StrangeDays

harry wild said:

Apple TV+ is having all these Progressive content on that you can find for free on over the air network broadcast channels and HBO channels and Prime as well as Netflix.  Many people want to get away from this type of programming content and go back to real life situations, not how it should be content and leave out the politics too!

Wow that was barely intelligible. No, you cannot get the sort of content from ATV+ “for free” over the air. Nor are HBO, Prime, or Netflix “free”. 

I enjoy documentaries and docuseries. Hulu has a great documentary about WeWork, detailing exactly what sort of nonsense this CEO was peddling… They spend more than they take in, scamming investors while padding their personal net worths along the way. When the failed company crashes, the investors are the ones burned, while CEOs like this guy cash out and move on to their next train wreck. 

slow n easy said:

It is very distressing how litigious the U.S. is. I just feel very strongly that we should take personal responsibility. The crash was not the fault of the car. It was the fault of the driver. I still, after all of these years, think about the woman who sued McDonald’s because she spilled hot coffee on her lap. I of course believe that people should have the right to sue, but people take it way to far. If people are trespassing on my property without my consent, they should not be allowed to sue me for example.

You should learn more about the hot coffee facts, and not the corporate PR campaign aimed at tort reform. The coffee was extremely hot and the cup flimsy - she required hospitalization and skin grafts for the third degree burns. The damages were punitive because it turned out McDonald’s had 700 prior burn victims but never changed their protocol or cup materials to make them safer. Now they have. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald's_Restaurants

https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/hot-coffee/umc.cmc.13rcmr2b03g6nrvdqthzn9hxj

SxyGayjust said:

Seems way more likely that it's the spiked drugs than from surging crowds....

Yeah no. They were crushed to death. 

The same fest had three people tramped in 2019. 

elijahg said:

StrangeDays said:

elijahg said:

Again and again Apple does things that provoke the ire of regulators. It's like they *want* to be the target of regulation.

Hmm can you elaborate on the regulations this in violation of? Hint: just because you don't like something, doesn't mean it's mustache-twirling villainy.

Shops can get authorized, and IMO they're less expensive than the non.

Here you go. Conversely, just because you're obsessed with Apple and have convinced yourself everything they do is pro-consumer, doesn't mean it is.

https://news.softpedia.com/news/korea-s-ftc-investigated-apple-for-being-too-bossy-in-repair-policies-503265.shtml

Obsessed with Apple? You do realize this...is...an Apple site...right?

Sounds like you're butthurt. Who hurt you?

Anyway, your link is to a suit in Korea, and does not backup your claim that this policy is in violation of any US regulations. More just made-up nonsense from the resident butthurt, I'm afraid.

elijahg said:

StrangeDays said:

I care more about device security than right-to-unauthorized-repair-business. (Recall this is similar to how Touch ID worked -- unauthorized replaced parts disabled it, to discourage a bogus nefarious component swap.)

Also, having recently had my iPhone screen repaired... Authorized shop (Best Buy): $280. Third-party shops: $480. Not seeing the argument for why consumers should want to bring it to a strip mall repair shop...

And as predicted the armchair embedded EE/software engineer is here, apparently knowing enough about the hardware drivers in iOS to know device security rests upon a display being genuine. Right. You realise there are no FaceID parts in the display, which is the entire issue. TouchID was only disabled if you swapped the sensor - that is security related, it is paired to the secure enclave. The display is not.

You are going to the wrong third party shops. I replaced my own iPhone X display with one from Amazon for $69. Works great. Cracked Apple's stupid anti-consumer disabling of TrueTone, and it's as good as new. And saved $200 to boot.

Ah yes, lead with personal insults -- the tell-tale sign that you don't offer much else of substance. 

I am an enterprise software engineer but never claimed to be an EE. But this story is an old one -- TouchID worked the same way, and as this article made clear. When certain components are removed Apple disables biometric authentication so that you're aware that your OEM part has been removed.

Your DIY repair is not comparable to what a commercial repair shop charges, durrr. And yep, call around -- the non-authorized strip mall shops charge more than the authorized screen repair of $280. uBreakIFix is a national such shop, the price is $480, whether you like that or not.

https://www.ubreakifix.com