GHammer

lkrupp said:

I’m betting that those saarek said:

Another sign of Apple's quality control at its best! /s

I hope Apple can turn their quality issues, both software and hardware around soon. The old "It just works" has been a thing of the past for too long now.

Yes, I am aware that Apple's hardware and software was never perfect, but neither were they the clusterfuck of problems that they are now.

Oh go suck on a sour pickle. I’ve been around and owned Apple products since 1982 and the issues are about the same as they’ve always been. Meanwhile the majority of users don’t have any problems to speak of. Audio interface hardware is one of the quirkiest products out there with manufacturers tweeking where they shouldn’t be tweeking. And where were these hardware manufacturers during the beta testing period? Why didn’t they test their gear with T2 equipped machines? Why didn’t the aforementioned “professional” users test before upgrading? Why did they assume all would be well? They’re professionals, right?

Blame may fall anywhere but on Apple, eh? They are omnipotent in their being. All shall look away when Apple shows its full glory. Give it a rest sport.

MacPro said:

And are we still expecting Apple to report the second highest earnings of any quarter in February?  

And did we pay the highest prices for products? Unsustainable, especially in their quest for 'developing' markets.

Um, and Apple had no knowledge of this? Come on. Plus, what is the Enterprise Developer Certificate? What data does it allow others to get from your iPhone?

The Internet is not run for free folks. People are gonna make their money or they will fold their tents. I kinda enjoy the Internet, hope to keep it alive. The kind of crap FB and Google do, however, need to be outlawed. Not 'Opt-in', no 'I understand' buttons, plain and simple outlawed. I think a simple rule of a plain text cookie belonging to a single identifiable entity with little personal identifying info should be enough to make sure I get ads for computing devices and not flower arranging. I mean, how did these companies get the power to do all this for profit when there was such an uproar over the NSA doing less for national security?

Term limits would be a great thing. At least then you'd not have an 80 year old Speaker of the House and equally old Senate Majority Leader. Along with the rest of the geriatric unit that is the Congress. No idea why term limits have been ruled unconstitutional for Congress while the President is term limited. Not an ageist, I just think they'd be happier out shopping, whittling, annoying others with photos of their grandkids...

Shows the GDPR isn't the solution people thought it was going to be. It's a nice copout though, FB (and others) know there isn't a snowball's chance that global rules will be adopted. That allows them to say 'Well we are open to being regulated just not piecemeal' If only FB would go the MySpace route...

Well, I'll take a pass on Chinese networking gear. Though, if they follow the standard set by the Five Eyes governments, even your home router can have non-standard things in them. 'Course, if you never reset the default password, it really doesn't matter...