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rcfa said:

Illusive said:

So they want us to buy untested rubbish so then can alter it as they see fit with every update? No, thanks. Long live sandboxing!

Sandboxing is OK for random office software, but it’s useless for almost all utilities.

For the same reasons an iPad Pro is a joke in name, because anything that carries the restrictions of iPadOS is never “pro”; a iPad that could switch paravirtualizing VM between macOS (with iPad UI in a separate space or running as catalyst apps) when docked with the Magic Keyboard, and iOS-only when undocked, THAT could call itself “pro”.

But tools for development, data recovery, AV capture/redirection, file management, backup, network management, penetration testing, etc. etc. can’t run properly in a sandbox, and these are the things Pros need and use.

I agree it’s unacceptable. I happened to work there for both periods before and after 2009 at large flagship locations. What a different that policy made. It wasn’t just once a day. It was every time you left the building. If you smoked during a 15 you would have to wait in line potentially to get out. Then lunch, then again for the other 15 and then when you left for the day. After big all hands meetings it would take even as long as half an hour sometimes to get out.

It wasn’t the bags that made a difference it was that you registered all your Apple products and they would check the serial numbers of them all every time you left, for everyone so the security guy had his spreadsheet and would lookup every single device you were leaving with. I couldn’t imagine what it would be like now with AirPods, Apple watches, iPhones, let alone the employees that liked to bring an iPad or work laptop to do other work during breaks.

darkvader said:

Wage theft in the US is costing employees billions of dollars every year.  It may even be the biggest total theft loss that Americans suffer.

It's absolutely unacceptable that any company refuses to pay employees for time that they are forced to spend on the employer's premises.

Any company doing this should have to pay not only the stolen wages but significant punitive damages, and there should be prison time for executives who put policies in place that result in wage theft.

crusader97b said:

So the way I read this, is if I subscribe to Apple News+ but not the publisher directly it will
open up the article that is behind the publishers paywall in Apple News

JeepMan said:

ihatescreennames said:

GeorgeBMac said:

For myself I guard against robo calls by keeping a landline.   I give that number out to all but a very few, select people and businesses  Then, unless I'm home and recognize the caller, I just let it go to voicemail.  So far, knock on wood, it seems to be working.

But, regardless, I welcome this new screening tool.
I would also welcome an iOS enhancement that differentiates calls from a number in my contact list from those that aren't -- with an option to either silence the call, give it a different ring tone, forward the call to my landline, or send it to voice mail.    That doesn't seem like it would be hard to do.

Well, iOS 13 is getting this:

“Silence unknown callers

A new setting protects users from unknown and spam callers. When the setting is turned on, iOS uses Siri intelligence to allow calls to ring your phone from numbers in Contacts, Mail, and Messages. All other calls are automatically sent to voicemail.”

I think this feature might be my favorite thing for iOS 13! I'm looking forward to several of the new things but robo callers are extremely annoying and I get them a lot.

That’s really strange that this is being presented as a new feature. My primary use for HomePod has been listening to NPR stations. And that’s worked since the day it came out and I bought it. “Hey Siri play KQED” or KALW or WNYC has always worked.

I’m very happy that Apple’s radio streaming doesn’t come with a pre-roll add like it does with Google Home, which sources it’s radio from TuneIn apparently. I hope that never changes.