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  • Apple Filing Protocol will soon disappear completely from macOS

    That still exists?!
    pulseimagesJohnEDeewatto_cobra
  • Camera-equipped AirPods coming in 2026, lighter AirPods Max in 2027

    AppleZulu said:
    Here we go again with the superlatives for Kuo. Why do articles keep using these laudatory expressions? In this case we have “the frequently-reliable Kuo.” It’s weird. It’s also so common with this one guy that it feels like there’s got to be some sort of contractual obligation to do it when publishing his information. 

    Now let’s look at the ridiculousness of this particular prediction, cameras in AirPods, “potentially as an alternative to the development of smart glasses.” Ponder for a moment how that would even work. Think about where your ears are and where your eyes are. Seems like one's head, and for many, also one’s hair, would obstruct the view of cameras on earbuds. How does anyone seriously publish this ‘rumor’? It only makes sense if you don’t think about it. 

    Ah, but then there’s this other little nugget that the cameras will be infra-red. That’s still just dumb if we’re talking about cameras on earbuds. On the other hand, if we’re taking not about cameras, but IR sensors pointed inward, you could be talking about a way to use AirPods to monitor the user’s body temperature. But that’s not what Kuo is saying, is it?

    My question is this: if it turns out to be IR sensors for medical purposes , and right before they come out, Kuo says “yeah… what I meant by ‘cameras’ was IR sensors for monitoring your temperature,” is everybody going to count this currently ridiculous prediction as suddenly “right,” and say that justifies the weird “frequently reliable” label?
    This. 👆 I could not have said it better. 
    muthuk_vanalingamAppleZuluAlex1N
  • Epic Games says Apple has blocked 'Fortnite' from the App Store worldwide

    With everything else going on in the world...I can honestly say - I don't care. And unless you are a greedy game developer trying to shake down nine year olds for their allowances to buy virtual clown outfits you shouldn't either.
    There is a lot going on and in the grand scheme of things I really don't care how corporations treat each other, but just like you spent time to post on this forum about this topic, others are doing the same thing. Maybe they have more of a vested interest than we do or maybe it's just a topic they want to read... even just to get away from everything else going on in the world.
    williamlondonronn
  • Epic Games says Apple has blocked 'Fortnite' from the App Store worldwide

    Perhaps I'm missing something, but I thought the whole point of Sweeney wanting to allow 3rd-party app stores is so they didn't have to be subject to Apple's rules on their App Store.
    aderutterronnpichaelwilliamlondonpscooter63
  • Apple's next-generation 'CarPlay Ultra' is finally here

    Rogue01 said:
    Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis are all the same company.  They are not three separate companies.
    They are not. It's quite complex and I would recommend going down a Wikihole to see the parent company, partial owners, subsidiaries, etc., which are all separate companies.
    watto_cobra