CloudTalkin

camber said:

This is another of those delusional lawsuits. No one forces me or any other iPhone/Apple Watch owner to use Apple Pay! This, in part at least, has occurred because of the excess number of ambulance chasers (lawyers) in the US who lay in wait to seduce naive and foolish consumers into a lawsuit whose fees will only be paid if they "win". There are more lawyers per capita in the US than in any other country in the world and Apple, because of its success, has the biggest target painted on its back that any company has ever had!. Any payment system that collects and remits payments deserves to earn a small fee. The idea that because Apple has made such large profits that anything it does MUST be anticompetitive and a violation of Sherman antitrust laws - a law that is so out of date for the times that it ought to be repealed or at least modernized - is delusional. I am not sure the same doesn't apply to the judge who was foolish enough to allow the suit to proceed. It is absolutely disgusting!

Did we read the same article?  I ask because the arguments you're making aren't based on the information presented in the article.  

You:  "No one forces me or any other iPhone/Apple Watch owner to use Apple Pay!"
Article: "The judge threw out a tying claim that accused Apple of requiring iPhone owners to use Apple Pay and forego other wallets." - So the claim you're arguing against isn't even part of the lawsuit. 

The entirety of the rest of your argument falls flat because it's primarily misleading and deflective.  The complaint alleges Apple's conduct forces more than 4,000 banks and credit unions that use Apple Pay to pay at least $1 billion in excess fees.  This is a B2B issue, not a consumer facing issue.  Nothing in your argument even comes close to addressing the actual issues raised in the suit.  Seems as if you found a convenient soapbox for your opinions, regardless of whether or not they relate to the topic. 

I think it's unlikely to disrupt the high end TV market; or any end of the TV market for that matter.  As @Canukstorm mentioned, TV/movie consumption tends to be highly social.  The VP is decidedly the opposite of social.  If anything the VP will most likely augment the high end TV market as another toy in the toybox.  Just as an audiophile might have a listening room brimming with speakers, they'll also probably have various headphones - open back, closed, over/on ear, iem; etc.  Videophile might have a state of the art home theater and still have an iPad handy for casual watching.  The VP would fit somewhere in between.  

Unrelated.  Why have no outlets said a word about the top strap head accessory for the Vision Pro?  I'm guessing it's there to relieve fatigue after long viewing sessions. idk.  I do know it looks like an afterthought.  For anyone not familiar with what I'm referencing, look at Apple's video where the dad is filming his kids wearing the VP.  It sports an inelegant top strap.

hexclock said:

omasou said:

Wish the cord used a USB-C interface to connect to the battery. Then third-party batteries or multiple Apple batteries could be use.

Or perhaps that's the point, maybe the battery has to meet certain specs?

Either way seems strange to have a fixed cord length...yeah it may reach my pocket but can I put it on the desk? Actually, the more I think about it this would be a good use case for the magsafe charging connector on the battery side.

I wonder if they thought that using MagSafe or a usb-c connection might make the unit prone to too many unwanted disconnects, since the cord could easily be snagged on something if the user was moving around. Or maybe placing a magnetic coil right where your brain is located wasn’t a good idea. 

We stick electromagnets in our ears every time we put in AirPods or any other buds.  The cord can be snagged now and with a permanently connected cable, the chances are greater the cord or the batter can be damaged.  As it stands now, if the cord or the battery battery get damgaged the entire unit has to be replaced.  Since this is pre-release hardware, I'm hoping the final product will have a USB-C connection allowing 3rd party power. It would also make it better for replacing potentially damaged cords or batteries.

AppleZulu said:

I’m sitting here with an iPhone with the iTunes Store app. I just searched up some relatively obscure items (e.g. local music from over a decade ago, so probably not searched by anyone else recently), and they came up instantly. I don’t understand the commentary in the article here suggesting the iTunes Store is slow, difficult to find or non-functional. As far as I can tell, it’s all still right there. 

Do you have the same ease on a Mac?  The article is describing difficulties with the iTunes Store on a computer, not a phone. Different scenario.

danox said:

Let’s get this out of the way there is no such thing as a wireless charger right now today, one day, you will be able to carry around your iPhone or some other device set it on the table, take it with you on the trip do nothing and it will charge as if by magic that’s wireless, that day is not here yet. It will be available to the public in 50 years or 100 years and the people in the future will look back and laugh.

And that Tesla charger looks as bad as the dashboard in a Tesla, or the Ribbons UI in Windows, don’t waste any money trying to design a smart phone, Elon.

Well you're wrong, so let's get that out of the way.  The commonly accepted, and understood, meaning of wireless charging is charging the device without being directly connected to the charging brick via cable.  Even if we don't employ the commonly accepted understanding, you'd still be wrong.  Wireless charging as we know it today is still distance charging; albeit short distance called near-field charging. It's the reason phones can be wirelessly charged while in cases.  It's also a part of the Qi standard.  A cursory search of the interwebs will provide you with the max distances devices can be from the charging surface and still receive a charge.  Mid-field and far-field charging are in less practical stages of commercial development.  Still, the point remains. We have wireless charging already.