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Wait, so does this mean we're not getting our headphone jacks back?

It sounds like Mr. Hanks needs to upgrade his home theater system. Streamed movies look great at my house, and in some ways it’s better than the theater experience, although I still enjoy going out to the movies in less virulent times. 

It’s funny that he frames his argument by saying essentially, “they didn’t have to give us access to this platform at all, and for a while they didn’t, but now that they have and we all take this for granted, access should be on our terms, not theirs.”

It’s easy enough to not use a Gmail account. What’s a lot more difficult is not e-mailing with anybody who uses Gmail, which matters because presumably Google can read incoming messages too, and so often the incoming message content is included in a response, so third parties can read your e-mail whether or not you ever agreed to anything. 

“Bespoke” is a British-English adjective meaning “custom” i.e. “made-to-order.”

I’d think Zuckerberg would want to draw as little attention as possible to his situation, but maybe he’s a little deluded about what he should be allowed to do. The way I see it, the less people think about how Facebook earns their money, the better it is for them—it’s like a sausage maker commissioning a documentary about how the sausage is made. 

Apple doesn’t have to allow (let alone help, as they currently do) anyone at all to create apps that run in iOS, any more than Epic has to allow (and help) other companies to create apps that run in Fortnite. It’s as simple as that. 

prismatics said:

It's probably better for Hyundai to not join forces with a partner that will discard them or throw them under the bus at the very next opportunity.

I think it was a very deliberate strategy by some to blow up the possibility of a deal.

On the other hand, it’s probably better for Apple to not join forces with a company that can’t keep a secret or respect their most basic contractual obligations for any length of time (as I’m sure a non-disclosure agreement would have been in place). And it’s best to find these things out before large investments have been made. 

I’m surprised how many people here think it won’t make a difference, and while I acknowledge that a lot of people don’t notice or care about audio quality, some people do. Those people know who they are, because they have probably already invested time and money in being able to hear music presented as well as possible, as their budgets allow. A lot of people also don’t understand why anyone would pay a premium for a Mac or iPhone instead of the cheapest thing available, and those people also think there’s no real difference. Because to them, there’s not. 

This seems silly, but it looks like they also sued Huawei, Asustek and ZTE, and,