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mike1 said:

It was inevitable, but hopefully, nobody is going to "rejoice" because a connector changes.

Sorry/Not Sorry. I'm delighted that Lightning is finally in its death throes, although I save the idea of "rejoicing" to the broader goal of Apple finally being cured of their proprietary connector fetish. From NuBus to ADB to ADC to Micro-DVI to the 30-pin connector to Lightning and everything in-between. 30+ years of annoyances, adopted then abandoned as it suited them.

blastdoor said:

beowulfschmidt said:

PSA: Everyone complaining about clickbait titles has generated revenue for AI.

I was thinking something similar— people are just showing that the title worked. 

I’m thinking AI should lean into the titles even more. 

Absolutely. The problem isn’t AI’s headline, it’s the hilarious hyperventilated replies like Luis up above trying to correct some perceived “slight” against their most favorite ever company. If AI can make some coin on the back of that, more power to them. 

if apple can produce these for less, then hopefully they can charge less. it would be nice to see the option for cellular drop from about $130 to maybe $50.

On what planet is Apple—king of the upsell and margins so fluffy and plush it'd make a down jacket blush—going to pass along even a nickel of cost savings? Are you completely out of your mind? 

Typo alert: Headline says "Steam Deck," as in the handheld gaming device produced by Valve, versus "Stream Deck," the the device by Elgato discussed here. 

Marvin said:

The iPhone runs close to expected

Indeed, and I think whatever performance they're able to get out of an iPhone is to be lauded. Amazing, even! The ability to play any of these games at any level on a mobile device is near magic. But there's a certain narrative on display in the comments here that is tantamount to glitter throwing, that somehow an iPhone is going to push rock-solid 60fps with everything set to to the max because a lot of nonsensical, out-of-context marketing pap about the performance of Apple Silicon has been swallowed without consideration about the complexity of games and Apple's wholly insular development stack.

Add to it the churlish "blame the developer" attitude, when all of these most recent games were produced with direct help from Apple, and one can imagine why developers would have dim interest in the platform. A pittance in sales is not worth the complexity to achieve baselines of performance or the agitation from an entitled, ungrateful user base.