Metriacanthosaurus

About

Banned
Username
Metriacanthosaurus
Joined
Visits
91
Last Active
Roles
member
Points
1,641
Badges
1
Posts
880

Reactions

1.2KLike0Dislike73Informative

  • Apple 'wants to serve everyone' with wide iPhone price range, Tim Cook says

    MetriacanthosaurusMetriacanthosaurus
    Cesar Battistini Maziero said:
    Apple should differentiate the price based on market!

    Here in brazil the Xr is going to arrive for about 4200 reais, $1.342,20 dollars.

    That is a LOT for an iPhone Xr, and even more when you consider that the minimum wage here is 954 reais, about $228,57.

    We work four months to pay taxes, and more than 5 for a new iPhone.........
    You need to fix your economy. Apple making sure the latest iPhone is priced for you is not the issue. 
    watto_cobrafastasleep

  • Lennar now integrating Amazon Alexa surveillance into new home construction

    MetriacanthosaurusMetriacanthosaurus
    rogifan_new said:
    Lab4Us said:
    rogifan_new said:
    The Information reports that Amazon is gaining an edge on Apple with smart home builders so AI uses it as an opportunity to smear Amazon and accuse the company of surveillance. Why am I not surprised. OK AI if Amazon is such a bad actor that people will need to “rip microphones out of their own ceilings” why isn’t Apple doing more to court home builders to make HomeKit and Siri the preferred platform for smart homes? Also why does AI have such a bias against data? Companies using data to provide better products/services isn’t a bad thing. I think we all know if Apple was the leader in this space AI wouldn’t be complaining and certainly wouldn’t be calling it “surveillance”.
    Perhaps because Apple values privacy and believes their customers do as well?  I know I would never knowingly buy a house or rent an apartment with built in microphones that I would never know if I had absolute control.  And I certainly wouldn’t buy only to have to spend my own money to remove big brother.
    Not sure why so many folks are in such a rush to live in “1984”.
    What evidence is there that Amazon is anti privacy? Using data to provide better services is not anti-privacy.
    That's the definition of anti-privacy.
    racerhomie3watto_cobra

  • Lennar now integrating Amazon Alexa surveillance into new home construction

    MetriacanthosaurusMetriacanthosaurus
    What's going to happen when Amazon discontinues Alexa in another year or so when the ounce of profitability it has vanishes and they move on to their next 2 year idea?

    Seriously, no one should be this heavily invested in anything from Amazon. It can and will be gone without warning and without a trace.
    watto_cobra

  • Highly questionable video claims to show 'iPhone SE 2' with iPhone X styling

    MetriacanthosaurusMetriacanthosaurus
    1. The SE is 100000% about price. Even its size is a result of cost considerations. It isn't using iPhone 5 design to please anyone, even if their marketing says so.

    2. Face ID is a leading iPhone X feature. Despite its utility, it won't come to low-cost products soon.
    ksecStrangeDays

  • Apple's AirPower mat inches closer to release, again said to arrive in March

    MetriacanthosaurusMetriacanthosaurus
    racerhomie3 said:
    I really don’t know why you would need this.
    Not complicated at all. What I have on my nightstand right now is rather hideous. I have a Qi charging stand for my iPhone X. I have my Apple Watch charger encased in a rubber holder that keeps in place. Then I have regular lightning cable dangling there for my AirPods case.

    It's a fugly mess. Easily remedied with AirPower. 
    GeorgeBMacwatto_cobramavemufc