SpamSandwich

rob53 said:

Stores are still shutting off Apple Pay capability even though their POS hardware handles it. Home Depot is a perfect example. Until all POS hardware is forced to accept Apple Pay stores will continue to turn it off.  Of course users need to understand what they have and use it. 

Home Depot’s security is a sieve. I use cash only there or shop elsewhere.

Actually very interested to see what John Favreau does with The Mandalorian. He’s more of a hardcore Star Wars fan than the head of Lucasfilm.

roundaboutnow said:

SpamSandwich said:

hammeroftruth said:

SpamSandwich said:

Lack of, of inclusion of 5G has no influence over my decision making, but I’m definitely interested in seeing what the wide-angle lens mode looks like. The biggest negative on the new phones for me is still the decision to eliminate the physical Home button. 

Have you tried an iPhone with no home button?
Its really not that hard to adjust to. 
If you buy your phones from the Apple store, you can always return it within 2 weeks for a full refund. Just don’t trade in your phone yet. You can always come back and trade in your old iPhone or return the new one if you hate swiping up instead of pressing the home button. 

Yes, I have and I don’t like it. A Home button is the last line of defense for quitting crashed apps, other than shutting down the phone.

Swipe up and pause momentarily and you get the app windows the same way that a double click on the home button provides. Once you see the app you want to force quit, you just swipe up on it. Super simple.

That’s the other problem they’ve inadvertently created, though. Swiping up while using GarageBand and various plugins (to perform the instrument or controller) is impeded with the accidental entry into the mode you described. That happens far less with a physically isolated Home button.

Use of the whole screen is necessary for a lot of music-based apps and it’s clear Apple forgot this in the change to the new UI.

22july2013 said:

Perhaps Apple could relent but put a major “Privacy Warning” on the page where you download the dangerous apps, and require purchaser to opt-in to download any dangerous app. I would be ok with that. 

That would be an invitation to unlimited lawsuits.

Years ago I made the decision to only use Google Voice and only give out that number. Best decision I ever made. Good service for blocking, good service for getting transcriptions of calls. I don’t really care if Google is listening, quite honestly. The ability to block the literally hundreds of harassing spammers and robocalls is worth it.