boltsfan17

Right to repair has been a huge issue with farmers here in California. Coming from a family of farmers, I'm very well versed on this issue. For those who are unaware, just say you buy a $300k John Deere tractor. The firmware on the tractor prevents farmers from making unauthorized repairs, even simple ones. If something goes wrong with the engine and you need to replace a part, the software won't allow you to do that yourself. The issue with this is sometimes you can't get a John Deere tech out to your farm for days. This creates a huge problem because there are times when you can't wait for days, especially depending on the crop. It's expensive to get a tech out there just to authorize a repair. It's usually $200-300 just for them to come out and then hundreds per hour to put the codes in. I've seen people with bills that were over $500 and that's before the repair. I know quite a few farmers who are now using pirated John Deere software. This may not be related to Apple currently but if legislation like this passes, there definitely would be a trickle down effect. 

anantksundaram said:

Kind of 'meh' so far. It's really not obvious what's new or different. Not having Netflix, or cable behemoths like Xfinity or Charter, are a problem for me.

This has been extremely 'meh' so far. It would be nice if they actually showed trailers of these shows instead of the actors on stage talking about them. 

I feel mixed on this announcement. While I'm happy Apple is finally paying attention to gamers, I was hoping bigger game developers would be on board. I'm hoping Sega releases old school titles. 

mike1 said:

wood1208 said:

Rest of cable subscribers are in rural area where no high speed internet available.

Really?! Are there rural areas with cable yet no high-speed internet? I wouldn't think so.

Now, if you said rural without a cable provider, having no high-speed internet would make sense.

If you can get cable, you can get high speed internet. Most rural areas you can't even get DSL. I live outside the city limits and my only option for TV is antenna or satellite. The only option I have for internet is some local companies fixed broadband wireless. 

michelb76 said:

This has the best chance of succeeding. Using the newer QUIC protocol to cut down on latency, this may actually have a very good chance. People complain about latency, but a lot of console gamers don't even enable game mode on their tv. Of course this isn't going to be an option for the 'leet pro gamers' as those shooting games need every bit of latency removed. For the other 99% of games and gamers, this could be perfect.

I disagree this could be perfect for 99% of gamers out there. If you want to game with lower quality compressed graphics and compressed sound with input lag, Stadia is for you. A few websites have posted graphics comparison of Assassin's Creed Odyssey between Stadia, PC, PS4, and Xbox. Stadia graphics look pretty compressed and look the worse in the comparisons. If you already have a console or PC, which is the majority of gamers, I don't see what the point of Stadia is.