pascal007

The Quebec law does not state a duration for, say, battery life. That would be ludicrous considering that some devices are not meant to last as long as others. The law, however, incorporates the concept of “fitness”. That is, that a device must be useable for the length of time it has been sold for. The law does not require a device to remain in the same state than the day it was bought for the lifetime of the product, only that it remains usable. The law sets a quality baseline. And this baseline is not very high. It’s a consumer protection act after all. 

It’s bluff on Apple’s part. Apple Intelligence wasn’t going to be available anyway because it only works in English for now.

its also bluff because Microsoft’s solution is available and working in multiple languages and countries, and so is Google’s (and ChatGPT, as well as others).

So Apple is agitating the American flag to hide the limitations of their current AI implementation. 

Leaks definitely harm Apple. Consumers? Not at all. 

AppleInsider said:

At this time, it isn't clear why Zhang left Rosenblatt.

In other words : "A discussion on the reasons he may have left is left as an exercise to the reader"

It seems to me that wifi 6 has barely stabilized (and not everything has stepped up to 6E, let alone 6), and already they’re trying to sell us a new standard? Nope! 

22july2013 said:

Apple could trademark the term "Apple Intelligence" to try to get people to think of Apple when they think of "AI".

I’m sure they thought about it, but went against it as it would be a constant source of derision if Apple’s AI implementation ended up  as good as their current Siri. 

I’m not a Meta fan, in no way shape or form. But I have a hard time finding a tear for Apple’s dramatic stance. If Apple thinks that managing fees has a cost, then they should simply stop requiring that developers use their transactional platform. Less use, less transactions, less costs overall. Stop forcing developers to use Apple transactional platform and leave reimbursements to the developers. The current system doesn’t adequately protect customers anyway as abusive developers still manage to charge abusive fees without Apple even batting an eye. 

digitol said:

I will probably never purchase a notch version of any Apple product. Hideous. 

*************************************************

That’s because you never used a MacBook Pro. After 10 minutes, you’d have said : what notch ?

roake said:

A few properly place Hellfire missiles from an affected country would bring this type of activity to a stop pretty fast.

No, it wouldn’t. And it would be the equivalent of a declaration of war against another country while the perpetrators of the crime are not acting in the country’s name but for themselves.

The perpetrators can easily move from one area to another. The missile attack would simply end up killing civilians that have nothing to do with the crime. 

BiC said:

dk49 said:

Has Apple been able to patch Pegasus? 

Apple should bring all manufacturing back to America.  If you want to control the ecosystem tight.  This international nonsense must come to an end.

That won't change anything. The hackings happen because of software weaknesses and the software is US-designed.