished re-reading the first one. It was okay, but much more dull than I remembered as a teen.
-
tvOS 18.4 brings Matter support for vacuums, lossless audio, and more to Apple TV
You don’t upgrade Thread to Matter, as they’re different things:IsThisOn said:If this means having to ‘upgrade’ all my existing Thread devices to Matter, nuh-uh.
I get the appeal of Matter - assuming a multi-platform environment - but the upgrade process whereby I must record each devices new ID or effectively lose the ability to ever bring that device back into my environment should I need to reset it - aka effectively bricking it.
Nope- Thread - mesh networking protocol, like wi-fi or Zigbee
- Matter - brand interoperability standard for IOT devices
…Matter devices can use Thread (or wifi, or others), but you can’t replace Thread with Matter.
-
ByteDance would rather shut down US TikTok than sell it
And have used it — CCP used TikTok spied on pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong:ronn said:"President Biden's day-old law" has been in the works in one form or another since at least 2020 when President Trump's ill-conceived and implemented EO failed at banning TikTok. US intelligence agencies were concerned about the app since at least 2017 when The CCP implemented its National Intelligence Law compelling data-sharing with the government and imposing a gag-order on such mandated sharing.https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/08/tech/tiktok-data-china/index.html
And Bytedance has already spied on US journalists:
…China cannot be trusted and it’s foolish to not block their spy tools.
-
No, Apple is not going to delete the Clown emoji from the iPhone
Your own link for pushing for removal said both Apple and Microsoft recommended against adding a rifle glyph, and the rest of the standard body agreed unanimously. Nice try tho.maltz said:To be fair, Apple does have a history of modifying or pushing for the removal of emoji for quasi-political reasons in the past. It's not that unreasonable to think they might take similar action again.
-
Trump Mobile's made-in-US iPhone 17 competitor is really made in China
No, it doesn’t make sense, because that’s unethical and wrong. It’s why we ask presidents to divest prior to coming into office. It only makes sense if one is void of ethics and doesn’t mind doing wrong.9secondkox2 said:Business-wise, makes sense for the family organization to do this. Capitalize on popularity and make some money.
-
Even with so many demonstrated use cases, Apple Vision Pro might not yet have a purpose
I’d question your assumption that it needs (or should) be used in public. When desktop computers came out, nobody complained that they couldn’t be used in public. The use case was stationary. Eventually the technology grew to make that no longer necessary. I don’t see why this would be much different…for the immediate future, VR is for the home, not walking around town.twolf2919 said:I think this is going to be one of those times when Apple should have either waited another year or two to release the AR glasses Tim originally dreamed of - or it should have started with less ambitious AR glasses in the first place - eg ones that let the iPhone do all the heavy lifting computationally. The latter would have made it a lot easier to develop something people wouldn’t mind wearing in public.
Alas, Apple produced a super expensive engineering marvel that nobody outside extreme dorks would wear in public. The author says that developers are excited about this product - I bet their business bosses aren’t: who would they sell those Vision Pro apps to? There’s no market - at least not for another year or five.
-
Apple hardware chief John Ternus insists parts pairing is not evil
Whew boy nothing to bring out the crank sentiment than DIY repair articles. While I personally doubt any of the complainers are cracking open obsoleted iPhones to insert replacement parts (despite the outrage…outrage, I say!), it also seems you didn’t read the article. They enable third-party parts except in the case of the security modules. The reason why should be obvious.
Everything else, they do.
In no way would I wish to buy a phone where they give up security to enable the ultra, ultra micro-niche of people who want to get replacement biometrics for an obsoleted model. Nope, nope. You want that? Go buy a knockoff and knock yourself out.By way of example, Ternus explains that Touch ID and Face ID are critical pieces of infrastructure in a smartphone because of how a person's entire digital life is accessible via the device.
"We have no way of validating the performance of any third-party biometrics," Ternus admits. "That's an area where we don't enable the use of third-party modules for the key security functions. But in all other aspects, we do."
-
No, Apple is not going to delete the Clown emoji from the iPhone
When that opinion is denying the civil rights of others because of what a bronze age book said, it absolutely is.Cesar Battistini Maziero said:Having a different opinion is not hate. Lefties are the ones that can't handle a discussion.
