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  • Apple manufacturing now uses 13.7 gigawatts of renewable energy, will hit carbon neutral b...

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    Too bad they're pushing their customers into increasing their carbon footprint with the use of not-so-wireless wireless charging.  But I guess millions of people using more power don't count against Apple's usage, do they?
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  • Apple accused of retribution in firing five union activists

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    I suggest that every Apple employee decry unions to management, and then vote yes for unionization.
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  • AirTag hidden in luggage forces tourists to change vacation plans

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    indiekiduk said:
    if it was beeping it has been put in lost mode which means someone lost it some how

    I thought they would start beeping all on their own after a certain amount of time?  Was that changed?

    Regardless, I'm skeptical that someone "lost" an AirTag in someone else's backpack.
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  • Mac is less popular among Apple customers than iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch

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    omasou said:
    Surprise one device Apple owners own an iPhone.

    That doesn't make the Mac less popular. It just means Windows owners own iPhones.

    Yes, I know many Windows-loving users that switched to iPhone, but can't yet see how macOS is a better operating system. They are comfortable in their domain. A fish doesn't know it's in water until it jumps out.

    If MacOS won't do what the user wants it to do, which in my case is to play RPG, strategy, and VR games, then it doesn't matter in the slightest how much "better" MacOS is.  It's not "better" for my use case, no matter how much better it is for anyone else for another purpose.

    I have iPhones because I like how they operate better than any of the alternatives.  I have an Apple Watch because it does the things I want it to do.  I have an iPad because it makes it easier to do some things while I'm on the road.  I do NOT have a Mac because I don't need a paperweight; it would sit unused because my PC will do everything I want to do, and the Mac won't.

    I'm sure the exact same is true for many, if not most, Mac users, in reverse.
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  • Early previewers praise new HomePod's 'just wow' audio

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    cgWerks said:
    beowulfschmidt said:
    I'm amazed that anyone still thinks that the exclusion of any kind of "audio in" has anything at all to do with the cost of the component, or in fact any engineering factor.  With the premium prices Apple charges?  No way.

    It's sole purpose is to restrict the speaker's use to Apple products so as to encourage the sale of those other Apple products.  It's a simple as that.  Why on earth would Apple want to encourage people to use another company's products?

    But because the HomePod line, an accessory, is really only attractive to people who have already invested in the Apple ecosystem, it's not that big a deal, because those people don't want to use other people's products.  This is different from a foundational product like the Apple TV, Mac, or iPhone, in that those users have a wide array of non-Apple products that they are going to want to use.  Can you imagine if Apple restricted the iPhone to only using AirPods products?  Or an Apple TV couldn't be connected to a receiver?  Or a Mac could only use Apple monitors?

    Agreed, though to me, that just makes it all the worse. They are purposely limiting a great hardware product, to try and push more income of their services. (Will ‘services’ be the ultimate undoing of Apple?)

    But, if that were completely the case, why did the include audio-in on the AirPods Max? My hunch is that it is a combination of wanting to limit the HomePods to Apple services, but maybe even stronger, their conception of what a ‘smart speaker’ is and is for. I suppose smart-speakers don’t tend to have audio-in? I’m probably just not the target market in terms of I could care less about the smart-speaker aspect, I just want a great sounding speaker that is smart about tuning to the environment, etc. I might even consider it NOT having Siri a feature I’d pay for. LOL

    Assuming you have a lightning to 3.5mm cable (sold separately, at additional cost), that is.  I don't think "services" per se is a problem, it's currently the best way to ensure constant revenue, which is what shareholders want.

    But I'm in the same boat as you not being the target market for these.  Yes, I have iPhones, and I have an Apple TV, along with a few HomeKit devices, but I'm not interested (anymore) in any kind of "smart" speaker.  My one experience with a HomePod Mini was lukewarm.  I thought it might be worth one or two, but the problems I had with it (even aside from its inability to connect with anything non-Apple, which I knew beforehand) convinced me not to bother.  Not to say it isn't a cool device, it is, just not for me.
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