danvm

wood1208 said:

Microsoft must keep it's mouth shut when the OS vulnerability is concern. Individuals and businesses have lost so much in money,time,productivity and frustration because of Windows vulnerability exploited by many people creating and installing viruses for decades. Microsoft helped created Windows anti-virus software industry. Another burden on Windows customers to buy and keep paying upgrading.

Beats said:

danvm said:

roake said:

dmorgan said:

lkrupp said:

SMS is SMS is SMS. Apple’s iMessages is their proprietary system and I think they are under no obligation to produce cross-platform versions of it unless they choose to, like Apple Music. Calling it anti-competitive or anti-trust is just another red herring hoisted up the flagpole to see if anyone salutes.

Critics want Apple to be just another tech company. We all should know that by now.

Maybe Google should stop making cross platform apps for iPhones. Imagine your iPhone without one of the many apps made available to you by Google, including Google Search. 

I tried to imagine it… It was actually pretty easy since I have no Google apps on my phone, and do not use Google search.

Skeptical said:

dmorgan said:

lkrupp said:

SMS is SMS is SMS. Apple’s iMessages is their proprietary system and I think they are under no obligation to produce cross-platform versions of it unless they choose to, like Apple Music. Calling it anti-competitive or anti-trust is just another red herring hoisted up the flagpole to see if anyone salutes.

Critics want Apple to be just another tech company. We all should know that by now.

Maybe Google should stop making cross platform apps for iPhones. Imagine your iPhone without one of the many apps made available to you by Google, including Google Search. 

Sorry mate but that is the dumbest post every. My phone has been Google free for years and I’m not missing anything. 

If you are happy with out Google services, good for you.  Personally I only use Google Maps and sometimes Google Search.  But as today, Google dominates consumer services, far ahead compared to even Apple services. A lot of Apple customers will be affected if Google decides to stop making apps for iOS devices.  

BTW, did you know that Apple accepts billions of dollars every year to make Google Search the default engine?  If Apple recommends Google Search for their customers, then they aren't as bad as you think, right?  And if you ask me to choose between Apple services and Google services, I'll have to choose Google services.  They are miles ahead of what Apple offers.   Maybe that's the reason most customers go with Google and MS services over Apple services, including me.  

The fact that Apple “accepts” billions to allow Google to be the default is the opposite of Apple “recommends Google Search”. 

roake said:

dmorgan said:

lkrupp said:

SMS is SMS is SMS. Apple’s iMessages is their proprietary system and I think they are under no obligation to produce cross-platform versions of it unless they choose to, like Apple Music. Calling it anti-competitive or anti-trust is just another red herring hoisted up the flagpole to see if anyone salutes.

Critics want Apple to be just another tech company. We all should know that by now.

Maybe Google should stop making cross platform apps for iPhones. Imagine your iPhone without one of the many apps made available to you by Google, including Google Search. 

I tried to imagine it… It was actually pretty easy since I have no Google apps on my phone, and do not use Google search.

Skeptical said:

dmorgan said:

lkrupp said:

SMS is SMS is SMS. Apple’s iMessages is their proprietary system and I think they are under no obligation to produce cross-platform versions of it unless they choose to, like Apple Music. Calling it anti-competitive or anti-trust is just another red herring hoisted up the flagpole to see if anyone salutes.

Critics want Apple to be just another tech company. We all should know that by now.

Maybe Google should stop making cross platform apps for iPhones. Imagine your iPhone without one of the many apps made available to you by Google, including Google Search. 

Sorry mate but that is the dumbest post every. My phone has been Google free for years and I’m not missing anything. 

9secondkox2 said:

Beats said:

my sister literally went “Ew, that's gross,'" said Maher.

I feel the same way and it’s a turn off also when I find a girl owns a droid. Not because they’re green but because they have a knockoff iPhone. Reminds me of people who think they’re rich wearing fake jewelry and knockoff Gucci.

Apple isn’t obligated to give anything away for free no matter what Epic says. Though I’ve argued iMessage+FaceTime for $1/month for knockoff iPhones/knockoff iPads would have been a great idea pre-FaceTime on browsers.

iMessage alone isn’t reason enough to switch/stick with real iPhones. Apple needs to stop playing with Apple Arcade and make some really good games with it. Games that encourage online play. Maybe add in iMessage and FaceTime support to the games. Improving Maps would help. I always supported the idea of Apple buying Yelp as it would make Maps more interesting. iCloud is too stingy with storage and TV+ has an ugly name and not much content yet.

Well said. Apple is poised to dominate all of these. But they don’t. They just mess around, being content with dominating in phones and PCs. But they could easily dominate Google and game consoles if they actually decided to get serious. 

StrangeDays said:

MisterKit said:

The original HomePod was ahead of it’s time and unfortunately it was underappreciated.

Agreed, I'm still rocking dual HPs on my home entertainment system after retiring a much more expensive 7.1 receiver & high-end speaker system. HPs are just easier, and the sound on the full-size model is quite loud. 

But I've also purchased 3 minis for around the house, which we love. Whole-house music is like magic.