airnerd

gatorguy said:

airnerd said:

All I need to know is this:

Google:  Will sell your data to the highest bidder
Amazon:  Will sell your data to the highest bidder
Apple:  built on trust and aren't going to jeopardize that trust for money they don't technically need

I won't have a single google device in my house, and I dislike the amazon ones I have.  HomePod WILL replace the echo when I can get one.  Then hopefully there is a "dot" competitor from Apple in the short term so I can replace those as well. 

*sigh*
Another example of posting fiction as fact. No way to stop it either as FUD has a way of taking on a life of its own. 

I've never had a product I spoke about in the presence of my phone offered up to me in an ad, except with facebook.  Literally the SAME WEEK I got my first Echo I began getting emails from Amazon about items I never searched on their app but talked about around my house.  

And Google just has never had a single iota of goodwill from me. 

So please take your *sigh* drama garbage and ignore what I post if you have such an issue with it.  

Seems totally plausible.  They have a battery, could easily be damaged (even accidentally if they get bent or pinched) and that could lead to failure.  How many has Apple sold?  How many reports do we have of this?  It's statistically insignificant at this point and I hope people don't runaway with this as a systemic problem, because that hasn't been shown yet.

adm1 said:

I think what Apple needed to address was devices currently stuck in iOS9, I think it goes without saying that anyone on iOS 10 capable devices are safe. 

As of January 5th, 18% of active iOS devices were still running iOS 9, that's a helluva lot of iPhones and iPads around the world that owners will now be worrying about. And before anyone suggests it, telling people to "just buy a newer device" is not a good PR move (but then, they've not been the best in that respect recently).

THIS!  This is my thought as well. There was just an article this week about older devices which can't be upgraded to newer iOS's. 

The tinfoil-hat-wearer in me wonders if there wasn't coordination in this "leak" to justify a push for older Apple devices to be encouraged to upgrade.  

The rational-hat-wearer in me doesn't really believe Apple would, or needs, to stoop to that level.  However, I do think some information directly from Apple about the ramifications of this leak for those running older hardware would be a good idea.  Something with a tone of "not much to worry about, here is what you could expect at worst", otherwise imaginations are going to run wild and Southpark did a great mini-series about the dangers of our imaginations.  

All I need to know is this:

Google:  Will sell your data to the highest bidder
Amazon:  Will sell your data to the highest bidder
Apple:  built on trust and aren't going to jeopardize that trust for money they don't technically need

I won't have a single google device in my house, and I dislike the amazon ones I have.  HomePod WILL replace the echo when I can get one.  Then hopefully there is a "dot" competitor from Apple in the short term so I can replace those as well. 

Echo has better integration?  That's not good for Apple because Echo's integration sucks.  I can play apple music over the Echo only if I am using my phone to control it and just using Alexa as a standard bluetooth speaker.  She won't launch and play it, only wants to access my amazon music, which has a fraction of what apple does.