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Alex1N said:

‘Apple “Intelligence”’ isn’t worth the paper it’s written on. Garbage functionality, garbage interface. A very good reason to not buy an Apple product (except for new the iPad 11), or at least an extremely good reason TO TURN THE HEAP OF RUBBISH OFF. Which I have just done on the phone, where it is most intrusive. Life really is too short to muck around with that.

This may be accurate, but I for one am looking forward to the day when Siri is actually useful, or at least more useful than it is now which for me is mostly useless.

tht said:

US may ban the most popular home router over Chinese security fears

Who makes ATT and Comcast broadband/fiber/cable modem+routers?

I would think they are the most popular home routers and the primary reason why Apple abandoned the WiFi router market.

I have AT&T fiber and checked my gateway. It's a Humax BGW320-500. The manual online doesn't say where it's made but most likely China.

mobird said:

IMO, in appearance it doesn't sound like JI had any allegiance left to Apple when TC took the lead and TC enabled and maybe even coddled some of the negative behavior. It must have been disheartening to be on that team.

What is the negative behavior you're referring to?

I had a similar experience back in January with an iPhone trade-in, got a reduced offer from the original estimate. They cited screen pixel damage which was not evident when I had the phone, and also that the stated storage was not correct. I am skeptical of that claim as well, but really had no way to challenge it. The overall value wasn't enough to mess with, but I will not use Phobio ever again, particularly after seeing this article.

"We've learned and struggled for a few years here figuring out how to make a decent car. PC guys are not going to just figure this out. They're not going to just walk in."