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digitol said:

Apple needs desperately to go all in on ai, to the extreme. I should be able to use my mac and be like “why do my finder windows fly out of the way every time I click on my desktop?,  stop doing that ! “  Instead we have to use an antiquated and bloated “system settings”  and proceed to navigate to “Desktop & Dock” ,  in a sea of layered and buried settings,  then locate the “Desktop & Stage Manager”   heading, then from the “Click wallpaper to reveal desktop” section select the pulldowm menu from “Always”  and change it to “only in stage manager”.  Yea exhausted yet because I am.  

mpantone said:

michaelx74 said:

We apparently don’t need to complete the challenge to acquire the physical pin?  Hmm…

It's just a cheap gimmick to get people into physical stores. And it might be more effective than handing out Yet Another T-Shirt. You can wear the "Close Your Rings" pin and not have to launder it. Pins don't have sizing or inventory management issues like t-shirts. The wearer doesn't look like they work for the company which is frequently the case whenever you wear corporate branded apparel from some Silicon Valley tech firm. And it's easy to gift a pin to someone else.

Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if Apple Marketing just ripped this one straight out of the San Francisco Giants playbook. Decades ago, ballpark attendees who stayed until the (winning) end of an extra-innings night game at Candlestick Park received the "Croix de Candlestick" pin, actual cost was probably less than a quarter. Nearly free advertising.

zebra said:

I've always thought the US and the rest of the world were becoming too dependent on China. The hacking, stealing of intellectual property, currency devaluation and other predatory practices by China was overlooked by American businesses. Their greed for short term gain ended up hurting America's manufacturing future and self reliance.I love Apple's software and hardware . I switched from PCs years ago, but Apple lacked vision when it came to setting up significant manufacturing capabilities in China. Now Apple, their investors, and customers will has to pay for this error in judgement. It had to come sooner or later. China's misbehavior on the international scene is only getting worse over time. The US government and the population as a whole is finally waking up to face the music.