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  • Apple forced to include charger with iPhone in Sao Paulo

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    Alternative viewpoint; Brazil's government has a very poor standing as far as protecting the environment and reducing emissions or waste.  Excerpt from an article on the subject: 

    • Between March and May 2020, the government of Jair Bolsonaro published 195 infralegal acts — ordinances, normative instructions, decrees and other measures — which critics say are an indirect means of dismantling Brazil’s environmental laws and bypassing Congress. During the same period in 2019, just 16 such acts were published.
    • In April, 2020 Environment Minister Ricardo Salles suggested that the administration “run the cattle” which experts say, within the context Salles used the phrase, is a euphemism for utilizing the COVID-19 crisis as a means of distracting Brazilians from the administration’s active undermining of the environmental rule of law.
    • A partial study of the 195 acts has found that they, among other things, allow rural landowners who illegally deforested and occupied conserved areas in the Atlantic Forest up to July 2008 to receive full amnesty for their crimes. Another change pays indemnities to those who expropriated properties within federal conservation units.
    • Shifts in administration management responsibilities have also resulted in what experts say is a weakening of regulations granting and managing national forests, and the relaxation of supervision over fisheries that could allow increased illegal trafficking in tropical fish. A study of the repercussions of all 195 acts is continuing.
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  • iPhone 14 Pro has the best speed in more than just processing

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    lkrupp said:
    Wait. What? Could one of resident trolls please explain this? Doesn’t the iPhone use the same Qualcomm 5G modems as Samsung and Pixel. Are the Apple Silicon SOCs that much better? Does Android suck? What’s goin on here?
    Likely a combination of antenna design, noise control in the board and amplifier designs, software, etc.
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  • Apple forced to include charger with iPhone in Sao Paulo

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    I think another aspect of this that is being missed in the article and comments is this could be partly playing to the EU as well. This year, the EU voted to force phone manufacturers to have a common charger standard to avoid the increasing e-waste of chargers. Apple fought it along with other tech companies and wanted the Lightning port to be included as one of the “standard” charger ports allowed instead of having to move to USB-C (or aging micro USB). 

    By simply avoiding including a charger and then throwing a USB-C to Lightning cable, they could be seen as appeasing the EU to some extent — at the same time as yes, saving a ton of money themselves in manufacturing, shipping, packaging, etc. and getting the PR bonus of environmental responsibility. 

    Regardless of their motivations, the fact that the EU was focusing on charger standardization and a reduction of chargers ending up as e-waste shows this wasn’t all Apple’s thinking out of nowhere. 
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  • Apple forced to include charger with iPhone in Sao Paulo

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    I have a question: are you Brazilian or lived here for any period of time? I think not. Our national environment policies are indeed deplorable, no question about that. Also yes, we did elect a dipshit as president, but I don’t think most people on this forum can hold this against us.

    As for the state o São Paulo (translated from Portuguese to Saint Paul, no idea where Sao Paolo came from), its policies are on the opposite side of the spectrum from federal ones. Besides, the Consumer Protection Agency here is truly independent, and is just following laws that does protect uninformed (or misinformed) costumers, specially those with more money than brains.

    And I can’t find fault on the reasoning from the agency. I have yet to see Apple break down the numbers about the environmental impact. I do believe there is a positive effect, but when you have to argue over laws, we do need to see the specifics, to strike the best balance about environmental concerns and consumer rights.
    I was careful to say “Brazil’s government” and not its people for that reason. But I understand your other points and I appreciate the information. Thank you. 

    P.S. I’m also by no means throwing stones, as the U.S. government’s current administration has done its own share of environmental protections rollbacks. 
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  • Mazda adds touchscreen support to CarPlay in 2024 CX-5

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    To clarify (and as one other person pointed out), most Mazdas have touchscreens and you could use touch for CarPlay when the car isn't moving.  It's when moving that the touch would lock out in favor of the jog wheel.  There was benefit to encouraging the knob for reasons like MplsP said with his Audi but I think it's the right move to no longer require the knob when moving.
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  • Logitech goes after Stream Deck with MX Creative Console

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    It's worth noting that Logitech acquired Loupedeck last year.
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  • Trump trade admin calls Apple's China ties a 'Silicon Valley soap opera'

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    "Just fold it in, David."
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