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iOS_Guy80 said:

Hope those Apple employees are ready to start paying union dues.

command_f said:

"According to statistics published by Apple, 79% of U.S. car buyers wouldn't even consider purchasing a vehicle without CarPlay". Wow! If this is true then the US car market is certainly different to that in the UK. I presume the people surveyed were those owning or actually able to buy cars; do 79% of car buyers even use iPhone over Android?

In the UK, factors like running-costs, safety, cabin and boot (trunk) size figure alongside comfort and driving-pleasure. ICE is certainly a factor but as likely to appear as a desire for Bluetooth, SatNav and access to music.

I have a (much-maligned) BMW with CarPlay. BMW has never (to my knowledge) charged a recurring fee for CarPlay in the UK: my car came with it as part of a spec-upgrade package. I'm not impressed personally - perhaps it's BMW's implementation but it only uses about 75% of my display's width and it barely exploits the iDrive controller's versatility. Navigation is little better than the BMW-native system (that includes real-time traffic status) though messaging and other less essential apps are clearly superior.

It's worth mentioning that I do not like touch-screens in cars. They implicitly need the driver to look at them to place their fingers on buttons etc whilst a joystick-style controller (eg iDrive) can just click from one control to the next and then press them using a physical button that's always in the same place. The driver's eyes stay on the road for much more of the time: that's a good thing whatever you think of the stereotypical BMW Tesla driver.

Stabitha_Christie said:

JWSC said:

Stabitha_Christie said:

sdw2001 said:

It's an experiment to come back to work? There is absolutely no health reason to do it.  Covid is endemic and not the plague we were all told it was.  The interventions clearly did nothing to stop it, from social distancing to masks to stay-at-home orders.  The virus does what it does.  We have vaccines, therapeutics, and strains that are far less deadly than the original.  For 90% of all people, Covid is a cold.  It's 99% or more of working-age people.   The reasons people are pushing for remote work have nothing to do with Covid.  It's about social engineering and remaking our society.  It's about "fighting climate change" and some bizarre Star Trek-like fantasy where money doesn't exist.  

Every time I read one of your posts on COVID I think "I'm glad we people that were public health experts giving advice rather than this imbecile."  

It is truly remarkable how many times you have insisted something was the case only to contradict yourself later.

Public health officials presided over a catastrophe in terms of school closures that will resonate for a generation.  I remain unapologetically furious with those who advocated for mass lockdowns and school closures.  The ‘stamp out COVID at all costs’ mentality drove countless small businesses and families into a ditch and widened the divide between rich and poor.  No one cared to weigh the costs of this unprecedented mitigation response.  This wildly irresponsible action should be something we all learn from.  Never again!

And Tim Cook, wasn’t the work from home thing the grand experiment?  What kind of mental gymnastics did it take to flip that on it’s head?

My response to the other dude applies to your comment as well. If can’t grasp the difference between public health policy and public policy in general then you you don’t have any business making either.