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mike1 said:

ireland said:

Touch ID is also better for payment in store.

In what way? I've noticed that I can use Face ID to authorize the payment and then bring the phone close to the reader. I do not have to push the side button and look at the screen while holding the phone near the reader.

Huh. I didn't know that. The side button push is very clumsy on a 10S MAXTREME.

Four months in, still don't like FaceID. Touch ID would "just work" while pulling the phone out of the pocket, Face ID requires this weird stare. Do not like.

Seinfeld's "don't break the chain" thing: https://lifehacker.com/jerry-seinfelds-productivity-secret-281626

gutengel said:

So how does Apple Wallet works with other transit around the world? It seems gimmicky to install a virtual card that won't work if your phone is dead. I don't see the value over a regular NFC metro card. By the way, NYC is late to the NFC game 10 years...

"Metro cards and student IDs in your wallet work up to five hours after you lose charge"
 
https://www.techradar.com/news/apples-iphone-xs-has-a-game-changing-nfc-feature-even-when-turned-off

zhtfreak said:

I passed up the original air pods twice because they don't have a way to control volume other than Siri. I'm a frequent song skipper, which I find much easier to do with inline controls keeping my phone locked in my pocket.

You can remap the tap action on the buds — I use Siri on the right and skip on the left. 

Cant help you with volume, although the Apple Watch can swing that... 

seanismorris said:

Wow.

Shazam had a ton of crap included...

I probably would have banned Microsoft's HockeyApp on principle.

A “beta testing and management service deployed through Azure” is named HockeyApp?  That’s not suspicious...

HockeyApp dates back to the earliest days of the app store. Dev app sharing is referred to as "ad hoc distribution", and HockeyApp existed to make ad hoc key sharing easy. "ad hock key" == "hoc key app"