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  • Apple will frame iPhone 15 USB-C switch as a consumer win

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    Skeptical said:
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    darkvader said:
    It IS a consumer win.

    And it's a win we wouldn't have gotten if the EU hadn't forced Apple to do it.
    Would have been better if they skipped usbc and did MagSafe like they did on the MacBook Pro honestly.  Being forced into anything is never a win and now we are saddled with this port until the EU dictates otherwise.  All hail the EU though.. 🙄
    Yeah, because MagSafe is such a great connector for data transfer and it's so easy to knock over a phone while it's charging on your nightstand.... 🤷
    USB-C is a much worse connector than Lightning. Lighting is a very durable connection and USB-C wears out after a while of daily plugging and unplugging. Happens all the time on USB-C laptops where you need to plug in a USB-C dock or power supply. I see it constantly at work. 
    Prove this. I have Lightening cables that are crap and did not last six months. 
    He’s talking about the connectors and ports themselves, not the cables. I’ve never had a Lightning port or connector fail. Have had third party cables fail. 
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  • Apple provides detailed reasoning behind abandoning iPhone CSAM detection

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    badmonk said:
    They should also talk to parents who texted pictures of their children’s rash to the pediatrician and got caught up in CSAM investigations.  As bad as CSAM is, larger privacy issues are important as well.  Apple is doing the right thing here.
    Not a factor here since their proposal was using hash matching of known-child-porn. 
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  • Hands on with Apple Vision Pro in the wild

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    timmillea said:
    "The Apple Vision Pro defines the genre for sure — at the very-high end. This time, intentionally, they aimed too high on cost for the consumer."

    There is a clue in the name. The stripped-back 'Apple Vision' will surely follow once the 'more money than sense' market has been milked. 
    lol. It’s less expensive than the original Macintosh was (over $7,000 corrected for inflation). Early adopters with the means to do so are not somehow lacking sense. 
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  • Hands on with Apple Vision Pro in the wild

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    iOS_Guy80 said:
    A very informative review. Thank you. 
    Not a review. Product is unfinished so this is a preview. 
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  • iPhone 15 Ultra case photos leak shows rumored 'Action' button

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    eightzero said:
    At the risk of thread jack, one of my frustrations with iOS (and every other OS Apple produces) simply has way too many "features" that can't seemingly be disabled. I'm all for additional features and capabilities, but I'd really like to be able to turn some of this stuff off, as I simply have no use for it (I'm look at you, stage manager...) The worst offender is padOS: don't know how many times i've accidentally triggered a screen...thing...with no idea how to undo it, how I activated it...and how to turn it off so it doesn't interrupt me again. I would actually be in the market to buy new iPads for some family members, but then I become their IT guy. "Why did it <insert some feature>?" What is needed - not kidding - is "moron mode": a grouping of basic functionalities that are simply disabled.
    You can in settings.


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