Wesley_Hilliard

9secondkox2 said:

Apple may need to restructure as a parent company with a computing arm, a communications arm, entertainment, transportation, etc. in order to avoid too much government oversight. 

Spacex, etc. would be wise to introduce a satellite connected phone and computing lineup. 

Over the weekend, I finished switching my dad’s satellite setup from wild blue to starlink. Oh my gosh. Soooooooo much faster. And unlimited data instead of the expensive low allotment my dad would run out of two weeks into the month. Not only that, but the service is priced better and we will see how it does in rough weather. 

Apple should do satellites and if not, partner with the best, regardless of differences. Would be great to use starlink for iPhone when traveling overseas. The current methods are way too annoying, expensive, etc. 

Apple is so big as it is that hostile governments will always be looking to take it down a notch. A restructuring may be in order if it wishes to expand its industrial footprint further. 

williamlondon said:

Wesley_Hilliard said:

williamlondon said:

Wesley_Hilliard said:

Don't feed the trolls because at this point that's all I can assume they are. Dislike the post. Ignore the poster. Move on. Attention gives them power. Flag posts that violate the rules and move on.

Or you could, since you do have this power, delete their posts and ban their accounts. Just a suggestion.

The problem is they are not breaking rules, just saying weird stuff that comes off cultish. Can't just ban them.

Hmmmm, who wrote those rules? Can they never be updated when situations warrant it?

StationGrey said:

jmoore5196 said:

Extortion?  Backtracking?  Did no one learn anything from January 6?  

Remember Richard Nixon's comment to David Frost:  If the President does it, it's not illegal.

Nixon's party of law and order, fiscal responsibility and small government has been completely co-opted by a conman.  Voters have put this party in charge of the Executive and Legislative branches, and the fact that most members of the judiciary hew toward this party's views means the President can do whatever he wants.

Indeed. The question my friends and I in the UK ask, is at what point is the US technically a dictatorship? 

dictatorship, form of government in which one person or a small group possesses absolute power without effective constitutional limitations. The term dictatorship comes from the Latin title dictator, which in the Roman Republic designated a temporary magistrate who was granted extraordinary powers in order to deal with state crises. Modern dictators, however, resemble ancient tyrants rather than ancient dictators. Ancient philosophers’ descriptions of the tyrannies of Greece and Sicily go far toward characterizing modern dictatorships. Dictators usually resort to force or fraud to gain despotic political power, which they maintain through the use of intimidation, terror, and the suppression of basic civil liberties. They may also employ techniques of mass propaganda in order to sustain their public support.

MassiveAttack said:

After reading John Gruber´s articles "something is rotten at Apple" and John Siracusa´s article "Apple Turnover", I have to say that something is really rotten at Apple. 

Apple is behind in AI (LLM, Siri, their GPU capacity, human resources for AI etc.). 
Apple is behind in their HW. Apple is launching foldables.... when?? 

Apple has been rotten with their timid updates for iPhones. Camera gets better and better, but not much. 

iPhone 17´s design is rotten.

I mean.... What isn´t rotten?

I do not expect too much from io or OpenAI, but I hope they prove me wrong. 

At the end, it is due that we really need "cool" devices nobody is thinkg about yet. 

Rotten Apple. 

Stabitha_Christie said:

Wesley_Hilliard said:

Ok guys, the usual offenders are derailing the forum comments. Please refrain from generalities and unspecific worship without hard numbers. That goes for both sides. No need for insults, slights, or ad hominems of any kind.

And no, just stating that you believe something (an opinion) isn't a fact. Sharing that things are better/worse without citing numbers, resources might as well be making stuff up. No, I don't mean you have to link to sources, but a well educated person should be able to see your comment and verify the data.

It's the difference between "Trump tariffs ruined us before and they are ruining us again" versus "Tariffs caused sod prices to skyrocket resulting in billions in government bailouts to farmers in 2019, and the overall economy has dropped for the first time in years thanks to tariffs in 2025"

One is more of a feeling, accurate or not, the other is facts and figures that can easily be searched and have a tangible value and result. If you're going to go back and forth, stick to provable facts or don't bother chatting. All you're doing is stirring up people and making forum threads turn into a mess.

idk what's happened this past week, but you all were doing so well with this and have taken a big step back. Let's keep up the good work and keep forums civil and informative.

Edit: I actually deleted a post that was reasonable, (sorry Stabitha). I'm leaving the original two comments in the thread because they didn't break any forum rules and stated their opinions. It was the discourse that followed that got out of hand. Feel free to reply again to these posts cordially and with facts while avoiding any direct attacks. These get us nowhere. I hope I don't need to revisit this thread.

I got no issues with my comment(s) being deleted. I appreciate that y'all want to maintain a level of decorum while allowing people to express themselves in different ways. It is why I will participate in the forums here and not on a certain site whose name rhymes with MacRumors. 

I will offer a small quibble. Gaslighting by posing something as an opinion is a pretty common approach on the internet machine. Gaslighting by definition is being dishonest. I feel like both comments fall fully under gaslighting. Just my 2c. Anyway, your comment section is your rules. Happy to do my best to follow them. Cheers!