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larz2112 said:

Haha! It's funny to see what people consider "professional photography" these days.  "Nordeman was able to execute his signature style -- surprising moments from unique perspectives" That's a pretty common "style", even for many amateurs. Nothing unique about it. I guess if you have ever received payment for even one photo you are considered a "professional photographer", even if you have no clue what an f-stop is. Regarding the new camera, I don't really see much depth of field in the sample photos. I was hoping it would be a little more prominent. I'm waiting until next year to upgrade my 5S, so hopefully the camera will be even better in a year.

Nordeman has shot for ESPN, Time, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and Vogue, to name a few. Are you really suggesting that he shouldn't be called a professional photographer? Get real.

maestro64 said:

Neil,

You are going to find everyway you can to get music to play on the Homepod, aren't you?

I spent $350 on this thing, I might as well.

Plus I'm tired of people saying how "locked down" the device is.

ivanh said:

The Google TV remote, part of the US$50 deal of Chromecast, can control volume, on/off and other functions of hundreds of brands of AV and TV. Can Apple TV remote do it?

If your receiver and TV support HDMI CEC, then yes, it works automatically. My TV is about 4 years old and my receiver is about 6 years old, and both turn off with the power button on the Siri Remote. If your devices don’t have HDMI CEC, you should probably look into a Harmony or other “universal” remote that is meant to be more functional with a variety of devices. An intentionally simple remote without a number pad is not the right solution for that kind of user. 

pairof9 said:

jdb8167 said:

While I agree with the editorial content, I’m a bit confused by the title. Nowhere in the article is their any evidence that the politicians sited can’t create PDFs. Since they are mostly lawyers I would expect many of them have used PDFs heavily in their careers. Not that important but the title seems off. 

It's probably a cultural homage to the recent Progressive commercials about "not being our parents" training and the part where everyone gets squeamish about learning to create a PDF. 

Being unable to open/convert a PDF is a well-known meme.

foregoneconclusion said:

 "In 2013, the U.S. Justice Department, in all of its infinite wisdom, inexplicably said Apple had committed collusion with book publishers to raise the prices on digital books."

It's not really inexplicable. When that case began, it was already known that Apple had been involved in actively recruiting major publishers to team up with Apple for the specific purpose of raising the prices of NYT bestsellers. Just at face value, you had two general issues that appeared similar to classic forms of antitrust activity: collusion and price fixing.

That's never been the case per Epic. Collecting a commission is not a classic form of antitrust activity. Using anti-steering clauses is not a classic form of antitrust activity. There are no prior legal precedents that ruled operating a single store on your own hardware/OS was in violation of antitrust laws. Everything that Epic is complaining about in court has never previously been considered to be anticompetitive at all from a legal standpoint. 

I'm of the belief that what happened with Apple and book publishers was not collusion at all. All of the publishers, independent of one another, were looking to get out of what was a raw deal with Amazon, because Amazon was selling books at a steep discount (or even at a loss) and undermining the value of the publishers' books. The publishers saw Apple and all of its money and clout as an opportunity to right that wrong, and all of them came to the same sensible conclusion, without any need for collusion, because it was best for business. Ultimately, the DOJ only cared because book prices went up by a few dollars, and that supposedly "hurt" consumers.

It's a done deal now, but the point remains: Any company the size of Apple is going to come under intense scrutiny. By not controlling the lion's share of unit sales, they have a better chance of flying under the radar from that kind of regulatory scrutiny (which, I would argue, was an unfair federal overreach).

100% agreed with you on Epic and the App Store, though. It would have been easy for Epic to circumvent the App Store for various microtransactions and not pay their cut to Apple, just as countless other apps already do (to great success, in fact — see Netflix). But obviously Epic decided they wanted to poke the bear and see what they could get away with. If Epic wins this case, it will set a very weird precedent across a number of storefronts and platforms — I can't imagine Nintendo will be very happy if they are forced to allow eShop alternatives on the Switch, for example.

Rayz2016 said:

skippingrock said:

Just sell the keyboard along with your old iPad Pro. 

Exactly

Or more likely, Apple knows that no one who bought the last generation iPad Pro is going to be looking to buy another one just yet. 

And what about those who bought the 2018 iPad Pro? 

mr lizard said:

“but frankly, we did not feel any sort of privacy concerns when using it.”

Um yeah… the privacy concerns aren’t from the people using the device. They’re from the people who might have their picture taken. 

Frankly, wearing your iPhone in a breast pocket and discreetly snapping photos via Apple's Camera app for Apple Watch seems like more of a privacy concern than this device.

viclauyyc said:

Does anyone have any idea how to export the digital audio signal from ATV?

My receiver can’t correctly decode the 4K HDR signal, so I am only able to use 4K SDR. But when I connect the ATV directly to my 4K tv, Vizio M75, the tv can and work as Dolby Vision display, I don’t even need to do colour calibration. However, the tv only has a optical out which connected to my soundbar. 

So anyone know a way for the ATV to output a separate audio signal? My receiver don’t even have Airplay. Do I need to get a HDMI splitter? But does it even support HDMI 2.1 and Dolby vision?

Thanks 

Something like this should work, with caveats (it downgrades to HDMI 2.0 instead of 2.1, which means no 120fps content if Apple ever enables it).

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FR4771P/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_MVFNSZ55JEEVC281VK7Z?tag=reality

datumax said:

Wow they finally shipped. Good on them for not giving up given they were years past their proposed crowdfunding campaign ship date. I doubted the CMRA team and wound up getting my refund in 2018 I think. 

While I was waiting, I realized just how fast Apple moves, and how far ahead they are of other product companies. That had to make it difficult for this team to time their release, given how often the hardware and software specs change or are rumored to. It will be interesting to see how long the team takes to respond to a new Apple Watch form factor. Given the rumors of a thinner, flat edged model coming soon, this might have been their last chance to ship before having to hit the drawing board again. 

But yeah, good review. 

The rubber exterior that covers the camera component includes the wrist strap connector. So theoretically, if Apple were to change to a new method/size of wrist band attachment, they could offer an inexpensive replacement rubber piece to fit, without having to replace the camera hardware itself.

I would imagine Apple is very reluctant to change the size of the band connector given the massive number of existing bands on the market. Don't forget that they increased the watch screen sizes yet kept the exact same connector. Much the same reason that the iPhone won't switch to USB-C, even if it has some advantages over Lightning — it would just upset a lot of loyal customers who are devoted to (and heavily invested in) a market leading product. Don't be surprised if a completely redesigned Apple Watch still fits all of the legacy bands.

biansta said:

Please just don't use that "concept" pic anymore. It's so incredibly ugly, makes me wonder if you've been paying any attention to Apple at all.

Got a better concept you can provide? I'd happily use a different one.