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  • Apple Music rolls out to Tesla cars in holiday software update

    greginpraguegreginprague
    We finally got our Model Y in August after waiting 11 months from order date.  It’s the first new car we’ve ever owned. It’s amazing, but would like to have CarPlay on it.  If Rivian is a better car then buy it, but to me it’s idiotic to make (or cancel) a car purchase because of any person at the company.  
    To be fair, Musk isn’t just “any person at the company”, he is the face of the company. From what I can tell he seems to be a fairly loud-voiced and opinionated face of the company.  He also seems to rub a lot of people the wrong way.

    To me it’s similar to that person that cuts me off in traffic while driving a vehicle that has their company name on it.  I’ll remember that Chris’ Custom Closets guy cut me off and when it’s time to redo my closet I won’t be calling them.

    It wouldn’t surprise me in the least to hear that Musk said something in an interview or on Twitter that really annoyed a potential customer and then that potential customer decided to go with another brand. 
    My point was that regardless of the person, even the CEO, if the product is worth buying then buy it. Otherwise you’re just putting the stick in your own eye. I didn’t avoid Disney because Chapek is an idiot. 

     I drove 430 miles yesterday afternoon to night in the Model Y. It took about 8.5 hours with all charging and bathroom stops, averaging about 74mph while on the road. What other electric vehicle can you do that with today (or likely even in 2 years)? The Lucid Air certainly can’t do that on one charge at interstate highway speeds.
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  • Apple Music rolls out to Tesla cars in holiday software update

    greginpraguegreginprague
    We finally got our Model Y in August after waiting 11 months from order date.  It’s the first new car we’ve ever owned. It’s amazing, but would like to have CarPlay on it.  If Rivian is a better car then buy it, but to me it’s idiotic to make (or cancel) a car purchase because of any person at the company.  
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  • Apple lands upcoming film 'Causeway' starring Jennifer Lawrence

    greginpraguegreginprague
    22july2013 said:
    Yet another film that Apple purchased after the film was made. 
    What difference does that make?  The film gets the exposure because of Apple.  The actors get their real payday because of Apple.
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  • Apple says it blocked $1.5B in fraudulent App Store transactions, 1.6M risky apps

    greginpraguegreginprague
    avon b7 said:

    Any store that is demonstrably proven to be a seething mass of malware will not be a success.  The Google Play Store is not an example of this by the way. 


    Many here and around the world would insist that the Play Store is a perfect example of a successful seething mass of malware.  Care to share some evidence as to why it’s not? 
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  • Apple supplier TSMC warns of slowing consumer demand and higher prices

    greginpraguegreginprague
    waveparticle said:
    blastdoor said:
    Ukraine is/was a major food exporter, so food prices are likely to go up a lot this year. That will likely reduce spending on consumer electronics, especially in countries where food represents a larger share of household expenditures. 
    No, it is the loss of sales to Russia which has a population over 200,000,000.
    Um, no.  The population of Russia is 144 million and decreasing.
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