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Since when has airing your dissatisfaction publicly help to attract a company to take ownership of your problem child? /s

EDIT: Love the card, love the customer service, love the Apple Cash/Savings, love the first of the month billing. The only reason I can fathom for so much whining is maybe b/c Apple customers pay their bills and GS isn't making "as much" from interest and fees?

Well, now Tim can point to this incident next time ANY governments asks Apple to put loosen security or provide a backdoor.


Outside Apple: We need access to the secure enclave
Tim: No

Outside Apple: We need access to the the inner workings of Apple Pay
Tim: No

Outside Apple: We need access to ..., you're anti-competitive....
Tim: No we are NOT and this is why we lock down our systems and maintain such a high level of CONTROL. Now go pound sand.

I really don't understand the developer crowing going on.

If you're a developer and feel so oppressed by Apple's rules and distribution then boycott Apple and only develop for other platforms. We won't miss you. Really we won't.

After all Android has more marketshare so you should be just fine /s.

If these quotes are even remotely correct. How in the world is this guy a CEO of any company?

So consoles hardware is sold at a loss therefore they deserve a 30% commission rate but Apple makes a profit selling hardware so they do not? Really? Do you seriously think someone who has gone to college, law school and had the experience to become a judge is stupid enough to buy that line of reasoning? Please!

tape said:

Appleish said:

I kinda want to get one just to plug up one of the ports Apple was pressured to put in on my 16-inch M1 Max MBP, that I will never, ever use.

If you're a photo or video professional, or even a hobbyist, you NEED the SD card slot. Yes Apple was pressured to put it back in the MacBook Pros, but only because removing it in the first place was incredibly stupid.

At this point if you would never use it, you're an edge case MBP buyer.

Dude, you obviously are out of touch w/what "pros" use. The world has moved on and you sir are stuck in the past.

Pros are not using HDMI let alone HDMI @ 60Hz. Therefore the HDMI port is a business user use case for those that refuses to spend $1K+ to buy a monitor or two.
Pros are not using SD Cards. Not sure about Canon (don't follow them) but Nikon FX, some DX and some mirrorless cameras use CFexpress-Type B and/or XQD Type Memory. Additionally, when a MacBook is used in a professional photo shot to view photos as they are being shot they will use WiFi to send the pictures directly to the MacBook not cards of any type.

https://www.nikonusa.com/en/nikon-products/wireless-mobile-utility-app.page

When you say PRO you really mean Mom and Dad. HDMI and SD cards are outdated solutions and as useless as wired networks are starting to become.

My guess is that Apple did not include a 4th TB4 port b/c they couldn't due to chip support, etc. That they then decided to include the "legacy" ports to see if it boosts their MS Windows user to Apple user adoption rates. i don't see these ports surviving long-term. Especially, if they don't increase MS Windows to Apple adoption.

I was riding my motorcycle the other day and unknown to me the jacket was pushing on the side button. I thought someone was calling me, so I ignored it. Then I thought, I was hearing a siren sound but wasn't sure what it was.

When I finally got home, I see a text from my brother (emergency contact) asking what was going on. Looked at my phone and there were multiple calls to 911 and texts to my brother. I had to turn off the side button feature. Just pushing the button and then cancel w/o selecting the SOS choice was calling and texting?

I love how Cook had to keep explicitly mentioning AI, ML, etc. for all of the stupid ChatGPT enamored folks that don’t understand how much AI is baked into Apple products and software and how Apple Si has AI/ML supporting GPU and Neural Engine cores have been expanding year after year.

In college, I sat in a marketing class that my roommate was taking b/c an executive from Xerox was presenting. In that meeting he said and I am paraphrasing b/c it has bee so long but I always remember the gist of it... "we NEVER mention the competition in our ads...b/c we don't have to.

wonkothesane said:

The legal fees are proof that “Davids” stand no chance against “Goliathes”, and the depth of your pocket determines to what extend you are able to get your rights in court. It is a system that does not reflect equality in front of the law.

Epic brought a frivolous lawsuit and lost 9 out of 10 accusations. Of course they should have to pay for wasting the court's time and reimburse the wrongly accused for their costs.

Epic is by no means a "David"

Why do we keep giving this idiot news shelf space.