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A crucial difference between Apple's and the other's implementations is if you are an iPhone user and don't use AirTags, you may still be contributing to someone being stalked/vehicles being stolen (and what isn't clear to me is if you opt out of Fi…
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j2fusion said: The only difference is with the in-app purchase, the developer earns money directly from the user and with add tracking it would be indirectly through the sales of advertising. The real difference is Apple does not get a cut…
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rezwits said: f all of your "Memory/System Morsels" are on the "HD" aka SSD aka NAND drive, easily readable at anytime there will only be one answer/solution = ENCRYPTION at ALL TIMES... good bye Spectre good bye Meltdown... using these new…
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linkman said: I haven't found a modern browser that doesn't use ridiculous amounts of RAM. Programmers simply aren't concerned about resource utilization anymore. They would have all received failing grades in my computing courses 30 years ag…
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truthintech said: Actual hourly wage was $18.00 per hour. Not commenting on good or bad of wage, but on annual basis was closer to 40K if worked full time and now is over 50K for full time. If you are going to put that into perspective, th…
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davidw said:Apple could easily design their products in Ireland. There's nothing about being designed in Cupertino that increases the value of Apple products. No they can't. A desirable place to live (& alternative employment options) is…
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jason98 said: I think the only reason Google is virtually accident-free (at-fault) is because there is always a real driver behind the wheel, 100% alert, and capable of avoiding an accident (otherwise would have been caused by the self-driving s…
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cali said:I think Apple has enough money to buy an island they can operate from or go foreign like Ireland or some really poor 3rd world country and boost their economy instead. Good luck convincing Apple engineers to move to said country or …
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SpamSandwich said: wmfork said: I don't like the word "back door" in this case. Here's hopefully a better analogy: Apple wants to protect users even when they use weak passwords, but to do that, Apple needs to hold a strong master k…
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dasanman69 said: apple ][ said: I don't have any issue with Apple helping to hack into this one particular iPhone as a one time thing. If that is at all possible, then Apple should help in my opinion. But giving the Govt some sort o…
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apple ][ said: I don't have any issue with Apple helping to hack into this one particular iPhone as a one time thing. If that is at all possible, then Apple should help in my opinion. But giving the Govt some sort of Master key which can be us…
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Apple is really in an indefensible position here. As much as Apple wants to, you can't truly protect a user using a weak password, even though that's what a lot of people do for the sake of convenience. If the phone had a strong password, any help f…
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So missing the Q1 consensus & lower Q2 guidance than last year are all positive news? Apple is far from being in trouble, but is there even a pretense of impartiality in the headline?
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sog35 said: wmfork said: Here's a fact: computer/mobile usage growth isn't slowing down, but hardware replacement is. Consider advertising revenue is tied to usage & hardware revenue is tied to replacement cycle, which company is…
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sog35 said: FACT: Android sales have been going down FACT: Desktop search has been decreasing 5-15% each year for a decade FACT: iOS mobile revenue makes up the bulk of Google's online advertising Here's a fact: computer/mobile usage grow…
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Quote: Originally Posted by foggyhill BTW, if getting more PHD's was all it took, we'd have cured cancer in the 1960s. What's your point? Most of the diseases that we've found cure for have required PhD level researchers. Unlike you, I ac…
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Quote: Originally Posted by foggyhill How is Google ahead. Because they've hoarding PhD graduates/researchers in those areas for years... Apple has so much catching up to do that it's not even funny.
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Quote: Originally Posted by TheOtherGeoff Why does a Mac need to be x86? It doesn't It's nice to be x86 for those few people who want to run BootCamp or PC emulators. Apple switching to x86 was key to Macbook penetrating the high tech indus…