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  • The Worst of WWDC - Apple's biggest missteps on the way to success

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    I can remember all of these, except for one, and agree with the author that they were "somewhat less than well received" by a fair number of the Apple fans I know.

    The one exception is iOS 11.  I do remember "batterygate", but I have absolutely no recollection of my iPhone 7 (my third iPhone) being slow or buggy.  None at all.
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  • Spotify's second iOS app update attempt in EU fails to pass App Store review

    beowulfschmidtbeowulfschmidt
    Spotify and the EU government won't be happy until Apple is providing all of its services and access to to its infrastructure for free to any who want them.

    It's not about consumers, it's about control.
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  • The long nightmare may be over -- iPad could finally get a Calculator app

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    Al1RIV said:
    it will be nice if they add RPN mode like on the mac if not we will still have to use Pcalc ….

    Gods, I loved my old RPN calculator.  Lost in one of my many moves, unfortunately.

    In addition to that, make me truly happy and give me the functionality of the Windows calculator app.
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  • Apple's next HomePod could be a desktop or TV sound bar

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    I'd probably buy that, depending on the degree of "Apple ridiculousness" in the price.
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  • Apple's FineWoven case and Apple Watch band lineup may have been cut short

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    9secondkox2 said:
    robin huber said:
    I posted this elsewhere but I'll do it again here since it is relevant. 

    I am seem to be one of the few people that got a FineWoven case that isn't a problem. Got it with the phone in September and it seems to be gong strong. 
    Ditto. No problems with mine either. As lovely as leather? No. But we’ve got to reduce the impact bovine agriculture has on the planet in every way possible. Either that, or reduce human population by about half. Good luck with that. Perhaps use human leather? /shudder/
    As long as there is beef, there is leather. Beef isn’t going anywhere, so better to utilize what would otherwise go to waste. It’s more efficient use of resources, more respectful to the sacrifice of the animal, and results in better quality products. 

    The case against leather isn't so much about whether or not it's wasteful, or "more efficient use of resources" or some "respectful to the sacrifice of the animal" garbage (as if it had a choice in its "sacrifice"), it's because the modern industrial tanning process is toxic as hell, to both the environment and the tanning workers.
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