StrangeDays

elijahg said:

So what about the fact that you can currently side-load some apps (with an enterprise certificate) and there is no "gold rush" from cybercriminals? Apple is drunk on control. 

rotateleftbyte said:

That [cough][cough] endorsement is enough to tell me that these are not the right product for me. 

KBuffett said:

jace88 said:

22july2013 said:

I wonder if Apple/Beats allows this to happen for the promotional value. It happens so often!

I think we can assume it's deliberate and probably paid for.

I’m genuinely disappointed with the type of celebrity endorsement Apple pays for. It’s always a certain type.

ApplePoor said:

Since I wear the watch only during the day, I am not getting a wedgee for faster chargers. The Apple dual charger works for my iPhone 13 Pro Max just fine and my series 6 watch over night. I do not travel to foreign countries with my iWatch as I do not wish to pay roaming charges for the cell phone capability of the watch.

We wear cheap watches so we come home with our hands still attached to our arms.

tedz98 said:

This is a classic example of the failures of communism, big government and central planning. They can’t keep the lights on! The article, which in many ways from a journalistic perspective, isn’t written well - doesn’t answer the basic question of why there is a power shortage in China. It also speaks to the corruption of big government. Companies with political influence, and by inference, the resources to bribe officials, are the ones who get electricity (sounds a bit like what’s going on in Washington D.C.) You can be sure if companies are being denied electricity, private citizens are going without power in their homes. Do global warming alarmists really think China is going to limit CO2 output when they are bringing new coal burning power plants online every week, yet still can’t meet power demand? Apple should have been undertaking a serious effort to leave China a long time ago. But the lure of cheap labor and easier profitability has kept them there longer than they should have been. So wake up America! The siren’s lure of big brother government being the provider of the basic necessities of daily life touted by the likes of AOC, Bernie, Biden, Nancy and Schumer are deceptive and false. California, which is already a semi-socialist state, is well on its way to being unable to meet everyday power needs during periods of peak demand. Gavin Newsome and his ilk in Sacramento falsely think they posses the intellectual superiority to control the basic economic, environmental and societal variables of California to lead to optimal outcomes for the citizens of California. Given the outflow of people and companies from California I would argue they are failing. Tesla is moving their headquarters to Texas as a very recent example of this. Not to mention the California problems with homelessness. Apple’s next big worry is TSMC and their reliance on Taiwan for Apple CPU’s. If Apple were smart they’d be knocking on the doors of Intel and other domestic chip producers and start developing backup supply chains for chips. This is a multi-year effort so get started now! The China pendulum has reached its apex. Time for new plans Apple!