thedba

crowley said:

Heh, I had a suspicion that some of my notifications were getting lost, good to have it confirmed.

ihatescreennames said:

MacPro said:

crowley said:

iOS next please.  The lack of multiple timers is a major annoyance when I'm trying to cook.

I agree, I cook 90% of the meals, my wife makes sandwiches lol.  I'd like multiple timers all with a user selection of alarm sounds.  Heck, why not self-recorded audio alarms for each? "Potatoes are Ready", "Take the beef's temperature now". 

Maybe I’m not understanding correctly but I already do this. “Hey Siri, set an 8 minute pasta timer” then “Hey Siri, set a 3 minute hotdog timer”. Three minutes later the timer sound chimes and Siri says “Hotdog timer” and 5 minutes after that the chime sounds and Siri says, “Pasta timer”.

chasm said:

thedba said:

Actually they did, with the Mac App Store. Not very successful as many apps outside of Apple’s own, weren’t  there for various reasons, the main one being Apple’s 30% cut. 

Woah, let me stop you right there. You don't get to spew easily-disproven, nonsensical bullshit here and not get called out for it.

While specific figures are not available for the Mac App Store, it is by far the most successful of any marketplace for Mac Apps, and offers a catalog of at least 1.5 million apps (and that's a stat from more than two years ago) -- the largest single repository of apps for the Mac platform by far. Nearly every major developer writing apps for the Mac has a presence on the Mac App Store, and consumers generally prefer to download from the Mac App Store because of the incredibly low risk of malware concerns, that the app has been tested by Apple, and the store's easy refund policy if you change your mind.

Developers can offer their wares at prices that include Apple's cut on the App Store, or they can offer it independently (which is generally MORE expensive/time-consuming than 30 percent of the purchase price unless you are a large and very successful developer), or they can remember back to when software was sold in boxes in stores and both the store AND the distributors took substantial cuts that would usually total in excess of 50-70 percent. Developers can offer a product in the MAS and also encourage users to buy it in other ways (SetApp, directly, etc), but most users enjoy the convenience of the Mac App Store.. Building and maintaining a secure website that operates in every market worldwide, provides world-class analytics, with iron-clad payment security and an easy refund policy is not cheap or easy, me bucko -- try it sometime!

Your comment shows off your ignorance. Until you can provide some evidence to support your BS, maybe sit down and suck your thumb.

Beats said:

I’m disappointed Apple didn’t roll out an App Store like iOS.

People called me different names for suggesting the new M1 Mac software should be treated like iPhones App Store and said “PCs have always allowed software via web” as if moving forward was a bad idea.