wonkothesane

SpamSandwich said:

What am I looking at here? A block of wood? 

cropr said:

wonkothesane said:

IMO the question about using google as a standard search engine is a good one and wasn’t properly answered (unless you imply it’s simply about the money). The fact that there hs been already something on the market never really stopped Apple from going in. See maps, pay, news and others. Why not start their own search engine? They have the resources to do so. Possibly base it off DuckDuckGo eg. do they want to stay away because it would inevitably interfere with their core value of privacy - in other words: it cannot be done without selling out on this value? Personally, I would opt in an Apple search in a heartbeat, and it might help with stuff like Siri as well. 

Have you ever considered that the Google Apple deal about the search engine is hidden from the public and might contain restrictions: e.g. that Apple is not allowed to develop its own search engine.  If I would be Google I would certainly put such a clause in the contract.

There is another concern.  DuckDuckGo is very US oriented (content wise and language wise), while Google Search has a worldwide focus, fully localized in a lot of languages and regions.  Apple does not have a good track record in supporting its services worldwide.  Maybe it is better to choose the battles you can win.

fastasleep said:

How many ad impressions do you need on YouTube to pay for an iPad Pro?

Mike Wuerthele said:

mfryd said:

There's a big difference with the USB-C mess and previous standards.
With Ethernet, a "faster" cable supports all the slower/older standards.  You can buy a single Ethernet cable that can handle any configuration.  The cable won't be the limiting factor.  I carry a single Ethernet cable for Gig E, 100BaseT, and 10BaseT.

With older USB cable, "faster" cables supported the slower standard.  You could buy a USB 3 cable, and it would work with the older devices.  You can buy a "fast" USB cable, and it won't be the limiting factor.  

USB-C changes all that.  A Thunderbolt 3 cable may not support full USB-3 speeds.  A cable that supports USB-3 may not support full power charging, or Thunderbolt-3.  A cable that supports charging may not support USB-3 speeds nor Thunderbolt.  A cable that supports USB-3 speeds may not support charging nor Thunderbolt.

Add the video alternate modes, and it gets even more complicated.

Try the following exercise.  Find a "universal" cable suitable for charging, USB 3, and Thunderbolt 3.  In order to be useful as a charging cable, it must be at least 6 feet long and support 100W charging (like Apple's charging cable).  In order to be useful for Thunderbolt 3. it should support full Thunderbolt-3 speeds, and not limit you to half speed.  Of course it should support the full USB-3 speed.

I've been looking and I haven't yet found such a cable.  That's the problem with USB-C.  There are no universal cables.  My bag has universal Ethernet cables, universal older USB cables.  But no universal USB-C cable.

Of course, I could be wrong.  Perhaps such universal USB-C cables do exist.  If so, please post a link to one, and It can replace three other USB-C cables I have to carry around.

This should happen soon with the Titan Ridge chipset, but I'm not sure why you'd want to use what will likely be a $60 cable for a $8 charging job. Alpine Ridge didn't allow for active USB 3.1 type C negotiation. Titan Ridge does.