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noraa1138 said:

tht said:

jagnut said:

So, if we plug the MagSafe into any particular charger how do we know what is being delivered?  Is there any display on the iPhone that tells us what we are getting?

There are many apps that will provide you this info. Just search for charging, amperes, battery, etc, in the App Store.

The problem with those apps is they're not measuring the power being delivered directly - because said information is not being supplied by the OS. Instead, they determine average power draw/drain by measuring how quickly the battery charges over a period of time. The problem with this type of measurement is two fold - 1.) it's just an estimate and can't be nearly as accurate as a USB power meter, and 2.) there are a lot of variables that go into the calculation including the capacity of the battery (which is slightly different for every phone, and obviously changes with the age of the battery) and how much power is the phone using while idle (the apps require the phone to be idle for a more accurate measurement). In other words, these apps can only give you a rough estimate.

Thing is… a rough estimate can sometimes provide a single, clearcut, black/white, no-doubts-about-it, definite answer to the question asked; depending on the question asked, which in this case is at what level a specific charger is able to charge your phone. The relevant answer in this case is simply if the type of charger only allows charging at a certain level, and if a higher level of charging is found; then that's your very clear answer.

USB-C is becoming a big PITA.

That different connectors didn't fit different ports was, of course, a bit of a pain, but that people easily understood; but with USB-C people are standing there with stuff that fits perfectly, but they have to understand different profiles and standards that are practically invisible to them.

If Apple had wanted to they could have made a better product by putting the smartness in the MagSafe device, which would have made it "just work" for everyone rn. 

ro_ro_ur_boat said:

I’m just disappointed that Apple didn’t add the feature in iOS 14. 

As for the advertisers, they don’t have the rights to any users information. Every user has the right to refused being tracked online. 

It shouldn't be viewed/phrased as a right to refuse, because that implies that it somehow is the work/responsibility of the user to deny/opt-out/not accept; instead it should be viewed, and legally demanded, that it is based on the freedom of the user to opt-in (in an informed manor).

Like my local supermarket can't just silently add a 10 EUR purchase and demand that I every time hit the opt-out button before okaying the payment; but they can ask if I want to add something, to which I very obviously must agree before they proceed to charge me for it. THAT is how tracking must function, that I as a user must go out of my way to opt-in; not that I per default are tricked into accepting it due to some convoluted weird language or complex structure of 100s of opt-out buttons for each vendor (like with some cookie-stuff).

Also, you can today use something like this to prevent a lot of the tracking done today: https://lockdownprivacy.com/

Meanwhile the local robbers union is suing the police for decrease in profitability, and increased stress due to uncomfortable working conditions.

NinjaMan said:

the Police can't and won't just search phones […]

Just like the police can't and don't kill black people in the USA quicker, and with less cause (besides them being afraid of black people), and in greater number (comparatively) than white people? Just like the police in the USA investigate crimes happening to indigenous people just as well as they do when the victim lives in a predominantly white and rich neighbourhood?

Sadly we've in many countries seen the police go from representing safety to doing anything that they can get away with; and the one country where that is the most obvious, and without it being caused intentionally by political leaders, is the USA, where they basically get not real training at all before they are let lose on the streets.