roundaboutnow

gc_uk said:

rcfa said:

Apple couldn’t care less: everything they collect is opt-in already,

In the EU every citizen has a right to data privacy. Companies must be clear about what information they collect and why, citizens can request the data held on them and have it corrected if required.

rcfa said:

and they don’t make their money tracking people…

iAds.

iAd is discontinued:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAd

pulseimages said:

equality72521 said:

I like the VW possibility. I got down to between a Kia Sportage and a VW Tiguan when choosing my last car. Went with the VW, seemed a more solid build and smoother, quieter ride. No regrets. Would be pleased to see them partnering with Apple. 

The Mexican made Beetle was a piece of junk. 

I read that reliability of New Beetles was not great, but I think for the most part, they were not junk.

I had a 2000 N.B. 1.8T for 12 years, ended up putting 125K miles on it. It was still in very good shape when I sold it, but I took care of it while I had it.

I thought it was a testament to VW's German design/engineering that a car could be built in Mexico and still have very good initial fit and finish. (Headliner and soft touch plastics were a bit worse for wear after 12 years, but many cars of that era were no better).

I think VW's MEB platform would be a fine choice to build on.

dk49 said:

If Apple announces a partnership with another manufacturer in 3-6 months, it will be very unusual, unless they plan to deliver the vehicles in another six months or so; and that's unlikely to happen. Because Apple generally announces products when they are close to be available in the market. Only few products like the original iPhone have a very long time to market after announcement (but even that was 6 months).

If Apple plans to bring the car to market in 2024, I don't think they will announce the partnership to the public anytime soon. 

1. Apple had been telling people in early 2017 that they were working on a new Mac Pro. It didn't become available until late 2019.
2. Apple has surprised us and has done other unusual things in the past.

So there is precedent.

Also, cars are big things that are more difficult to conceal (the auto magazines regularly publish "spy" photos of upcoming cars), so it might make sense for Apple to get in front of things and announce key partnership(s) years in advance of an actual product introduction.

fastasleep said:

roundaboutnow said:

StrangeDays said:

pulseimages said:

Kia and GM doesn’t inspire quality. 

And Foxconn makes devices for other brands. Point? It's Apple's design that makes its products special, not the contract manufacturer. 

It's amazing how many commenters are missing this point. 

You must be new here.

Hah! No, I'm definitely not new here--I've been reading AI for about 10 years!

Doesn't stop me from being amazed...

Maybe now the new guy can get something done about their search, filter and sort features. Maybe it's just me, but it's often hard to get good results. One example is a simple sort by price, low-to-high. You'll get items with a higher price at the top of the list if they happen to have a lower "used" price somewhere (even if you filter for only "new" items). Also, some items cheat the system with a low sales price, and a high shipping price, with no E-Bay style method of sorting by combined price+shipping.