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  • Epic Games CEO slams Apple 'government spyware'

    iadlibiadlib
    He’s not wrong. The perception of this easily skews this way. It’s a slippery slope. 
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  • 2021 Apple TV 4K Review: Seeking a blockbuster, given a Band-Aid

    iadlibiadlib
    AppleInsider said:
    In a completely baffling move, the new 2021 Apple TV 4K does not include support for spatial audio with the AirPods Max or AirPods Pro.

    It’s not a “completely baffling move” if you do a little research or someone takes the time to fact check an article... Apple’s implementation of spatial audio requires gyroscopes and accelerometers on both the headphone side and the device side in order to compare the difference and modify the audio coming from your AirPods Pro/Max. 

    Clearly the AppleTV doesn’t have or need such sensors.   Implementing spatial audio would require a modification of some kind in the methodology that Apple uses to achieve the effect, perhaps acoustic mapping from the HomePod lineup or some other method. It does support traditional (higher quality) surround sound on your headphones though. 
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  • New Siri Remote touch behavior inconsistent, cause unknown

    iadlibiadlib
    Yeah I noticed this the other day. Surprising given that at least the packaging for these Apple TV units look like it was created before HomePod mini given a full size HomePod icon on the back of the box. Makes me think these have just been sitting in a warehouse. 
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  • 'Secret' Apple retail policy reportedly rewarded polite customers with free fixes, replace...

    iadlibiadlib
    When I worked for Apple there was no official policy in place for this. Though they did encourage us to surprise and delight (under promise, over deliver). There was no set quota and it was at employee/manager discretion. You issued a CS code and voila the repair was free. 

    Before I worked there, I had multiple instances of being surprised and delighted, which is a large part of why I wanted to get a job there. The irony is that this policy or practice was not in effect for employees at all. 

    Case in point, I had a 17inch PowerBook and the screen was so heavy that the hinge couldn’t keep the display upright (Gravity 1 | Apple 0) if you were at an angle while using the machine. After a year of use, the bezel below the display started to bow outward. 

    I was a “genius” at the time and we weren’t doing certain repairs in house, you had to send them to a depot repair center like everyone else. So off it went. Surprise and not delight, I got a phone call from some doofus higher up in the food chain that accused me of accidentally damaging my computer. 

    I tried politely explaining that I was an employee and knew better than to damage my own computer. Furthermore as a “genius” I explained exactly what was happening and that it was a design or assembly flaw. The person on the phone had clearly never taken a computer apart and couldn’t give a shit about the situation. 

    They then filed a complaint with corporate stating that I lied and was trying to buck the system and get special treatment and treated them rudely. My store manager (hey M) came to talk to me about how this behavior was unacceptable etc etc. I let him talk, then took him to our lead genius (hi K) who corroborated that I was right about the issue and that he should have issued a CS code when he checked in my computer. 

    Soon after that incident we got a new store manager (hi W) who was successfully worse than the first. Apple hired him from Target, made him a store manager of the lowest performing retail store, then transferred him to a store that had such high revenue that it could have been a flagship store. 

    This idiot then got blinded by greed (store managers could earn 125% of their salary as a bonus for the store hitting its metrics, meanwhile we didn’t see a penny) and wound up poisoning the culture of the store, getting paranoid we were trying to get him fired (we were) and then decimated a solid team by going on a firing spree (witch-hunt) until he was demoted and transferred. 

    The person reporting him was one of his lieutenants and not innocent herself in the skullduggery department, but she got promoted to a corporate position meanwhile the rest of those poor schlubs got stuck with another manager who liked to tell us that in the new Apple we were numbers and not names. 

    No loyalty back biting jackholes lol. To this day if I ever have an issue, I wind up reporting it to Tim via email because they have a tendency to treat ex-employees the same way they treat current ones, like crap. Thanks for coming to my TedTalk. 
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  • Apple employees ask for more flexible remote work options

    iadlibiadlib
    I can’t wait to see how this pans out. There’s such a huge disconnect between upper management and their rank and file employees at Apple. 
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  • M1 MacBook owners complain about easily cracked screens

    iadlibiadlib
    The comments on this thread are by-and-large bonkers. You’re defending a corporation who has had questionable business practices over the years, from the way they treat their employees to lobbying against right-to-repair. Mind boggling. 

    Let me give you an example as a former employee, of Apple’s BS: I had a 17 inch MacBook pro and it developed bowing on the lower bezel of the aluminum display. 

    As a Mac genius (at the time) we all knew that the display assembly was too heavy for the hinges and the stress manifested along the lower bezel after normal use of opening and closing the display. 

    So I assumed that I could send it to the repair depot without worry. Because everyone knew about this issue. Instead the repair depot folks said it was “accidental damage” and when I explained everything they called my manager and accused me of using my employee status to get “preferential” treatment. 

    Y’all. Believe people when they say there’s an issue. This is just one example of the BS. Go on with your idiocy. 
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  • Ultimate showdown: New Apple Pencil USB-C vs old Apple Pencils

    iadlibiadlib
    YAY they made it cheaper. BOO they made it dumber.
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  • Open letter asks Apple not to implement Child Safety measures

    iadlibiadlib
    This is admirable and I like the intention behind it. But to plays devils advocate. I bring up that this technique. Maybe. Possibly. Could be adapted for other kinds of data. Say emails. Text messages. Let’s say it becomes an API or baked in feature. What if that feature gets hijacked? By a hacker, or a government? To search for anti-state speech in China, or even industrial espionage. This is a Pandora’s box that couldn’t ever be shut. 
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  • Epic and allies are complaining about Apple's US App Store fees, while they charge about t...

    iadlibiadlib
    THIS IS HILARIOUS!!! 

    1. There's no crying in baseball!
    2. Are we seriously watching different megacorporations worth billions argue about this false concept of "fairness in capitalism"?
    3. The real discussion should be WHY the free iCloud tier is a measly 5 jigglebits now that's pure corporate greed.


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  • Facebook considers telling users enabling tracking keeps app 'free of charge'

    iadlibiadlib
    Facebook made billions in profit last year and Zuck is worth 118 billion. They’re fine. Maybe they can invest in features users want instead of ads for once
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