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FrancescoB said:

I purchased a new iPhone that was dead after 24 hours. When I went to the Apple Store they wanted to replace it with a refurbished one instead of a new one. You think that after forking out $2K where I’m at, I am somehow entitled for wanting a new replacement!????

However, if your model iPhone had been on the market for several months, and died within 24 hours of you getting it, what then?  In this special case, I suspect you could request a new one and Apple would oblige.  Apple will work with people.

Worst case scenario is that you get a refund, then buy a new one.  A tiny hassle, only necessary if they somehow won’t work with you, which I doubt would happen.

Can Apple just turn off developer accounts in Arizona?  That would suck for the developers, but it would contain the problem.

entropys said:

She was just young and naive from a privileged background, cloudguy. Such people are easy prey/useful idiots for political types. You shouldn’t hold it against her.

The new Millenial Cancel Culture would disagree.  All mistakes are fatal and are held against a person forever.

I long ago purchased the Kardia device from AliveCor, which is a 1-lead EKG device that is inferior to what the Apple Watch can do (Apple watch didn’t offer it at that time, though).

Only afterwards did I realize that those guys charged you $10/month just to be able to review ekg strips that were stored ON YOUR OWN DEVICE.  As far as I could tell, they had zero overhead cost beyond the initial development.  If you wanted to show your doctor the strip, you had to pay them $10/month.  At least at the time, you got nothing else for that subscription, as far as I could tell.  It felt then like a rip off, and still does.  I have used it zero times since I got my EKG Apple Watch.

robin huber said:

bloggerblog said:

Apple should avoid the uk like the plague. Their car industry is plagued with unions and strikes. 

Yes, we must keep the working class powerless. 

True.  We must.