suddenly newton said:

I've been told that nobody uses iMessage outside of the US and Japan. WeChat dominates in China, and WhatsApp dominates everywhere else.

Should you buy an iPhone 13 mini now or wait for the 2022 iPhone SE?

rob53 said:

neilm said:

According to iFixit’s recent teardown of the AirTag, the battery lid is quite difficult to remove. They state that even with clean, dry fingers it’s hard to get enough friction to turn and release it.

And according to iFixit, the Tile and Samsung(?) trackers are very easy to open up. What about all those hearing aid button batteries lying around? Why is it always Apple that governments, especially Australia, going after? It's just the money and control.

mangakatten said:

When I see the Mac mini redesign with all the cables in the back I think Apple should bring back the wired keyboard and upgrade it to be a thunderbolt-hub! Is not gonna happen as Apple is migrating to wireless, but it’s so cumbersome to access all the ports in the back. 

mike_galloway said:

iadlib said:

Dan Ives told CNN that it would take about $30 billion and three years for Apple to move its global supply chain back to American soil.
But with what money is it expected to do this — the money from Services? That seems highly unlikely.

UMM Apple has 162 billion in cash and cash equivalent assets. Had they not spent so much money on stock buy backs they’d have more. They can financially make this move happen. Whether it’s lucrative. That’s a different story. 

UMM...  Shares are money - buying back shares keeps that money in the company (which is valued by its share capital) and they can be re-issued again if required - there is no loss.

What really destroys wealth is a carrot top that finds ways of reducing the profits of global American companies.

Xed said:

GeeAye said:

Xed said:

GeeAye said:

Please, for the love of dog, summer is not a time of year. It is not even a season in a huge chunk of the populated world.

yours truly, an Australian

Sure it is. It's just not the same everywhere.

I can prove it. Is 5pm a time of day? Of course it is, but it's not 5pm at the same time everywhere. It's not even the same time everywhere in Australia.

PS: I have found plenty of sources that show that Australia absolutely does refer to Spring, Summer, Fall/Autumn, and Winter as seasons of the year.

I think you need to think this through. Summer, in the non tropical parts of Australia/ southern hemisphere is December to February. Your sources would also have noted that in non-temperate climates, the designation of summer is not appropriate or even recognised by the cultures residing there. A huge proportion of the worlds population lives through seasons with other names, often centred around a wet monsoon and dry season.

According to you, if this product is released in January the headline writers can claim it was correct. 

If Apple Insider wants to write about a January release of an Apple product in North America and reference it as a winter release taht would be fine. If an Australian rag wants to makes a mention a summer release if Apple releases something in Australia in January then that would also be fine.

Are you really going to the LA Times and complaining about any mention of the summer solstice for 2025 being tomorrow (which is my tomorrow BTW, not yours), June 20th 2025, and then you complain that it's really winter solstice tomorrow (your tomorrow) June 21st 2025? Of course you're not, because that would be fuckin stupid.

Xed said:

GeeAye said:

Please, for the love of dog, summer is not a time of year. It is not even a season in a huge chunk of the populated world.

yours truly, an Australian

Sure it is. It's just not the same everywhere.

I can prove it. Is 5pm a time of day? Of course it is, but it's not 5pm at the same time everywhere. It's not even the same time everywhere in Australia.

PS: I have found plenty of sources that show that Australia absolutely does refer to Spring, Summer, Fall/Autumn, and Winter as seasons of the year.