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JFC_PA said:

xyzzy-xxx said:

Since Apple is turning iOS into a platform spying their paying users I will wait until the content of this update is disclosed before installing it...

Don’t want to be scanned for kiddie porn? Don’t opt in for iCloud Photos. An external hard drive or two can suffice. 

Seems a little naive that the richest tech company in the world doesn't already spy on the contents of your hard-drives, when they're plugged in.  Or photos on your iOS devices, whether they're marked for cloud storage or not.  Makers and traffickers of kiddie porn and other abominable visual content, and myriad other heinous commerce enabled by the internet, should be prosecuted and jailed, and I trust actual law enforcement authorities to do it right; but I certainly don't trust any corporation, of any political leaning or do-gooding posture, to do the police's work for them.  And if you think that this is just a private company trying to help democratic law enforcement do its job, think for a minute about what other countries where Apple does massive business – like the largest, most authoritarian country of them all, China – consider to be criminal behavior.  People are going to jail in China simply for saying that Hong Kong should secede and pointing out that Uighurs are being treated like Jews were in Nazi Germany.  Is Apple going let Chinese authorities spy on Apple customers for crimes against that state?  And if/when MAGA takes over our government and enacts its openly-professed agenda of putting those not loyal to the Big Liar in jail (or lynching them, as they planned to do in D.C. on Jan. 6) is Apple going to help them round up such "enemies of the people"?  The day I hear Apple take a hard stand against savage repression in China is the day I would consider trusting them to arbitrate whether my devices' memory hold criminal content.

multimedia said:

My friend in LA says parking is impossible and expensive down there. No free parking. Also a known homeless part of town.

Impossibly busy and expensive, yet "known homeless part of town".  Do you anti-homeless people even hear yourselves?  

sflocal said:

Employees seem to think they're the ones in a position to demand.

It is because of well-paid, highly-motivated workers that Apple has designed products and managed the lines' manufacturing logistics, marketing and distribution, to become such a massive success.  Corporate executives ignoring the new paradigm, of employees favoring remote-work, do so at their peril.  Speaking as a shareholder.

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crowley said:

fred1 said:

greginprague said:

fred1 said:

JazzMonkey said:

Even when its free it’s not worth it.

Oh no no! Don’t post a negative comment about Apple TV+ here! I made that mistake once and was subjected to an unbelievable amount of criticism and insults. Don’t touch the sacred cow!

Lame negative comments unsupported by any justification for the position deserve whatever negative feedback they get.

There are several great series and a couple good movies. I don’t know if we’ll pay for it, but certainly disagree that it’s a waste at free. We’ve watched See, Morning Show, For All Mankind, Defending Jacob, Truth be Told and now finishing Tehran.  All are worth the time spent.  Also enjoyed The Banker and Grayhound on the film side.

Does that include your response to why I said. It’s negative and unsupported by any justification. Just curious . . .
My point, since you also seemed to miss it, is that people should be free to express their opinions here without being subject to character assassination and rude remarks.  Since they’re opinions, they don’t need evidence, proof, justification or any other reason for being. You like what Apple TV+ offers, JazzMonkey and I don’t. None of us is right or wrong, correct or incorrect, justified or unjustified. 

You'd be right, except what JazzMonkey said wasn't an opinion, it was a troll.  Stupid trolling should not be respected.

And just how do you know this?

Saying something that's free is "not worth it" is the very definition of trolling.  ATV+ has substantial content, which not everyone may think is substantial (or good) _enough_, but plenty of people do.  The fact that it's free completely negates the statement of the content not being "worth it".  By definition, it has no monetary value, so the only "worth" would be to those investing their _time_, and that's a completely subjective valuation. Troll city.

Jeesh, you tech people are harsh, and apparently none of these commenters are parents or have ever cared for anyone other than themselves.  It may be the parents' "fault", _technically_, in the sense that they may have made a mistake, unwittingly, not adjusting the settings or spotting notifications amongst the hundreds we all see every day, most of which mean nothing.  That does not give Apple and the gaming companies, worth hundreds of billions of dollars, any moral standing not to have an OUNCE of empathy for an obviously beleaguered parent, and simply void these purchases and refund the money.  Doing anything else would be heartless and unnecessarily predatory.  The worst-possible morally justifiable consequence for this would be cutting off the customer's future purchases.  Parenting is hard, VERY hard, and only gets harder; these mega-wealthy corporations have no business piling on to that.  

No games aimed at children should be allowed to rack up charges more than a few dollars a month.  Anything more than that simply means there was some lapse of supervision, and it may have been accidental.