DanielEran

gatorguy said:

Apple says they don't share personal information either. Except when they do.

So those specific circumstances where Google will share personal information is perfectly OK with you since it's identical to the circumstances Apple will share personal information and you're comfortable with their TOS right?  You went to a lot of effort to arrive at the same set of exceptions you were already aware was Apple claiming for themselves. I mean you were aware Apple also shares personal information weren't you? 

You have established a reputation for contempt for factually-backed, evident reality and a penchant for making huge unfounded claims.

Carrying water for Google has made you very boring. You literally never say anything interesting or accurate because you're working so hard to back up a series of false ideas to flatter a marketing company.

DrakonVolk said:

I stopped reading right around "Google began dumping Chromebooks on U.S. K-12 schools over the last few years because nobody else wanted to buy them."

I could stomach the slant presented through the rest of the article up to that point, but seriously?  This is straight up ignorant.  First of all, I would like to know how Google was dumping anything on anyone, unless it was dumping Pixel Chromebooks on somebody (which they never have), since Google doesn't manufacture any of the Chromebooks in question.  Secondly, if nobody wants Chromebooks, why has their marketshare been basically doubling year-over-year for the last several years?  And why has Google been spending so much time and effort polishing and improving Chrome OS if it's such a losing venture?

This is Apple Insider, I get it, but please... at least don't say things so completely biased that anyone with eyeballs can refute them without even trying.  Unless this is the only blog your readers subscribe to,  you just come off sounding like a jackass.

"don't say things so completely biased that anyone with eyeballs can refute them"

canukstorm said:

This video clearly shows Steve Jobs' stance on privacy.  Contrast his views with that of Tim Cook.  If you listen carefully Jobs was never against collecting data.  He understood there are users that will give up more privacy in exchange for better services but they key is transparency: letting the user know exactly what you're collecting and what you're going to do with that data.  I hope the current Apple leadership is taking this into consideration because from the sounds of it, they come across as being data-phobic.

Not true. Jobs addressed data collection extensively and made efforts to block third-party developers from collecting data on users a primary feature of the App Store model. 

The idea that Apple isn't or can't use data to improve its services is a very ignorant media narrative created to make Apple look dumb and carry water for Googles surveillance advertising. It's not true.

mr lizard said:

Addressing the Bloomberg article’s narrative around the Chromebook success story is fair enough, but betting against Gurman’s accuracy at what will be unveiled at the event is something else... we won’t know for sure until the event itself of course, but Gurman has a terrific track record at accurately revealing forthcoming products and event details. There’s a chance he might have this one wrong of course, but Gurman missteps are rare indeed. 

False. 75% of what Gurman writes is a wrap up of what others have already written before, along with a few confident claims of some fact of little real importance, and some other guesses or speculation which are often incorrect because he doesn't really know what's happening in the industry. The entire package then gets hailed as a "scoop." This was another example of that. 

Previously, he rewrote story of Apple's +year ago acquisition of LumiLED and the added the claim that Apple suddenly now designs its own components (along with the claim that Apple's never done proprietary displays before, when it has publically announced everything from new iPhone X customizations to OLED, the 6s and later with 3D Touch that nobody else in the industry similarly uses, to its unique timing controllers for iMacs because nobody else had even built screens like that before.)

He writes up tons of bullshit and walks it back with it "might not work out this way" at the end. But more than claiming originality for rewriting things, and adding bog "scoops" like finding a registered name for a product, the most problematic issue with his stuff is that he invents and perpetuates narratives that are totally false and easily disproven. And that's what his article is pointing out. 

wizard69 said:

Well i see DED is back to wasting bandwidth with a ton of crap that doesnt even touch upon Apples real problems in efucation. The number one issue with iPads is the lack of a keyboard which makes anything other than tribial text entry a psin. 

The article was not an examination of Apple in education, but rather taking apart a false media narrative that US K-12 is super important that Apple desperately needs to drop prices to get in on this market. That's what it has the headline it does.

Even so, the article specifically mentioned "features desired by educators, including the Smart Connector for attaching a non-wireless keyboard (that doesn't need to be charged separately) and Apple Pencil, offering a strong differentiation from other tablets."