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  • Apple could completely ditch Qualcomm's 5G modems by 2027

    bruce youngbruce young
    avon b7 said:

    As you move into industry standards, things change a lot. Backwards compatibility and long term support are absolutes.

    Apple hasn't done that in historical terms. It's the complete opposite. Drop technology, move on and leave users high and dry.

    ...

    I once ran into some very nasty iTunes/iPhone/Mac OS problems for which Apple and its geniuses had no solution.

    The problem was a new iPhone needed a new version of iTunes on the Mac. Once installed, iTunes needed a new version of Mac OS to connect to the iPhone. That wasn't possible because that Mac couldn't run the version of MacOS that was needed.

    By that time Apple had already nuked the contents of the of the 'old' iPhone (it was a tradein) and I was in shit street.

    This, after explaining everything to Apple in store (forewarning them) and asking for confirmation that the setup process would work. I was told not to worry by the smiley Apple guy who had literally never even seen the laptop I brought with me before.

    All Apple was interested in was 'the sale', and all of my doubts fell on deaf ears because the guy doing the sale wasn't going to have to fix the problems. That fell on other people and after hours of trying I was asked to book an appointment with tech support and got a shrug of the shoulders. This was after speaking to a genius!

    Apple had their money and that was it!

    The weird thing is that if I had been a Windows iPhone user I wouldn't have had any of those problems because the same version of iTunes that the iPhone needed was compatible with Windows all the way back to XP!

    What Apple was 'pushing' for in this situation was for me to upgrade, not only to a new iPhone but also a new Mac.

    In the end I fixed the problems myself at home because I'd taken some steps before surrendering the old iPhone. So much for genius advice!

    That is a prime example of Apple and lack of backwards compatibility. That won't cut it in industry. Not at all.

    ...
    I can totally understand this, having experienced similar myself.
    The situation with Apple hardware and software compatibility is VERY COMPLEX in some cases.
    I've even created several documents (charts, spreadsheets) with compatibility versions for some situations -- as which particular MacOS X version, SW version (iTunes in several cases), which iPhone model and iOS version.  All to try to figure out for myself and for some folks I help which  hardware and software may work together.
    Sadly, such info is not well nor clearly documented by Apple, and the support folks I've talked with have not been sure either.
     So often their suggestion is using the official sales manual response:  "just update everything to the "latest version", and then it'll all work."  Well, maybe, or not.
    It does seem that someone in the executive Suite has decided to push for faster obsoleting (word?) of hardware, and reduced work on compatibility, since they are all pushing for new hardware sales.


    muthuk_vanalingam

  • Apple lobbies against tax hikes proposed in $3.5T economic package

    bruce youngbruce young
    Let's see, Tim Cook gets $14,769,259 annual compensation, plus, I saw an article recently that he had just taken $750 MILLION in stock benefits.
    Other Apple execs are making similar outrageous amounts of millions of dollars annual compensation.
      reference: <https://www1.salary.com/APPLE-INC-Executive-Salaries.html >
    One would think that they could afford to pay taxes. As would the corporation itself.
    As pointed out by a previous posts, they use the land, resources, people, infrastructure of this country, (and it is in dire need of support), so they should be happy to make the country stronger...   yes?   no?
    elijahg

  • Apple debuts $549 AirPods Max over-ear headphones

    bruce youngbruce young
    Just an FYI, 
    TidBits has a good review which seems to provide more hardware and feature and specs information.
    Not sure if it is allowable to post a direct link here, so just search for it.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple debuts $549 AirPods Max over-ear headphones

    bruce youngbruce young
    Has Apple totally lost touch with the real world where non-millionaires live?

    $550 for noise cancelling headphones.  Outrageous pricing, in my opinion.

    Need a cable for those times when you can't or aren't able to use wireless mode?  That will cost $35 for a 4-foot Lightning to 3.5 mm Audio Cable from Apple.  $35!!
    I guess if you can afford $550 for a headset, you can certainly pay $35 for a headphone cable without even thinking about it.

    Whatever happened to the computer for the rest of us?

    Apparently GREED has become the new guiding principal in Tim Cook's Apple.

    (yes Apple products have always cost more than PC products, but the prices have been getting more outrageously nuts the last few years)

    (I can neither afford/justify nor want the new headphones, but why does Apple hate less wealthy middle and less-than people?)

    AI_liassvanstrom