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flydog said:

GeorgeBMac said:

Good review!  Accurate, complete and fairminded....

Based on AI's afiliate advertising at the bottom of the review?

Thanks for the detailed review.

Two minor nitpicks, though. One, the comment about $20 for a lifetime licence of the BetterTouch tool being a downside. Really?

Two, this comment: "Some of the improvements that occurred over three generations of Touch Bar MacBook Pros have nothing to do with Apple itself. In some cases, it's just the maturation of the market for USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 accessories, and the availability of excellent accessories and cables at reasonable prices, finally realizing the advantages of a reversible plug with ultra-fast data and power transfers".

Yet, the USB-C/Thunderbolt accessories market might have never matured but for Apple boldly embracing it ahead of the rest of the industry, despite all the criticism. This is similar to how the original USB specification and its widespread adoption itself owes it to Apple.

Surely, the maturation of the USB-C/Thunderbolt accessories market didn't happen just like that? Apple deserves way more credit for pushing the frontiers of technology here.

foregoneconclusion said:

You guys are destroying your own site's credibility by obsessing about the keyboard. You really need to let it go for now and wait for some actual evidence to come out of the lawsuits instead of quoting iFixit's goofball tests that they don't use for any other brand of laptop except Apple. 

ireland said:

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ireland said:

This is what it’s come to? We are using Drake now? Who cares who’s number 1 for streams, or whatever. The only metric that really matters is the quality, reliability, usability and feature set of a service. I couldn’t care less who has the most streams. I’m a user of Apple products, not a stockholder of them.

That's a baffling comment. 

It's very newsworthy that Apple Music has significantly fewer subscribers but is attracting far more actual demand for an artist who is leading in streaming globally. 

There are lots of "quality" services that went out of business because nobody cared to use them.

It’s not baffling at all. It’s just one more ‘Apple has the most of something’ Daniel Eran article. Like a delayed-PTSD from the ‘Apple is about to die’ days. We can stop it now. Apple isn’t going anywhere.

Being number one at anything I should hope is not why any of us use Apple gear. Also, “quality” services going out of business? Is that why you want to shout about this number? Because were Apple in number two position with Drake streams you’d fear Apple Music may go out of business? Apple built the digital music industry with iPod and iTunes, and Apple Music is a music streaming service from this company which comes bundled on the home screen of every iOS device. We’re AM going out of business, considering the talent in the company, I’d be more concerned for Apple culture than the music service.

The real story here is why were Apple so slow on the uptake when it came to offering a music streaming service in the first place (institutional pride?), and why is Spotify, this app from a tiny Swedish company considered a better app by a lot of people? And when will Apple give modern users a dedicated AM app on the Mac?

Counting and even knowing the number of stones on a beach is boring. Appreciating the beauty of each one is another level.

I’ll reiterate for you: Drake? More Drake streams? This is what it’s come to?

xbit said:

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Apple Music is just doing a better job at reaching and serving demand. That's it.

Or, more likely, Apple Music’s subscription base has a higher percentage of North American listeners. North American listeners are more likely to want to listen to North American artists such as Drake.

Apple stated that Scorpion achieved both U.S. and global streaming records on Apple Music...