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lkrupp wrote: » Who says they have production problems? No really, somebody prove it. It's all anonymous rumor. Since we go strictly by rumor here I hereby state unequivocally that the problem is a demand problem. Demand is far outstripping sup…
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joelchu wrote: » So do you think the money magically disappear because of the network subsides? It just a round about way coming out from your own pocket. Nope, there's more than evidence, on this website and everywhere else, that people only l…
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joelchu wrote: » Just two more cny cents before I off to have a massage to those who keep telling us about Apple business strategy ... If you really know your stuff. Get off the Internet and start your own company. And just back to the subject…
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[quote](Just using an Android user's thought process)[/quote] Nope, that's a straw man fallacy. You are projecting someone else's position and attacking your projection in an attempt to subvert a potential debate that hasn't even started yet. Bac…
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tallest skil wrote: » They did that back in the late 5.x.x set. What problems are you still having? Yes, Safari 5 was fine, it's only Safari 6 that's broken (which to me coincided with the release of Mountain Lion, but Lion users are experienci…
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Let us hope that they finally address Safari's memory leaks, graphical glitches, and lack of privacy in private browsing. This browser is borderline unusable at the moment, I've already gone as to far as to limit its real memory usage to 512MB to p…
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This forum remains the same cesspit of misinformation and bigotry as ever. [quote]EU mandate is 'warranty' by seller, not manufacturer.[/quote] Nope, any of the parties involved in the sale are equally responsible for honoring the warranty. This …
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solipsismx wrote: » I'm saying it's nearly impossible to match or be better than a complex service/app in every regard. That is the where Vaelian's argument is warped. He's claiming that Apple should not have released their own mapping solution un…
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solipsismx wrote: » That wasn't his argument. He clearly stated "perform at least as well as Google Maps did everywhere." Does Safari perform as well as IE for Mac everywhere? Of course not. As someone who has built browser engines by yourself — o…
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solipsismx wrote: » His argument is completely warped. Or perhaps you are a retard... solipsismx wrote: » I'd like to hear him argue for IE for Mac over Apple creating Safari. Sure, WebKit is the most popular browser engine now, thanks to …
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hill60 wrote: » vaelian wrote: » Nobody needs to; Apple deserves all the criticism since they effectively removed Google Maps from iOS to replace it with their own solution, meaning they are expected to perform at least as well as Google Maps di…
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rogifan wrote: » I'm not talking about the AppStore. I'm talking about a native app that comes with the phone. The original maps app and original youtube app had no Google branding. Yes, they did, in the corner. Some of the developer rules e…
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The iPad mini is the cheap low-end into Apple's ecosystem; it was expected to fare well for that reason all along. Most people are cheap, they buy Apple mainly for the status, as evidenced by the number of Wi-Fi-only 16GB 9.7" iPads out there. The…
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anonymouse wrote: » If only that were true. Google never stops tracking you no matter what you do. All you can "opt out" of is seeing ads based on that data, they still collect it. Can you prove this? If not, why are you posting it?
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jnjnjn wrote: » It is comparable, because the companies interest isn't aligned with that of the consumer. You are not the consumer to Google; the advertisers are their clients, so, again, not comparable. jnjnjn wrote: » IThat's the point I…
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analogjack wrote: » Most people do not understand the concept that doing the right thing can never be wrong, in the long term. So it goes with Apple, it's obviously the right thing to do to have google maps available, why not? Now Apple has some b…
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suddenly newton wrote: » How come when people want to praise the old Apple maps app, it's called 'Google Maps' and when they want to criticize the same app, it's suddenly attributed to Apple again?? Perhaps because Apple developed the app using…
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gatorguy wrote: » Hill60, If you're having some difficulty in figuring out how to turn off location and tracking in iOS6 I don't think you're alone. Most users probably have no idea that Apple sets location and tracking 'On" by default (So much fo…
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elroth wrote: » Except for little things like not honoring my Safari settings to block cookies (they didn't tell me they were doing that) I was geting Google cookies though I NEVER went to a Google website or used Google search. Or driving around …
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jamesmcd wrote: » I tried using Google's turn-by-turn yesterday in New Zealand and gave up after 5 minutes. What a disaster - it simply couldn't locate me once I'd started moving and then went on a mental rant giving me sporadic directions from al…