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  • Original iPad vs 2021 & 2022 iPad -- what 13 years of development can do

    larryalarrya
    LOL, all three display types on the chart should say, "LCD", not marketing terms for resolution and backlighting strategies - those are covered elsewhere in the table.

    It's amazing.  All that change to CPU power, and still no calculator (why?!?), and with almost every major OS release a more awkward multitasking paradigm.  It's such a waste.

    I bought the iPad2, iPad Air, and Air2, but I think I'm done.  It's strictly for content consumption, as I feared all along, and there are cheaper/better ways to do that.
    muthuk_vanalingamwilliamlondonelijahg

  • GM ditching CarPlay & Android Auto for Google-built infotainment system

    larryalarrya
    lkrupp said:
    camber said:
    I have driven a Buick since 2007 - one new, then a used one. I would love to have CarPlay in my vehicle. I absolutely abhor the subscription model. I dropped both OnStar and Serius XM radio because they used subscriptions. I will never subscribe to Apple Music because of the monthly payment. I know, you probably think I am an old curmudgeon. I am older but I do have the dollars to buy a new vehicle and GM just lost all chance of me buying a new Buick. I won't even comment on the gathering of personal data other that to say I will never permit it when I have a choice. Incredibly bad move GM!
    Oh god, you don't subscribe to Apple Music so you have no need for Car Play yet you will never buy another GM car because of this. And the article clearly states that this only applies to their EVs, NOT combustion powered vehicles which they don't plan on stopping production of until 2035. If anything this move will INCREASE the sales of GM combustion powered vehicles and IMPEDE the sales of their EVs. Twelve years is a long time to reconsider you know.

    I've heard some batshit crazy logic before  but yours tastes the cake.


    You do realize CarPlay is more than just an outlet for your Apple Music subscription, right?  Navigation, non-subscription music, podcasts, news. Put down the rental koolaide 
    9secondkox2

  • Oscars considering rule change to lock out Apple & Netflix

    larryalarrya
    I mean, how can we say a movie is good if it hasn’t fulfilled some arbitrary criterion?
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  • Apple's internal report says that it doesn't stifle employee speech

    larryalarrya
    In other words, Chinese human rights report finds no wrongdoing in China. 
    muthuk_vanalingamJaiOh81grandact73

  • The Apple Car is highly rated by possible buyers before it exists

    larryalarrya
    lkrupp said:
    22july2013 said:
    I was already preferring (and eager) to buy an Apple Car back in 2017, and was forced to buy something else instead. At least I got CarPlay. However now I live in a condo where I can't install an electric power station required for an all-electric car, so I wouldn't be able to own an electric vehicle anymore. You pretty much need your own garage to own an electric car, which leaves out roughly half the population (mostly the poorer half.)
    Blathering nonsense. You won’t need a home charger when charging stations are as ubiquitous as gas stations, just like you don’t need a gasoline pump in your garage now. And battery technology will get to the point where it will take minutes, not hours to fully charge your car. Good grief.
    I think the original poster was talking about what is, not what one day may be. I’m surprised you didn’t use flying cars instead of just relying on non-existent battery technology to shoot down his arguments. 

     The reality of buying a bev today is, going outside 1/2 of your range requires 15-60 minute stops to “refuel” at unreliable charging stations, and using it locally is a lot more practical with a home charging station. 
    watto_cobra