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darkvader said:

Apple & Google's biggest screwup with this was in waiting for states to implement apps.  They should have just turned it on with a single worldwide rollout, with no mechanism for states to opt out, let alone have to develop an app to opt in.

This 100%

Relying on States to all do the same thing efficiently is a catastrophic plan.

Also, shout out to the the dude who clearly doesn’t know how the system works fear mongering about privacy … typical old-person-on-Facebook insanity that is associated with the population currently killing itself by “owning the libs” and not getting the vaccine.  Oh well, probably for the best.

Man, Mac Mini used to go years between refreshes … suddenly, it’s getting upgraded every 10 months!

Some of the HomeKit API restrictions, etc. are super bizarre … think of AppleTV apps — any super cool ones you can think of? Plop.

No macOS support is baffling

I really hope Apple will see the strategic adoption value in offering a free “validation” app — the means to verify one of their new, ISO-spec digital IDs and traditional, plastic IDs— for both Android and iOS.

Digital ID is a massive chicken and the egg problem … sure, they can sit back and just offer part of the equation, but man it’d be great to get this stuff going sooner rather than later.