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This could be the first real leak of Apple VR headset components
What's interesting to me is where the belief that this unannounced product will somehow cost $3,000.00!! That is a very specific amount for something that can't even be verified to exist! Yikes! Even Sony's VR2 which getting good reviews and is being considered a pretty solid offering is $549.00.williamh said:
Generally one checks rumor sites for rumors that are interesting, right?samrod said:
You know you're on a rumor site, right?lordjohnwhorfin said:That’s a fascinating insight into an upcoming product. And by that I mean WTF AI who gives a crap about a ribbon cable that may or may not be part of a product that may or may not be an unreleased Apple product. Color me unimpressed on this one.
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Multiple mall shootings prompt Apple Store closure in North Carolina
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Riiiiiiight like it was a legal, permitted, gun owner/carrier just shooting up the place… such citizens would have been able to put a stop to these types of crimes in a hurry. You take away someone’s RIGHT to bear arms, then only the law abiding citizen is de-armed. The criminal still gets their guns and has a one-up on everyone else. Because the criminal doesn’t care about breaking the law. Simple mathAppleZulu said:What? I thought these states’ inexorable march toward unregulated, unrestricted gun sales and ownership was supposed to make everyone safer. You know, because of all the “good guys” wandering around, armed to the teeth. Did Apple check first to see if the mall shootings weren’t just some of those good guys exercising their freedom and protecting us?
nobody wants guns being sold like candy with no responsibility. Total micharacterization to pretend to have a point.These kinds tissues are what you have when “defund the police” is a rallying cry and criminals know their victims cant defend themselves. The possibility of a gun is a much better deterrent than a purse weirder by granny to would be criminal minals, terrorists, etc.such citizens would have been able to put a stop to these types of crimes in a hurry.And yet such citizens hardly ever do. There is mass shooting after shooting where there is never a legal carrying citizen intervention. Here and there you may see a story, but for the most part these citizens simply do not react when they are needed most. I have no issues with guns being legally owned but the notion that we are all somehow safer with these legal folks carrying because they can intervene simply doesn't happen and isn't reality.These kinds tissues are what you have when “defund the police” is a rallying cry and criminals know their victims cant defend themselves. The possibility of a gun is a much better deterrent than a purse weirder by granny to would be criminal minals, terrorists, etc.This is a stretch.. you are saying some misguided folks calling for the police to be de-funded has somehow emboldened criminals because they feel as if folks can't defend themselves because of the mention of de-funding? That doesn't even make sense.. Owning a gun for protection and having the training to use it to thwart a crime in progress are two totally different things. Most folks that range shoot and have a gun collection aren't ready to inject themselves into a mass shooting and try and take the shooter out. Most of them are thinking how do I get myself and my family away as safely and quickly as possible gun or no gun.
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Mobile carriers sell more iPhones than Apple retail stores
person said:T-Mobile has better financing. And using the Apple Card for Apple purchases is a flippin joke. It counts towards your credit limit on your card and therefore affects your credit score.Using T-Mobile it’s 0 percent interest and does not affect my credit limit.Unless they majorly change that in a good way I’ll never use my Apple Card to purchase apple products again. Made that mistake purchasing Apple Watches.Apple still offers 0% financing through citizens at Apple store as well if you don't want that balance to affect your credit limit on your Apple card, and possibly your credit score.I check my credit score and credit utilization regularly and have not seen any difference between a 0% loan or 0% financing with Apple card as far as credit score impact. If you finance through the carrier or citizens they do a hard pull on your credit before they finance anything, apple does not do a hard pull when using AC financing. Also if you have a high utilization that is bringing your score down then carrying the balance on the AC will have a negative impact on your score. I keep my total credit utilization at around 1-2% usually so carrying a balance for a phone isn't that big of a deal.Personally I don't like to pay my phone off faster than the carriers allow. I have zero desire to pay on a phone for 36 months and then jump through a hoop to get them to release the carrier lock after I have paid it off. I traded her 11 Pro max in and got $475.00 credit towards my new 14 Pro max so I only had to finance $619.00 total. Which would have been more had I traded in closer to launch.. I think Initially Apple was giving $525.00 trade in for the same 11 Pro max. I ended up buying my phone in December as a gift to myself and by that time trade in went down by $50.00.When using the AC financing trade in value is where it's at as far as I am concerned. Carriers allow you to see your trade in value as statement credits over 3 years.. I prefer to have my trade in immediately impact my current purchase so I can pay it off as I please. Rather than being forced into paying on something for at least 2 years before it's paid down enough to be able be traded in. I owe $619 after trade in tax and first payment of $25.00. I will pay them $150.00ish a month for the next 4 months and the phone is mine and I didn't pay a cent in interest or finance charges. I have used cash back from AC and my other main visa card to pay for Applecare+ for the last few years as well.I love using 0% to pay off big ticket items.. I don't have to hurt myself up front with cash and paying in full during the 0% period helps me avoid any interest. Some folks don't have the discipline to pay balances off within the 0% time frame and end up owing a bunch of unnecessary interest so the way I do things may not work for everyone.
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2023 HomePod review roundup: similar sound, same price
Shit the bed? I am listening to my OG launch homepod as I am working and writing this? I also have a couple of mini's in the house all updated to 16.3 and running fine.Skeptical said:Maybe this model won’t shit the bed and Apple will claim nothing is wrong. Hard pass.
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Tests confirm macOS Finder isn't scanning for CSAM images
Look at what was being quoted.... That wasn't your comment. His initial response to you was saying that wasn't how hashes worked at all when you mentioned someone being wrongly accused.jdw said:
Why so hostile toward me, and so defensive of file scanning? ("Horseshit" is a word that indicates hostility toward me, and I do not appreciate it at all.)fastasleep said:
Which was also a horseshit argument. If a hostile government wanted to force Apple to install nefarious software features, why would they need this feature as a smokescreen? And would you expect Apple to comply with something like that?entropys said:The concern here is the same as CSAM scanning on the iPhone. It's more than a matter of personal privacy. It's a concern centered on the possibility that an error could result in a law abiding person being reported to law enforcement, which cares more about filling quotas and busting so-called bad guys than anything else. Having an accused person's time wasted, or worse, being arrested for something they didn't do only because a computer secretly misread a file on their computer is something no citizen of any nation should stand for.It was always more than that. The concern was that child abuse was a smoke screen for a broader purpose, eg identifying people that did not agree with an authoritarian government by what pictures they were looking at.
Sounds to me like you're the type who wants Big Government to force its hand pretty much anytime you personally feel it is "for the greater good." That is just as frightening as government getting tip-offs to the content of my hard drive. If you're happy with file scanning on your devices, great. But to go beyond that and force everyone else to capitulate to what makes YOU feel good, well, that's a different matter altogether. And that remains true regardless of what you wish to argue about "hashes."
It's lose.. not loose. Give me a break with the woke BS... You don't know what it means so stop using the term. I would hardly call trying to combat abusive child images "woke" it's a bit half baked and a serious intrusion of privacy, but woke? Hahaha The term has morphed into a completely different meaning and it is silly at this point.dutchlord said:Apple should stop thinking about monitoring anything I do on my iPhone. Its not their business. If they don’t understand this, Apple will loose a lot of business including me (apple fan for years). #nowokeonmyphone
