lorin schultz

macplusplus said:

volcan said:

airnerd said:
 I do trust Apple to validate the code the apps are trying to release onto my phone or tablet.  It all comes back to the Apple approval process ...

One trick developers could use is to submit an app with certain features disabled until a date in the future. When Apple evaluates the code it may seem legitimate but after a couple weeks the nefarious features become activated.

Do you really believe that Apple engineers are so clueless? Once you have the device and the compiled code (candidate app) at hand you can monitor everything that happens in that device. It is not possible to fool those guys about anything that happens in iOS / macOS realms. They are the owners of those realms.

I'd be thrilled if that were true, but I've seen at least three stories on this site about apps that got through with undetected badness. Pobody's nerfect etc.

Mike Wuerthele said:

appex said:

Scenarios like this reveal the true commitment of companies to people and the environment. But since they are usually too busy making money instead, there is a good final solution. Regulate it by law. End of problem. Forever.

I stand corrected on a previous remark I made about the dumbest thing I've heard all week.

I expect that kind of comment from some people, but not from you, Mike. You're better than this. Insults contribute nothing to the dialog. Besides, you're a representative of Apple Insider so you're held to a higher standard.

If you disagree with what someone writes, explain why. If there's misinformation, correct it. Denigrating others accomplishes nothing.

I quit reading Apple Insider for a while because of the toxic forum environment. When I checked back in for some specific information I found the situation had improved so I stuck around. People like you provide the leadership in that direction. Showing basic respect for others and common civility create a better environment for disseminating useful and accurate information.

Thank you for your interesting articles and helpful follow-up posts in the forums.

k2kw said:
[...] The SP is much lighter than this 2.45 lb chromebook.  As a tablet it's not anything I would want to hold and its no where near the iPadPro.

The 12.9" iPad Pro with the keyboard comes in at about 2.3 lbs-ish, so it's not appreciably lighter.

MacPro said:

It's about time Apple created their own search engine IMHO.  Apple could do it for the good of their users not to exploit them.  

I dunno. Have you compared Apple's maps app to Google's lately? It would be fun to see what Apple could do with it, but I wouldn't be particularly confident in Apple's ability to make their own search engine better than Google's.

k2kw said:
[...] Does anyone know if homePod will support Hi-Res Audio?

It's got a tiny little woofer in a tiny little enclosure...
It's got -- at best -- a little Class D amp...
It uses an array of tweeters doing all kind of phasing lunacy to create an artificial sense of space and directionality...
The signal is modulated into a radio wave for transmission to the device...

...and your concern is the sample rate of the source file?

Whether or not it supports hi-res doesn't even make the Top Ten list of things that will affect the listening experience.