robbyx

The question isn’t whether or not the iPad is a “pro” device...but whether or not iOS is a “pro” OS. The answer remains no. It’s getting better but it’s not there yet. 

radarthekat said:

GHammer said:

wood1208 said:

Tim Cook deeply believes in customer privacy and Apple supports it everywhere possible, Everyone knows "when in Rome(China?), do as the Romans do". This does not deter Apple's belief in customer privacy which reflects in every products Apple make and sells.

What a pretty statement. Means absolutely nothing. Especially to those behind the bamboo curtain who desperately need and want to have unfettered access. The Chinese feel the same as you about not having random officials rummaging through their messages, email, and photos. Apple, while very successful in making money hasn't a shred of morality. Simply marketing to whatever group. In the West, they are all about human rights and privacy as defined by them. In the mid east, not so much. In China, they don't mention these things and fold as soon as they are asked. If it makes you feel better about yourself and your choice to give Apple large dollars, cool. But there is no way that "We follow the law" is an excuse for anything. Ask the accused at the Nuremberg trials.

Nice false equivalency there in your last sentence.

Here’s a better comparison for you.  Would you suggest a company making climbing rope pull out of the Chinese market because... the Chinese government, having unfairly convicted a dissident might use rope from that company to hang the dissident?  That would be suggesting the rope manufacturer is somehow complicit in the bad acts of the Chinese government.  Same thing here with Apple.  Each company is creating and selling a tool; how it might actually be used is separate from its intended use.  Apple is in no way aiding the Chinese government in spying on its citizens; those actions are the sole providence of the government.  Chinese citizens, unlike victims of the holocust, are free to not be subject to the method of spying you feel Apple is complicit in enabling; they can simply chose not to buy an iPhone.  

Apple is most definitely assisting the Chinese government. Try getting a straight answer from Apple legal (I’ve tried) on how iCloud encryption works in the US. They will not go on record that it is a zero knowledge system. Neither is Dropbox for that matter. At least Dropbox owns up to the fact that some of their employees can view your data. Apple will just send you a confusing non-answer when asked the question. So I don’t believe for a minute that Apple is protecting Chinese iCloud accounts from the Chinese government. 

There is no false equivalency. Apple uses “we follow the law” as an excuse to ignore their own supposed values. When it comes to your rope manufacturer, if the CEO is out there lambasting the Chinese government for hanging dissidents yet makes deals with the government so that his/her rope can continue to be sold, then yes, that CEO is complicit, or a hypocrite at the very least. If he simply doesn’t care and doesn’t talk about it, there’s no issue. See how that works?

genovelle said:

rcfa said:

“Family friendly”

Sorry, but don’t be in the world of being profitable, unless you’re trying to sell a gay CEO to evangelists, with family friendly content. You might as well buy the Disney Channel.

Most people are sexually suppressed, frustrated, and they seek sex and violence/power to compensate for what’s missing in their life.

Apple: get used to it, you’re a channel, not a guardian. Leave the latter to the police...

It’s sad that people are so lost that the very concept of having a channel that the whole family can watch together is stupid. Wow, just wow!

Why choose?  Can’t the same “channel” show both? Restricting itself to “family friendly” mush will ensure that Apple’s video effort never challenges the likes of Netflix or Amazon. And perhaps that’s not their goal anyway. Technology solves the problem of restricting content. Shows can be rated. Kids and parents have separate logins. Add FaceID to the Apple TV and the box can detect who is watching.

A huge chunk of Apple’s customers are college age and up, unmarried, without kids.  And plenty more parents would probably enjoy some good grown up entertainment after the kids are in bed. It just seems foolish for Apple to limit themselves in this way. Most people in Hollywood aren’t itching to work for the Disney Channel. If Apple wants to attract talent, they can’t (and shouldn’t anyway!) play nanny.  They’ve already lost people over creative differences and their shows haven’t even launched. 

bb-15 said:

davgreg said:

The Hip-Hop audio they stream is more offensive than anything on HBO, Showtime or Netflix.

Apple should get out of- and stay out of- content.

A strawman argument. 
- There is a difference between producing content and having a streaming platform which distributes content produced by other companies/studios. 
- Apple Music right now is a streaming platform which distributes other company’s/studio’s music content. 
- Apple TV has software which distributes video content produced by other companies/studios. 

* What is new in this article is that Apple will be producing its own video content. 
- That is the difference from all the other content Apple has distributed before. 
- Apple will be making its own content and will become a movie / TV studio. 
- To claim that content made by other companies is = to Apple creating content is a strawman. 

It's not a straw man argument at all.  While you are correct that there is a big difference between producing and distributing, in the end Apple has still decided to allow violent, misogynistic, and homophobic music to be part of their platform, which seems incredibly hypocritical given all of their social justice causes and commitment to not produce violent and risque content.  We're not talking about third party apps available via Apple TV.  That's different, I agree.  But you're trying to give them an out when it comes to Apple Music and they don't deserve it.  Bottom line is, they know Apple Music would fail miserably if they stuck to their supposed principals and didn't allow hateful, violent, homophobic, and misogynist content on the service.  In the end they are free to produce whatever they want, but let's be real.  They are total hypocrites.

My mom couldn't figure out what to buy my dad for Christmas two years ago and eventually settled on an Apple Watch.  My parents are pretty well off, so she bought the Hermès model.  My dad never took to the Watch so he gave it to me.  Honestly, the Hermès watch band is nothing special at all.  It's pretty ridiculous actually.  You'd never know it's Hermès.  It's just all around very average and, in my opinion, a total rip-off.