stantheman

RIP Aretha.

nunzy said:

anantksundaram said:

tallest skil said:

Then we can destroy Netflix, too.

Why should Netflix be "destroyed"? And what's the copyright issue with them -- I don't follow.

Netflix competes with Apple's streaming services. They are a danger to Apple.

Every app/service competes with Apple’s native apps/services, and Netflix is only a single example. Most importantly, people buy iPhones and iPads to use those other apps — including Netflix. So there is a high degree of complememtarity between Apple and Netflix, even though Netflix does compete against Apple’s barely-existent video services. Overall, Netflix is not Apple’s enemy or competitor.

A year ago, Samsung phones were catching on fire. This year, they’re surreptitiously sending the user’s photo to friends. At least they’re tapering off.

Let’s review: First, computational photography (iPhone 7, 2016). Next, computational audio (HomePod, January 2018). Upcoming in September 2018, “computational electrons” that go where they are pointed (AirPower). When one is working at the frontiers of knowledge and for financial reasons cannot afford to be wrong, product launch dates are not amenable to the self-induced “needs” of journalists, investors and impatient clients.

“Carmack regrets the day that he was too busy, near the end, to take a phone call from Jobs.” Too busy for a phone call? That little falsehood undermines Carmack’s entire story.