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nicholfd said:

muthuk_vanalingam said:

nicholfd said:

zoetmb said:

laytech said:

Im sure someone has commented above but no Face ID, surely not. Are we still logging in with finger print? Surely not.

So?  I prefer TouchID and I would prefer it on the iPhone as well.    It's easier to stick a finger over there than to have to stare at the camera and be recognized.   Especially on the phone in the car.    I HAVE to buy a new IPhone because I'm currently using an iPhone6 and a lot of the apps won't work anymore and it's bugging me that they won't restore TouchID until next year, so I'm going to be stuck without it. 

And I wouldn't hold my breath "waiting until next year".  No one knows if Apple will ever return Touch ID.  Face ID is superior in almost all scenarios (and is proven more secure), so why return to something that is in general, inferior?

Except when you are wearing masks and try to unlock your phone in the last 1.5 years.

Not if you have an Apple Watch (I do).  My watch unlocks my phone almost as quickly as my face does.  The only time I'm not wearing my watch is when I'm cleaning up/showering.  So not an issue for me.

ps. I did say "almost".

waveparticle said:

jdw said:

waveparticle said:

lkrupp said:

waveparticle said:

This is frivolous to the lowest level. TikTok is an entertaining tool. Government building is for working. Of course it is inappropriate to use TikTok. But making it a national security issue is a plot by China haters to silence democracy. 

Maybe the NSA, CIA, and the U.S. Military know something you don’t. But then you’re just a Chinese government operative spreading disinformation and propaganda. And who are you to be talking about democracy when your leader is a vicious despot.

You are a liar! I have said here many times that I have nothing to do with Chinese government. And you China hater keeps making lies about me. And would you bet that every word I posted here have been recorded by CIA? US government has the world's largest network of spying. It is much larger than China or any other country. Can you deny it? NSA, CIA, and the U.S. Military know how to spy on every one. This is why they worry TikTok will spy on US. US has far more superior military power than China. I believe this is the simple reason CCP feel it is useless to spy everything on US. Of course they want to know what the US Congress is planning on Taiwan. And this is the reason US Congress don't want CCP to know. And this is democracy? I thought democracy is for peace like Jesus do.

I personally believe you DO NOT have direct ties to the CCP.  However, based on your written defenses of anything pertaining to China, I would say that your wording is quite similar to other posts outside this forum authored by what are known as Chinese Nationalists.  Nationalists are average Chinese citizens who are extremely patriotic and defensive of China in general.  And while these nationalists are not affiliated with the CCP, they basically do precisely what the CCP wants insofar as the nationalists spread the same pro-China propaganda, and leave the door closed to anything negative about China.

Overall, I would say your posts defending China here in this forum tend to be more defensive of China than just about any other person in the forum.  That shouldn't make you a target of hate, but it will attract the attention of people who strongly disagree with your largely pro-China stance.

Personally, I wish we could all get along without strife.  But the only way to achieve that is to stop watching the news, stop being nationalistic/patriotic, and just view life in mostly optimistic terms.  Not everyone can do that.

And so, because we are all different, the best we can do is just debate and fight for a time, then shake hands and agree to disagree in the end.  I think that's really the best way to settle matters of strong disagreement.  There's nothing wrong with even heated debate as long as it doesn't result in us hating each other.

You are one of reasonable white Americans like GeorgeBMac. You know what is funny that despite what I said here I have not downloaded TikTok although I enjoy watching numerous TikTok videos my friends share with me, they are better and more decent that Google Shorts. 

Why I defend China? It is simple. There are so much misconception and bias toward China. If you can convince me this is untrue I will stop defending China immediately. 

Many years ago, one of my classmates who is studying at Stanford U took me on a tour to Fisherman's Wharf. While we walk along the crowded street a white guy walk past us and started yelling at me saying "go back to China!". Is this America? Is this democracy supposed to work? The US democracy is not for peace, it is to incite hatred. Although I admit there are more decent Americans than this guy, but you need just one to do bad things. 

elijahg said:

Glad the ports many here declared "legacy" are back. Are they still "legacy" now?

JP234 said:

Since this is an Apple Insider forum, an appropriate example of historic trends seems appropriate.

On January 26th, 1996, Sun Microsystems was in talks to buy up Apple, then worth $3.89 billion. Sun's market cap was over $10.6 billion.
Today, Apple's market cap is $2.18 trillion. Sun was sold to Oracle Corporation in 2009 for $5.6 billion, and no longer exists.

It remains to be seen how social media providers' competition for revenue shakes out, but the previous example speaks to the unpredicatbility of long term trends in customers' and clients' loyalties to tech providers. And with both customers and advertising clients abandoning existing social media platforms in large numbers, it's possible (even likely) the arc of their dominance will echo AOL's. No telling if a new social media platform will emerge to take their place, but it's also possible that global consumers have had enough of the toxic atmosphere generated by the lack of accountability or consequence. When I insult you in person, I risk violent retaliation, and thus am more likely to be civil. The anonymity and lack of physical proximity encourage the worst human instincts, as proven on ALL social media platforms. I've had enough. This is now the only forum in which I engage, and have been saddened by the increasing incivility I've been seeing here.

darkpaw said:

What does this give to an indie developer? I can see it only affecting those developers who have the means to implement their own payment processor.

What happens if Apple have to allow third-party stores onto iOS? Do I, as an indie dev, have to decide which stores to put my apps on? It's hard enough to deal with the one App Store at the moment, but adding extras will make it very time-consuming for me.

Will Apple have to create some way for any third-party store to check our developer profiles and certificates?

And what about updates? If I've signed up to three or four stores, every update has to go to those three or four stores. That multiplies my work with every store I sell in.

Where are the updates stored? My own server? AWS? Who's paying for this?

Will every store use the same image sizes for their marketing etc., or will I have to do a 2048x2048px image for Apple's store, and an 1896x1896px one for a different store?

And what store is going to do this out of the goodness of their hearts? None. There will be a price. Will it be $99/year like Apple's? SO now I have to pay $99 plus $49 plus $35 plus $50 for those other stores every year.

As an indie dev, I can't afford that. I'd stick with Apple's way of doing it.

comcastsucks said:

In case anyone is an idiot like me and doesn't know what the hell wet bulb temperature means, here's some relevant info from Wikipedia:

"The wet-bulb temperature is the lowest temperature that can be reached under current ambient conditions by the evaporation of water only.

Even heat-adapted people cannot carry out normal outdoor activities past a wet-bulb temperature of 32 °C (90 °F), equivalent to a heat index of 55 °C (130 °F). The theoretical limit to human survival for more than a few hours in the shade, even with unlimited water, is a wet-bulb temperature of 35 °C (95 °F) – equivalent to a heat index of 70 °C (160 °F)."

tht said:

comcastsucks said:

In case anyone is an idiot like me and doesn't know what the hell wet bulb temperature means, here's some relevant info from Wikipedia:

"The wet-bulb temperature is the lowest temperature that can be reached under current ambient conditions by the evaporation of water only.

Even heat-adapted people cannot carry out normal outdoor activities past a wet-bulb temperature of 32 °C (90 °F), equivalent to a heat index of 55 °C (130 °F). The theoretical limit to human survival for more than a few hours in the shade, even with unlimited water, is a wet-bulb temperature of 35 °C (95 °F) – equivalent to a heat index of 70 °C (160 °F)."

IOW, wet bulb temperature is really used as a measure of when sweat doesn’t evaporate off your body anymore. Your body sweats to keep its internal temperature down. If that sweat doesn’t evaporate, your body doesn’t keep cool, and heat illness will start pretty quick. 

94 to 95 °F is a critical wet bulb temperature as that’s when sweat won’t evaporate anymore. We were at 90 to 92 °F wet bulb temperatures everyday for 1 to 3 hours everyday for about 10 straight days. 

mayfly said:

"This suggests that multiple models within the iPhone 15 series will support Thunderbolt/USB4's high-speed 40Gbps data transmission,"

What are people doing on their iPhones that would benefit from 40Gbps data transmission bandwidth?

charlesn said:

Now that the tools and instructions are available, I'd love to know the stats on what percentage of iPhone users are self-repairing their own phones. Wait, let me rephrase: I'd love to know what tiny fraction of 1% of iPhone users are doing this. There's a reason that companies like Radio Shack and Heathkit, which catered to the "electronics hobbyist" crowd, went out of business decades ago: their customer base died off and wasn't replaced by a new generation. Time, for the vast majority of people, is worth money... and expending that time/money to repair something they likely have no experience repairing--while also risking the cost of replacing the device they're repairing if they screw up--is a really bad investment vs the cost of having Apple or a repair shop do it. Let's do the math:

Replace iPhone 13 or earlier battery at Apple Store: $89. Done by appointment or while you wait. Leave immediately with a guaranteed new Apple battery and working phone.

Self-replace iPhone 13 battery with iFixIt kit: $40 + $9 shipping (5-10 business days til you receive it--higher shipping prices if you want it sooner.) Initial savings: $40. Kit includes 7 different tools needed to replace the battery, plus a non-OEM battery. If you manage to do the job in 2.5 hours and not screw up your phone in the process, congratulations: you will have paid yourself the minimum hourly wage in many states. Oh: even if you do the job 100% right, your battery health utility will never work again--that's per the iFixIt warning. And if you don't do it right and have to bring your phone in for repairs that won't be covered by warranty? Or maybe don't get the adhesives sealed properly and drop your phone in the water where it will leak? That's all on your dime and will cost you the equivalent of many battery replacements by Apple. 

foregoneconclusion said:

dewme said: The Netflix CEO is pretty much at the same place that many of us are at with Vision Pro - "we'll see where things go" which means we will wait and see. I'm waiting too. The big difference is we're all waiting because there is about $4K of our hard earned cash on the line and we don't really know for sure how this thing will fit into our lives other than the gee-whiz and oh-wow factor

If you know how an 100" 4K OLED TV would fit into your life then you already know how the AVP would fit. And you would be saving multiple thousands of dollars by getting the AVP instead of the TV.