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  • Apple is back to lobbying against right-to-repair bills

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    mknelson said:
    ITGUYINSD said:
    Parts pairing for security -- is there some proven metric that it works?  I mean, organized gangs still break (or simply walk) into Apple Stores and steal the display iPhones, despite the fact that a) they're not usable and b) the main parts are already part-paired.  Thieves aren't the smartest people...I leave my phone at a bus stop, you think people are going to just leave it because it's not of any value?  

    Maybe one day Apple will put up billboards in every major city saying stolen iPhones are worthless, but until then they are and will be a target.

    Well, they just have to be smarter than the poor sap they sell the stolen device to.
    Net effect is your iPhone is gone -- parts pairing or not.
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  • Apple is back to lobbying against right-to-repair bills

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    Parts pairing for security -- is there some proven metric that it works?  I mean, organized gangs still break (or simply walk) into Apple Stores and steal the display iPhones, despite the fact that a) they're not usable and b) the main parts are already part-paired.  Thieves aren't the smartest people...I leave my phone at a bus stop, you think people are going to just leave it because it's not of any value?  

    Maybe one day Apple will put up billboards in every major city saying stolen iPhones are worthless, but until then they are and will be a target.

    watto_cobra

  • Wi-Fi 7 spec finalized with promises of high-speed wireless networking

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    For these new standards to become widely accepted, the cost needs to come down.  I think the reason most people are stuck on WIFI5 is the cost vs need of WIFI6 and especially WIFI6E.  While WIFI6 is relatively affordable, the cost of WIFI6E mesh systems are almost double the price which is a shame since most new phones and computers that ship with WIFI capability have 6E built in.  If WIFI7 also becomes unaffordable for the masses, it won't ever become standard enough to take hold.  
    watto_cobra

  • Adobe faces big fines from FTC over difficult subscription cancellation

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    laytech said:
    About time too. Adobe are gougers. The cost of their buggy software is astonishingly greedy. I stopped using Adobe Acrobat Pro as the price just cilmbed and climbed. I had 25 licenses but could not justify it when I was getting the whole Microsoft office suite and one drive for less than an adobe acrobat license that was buggy. Trying to cancel it was a merry go around and it felt a cheap and nasty company.

    Now I try and avoid adobe products at every possibility. Greed pure and simple. If they sold the licenses for a modest monthly fee, fine but they are gougers for software that is very average.
    Agreed!  What is it now, $20 per month ($240/yr) just for Acrobat for just one user?  I can get 6 licenses of the entire Office 365 suite plus 6TB of cloud storage for $99 a year ($16 per user per year).  They are greedy, their products and support are terrible.  
    watto_cobra

  • Uber Eats driver robbed at gunpoint, thieves return Android phone

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    msuberly said:
    A man gets robbed at gunpoint and AI cares about his choice of phone?
    Did you read the article?  The article IS about the phone.  AI isn't into posting stories about robbery at gunpoint and having a truck stolen, are they?
    watto_cobrabageljoey