Wesley_Hilliard

9secondkox2 said:

williamlondon said:

ramanpfaff said:

A professional grifter. Robbing any fool that will listen to him. Humanity has failed. 

The key here is the “fool,” without whom the entire movement would crumble.

Last I saw, a moderator here was deleting the same kind of posts for attacking politicians. but I guess it only applies to whatever side has the favorable bias. Have some consistency. 

If you see something that violates the rules, flag it and moderators will evaluate. We don't see every post all the time, we have work to get done and can't comb through every 50+ comment thread for mild politically motivated insults.

This isn't even what I'd call an attack, more an observation. Anyone that would believe this device is made in the USA is a fool, even more so the ones willing to pay money for it. The current President is the king of grift, selling a Bible and bitcoin even though it's illegal for him to do so.

If this statement is an attack, I'd hate to see what would happen if someone pulled out a real insult. This is too soft a swing for us to address, but I'll flag it and let the other mods decide since you believe I can't judge it myself.

Xed said:

SiTime said:

So it’s going to be “iOS 26” and not “iOS 25”? Going to make it less-confusing by naming it one calendar year ahead of the actual year (car model year style)? If so, that’s fine. I’ll adjust. But doing it this way is slightly more-confusing than it needs to be. Naming it based on the actual year would have been… but whatever. Just need to remember that the actual year of release is: OS Number - 1. 

I hadn't picked up on that. Naming it iOS 26 in the year 2025 does seem like a misstep if Apple goes that route.

The problem Apple faces, the same problem as car manufacturers, is that the name iOS 25 is great for three months, then suddenly it sounds old and outdated for nine months until iOS 26 arrives.

It is better to be ahead for a couple of months than behind for nine. Also, iOS 26 won't be out until about a week before October, which is the beginning of the FY26. It works.

Stabitha_Christie said:

I love a good rumor as much as the next person but can we not normalize this kind of behavior? While it isn't illegal to take someone's photo in public is still an invasion of privacy and promoting this kind of thing will only lead to more instances of this kind of thing. 

Sorry to say, but the law is quite clear, when in public, it is fair game. While I can't take a photo of someone and use it commercially, there's nothing stopping anyone from taking photos, recording video, or capturing audio of anyone in public.

Like I said in the piece, it's not something that's going to be a problem because these kinds of design changes are very rare. Nearly every other prototype iPhone has looked identical to its predecessor with the exception of iPhone X, which was prototyped in a literal brick-sized box IIRC.

9secondkox2 said:

Great. Obstruction of justice is a criminal offense. Doesn't matter if it's done via an app or not. 

9secondkox2 said:

Mike Wuerthele said:

pixeltini said:

Hmm, who could have guessed interfering with law enforcement efforts would be illegal? It's no different than attempting to block a police vehicle doing its duty to protect Americans against those who would do us harm. You know… gang members, drug dealers, convicted felons, cartel thugs, human traffickers, and so on.

And let's call out the specious idea that Ice Block is no different than a radar detector or warning drivers of a speed trap. A speed zone warning is an alert to POTENTIAL law breakers. Ice Block interferes with police efforts to apprehend individuals who have ALREADY BROKEN AT LEAST ONE LAW. Do you see the difference? Well do you?

Pardon me for using logic and pointing out the obvious. Now go ahead and hurl the Leftist phrases you learned from CNN.

It is exactly what I have bolded. Courts for decades have upheld the right of people to do exactly that. Apple Maps now will warn you of a speed trap, and the administration doesn't seem to care about that.

Why? Because it's legal. Because ruling after ruling, it's been ruled as protected by the first amendment. 

So has freedom of the press, which is what the administration is apparently more pissed about.

Totally different issues. 

The key difference between the red light / speed trap warnings is that they help limit the POTENTIAL of committing a crime/violation - it's actually a great deterrent - whereas ICE raids are about addressing ALREADY COMMITTED crime/violations. You can't deter an already committed crime. 

Speed trap warnings in Apple Maps are helpful to avoid breaking the law and getting busted for it. ICE maps apps are simply helping criminals get away with crime. Huge difference. 

You don't aid and abet a criminal in escaping the police during a raid or chase. In the same way, you don't aid and abet illegal aliens to escape the law.  

This is likely not going to go well for the maker of the app. 

Sending dozens of officers walking in a straight line through a city park armed to the teeth is the opposite of seeking out people that already committed crimes. 

twolf2919 said:

"For Apple, Monday's list of tariff letters means it faces even more costs than it did before April's omnibus announcement for importing goods in the future." - why is that?  The announced tariffs on Japan, Korea,  Malaysia, and Khazakstan are tariffs the US will begin charging for goods coming into the US from those countries.  As far as I know, Apple doesn't import goods - INTO THE US - from any of these countries.  It is importing parts from them into China, Taiwan, and  India - so these US tariffs are irrelevant, no?  Far more important is what  China, Taiwan, and India tariff goods from those countries at.

Right, but if Apple were to build products here, these tariffs would increase the cost of imports. It directly contradicts the supposed purpose of the tariffs.

Also, the Trump administration is writing more rules around tariffs to penalize companies that try to get around tariffs by moving products between countries before importing them to the US, like Apple did with India.

It's complicated, but this isn't going to be zero effect on Apple for sure. It just adds to the overall costs of tariffs, which are already astronomical.

mattinoz said:

Mike Wuerthele said:

entropys said:

Betteridge’s Law of Headlines

Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered with “no”.

But yet, here we are.

It’s certainly not a definitive yes. 

So I’m with Betteridge here.

Would have been more interesting if you looked at reasonable alternatives to each service and the potential friction saved by Apples own solution. I say that as a very happy customer of the family plan, having been screwed over by highly respected photo archives in the past. Still understand the other people on my family plan probably wouldn’t find it worth keeping it without me. Indeed they are in the family to make my life easier.

It wasn't the scope of this story, but it's also not hard to find. But here's me doing some leg work for you:

domicinator said:

I'm not sure you're much of a fan of the platform at this point -- you seem about 3/4 of the way toward it being doomed, meaning you don't believe in it anymore. Also seems like most of the Appleinsider contributing staff also isn't that into Apple anymore. Getting pretty "The Verge" around here lately, and choosing this hill to die on as far as Vision Pro feels a little weak this early on.

Being critical of poor decision making by a company is not the same thing as hating a product. Considering I wrote this piece from within Apple Vision Pro and have spent multiple hours testing the new features this week just for the fun of it, I'd say I'm still rather invested in the platform.

I'm not sure what you expect us to do, praise Apple when they're doing a poor job at something? You should try listening to the podcast sometime, I'm continuously accused of being too defensive of Apple. lol

If anything, me wanting the platform to be better should be an indicator of how much I care about it.

9secondkox2 said:

AppleZulu said:

9secondkox2 said:

pianoman1962 said:

The guy is lying through his teeth... again. Well, no surprise there. He's not fit to run a boy scouts group, let alone a country.

Lying about what? Have you heard him speak about this at all? 

It's fascinating, if a bit sad, to watch you pivot right here in this thread from acknowledging that this is junk and 'not a good look' to trying really hard to pretend like Donald Trump has nothing to do with it. 

Of course he has everything to do with it. If he didn't, shouldn't we expect him to have already stepped up to a podium and declared that in order to protect the integrity of the Office of the President, that he must publicly insist that his sons cease and desist in this crass effort to profit from his presidency? Shouldn't he be saying, as President, he holds the public trust as sacrosanct, and he won't tolerate this or any future efforts to sully the presidency with tacky profiteering schemes? Of course he hasn't said any of that, because this was presented to him and endorsed by him before they went public with it. If he wasn't, he would have been blind-sided and publicly angry about it. 

Trump's silence on the matter is part of the problem, not the plausible deniability that you're trying to sell. 

I asked a simple objective question. The things some people try to attach to the issue simply have not presented themselves in reality. 

Best to stick with facts over conjecture. If it comes out thst this was “45/57” pulling the strings, so be it. But from all available info so far, there appears to be distance there. That’s simple fact. 

Yes, it looks like a lame offering. From a lame phone to a service of unknown quality to poor graphic design/web design, and cringeworthy “marketing,” to the whole thing just being an MVNO with a couple third party services attached to your phone bill, it’s just not compelling. And it is a bit cringeworthy. 

Is it wrong for the Trump family organization to offer this? Is it wrong to have the marketing loosely but obviously connected to the fact that their dad Donald J Trump is the 45th and 47th president? (The 47 Plan / $47.45, etc) Is it wrong to include “Mske America Great Again” on the phone wallpaper? Doubtful. Is it cringe and unappealing? Sure. I dont disagree. 

Why would the president need to be vocal about something he doesn’t have anything to do with? He might think it’s cool his kids are doing their own thing here. And? It’s not like Trump has the best aesthetic taste in the world. Sprinkling gold on everything isn’t aesthetically appealing, nor is his choice of architecture, hairstyle, spray tan, etc. but I’m sure he’s happy his kids have taken some initiative and no doubt is ok with it. Doesn’t mean he’s behind it or is wrong somehow for not getting vocal or involved against it in some other way. 

I get that this forum is predominantly hostile toward the president to say the least. And folks such as myself are in the minority here, even having moderators suggest putting such views on “ignore.” And it’s not like the president is perfect. There are plenty of things to disagree on. But nitpicking every little thing snd even nitpicking stuff that just isn’t there is too much. It becomes like the boy who cried wolf. After a while, it just becomes noise. 

But this issue is simply the man’s family doing their own thing snd banking on their dads popularity. Trump himself has not been proven to be involved, nor is there any evidence of such that I’ve seen. And I’ve been looking. If that changes, so be it. But let’s stick with the facts for now. 

You know what, you're right. There's no evidence that the phone covered in fake gold coloring with the initial of the President, running a service named after the President, focused on promoting an initiative of building in the US created by the President being made by the company the President still controls according to financial filings, has anything to do with the President.

We should all learn to reason this way. we'd all be much happier. He also isn't earning any money from crypto or bible sales and is personal friends with the Easter Bunny.

ApplePoor said:

Hopefully this is not just a distraction from or an addition to the disinformation at the iPhone 16 presentation in 2024. Also could be the only "big" new thing next month as we see the usual claims of all new device using last years enclosure, etc. But there will be "new" colors.....

Distraction? Nope, they've been developing this for years. Disinformation? Nope, Apple launched everything it announced, but delayed one product that was operational, but hallucinating more than they like. Last year's enclosure? Nope, we're getting all-new enclosures with camera bars and a new ultra thin model.

i recommend reading AppleInsider to keep up with all the news

discountopinion said:

Wesley_Hilliard said:

discountopinion said:

Hey Jony, here’s a dopey idea - make someone outside of Apple the CEO. Someone who can act as a massive talent magnet in AI. Someone with incredible vision.

i sense that Apple would benefit from a 1997 Steve Jobs like entrance and transformation.

Apple has had decades of incredible profits and share price growth, only to stagnate and likely suffer from common corporate malaise. It would not be hard to imagine most staffers cruise their stock options rather than want to change the world.

Unpopular opinion - poach someone very senior from Tesla.
implement Elons work ethic and relentless innovation ethos.
i doubt you can get Elon but you can potentially get one of his protégées.

So you want to replace the CEO of one of the most profitable and globally popular companies on Earth that continually pumps out astronomically successful products with someone from one of the worst run companies in the history of silicon valley with one of the worst reputations on Earth?

Solid plan.

Thank you, it is definitely an option. I suggest parking your likely personal views on Elon’s politics as it does not help your line of argument.

Perhaps a brief moment reviewing his track record of innovation and building world class engineering teams can help. It is unparalleled and don’t take my word for it, listen to luminaries in the business. Most people would be exceptional running just one of the portfolio of companies. Tesla is an exceptional company (or collection of companies rather) taking huge risks shaping and building markets.

Hence any protégée of Elon will have much of his innovation DNA which is what Apple needs to make a meaningful difference in the next couple of decades. This is the most evident on the software side where evolution speed has been a large meh for quite some time. Look at xAi moving from standstill to parity or leadership in model quality in about 2 years. Apple is slow coach evident of a stagnant company.

Tim Cook says that Apple will be best known for its Health work in the future (paraphrased). Well ok, Apple Watch is nice and all but sorry it pales with the real hard problems that Neuralink is tackling which has a reasonably good chance at game changing improvements in the quality of life for many people. Yep, its an Elon company

Ah yeah, takes a lot of talent to take your daddy's diamond money and throw it at tech startups until they are successful. Elon doesn't understand anything and isn't an inventor, but he did get lucky picking businesses to invest in when they were clearly onto a good path for future use. An internet payment platform that got bought out gave him the ability to fail upwards, get Tesla moving at just the right time when EVs were taking off as a concept. Then everything went downhill from there. Musk worked best as an investor that let quality product tell the story, then he got had implants and thought he was hot shit.

Now we have a car company that is tanking in the market and the first vehicle actually pushed by Musk's vision is a rusty bucket held together with glue that they can't sell in any number. He's heralding a space program full of exploding rockets and every missed deadline imaginable. Weren't closer to mars today than we were a decade ago.

xAi almost broke the curse, then Musk got involved and turned an innovative team of ChatGPT competitors into a Nazi guild promoting genocide.

Yeah, excellent track record. No, it isn't bias against Musk or some kind of political ideal, it's just reality. The numbers are there. And I even used to think Musk was smart, until I heard him talk about things I was familiar with, and now I know he's a moron with money.

Not hard to strike gold when daddy paved the way to a gold filled chamber. Musk does have one thing though, he has a strong sense of what businesses can print money with the right push. If he had stuck to that and shut his mouth, he might have even been in the books as an incredible businessman. But now, after X, Tesla, and likely soon, SpaceX and xAi, he's become the richest embarrassment baby man the world has ever seen.

But if facts don't matter and you like him in spite of being directly responsible for the death of millions around the world via DOGE, cool. Cheer for your weird baby man and his pile of degenerate associates. I'm sure he and Big Balls would be the destruction of Apple.