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iCloud class action settlement payout won't even buy a cup of coffee
I’ve gotten a few really nice payouts but most are in the single or low double digit dollar range. I cash all the checks.JP234 said:
Your financial advisor must be very wealthy. Or think you are. I file for every single penny. And it's paid off. I got $207 from Honda for a car I haven't owned for 9 years. I got $397.00 from a Facebook settlement for an account I deactivated 4 years ago. And my wife got another $397. If that's not worth your effort, I envy you!FileMakerFeller said:
Classic!lkrupp said:I get notices of class actions occasionally on companies in my investment accounts. My financial advisor always tells me to ignore them because they’re not worth the effort to respond. Years ago there was a class action against Apple over OS 9. Know what I got? An install disc of the last version of OS 9.
My issue is that some of these you have to keep er-applying as time goes on or you get dropped. I applied for one against a travel scammer that was supposed to be worth a couple hundred. In the end I gut $0 as I missed a deadline of some sort, despite having applying using my special code and jumping through all the hoops.
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Apple's $4B ad business at odds with internal culture and values
I used to do a lot of browsing on the App Store. No longer. Too many ads and paid placements.Also, did anyone preview this article (aka “edit”) before it was published? Lots of dumb typos.
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Apple plans to expand AirDrop time limit to customers worldwide
“Him” is actually correct English. When a generic person of indeterminate sex is referenced, the indeterminate pronouns are used, which happen to be the same as the masculine but which are not the masculine— they are the indeterminate.Apple_Bar said:
Yet you jumped into the conclusion the attacker is a “him”.shamino said:Before jumping into "Apple is taking orders from the Chinese government" theories, there may be other perfectly reasonable reasons for this change. Like, for instance, the fact that AirDrop has been used as a medium for sending obscene images to strangers. Some news stories:- https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/mesa-teen-sent-violent-pornographic-content-to-high-school-students-via-apples-airdrop-feature-police-say
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-12/cyber-flashing-porn-sent-to-iphones-using-airdrop/11092974
- https://news.yahoo.com/video-students-having-sex-airdropped-202830068.html
- https://nypost.com/2022/06/27/man-sends-penis-pic-to-all-passengers-on-plane-gets-outed-on-tiktok/
By preventing phones from being set to "Everyone" at all times, you block most of this, since the attackers will only be able to send to people who already have him in their contacts list.FWIW, I leave my devices set to "Contacts Only" precisely because I don't want any possibility of a stranger sending me anything. I can share content with my friends and relatives, and that's plenty. -
Apple removed over 540,000 abandoned apps from the App Store in Q3
if they’re that old they probably don’t run anyway on your new phone. All my older games and apps are “This app needs to be updated by the developer to run on this phone” or whatever that message is, apps.bonobob said:
They’re still usable while you have them, but when you replace your phone or need to restore it, they won’t be available for download. And it’s been years since we could store them in iTunes.AppleInsider said:Apps removed from the App Store won't affect apps already downloaded to user devices, with features such as in-app purchases set to continue working. The requirement to update only applies to the App Store listing itself.
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Apple hires Facebook exec to lead its information systems department
