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The argument could be made that law should force companies like this to disclose their hacks to the manufacturer to improve security for ALL of us.

sully54 said:

What happens when we hit 1 nanometer? Does chip development end there?

Some of us are old to remember concerns about the ability to build anything smaller than 100 nm.

With all that processing power, FaceID will be able to tell if you had too many drinks the previous night, and didn't get enough sleep by the bags under your eyes.

jbm3 said:

I am curious if Apple has removed hardware support for 32-bit instructions from the A11 chip, now that iOS11 doesn't support 32 bit apps.  It would be a way to save chip space.  If so, perhaps the same will happen to x86 CPUs in Macs in a few years (if Intel or AMD agree). 

Somebody else posted here that it was the libraries in iOS that support 32-bit code that got removed.

I don't believe that desktop processors will ever shut out 32-bit instructions.  I believe that there is FAR too much legacy 32-bit software that nobody wants to try and modify.  Saving chip space and power is less of a concern in that hardware.

I applaud Apple for being firm about its privacy policy!  I think it's a better idea to spend extra effort to report aggravating callers, as opposed to letting the government have access to my text messages and call log.  Where DID I put that letter from the Office of Personnel Management?

gmgravytrain said:

The only thing that matters to anyone is how Android is crushing Apple's iOS in market share. That's all Wall Street, tech critics and the mobile industry will ever be concerned about. Android fragmentation means nothing and market share percentage means everything. All we'll ever hear about is iOS losing market share percentage to Android. 

I disagree.  Market share does not fund research into facial recognition or AR hardware and software.  Profit does.  Apple gets 90+ % of the profit in the phone industry.  Investors have rewarded Apple by increasing its stock price and market valuation.