techrider

appleinsideruser said:

I just yearn for the days when it played what I want from up next, not random other stuff. Currently I have to go into library to play shows. 

Maybe I’m missing a trick, but up next doesn’t work for me (and friends say the same).

Agree - it hasn’t work right for me for … feels like a year. I frequently go to Library to find new episodes of subscribed-to shows that never landed in my Up Next list, which I rely on for podcast listening during my daily car commute. I typically configure each show to:
Hide Played Episodes = On
Episode Order = Oldest To Newest
Automatically Download = Default (All New Episodes)
Remove Played Downloads = On
Cellular (for Podcasts) = On

These stories give me just a little hope for my Apple Watch sitting in the Cowichan River

This cool feature will help attract attention to the iPhone and make Lock Screen better. Personally, I’m more interested in the great features beyond the Lock Screen (you know, where 99.99% of one’s device time is spent).

How do AirPods report their changing location if they are no longer near the iPhone they pair with? I assume they can simply be factory reset to end whatever allowed them to be tracked. 

blastdoor said:

Apple — get the majority of your manufacturing out of China as fast as you can. And then never become so dependent on any one country or region again. 

Chinese labor is to apple what Russian natural gas is to Germany — a very dangerous dependency.

Mexico may be a smart partner for corporations to relocate certain manufacturing to, keeping these dependencies inside the continent. The point of no return for China’s GDP to exceed the US’ is approaching.