avon b7

tmay said:

avon b7 said:

lkrupp said:

avon b7 said:

lkrupp said:

avon b7 said:

flydog said:

DAalseth said:

When you live in a fascist kleptocracy, everyone is paranoid.

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-fcc-bans-equipment-sales-imports-zte-huawei-over-national-security-risk-2022-11-25/

Ha! Yes. Things have reached near hysteria levels. 

This is from a few years ago:

https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/senators-propose-ban-on-huawei-solar-inverters-citing-national-security-thr#gs.kn7ije

And this from further back:

https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-30378966.html

How long before a 'National Security' card gets into Monopoly? LOL

You really love the moral equivalency thing don’t you. Totalitarianism and Democracy are the same thing in your mind. No difference. Well, since you think there’s no difference you may get your wish if Section 230 is repealed. AppleInsider management has already said if that happens there will little choice but to shut down the forums out of fear of lawsuits. Then where would you spout your moral equivalency.

What does any of that have to do with the US (or any other government) being paranoid?

I'm not drawing moral equivalency. I'm highlighting examples. 

It's not the end of the world. 

The hell you’re not. You are ‘johnny on the spot’ whenever the subject comes up, ready with links to show the U.S. is just a s bad as China. You revel in it. Russia just banned the iPhone and here you are with links about your favorite object of desire, Huawei, and how it has been mistreated by the evil U.S. government. What a piece of work you are.

Again. Barking up the wrong tree. Paranoia has nothing to do with what type of government is in place. 

Both links made that clear. 

Actually, there is a substantial difference between spying on Chinese Citizens by the Chinese Government, and spying on U.S. Citizens by the U.S. Government, or even how these countries are allowed to spy on foreigners.

So while paranoia about domestic and foreign government spying is the "same" by consumers, in reality, the West has many more controls over whom is spied on, where they are allowed to be spied on, how the data is collected, how the data is stored, and how data is dispersed. Of course, you are aware of that, and would agree that Xi Jinping and Putin have the ability to spy on anyone they want, foreign or domestic, without question, anytime, with the assistance of any Chinese company, including Huawei.

I'm quite certain that Donald Trump previously, and Joe Biden currently, have not had that ability. 

lkrupp said:

avon b7 said:

lkrupp said:

avon b7 said:

flydog said:

DAalseth said:

When you live in a fascist kleptocracy, everyone is paranoid.

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-fcc-bans-equipment-sales-imports-zte-huawei-over-national-security-risk-2022-11-25/

Ha! Yes. Things have reached near hysteria levels. 

This is from a few years ago:

https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/senators-propose-ban-on-huawei-solar-inverters-citing-national-security-thr#gs.kn7ije

And this from further back:

https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-30378966.html

How long before a 'National Security' card gets into Monopoly? LOL

You really love the moral equivalency thing don’t you. Totalitarianism and Democracy are the same thing in your mind. No difference. Well, since you think there’s no difference you may get your wish if Section 230 is repealed. AppleInsider management has already said if that happens there will little choice but to shut down the forums out of fear of lawsuits. Then where would you spout your moral equivalency.

What does any of that have to do with the US (or any other government) being paranoid?

I'm not drawing moral equivalency. I'm highlighting examples. 

It's not the end of the world. 

The hell you’re not. You are ‘johnny on the spot’ whenever the subject comes up, ready with links to show the U.S. is just a s bad as China. You revel in it. Russia just banned the iPhone and here you are with links about your favorite object of desire, Huawei, and how it has been mistreated by the evil U.S. government. What a piece of work you are.

flydog said:

DAalseth said:

When you live in a fascist kleptocracy, everyone is paranoid.

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-fcc-bans-equipment-sales-imports-zte-huawei-over-national-security-risk-2022-11-25/

danox said:

What you see is what you get when you take a picture, however downloading a picture of the Moon, Yellowstone, Yosemite half dome, Mount Hood, should not happen when you are taking a picture (snapshot). You should get the best highest resolution raw picture at the camera and nothing else, if you want to manipulate the picture later, that’s a different story and should be up to the individual user at a later time.

9secondkox2 said:

rpelleti said:

I don’t know who are these people who want a foldable iPhone. I don’t like the idea of a foldable iPhone. No one that I know really wants a foldable iPhone except for Android people. I’m not sure. I don’t think I could stand having a crease down the middle of a screen. I don’t think I could stand having a screen that flexes and warps the image every time I press down on it. 

I think Apple is doing this so when someone comes up with a phone like this (that closes as it falls) they can claim that it was their idea and perhaps get licensing for it.

My iPhone 14 Pro has fallen from my jacket pocket many times with the thinnest of cases and no damage, so far.

No body wants their phone to fold. There is no reason for it , it doesn’t solve anything, and turns something so easy to use into a process to do anything. 

It’s a backward move. 

It looks cool in movies and I don’t mind that others are experimenting in this space. But when it comes to the company that makes the actually best products in the world that have the best user experience, I think we’d all prefer that they kept making the best products in their categories and left the nerd projects to the also-rams who desperately need any kind of hype they can get. 

I do love that Apple has done and is doing the research though. That way they can responsibly rule it out - or perform some miracle in the future. 

And of that miracle isn’t worthwhile, let the also-rams pay you money for figuring out how to make nonsense work.