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What a tool.

It's Apple's store - if they want to change terms and conditions, they can do so.

I think europe is just pissed that Apple and Google are from outside the EU and want to punish 'em for that travesty.

lkrupp said:

My AirTag is now two firmware updates behind. What do I do about it? I’ve tried the advice of leaving it near my iPhone at night, nothing. My Home Pod Mini updates by itself, why not my AirTag? If I take it to an Apple Store will they exchange it?


Update:

Well, spank my ass and call me Sally. I just checked again and it has updated to 2.0.36 less than two hours after I posted my rant. Go figure.

Betcha there was something in iOS 16.2 which gets 'em updated faster (or at all).

About time - I've been writing Apple for some time that they needed to get out of China except for domestic consumption devices.

I've sold my Apple stock and am waiting for the wave of negativity to pass before jumping back in over having insufficient Pro units for the Christmas season; I expect lost Pro sales and a drop in ASP for iPhone units this quarter from folks desperate to keep from having to wrap IOUs and place them under the tree, resulting in lower quarterly earnings even if Foxconn can get their staffing house in order.

I do wish that Apple had other manufacturing options though - like production facilities in non-BRICS countries which aren't sitting next to we own the South China Sea China.

I'd accept higher labor costs with greater automation in just about any free world country.

Google didn't give Apple full access to the Google Maps API so Apple users could do routing - because Google realized that having full access to the complete API was a competitive advantage for Android.

Because of this, Apple eventually created their own mapping initiative costing zillions of dollars spanning all these many years with surveyors mapping the entire planet.

Recently, I noticed that the Apple Maps driving instructions while taking my daughter to work at a Panera Bread included routing through the parking lot of the mall which contains the Panera. I don't remember this happening before - this would indicate to me that Apple is silently improving the smarts of Apple Maps to this day.

I find Google caterwauling about fixing Android messaging using an incomplete semi-standard with end-to-end encryption which exists only on Google servers quite humorous; while end-to-end encryption works for two clients, it doesn't even support group messaging even on Google's servers.

That Apple should put time and money into supporting Google's efforts - especially considering how Google drops initiatives it grows bored with - is ludicrous. How many messaging apps has Google made, only to drop each one?

The iMessage implementation is complete and is a competitive advantage for Apple.

I'm sure Google is familiar with the concept.

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