Wesley_Hilliard

So Americans pay 20% to 40% more on all goods from Vietnam and people in Vietnam pay nothing. Good deal bro.

discountopinion said:

A better partner for Apple would be xAi with Grok. They currently appear to be iterating faster than the rest and also have a lower user base than the rest which may mean that they are more open for the massive distribution that Apple could offer.

Yeah, no. I don't see Apple working with X on anything here. It reluctantly brought back advertising to avoid additional pressure and lawsuits from the current administration. I understand there are fans of xAi that seem to ignore its psychopath leader, but I doubt Apple could trust it with anything.

MassiveAttack said:

Crazy that the stock is up on this news, because it officially confirms that Apple ideas way behind. 

Is it (as the article says) true, that ChatGPT or Anthropic will run on device, so that they don’t get API data from Apple? 

Otherwise, it is no good news for Apple for long term. 

First point: no, this confirms nothing about Apple being "way behind"

Second: ChatGPT already runs via Siri without getting data from Apple or the user. Private Cloud Compute is server side, but independently verified to not be storing user data.

Third: How is giving users access to more private and secure models using Apple technology a bad thing for Apple?

Chaos215bar4 said:

Tell me more about how it "doesn't hurt me" when a company uses its market dominance to bait and switch me into buying a mobile OS that abuses flagship features as an advertising platform.

I literally uninstall apps for this nonsense, or at least completely block them from sending notifications. Zero exceptions.

"You clearly don't have to like it. That's fine, of course, to each their own. But to say that it's some kind of epic betrayal, from an App that literally stores tickets"

How hard is it to understand the difference between something the user paid to see in Wallet and something that was places there against their wishes and without permission? Apple already charges plenty for its products and subscriptions. It does not need to be doing self-promotion on a device and OS people pay for, let along stoop to the level of a third party cross-promotion with Fandango.

And frankly, you should be happy for the outcry, because it means you probably won't have to deal with much more of this nonsense. Do you want ads in Notification Center?!

Combined that for you. Also, I'm fairly certain users can edit posts using the cog in the top right of a post. It might not appear in certain page sizes, so adjust if you need to.

Did the ad cause you physical pain? Did it take up a significant amount your time? Did it blare out audio or force a video to play? Did it steal your money, harm a loved one, or burn down your house? Because it feels like that's what people are acting like.

A dismissible notification with useful information that may apply to a large swath of iPhone users, that wasn't even sent to every user, was sent out. It may have even been a smaller test before rolling out wider promotion notifications in iOS 26, which is why there is a toggle in iOS 26 to turn it off.

People seem to be viewing this as a purely "Apple is begging for money and attention" position. While the function of this ad could mean more attention and ticket sales for a movie Apple made, it also works to inform users of the option in the first place. I would have hated to go to the theater and pay for tickets only to realize I could have saved $10 by using Apple Pay on Fandango. I literally didn't know this was an option until the ad, so it worked.

I just don't understand the outrage. It's just weird. Do you really care that much? It takes zero time to just swipe it away if you don't need it and it helps people that do. And, most importantly, Apple is giving users the ability to turn it off.

melliott said:

Or those apple users could just read the email that was sent on  June 18th, 2025 from the applepay@insideapple.apple.com to users that had opted into marketing email messages.  They didn't need to shove this without prior approval abusing the App Notification subsystem.

While you might manage your email and read everything in your inbox, the vast majority of people don't. Most people have 42k unread emails in their inbox and only open the app to get a 2FA code, and even then, they don't have to since Apple surfaces that automatically now.

Abusing? Shoving? It's a notification from an app that handles purchase and storage of movie tickets. This is the furthest thing from abuse. And it seems to be a limited test since it didn't go out to every iPhone user. I didn't get the notification either.

9secondkox2 said:

ITGUYINSD said:

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williamlondon said:

ramanpfaff said:

A professional grifter. Robbing any fool that will listen to him. Humanity has failed. 

The key here is the “fool,” without whom the entire movement would crumble.

Last I saw, a moderator here was deleting the same kind of posts for attacking politicians. but I guess it only applies to whatever side has the favorable bias. Have some consistency. 

The "side" is the same side most of the entire world sides with.  Sorry you're not on the majority side.

Not the majority on this forum. But in the country? See the recent election. 

Okay, *looks at recent election*