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  • Florida governor signs bill to curb 'big tech censorship' of politics

    Mike WuertheleMike Wuerthele
    sdw2001 said:
    Really disappointed in the inaccurate and baseless commentary within the article.  

    The bill is the first at a state level taking on a perceived problem of political content suppression, claims that have repeatedly been made before, during, and after the last U.S. Presidential election. 
    The way this is written is really biased.  Calling it a "perceived problem" implies that those who believe that large platforms discriminate on ideological groups are somehow wrong or to be dismissed. Moreover, stating that the "claims" have been made "repeatedly" around the Presidential election is sly way of tying those who point out the bias as being tied to the former President, election fraud claims, and January 6th.   Finally, AI links to its own article on a political content suppression lawsuit being dismissed. This further undermines the view that political content suppression is real.  

    Reasonable people can disagree on if such suppression is happening and to what extent, but if the author wants to take a position, he should do so directly.  If not, it should be written from as neutral a POV as possible.  
    Unless other laws are passed to strip "personhood" from corporations, Florida's new law is not likely to survive a challenge to the Constitutionality of the law.

    On what is this based?  It has nothing to do with "personhood" under the law.  It's about requiring transparency for censorship and allowing people to sue under Florida law. Either way, it's a wholly unsupported opinion.   

    While Apple doesn't operate a social network directly, it has become the target of criticism over Parler, a right-wing social media app

    Parler is not a "right-wing" social media app.  That is patently false.  Parler is a free speech app.  It was and is populated by conservatives and libertarians, but welcomes all viewpoints, including those left of center.  It was never designed or marketed to be a right-wing social media app.  

    None of what you are saying about how the article is written is accurate.

    For instance: The law won't pass a first amendment challenge, and yes, we consulted with attorneys about it first. It won't pass a first amendment challenge, because corporations have a long history of being able to be defined as people under the law, as the first applies. There are 30 years of precedent on this ground alone.

    When Apple cut off Parler, we had discussions with the founder at some length. I'm pretty comfortable with AI calling it a "right-wing social media app" given that the founder called it that.

    Just because you do not agree with what the article says based on your opinion on the matter, does not make it "inaccurate" or "baseless commentary."
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  • Apple Silicon M1 24-inch iMac review: Computing power for the masses

    Mike WuertheleMike Wuerthele
    welshdog said:
    How does the ethernet signal get transmitted to the Mac from the power block? Is it fiber optic inside the cable? Still copper wires?
    Copper.
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  • Customers claim Apple partner Phobio is stiffing them on trade-in values

    Mike WuertheleMike Wuerthele
    darkvader said:
    DO NOT TRADE IN YOUR IPHONE.

    It's the absolute least environmentally responsible thing you can do short of tossing it in the trash, Apple DOES NOT refurbish or resell traded in phones, they're shredded because Apple doesn't want a used market.

    Sell your phone on ebay.  Sell it to a person.  Donate it to charity.  But DO NOT TRADE IT IN TO APPLE OR ANY APPLE "PARTNER".


    Your claims about Apple refurbished are wrong.

    Apple DOES refurbish phones, and they sell them on Apple.com as refurbs, or send them back to the Service supply chain for whole-device replacements. Some are further taken apart, and individual non-consumable parts may end up back in the Service supply chain as well.

    Some are fed to the recycling machines, yes. The vast majority are not.
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  • Apple Music announces Lossless Audio, Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos

    Mike WuertheleMike Wuerthele
    polymnia said:
    Anyone know if this high-quality music is served to a connected Sonos system? I assume yes, but I haven't checked. 
    Apple has specific requirements for Dolby and Lossless, and we're looking at them right now. First glance, 30 minutes in, and it doesn't look like it.

    More coming soon.
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  • Apple Music announces Lossless Audio, Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos

    Mike WuertheleMike Wuerthele
    kfury77 said:
    The new Apple Music Lossless quality is available to existing subscribers as an add-on to their current plan. Lossless costs an extra $9.99 per month for each user, the same as the base individual monthly subscription price.

    Where did you get that information from? 

    I think that’s an error in the article. It is a free upgrade according to Apple. 
    Detritus left over from something else. Edited out. Thanks to those who politely pointed it out.

    Happens with breaking news, sometimes.

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