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  • Apple Watch continues to dominate the smartwatch market

    wallymwallym
    My fitbit is great.  I'm convinced that Google will screw up Fitbit.  If the Apple Watch had improved battery life (in the 5 day area), I'd probably switch on my next purchase.
    lostkiwisteveau

  • FCC formally approves T-Mobile and Sprint merger

    wallymwallym
    rob53 said:
    I'd rather have one, all encompassing cellular service--not a company. I see no reason why there are multiple cellular companies each with their own towers. Instead of 3-4 companies (actually more) duplicating their expenses why can't we simply have every cell tower available to every mobile device so everyone gets better service. Forget about the fallacy of competition driving innovation, all we're seeing is certain areas getting service while others don't because the companies only provide service where they can make money. Cellular service is now a utility just like water, gas and electricity utilities. We might even save money if we got rid of corrupt organizations like the (current) FCC and a lot of patent lawyers and ambulance chasers who's only job is to waste consumers money with endless patents trials. 

    Of course, some people will simply say this is socialism and anti-capitalism but these same people are ok with government subsidies so what's the difference?
    We used to have this.  AT&T was the phone company for the vast majority of the country for nearly the first 100 years of the telephone.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakup_of_the_Bell_System  The lawsuit by the DOJ extended from Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Reagan.  It is not a political issue, but one of reality.

    The problem is that this vertical integration limited innovation.  For example, we paid for having fiber to the curb many years ago, but it was never done. Why?  Because of a slow clunky bloated infrastructure that was overly invested in call quality and less interested in innovation.  The path forward was clearly voip, but the bloated hierarchy wanted switching.  There were demos of video calling back in the late 1970s that I remember as a kid.  This is why we need competition.  Cable companies, fiber companies, telecos, wireless, and more.  
    razorpitairnerdrinosaur

  • FCC formally approves T-Mobile and Sprint merger

    wallymwallym
    I’m a sprint customer.  It was clear looking at their financials that they were not going to survive much longer with massive payments due to bond holders in the coming years.  I hope that the new T-Mobile will be able to survive while subsuming this debt.  The consumer needs competitors that can survive, not competitors that go bankrupt.
    GeorgeBMac

  • macOS Catalina 10.15.1 is now available with opt-in Siri review, support for AirPods Pro

    wallymwallym
    JanNL said:
    Better to wait a few days before updating?  ;)
    Yeah, I'll probably update tomorrow just to be on the safe side.
    watto_cobra

  • If you updated your HomePod to 13.2, do not reset it or remove it from the Home app

    wallymwallym
    Apple doesn’t do a good job validating their software.  Safari doesn’t work right on my iPad since the iPadOS release started.  Apple needs to focus more on quality and less on “it compiles, ship it.”
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