GeorgeBMac

The most significant part of this video was the off-hand comment that 'Apple has already gotten the hardware stuff out of the way'... Evidence continues beat us over the head that what separates Apple from the rest is their software and services. Their hardware is mostly just a delivery vehicle for those things that do the actual work and make people's lives better. But, we continue to over-focus on the hardware, salivate over it when it is released, and compare it, its technical specs (and Apple's margins) to those of lesser companies...

BobForsberg said:

Does anyone really trust the NYT or Washington Post for news anymore, anyway?

If one thinks about it, the technology in the AirPods and in the Apple Watch have blown right past that in any other Apple product.   They make everything else a bit old fashioned from a tech perspective.

No, I'm not bashing Apple or any of its products.   Simply marveling at what these two can do and how well they do it.   I still have cashiers marveling at the science fiction of my watch when I pay at the checkout with a tap and a ding --- and that has become almost a minor feature of the watch.   And, when I hear the sound coming out of those two tiny little computers in my ears I marvel at it -- as well as the thought that I worked with computers that would fill an auditorium -- now they fit in my ears!

"False advertising" used to be somewhere between illegal and condemned.   Now it joins ranks with Alternative Facts.

lordjohnwhorfin said:

Comcast, the upsell specialists. You start with an appealing plan, and then find out all the catches: gotta pay extra for HDTV, DVR, second receiver, then you have the 1TB cap which seemed reasonable a couple of years ago but is actually very easy to hit if you stream 4K movies regularly. And then of course after your guaranteed rate period expires your bill goes through the roof, because "this was a special rate and it's no longer available". It's a hideous company with deceptive practices, and I can only recommend to stay as far away as possible.

But, the alternative is FiOS which is no better -- both are better at scams than anything else.
40 years ago when all this started cable operators were closely regulated as utilities.   We need to return to that model.