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  • NBA stars tout Powerbeats Pro in new ad

    The crappiest pair of earbuds/headphones I’ve ever used. Lousy sound quality, glitchy set up, loud for the people around you at a normal volume level (you might get kicked out of a plane if you listened at normal volume levels), cheap build quality, poor fit. I returned it the next day for a full refund. 

    Apple should not have released this POS product. Certainly not at the price they did. It’s an embarrassment. 
    From reviews, new PowerBeat actually sounds better than the previous versions but having it promoted by NBA stars is such a turned off considering the capitulation they did recently to China.
    svanstrombaconstangrazorpit
  • Tim Cook defends choice to pull Hong Kong police monitoring app from App Store

    Rer412 said:
    speaking as a resident in HK, Apple’s decision is just ignorant. Does Tim know the cops in HK has just violated EVERY guideline and even law to complete their so-called peace-keeping mission? Does Tim know, the HK police arrested a young pregnant woman, even followed her to the delivery room just because she wore a black mask? Does Tim know a college student just being raped by police in the police station? And does Tim know the so-called Hong Kong police are actually the masked Chinese PLA cadet in reality? I doubt he just knows Chinese is the place Apple can make the big money.
    After following HK incident for the past month I think this guy version is closer to the truth.

    Oh, and calling the police “dog” is resentful? The same police that called protesters “cockroaches” since day one? Since they’re still protesting peacefully? They should call the police much worse than that TBF.

    And please AI, do something about all these Chinese commies perpetrated here to spread CCP propaganda. Just do it for the world, ban them all. Don’t be a coward like NBA or Tim Cook. 
    ronncat52
  • Review: macOS Catalina 10.15 is what Apple promised the Mac could be, and is a crucial upg...

    dewme said:
    Wow, I’ve been eager to see some in-depth articles that give a hands-on review of the major new features in Catalina. This article is extremely comprehensive and leaves no nuance, no matter how subtle, undiscovered. What I generally do with these full figured articles is to create a PDF of the article from Reader View in Safari and save it in iBooks as a book. I may not read it entirely from within the Apple Insider forum but I will eventually read it all as a book because I appreciate the time, effort, and commitment that went into creating it. It may be a bit heavy compared to the average article size we’re used to seeing on AI, but it’s still very relevant, well written, and informative even if it has to be consumed in bite sized chunks. Thank you DED.
    What a great suggestion!
    Dan_Dilgerwatto_cobra
  • Music industry pushing back against Apple Music, Apple TV+ master bundle

    saarek said:
    Anyone know how to disable the Apple News + adverts in iOS? 

    No way I’m paying £9.99 a month for news I get for free.
    Nothing in News+ you get for free. Everything in News you do. 
    AppleExposedlolliverfastasleep
  • Apple releases new teaser trailer for Apple TV+ show 'Servant'

    I look at Apple+ as an incentive by Apple to remain in their ecosystem and buy new Apple products each year.

    If you can stack free years of service for every device that qualifies, I'll never have to pay for the service as long as Apple continues this promotion. As a family of four, with 4 iPhones, 1 iPad, 2 iMacs, 2 MacBook Pros and 1 Apple TV, I'll always be upgrading at least one product per year.

    And I'm not going to complain about free. So far, only "For All Mankind" has my interest, but I'll give several others a shot to see if they're worth watching.
    It will be this year only. After the free period ends in a year Apple would have more programs in TV+ and would be more confident to charge us. I hope you’re right though. 
    15ngcs1