canucklehead

moiety said:

AppleInsider staff –

Can we please NOT show that video keyframe image of SOMEONE'S DEAD CHILD? It's in really poor taste. Have a link to the CPSC video without a preview, and include a warning, I beg you.

This particular video shows how a child got caught but the child in this video got out in his own and survived. This particular child didn’t die. It’s actually a really good demonstration of the dangers of this design flaw.

sdw2001 said:

It is amazing how we just keep repeating the insanity. We know that mask mandates and lockdowns don’t work. This is unequivocal. That is not to say masks don’t work at all, but the way we’re wearing them clearly will not be effective.  We aren’t talking about wearing an N 95 or better mask when entering a high risk environment like a medical facility or a nursing home. We’re talking about wearing a piece of cloth or paper across your face while you shop for your new AirPods. It’s not going to do anything.  

And it’s this type of uninformed comment that has the US in the situation it’s in.

N95 masks are designed to minimize incoming exposure and transmission. Proper cloth masks are designed to reduce transmission. They help capture the viruses encapsulated in micro droplets as you breathe out, reducing the chance of a contagious person from spreading the virus.

rickzelinsky@mac.com said:

Leather is cruelty and death. 

As long as humans continue to consume cows/animals (which is likely never going to stop), I see no problem with the use of leather. It's a way to make use of an entire animal, rather than just the meat. I think we need to ban the raising of animals just for leather and to continue pursuing environmentally sound methods of tanning, which are already available. Many tanning methods currently employed create a leather product that is no longer biodegradable, which for obvious reasons, will have a negative environmental impact (not to mention, the chemicals used). However, veg tanned leather is still biodegradable and is the traditional method for tanning. There is no reason why cases can't be made with veg tanned leather.

I’m trying to understand the logic of this. Apple creates a feature for its products that no other company can fully replicate. This makes these products more desirable. Then a government wants to force Apple to make the service they invented available to its competitors to use and replicate and profit from? And when Apple says it will not release this service in the region trying to enforce this requirement, they threaten to fine said company for NOT wanting to be forced to give away their technology? Do I understand correctly? Talk about wanting to have your cake and eat it too. Why would any large company work to come up with new ideas, ever, if they’re going to be forced to give them away?

You can’t have it both ways.

Big question would be why this clearly ridiculous (and bad for Apple) “announcement” would cause Apple stocks to GO UP... because selling a company for a fraction of what it’s worth is good for business? And an increase from 155.98 to 156.47 isn’t a leap or spike. It’s a slow day at Apple.

rogifan_new said:

CloudTalkin said:

How to turn a mole hill into a mountain.
Step 1.  Implement a function.  Tell no on about it.
Step 2.  Have it discovered by someone outside the organization.
Step 3.  Retroactively explain, then offer an opt out.

Opt out after the fact gives the impression that "we're only offering an opt out because someone found out what we're doing".  Unnecessary self infliction.

Apple stop punching yourself in the nuts.  The optics are always worse when "caught" doing something.  That vaunted Marketing department could have easily preemptively spun this as a security and safety bullet point  of the 11 series and 100% we would have had multiple articles extolling the virtues of UWB geofencing.  Not a negative peep would have been heard.

It seems to me it’s others turning a mole hill into a mountain. It’s almost like tech media and security researchers want people to be in a constant state of panic or freakout.  It’s like when the news came out that Google was working with a big hospital system on analytics. Big freak out in tech media even though the number of people at Google working on this project was small and everything was HIPPA compliant. 

Exactly. It used to be that when people discovered questionable things, they would ask the company for an explanation. Now, let’s just spread it all over social media first and create FUD.

Dear reviewer. The 3x telephoto lens is not a zoom. Please understand photography / lens terminology when reviewing photography / lens features.

Does Appleinsider understand what the term rumour means?

“Why does Apple think anyone wants it?“

IT’S A RUMOUR! “Why does Appleinsider write this piece as if this is actually happening?“

Not to mention, Apple explores a lot of options just because it may be desired. Appleinsider writes about this ALL THE TIME!”

WarrenBuffduckh said:

If this is what it seems to be, Apple has become the worst of the most evil phenomenon Steve Jobs attacked in 1984.

Well, what it seems to be is a likely glitch. But hey, let’s insinuate there’s a nefarious reason while you can.

avon b7 said:

foregoneconclusion said:

avon b7 said: It's all completely unnecessary on Apple's part. Why not simply ask the EU and wait for a reply? 

That's what they're doing: putting the new AI features on hold while they communicate with the EU per the DMA requirements. Note that Apple was in communication with the EU about the anti-steering changes in the DMA and now the EU is saying there's something wrong with what Apple did. 

What was unnecessary was the need to make a fuss out of things. Totally unnecessary. 

If they had simply asked and waited for a reply we wouldn't even be talking about this now. No one would have brought the question up in the first place. Vestager wouldn't have said anything. 

But no, Apple decided to FUD things up. 

That's their call but it's pretty foolish, petty and probably won't help in the bigger scheme of things. 

Apple’s going for friction so... so be it. 

Except these features are due to come out shortly and likely, these discussions won’t produce a resolution by that time. Apple is ensuring that the people in the EU have the right expectations when the next OSs are launched.