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Metriacanthosaurus said:

volcan said:

Like putting Trump, Cook, Gates and Musk around a table to discuss IT makes any sense. None of those people know anything about IT. But that is apparently how government works. Let's put a bunch of people with zero knowledge about a given project in charge of it.

You gotta discuss the concept, the big picture idea first. Once you know what you want to do, then you get the real techs involved to make it happen.

Yep, starting somewhere has to happen.  Trumps biggest problem is that politically he is left of congress and as such it will take a lot of pressure to get the government to change its IT infrastructure significantly.   It is going to be an interesting 4 years, I just read they are seriously thinking about undoing some of the banking regulations ( all the way back to the Clinton years) that ended up mixing the playing field, allowing investment banks to target consumers.   Trump can try to clean up banking just like he can try to clean up the governments IT infrastructure but he will only get so far if congress isn't on board.   He also has to struggle with banking management most of whom are Democrats to begin with.

StrangeDays said:

kevt said:

If 32-bit Apps won't run in iOS 11, I'll not be updating or buying a new iPhone with it preinstalled for a long time. I use too many Apps that either have not been updated to 64-bit, and some that have, I've not updated because I much prefer earlier versions.

And? Your decision to remain with legacy software has very little (no) bearing on the engineering roadmap of iOS. The benefits to all far outweigh the inconvenience to you. 

This is so important for people to understand!   The move to 64 bit is a very positive thing.  For one it will mean that all legacy apps and libraries will leave iOS freeing up a lot of storage space.   It also means that Apple can now focus on one set of developer tools, there will be no need to generate 32 bit code.  


I know there are many luddites here but people need to realize that even Raspberry PI is transitioning to 64 bit hardware and eventually a 64 bit software base.    The transition took place a long time ago in Mac land so people need to reaize it only hurts for a few minutes.  In general 64 bit systems are a big win for everry body.  

macplusplus said:

elijahg said:

macplusplus said:

dysamoria said:

macplusplus said:

Fake parts from China. Fake logic boards, fake circuits with espionage backdoors, giant botnets built with home-repaired phones and computers...

What you're describing is a RESULT of companies blockading the business of legit repair companies. There used to be tons of repair businesses decades ago.

Apple does not blockade the business of legit repair companies. They have Authorized Service Centers everywhere in the world. The proposed legislation might make service centers mandatory for every city and town but apparently their concern is not repair availability. That could be achieved easily with a mandatory service network.

Other than by favouring their own repair centres inside Apple Stores, and delaying sending components to second party repair centres. AI has reported that they've been reducing service (and upping prices) at Apple Authorised Resellers too. 

I think the right to repair legalisation is a good thing. Apple's green credentials for long term use of their products is complete crap, due to the non-repairability but no one (Greenpeace) seems to care about that. Using superglue for batteries for example is completely unnecessary. Glueing iMac screens on just to shave off another 5% thickness is unnecessary. This will force Apple to allow third party repairs, quite possibly leading to a reduction in first and second party repair costs. 

Right to repair already exists for people. Can anyone prevent you from DIY repairs? No. That proposed legislation strives to kill OEMs' "right to repair" their own products !..

I know this thread is iPhone focused but John Deere was a huge reason for this legislation.   Deere in fact did remove the possibility of DIY repairs by effectively locking farmers out of their tractors. Thus preventing maintenace commonly done on the farm.  


This isnt just about Apple guys !

andrewj5790 said:

This legislation is asinine. Apple is right to lobby against it.

Why should companies be free to take away rights you have had as consumers since industrislization began?   By the way this isnt just about Apple, it impacts any industry that tries prevent tepairs by resyricting parts sales.  It is a terrible move on Apples part.  

hammeroftruth said:

StrangeDays said:

but but but russia hacked the election! they're bad!

What does that have to do with this article??

It has everything to do with the article as it is about state sponsored hacking.