Metriacanthosaurus

We have yet to see an Apple chip that was built for the Mac...be it portable or desktop. Everything they've achieved to date is for pitiful little devices with no battery power to spare and no thermal management at all.

Imagine what Apple can do just in a MacBook alone, let alone in a desktop like iMac.

gatorguy said:

It's coming despite our personal preferences and intentions, but IMHO these "advances" in positively identifying specific people across a very broad spectrum are not a good thing.  

It is certainly something to be concerned about. Such advanced technology developed and used for such trivial purposes has the potential to be misused, or copied by others with completely different motives, which is always a concern. The way some people say, "Don't care, give me a better iPhone" is alarming.

I'd settle for Face ID that works in landscape mode. How about a gyroscopic camera?

andrewj5790 said:

Still the most ridiculous “issue” I’ve ever seen with Apple. Dumber than antennagate, dumber than bendgate, dumber than hissgate. Completely silly. Glad some lawyers found something to thicken their wallets with.

agilealtitude said:

I would be ashamed to file for or be involved in any way with such a ridiculous claim.

Same. I feel really bad for people at Apple and Apple in general for having to endure this embarrassment. Unfortunately this is entirely Tim Cook's fault. Had he done what the previous CEO would have done, and said, "How Apple engineering manages the CPU performance and behavior in Apple Silicon is none of anyone's business except for Apple engineering.".. that would have been the end of it. The whining of others would have been replaced by the next big whine within weeks and forgotten about. Instead, he admitted fault where none occurred, leading to substantial loses and tons of bad PR. Worst, it validated the whining of complete idiots who think they know better than Apple engineers.

MplsP said:

does anyone else find the ‘reduced packaging cost’ excuse for eliminating the charger bordering on ridiculous? Not only is the cost of a little extra cardboard trivial, there would be other ways to reduce the total packaging and include the charger. 

Yes, its ridiculous. 

But just to consider all possibilities. It may be that the small 5W charger is just not going to cut it for iPhone 12, which meant Apple had to consider making the packaging larger to accommodate the much larger 20W charger. That made them take stock of the entire charger and packaging situation. They then started running some hypotheticals on what the iPhone packaging could be like if it had NO charger or headphones in the box, and what the cost savings would be. They added up to be more than they expected.

I'm holding out for the possibility that Apple will still include the charger for free...it will just be packaged separately, and by request only. Meaning if an online user adds one to their cart at the time of purchase, they get it for free. If not, they don't. This will reduce the number given away, saving even more money.

But far more likely is that this won't be the case.  Since the expertise of the guy running the company is limited to supply chain management and political pandering, he of course jumps at the chance to save a couple dollars on distribution costs while ripping off every single customer of their most important product.

And none of this is about so-called "e-waste" at all, no matter how many times the shills scream shrilly about it, while simultaneously not providing a single factual basis.

f5b said:

It's too expensive, to begin with. The story doesn't even mention how good of a lock it is. I buy a lock primarily as a lock; HomeKit functionality is second. There's been many videos posted on how easy it is to bypass these electronic locks. I'd like to know how someone like the "lockpickinglawyer" would handle these locks.

LOL oh no! YouTube videos! Might as well pack it in now. Cancel smart lock infrastructure.

No one is bypassing any electronic locks. You can however pick a mechanical lock that opens with a key with 5 minutes and a couple simple tools.

I have a Yale smart lock that uses an August Module and Home Kit. Keypad entry only. No key. You're not picking this, or bypassing it.