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Apple Music takes on YouTube Music in our in-depth comparison
I'm in the opposite boat. I tried Google Play Music for a month but one thing I didn't like was that there's only a web player, no DT app. It drives me crazy as I have a million Chrome windows open and struggle to quickly spot which one is the music player.mike1 said:I really wish Apple offered a web interface for Apple Music. I may be in a small subset of users, but I can't install iTunes on my work PC and therefore can't use Apple Music at work.
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Will HomePod make a second splash at WWDC 2018?
My feeling is that Apple would be better to focus on improving Siri and building out services on their end rather than putting photos and security systems on to the HomePod itself. I doubt that Apple would sell a security system with no back up battery. Some companies might but not Apple.
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Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg enters the ring in data privacy bout with Tim Cook
I dislike Facebook as much as the next guy but I believe the answer to your question is clearly "why not?". If there is demand for the service, Facebook will fulfill it. People are social creatures and want to see what their family, friends, and it makes me gag to say it, celebrities, are up to. If you follow your same logic to its conclusion, why does the iPhone need to exist? People want to talk on a phone, read the news, cat videos, banking apps, games? Why? Who cares, that's just what people want.tallest skil said:
Okay. Tell me, WHY are you trying to connect the whole world? Why does this need to be done?AppleInsider said:We have an ad-supported business that allows people all around the world to the product for free, and if you're trying to connect the whole world, that's pretty important.
PLEASE, facebook. PLEASE go to a subscription model. PLEASE kill yourselves overnight."Can every consumer afford a $10 a month subscription, or a $700 device? For billions of people around the world, no. Not yet.”
[the ad-based model] was the “only rational model” to reach those who couldn’t afford to pay.
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Apple issued government warning over repair, replacement practices in New Zealand
They were fined about a million euros in Italy a few years ago for doing exactly that - charging customers for coverage that they were already legally entitled to.avon b7 said:
New Zealand is not being unfair to Apple. These laws apply to all companies. Flouting them (through ignorance or deliberately) will lead to this kind of action.nunzy said:New Zealand is being unfair to Apple. If anybody knows how to take care of its customers, it is Apple.
Apple has a long history of trying to flout EU consumer law with its selling practices of AppleCare for mobile devices. It is a repeat offender, and AFAIK, never challenges consumer protection demands because it has known from the outset that, in the training phase of store employees and the wording of online marketing, it was misleading purchasers. I think it has had its house in order for a couple of years now although they tried to sell me AppleCare when I bought the iPhone 6 using the same tactics that consumer groups were complaining about.
When I pointed out that the two year coverage the guy was trying to 'sell' me was already included in my statutory consumer rights, he gave a wry smile and conceded I was right but said he had the obligation to offer it to me anyway.
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Siri on HomePod can now speak to you in French, German, Canadian English
They spell words slightly differently, some would say, more correctly, e.g. colour, honour, centre, but they Americanize analyze so perhaps if HomePod sends a text message it'll use Canadian English. Or there could be some words that are Canadian-specific that Siri would use.DAalseth said:
Was wondering the same thing. Does it call you a Hoser? Start using Red Green's voice? Maybe calling the last letter Zed. Uses Metric? Is more polite?anantksundaram said:What’s Canadian English, eh?
