Xed

avon b7 said:

StrangeDays said:

avon b7 said:

Xed said:

jacob_rad said:

Though I praise the ethical stand point that Apple has taken, doing so will ensure their loss. The data that these companies will provide will be infinitely smaller than the huge mountains of data that companies such as OpenAI and Google have.

Also, having to rely on third parties will only slow them down. There are claims that regulations will be passed which may hinder companies such as Google which is scraping the internet for data, I assure you nothing like that will happen in the states. Currently, the world is in a race and no country can afford to be behind, no government (barring EU, duh) is foolish enough to hinder this fledgling field.

Also, Apple is a hardware company unlike Google which is a true software company, they have more areas to integrate and monetise AI.

Google has more money than Apple?

Apple isn't a "true" software company is what respect? Because they also design HW?

I think he means that, as a company, Apple stills derives a huge amount of revenues from hardware. That is true.

While services may be growing, the iPhone and hardware is, and will remain, the cash cow for the foreseeable future.

Conversely, Google is financially dependant on software services products, and not so much, hardware. 

Those services are not limited to the CE realm as they reach into science and industry too. 

Apple's scope hasn't reached those areas. 

What a non sequitur. Making lots of money from hardware has no bearing on whether a shop also produces software. 

That’s like me saying Google isn’t a true software company because their business is advertising. 

Producing hardware and software per se wasn't at issue.

It was the balance between the two in terms of revenue. 

jacob_rad said:

Though I praise the ethical stand point that Apple has taken, doing so will ensure their loss. The data that these companies will provide will be infinitely smaller than the huge mountains of data that companies such as OpenAI and Google have.

Also, having to rely on third parties will only slow them down. There are claims that regulations will be passed which may hinder companies such as Google which is scraping the internet for data, I assure you nothing like that will happen in the states. Currently, the world is in a race and no country can afford to be behind, no government (barring EU, duh) is foolish enough to hinder this fledgling field.

Also, Apple is a hardware company unlike Google which is a true software company, they have more areas to integrate and monetise AI.

MichaelKohl said:

Xed said:

I do have some large purchases each year that require my checking and routing number online that can also be had with a 3% CC/DC transaction fee. I do the virtual check for an ACH payment because I don't want the fee even if I hate using those accounts online like that — but I have the option to use a very specific checking account for such purchases so I put the money in as needed and have it set that it will not permit the account to be overdrawn to minimize the potential issue for my accounts to be stolen.

Virtual check sounds really good. What bank offers that? I don’t see that option on my bank.