Xed

The phishing scam I'm curious about are those that claim that they have accessed all your devices and have videos of you watching porn that they'll send to all your contacts if you don't seen them BTC within a set timeframe of opening the email. On a Venn diagram where is the intersection for "falls for this scam" and "knows how to send money via bitcoin"? I feel like those circles wouldn't intersect, but maybe I'm wrong.

I feel this has taken far too long to get working in every US state.

Pema said:

The Apple Car Is Coming… Next Year. Always Next Year.

Next year, the iPhone Fold is coming.
The year after that? It’ll be coming then, too.
And the year after that? Absolutely — next year.

It’s the same shimmering oasis on the Apple roadmap we’ve been trudging toward for a decade. Like the Apple Car. Remember the Apple Car? It’s been “almost here” longer than most people’s kids have been in school. Somewhere deep in Cupertino, I imagine a secret calendar marked with a single word under every year: “Tomorrow.”

We’ve seen no prototype, no spy shots, and no proof it can do anything a Honda Civic can’t — except maybe sync your wipers to iCloud. But trust the process. Apple is refining it. Perfecting it. Whispering to it softly in the lab.

And one day, we’ll finally see it. Next year.

This website makes articles that are based in rumors that and speculation. Just because a product doesn't appear doesn't mean the info isn't legitimate. Apple surely has countless other skunkworks projects being researched and developed that we may never hear about.

I think it's clear that CarPlay Ultra is at least a variation of what they were researching with Project Titan -and- I think it would be foolish to think that Apple hasn't been researching and working with foldable displays since they first became manufacturable, which means insiders are likely relaying legitimate data to websites like Apple Insider — but none of that matters until there's a product officially being announced by Apple. Case in point, Apple announced the AirPower mat but then later scrapped that. They definitely jumped the gun there, and we've also seen that many times over the years with various OS features. That said, Apple is better than most in this regard.

ne1 said:

If Tim Cook and the Apple BOD are as smart as I hope they are (as a shareholder), they'll see this as a wakeup call to at least draw up emergency plans to move some major manufacturing back to the United States. In the event of an emergency, such as China invading Taiwan, we need to have more capability here. It will take billions (perhaps trillions) of investment but the safest long-term solution (other than that thug, Xi Jinping stepping down and the CCP reforming itself) is to find a way to bring more of their manufacturing closer to home. India is a good start (because it generally hews closer to the values of Western democracies with obvious exceptions) but more needs to be done. Unfortunately, I believe this $600 billion is mostly window-dressing; it's a start but it's not good enough. Yes, I realize the fix Apple is in and that there will be a dramatic increase in cost for any products made or assembled here, but it still needs to be done. It's not only an Apple issue but a national security issue. And honestly, Apple should have seen these problems with China and tariffs coming a long time ago.

I'm curious how you think this "emergency plan" could possibly work? How much would this cost? How much benefit would there be? What could not reasonably be manufactured in the US? What percentage more are you willing to pay for a product (you can round to the nearest hundred)? What features are you willing to lose from a given product because the component manufacturing can't be done in the US?

muthuk_vanalingam said:

Xed said:

muthuk_vanalingam said:

StrangeDays said:

It’s absolutely pathetic. Cook is acquiescing to power, with gifts and million dollar bribes. 

Nice to see you on the other side of the fence, for a change. But people who are usually critical of Apple would be fairly lenient on Apple's CEO on this occasion. Apple's CEO is in a very difficult situation (stuck between a rock and a hard place). Whatever he does, he is/will be in a lose-lose situation for another 3.5 years. Nobody would want to be in his shoes right now.

Other side of the fence? Being a fan of Apple products and services compared to (most of) the competition is not the demarcation point — not being fan of fascism and corruption is the line in the sand, and StrangeDays has been very clear on which side of that line he's on.

Well, when you put it this way - "not being fan of fascism and corruption is the line in the sand", it is easy for people like us (you, me, StrangeDays etc) to be against corruption and fascism while commenting in a discussion forum. It is a simple world with just 2 dimensions to consider for us.

But for Apple's CEO, the reality is that it is a multi-dimensional world that he has to deal with. And it is not a black and white scale that he gets to choose while taking decisions. There are lot of grey areas involved and multiple dimensions to deal with, not as straightforward as you guys make it out to be.

Edit - When I mentioned "other side of the fence" in my initial post, I was talking about "posts critical of Apple" as the line. I have rarely seen posts critical of Apple from StrangeDays (if any). He usually posts ultra-aggressive responses to posts even mildly critical of Apple. He used to belong to "Protect Apple's image at ANY cost" group of posters in AppleInsider for many years (not in the last couple of years though).

I would also vehemently disagree with the "protect Apple's image at ANY cost" categorization. I would even say that having a preference for Apple products (which I certainly do, as well) clearly does lead to a bias, but that's not inherently a bad thing and I can say with certainty that we all have a bias towards things we like. But that bias doesn't lead me to defend Apple at all costs because, as you note, "there are lot of grey areas involved and multiple dimensions to deal with," and while I don't have other specific examples of StrangeDays posts to use as reference I am certain that he's made disparaging remarks about Apple in the past when he feels they've been out of line for either ethical reasons or simply because he thinks they've released a poor product or made a poor business decision in some other way.

Personally, this current move by Cook has me considering whether I want to upgrade anything from Apple this year. I can't reasonably disconnect and I don't care for other options available, but I can vote with my wallet by simply not buying new products from Apple (but that will only last so long). I'd also like to quite Amazon and never shop at Home Depot, but the best I can do is to make them last resort options which unfortunately is the best option far too often.