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foregoneconclusion said:

The 2017 tax cuts that CEOs used for stock buybacks are due to expire. These are the same tax cuts that the Fed predicted would increase inflation. Go figure…

Just wait until you see Trump's plan to cut income tax and increase tariffs which will hurt nearly all Americans while benefiting the most wealthy to a huge degree.

grom007 said:

I would like multiple language support as well as siri finally supporting the Polish language.

1) I'm surprised Polish hasn't already been added.

2) You can add simultaneous, multiple language support under Setting » Siri & Search » Messaging with Siri for reading your texts to you, but will not change the primary language Siri listens and responds to. In the future, I can see Apple allowing Siri to listen in multiple languages but I expect that it will only ever respond in a single language for the foreseeable future.

user58864 said:

I agree with others who are reluctant to save passwords on any app that stores its data in the cloud. I’m not sure I’m ready to use Keychain as convenient as it appears to be. Since a few posters mentioned Apple’s better security, could someone share with a non-expert like me how the Apple Keychain is more secure than the other password managers out there?

I’ve been using mSecure for years mostly because I can sync my devices via WiFi, but auto-renewing subscriptions as with mSecure keep me looking around. The LastPass breach really stressed me. 

Cheers!

It’s not. Keychain can be synced via your iCloud account so if someone has access yo your username and password, and can spoof your 2FA, they can get your synced keychain. Of course, you don’t have to sync your keychain to iCloud but that means you have to manually keep all your devices updated with your passwords manually. I certainly don’t want to do that.

I use 1Password. Originally it was synced locally or by iCloud or Dropbox. Now they ALSO offer an online sync option via their website, which is great if you share accounts and other info in a different vault with other family members on your plan.

For many years I was doing it as a hybrid system where my Private vault was only synced locally but my shared vaults were synced with family members but I’ve since let that go because 1Password isn’t securing my account with just a username and password; it’s also using a Secret Key which is randomly generated on a device — not online, and AgileBits doesn’t have a copy of it. If you lose one part of that 3 part system your account is forever inaccessible. 

9secondkox2 said:

slow n easy said:

9secondkox2 said:

DOA until it becomes a pair of sunglasses. 

No one wants to wear a helmet  just to compute. 

The experience is not much different than meta quest as-is. 

Apple basically saw the quest, then spec’s higher, but also went backward with the brick battery that you have to carry around separately. Big whoop. 

As sunglasses, it’s much more the Apple ethos of getting out of the way of your life. 

Most folks carry a phone out of habit. Most weat shades as a habit. Most wear a watch, etc. 

no body suctions a face-hogging, head-strapping thing on their face/head outside of scuba divers. It’s annoying, cumbersome, takes you out of your every day life and can really only be enjoyed in bursts. Not as a continuum of your daily life. That’s why it fails. 

Black pencil or no, it’s not a success. 

Let’s see how that fares once it’s distilled into shades. I’m betting that’s a whole new paradigm. 

What you are describing is not VR. It’s not possible to have VR with a pair of sunglasses. It’s not possible to have VR without the complete sealing out of external light.

Nonsense. The avp forces your face into vr always. Even what looks like pass through is video. 

Nobody want to wear scuba gear suctioned to their faces just to compute. 

It’s a much better solution to have an optional 9 but included) surround for your shades to rest in when you wants to go full VR. And you can remove when you don’t want to be isolated. Sure beats being stuck inside a helmet whether you want isolated VR or not. I imagine most will ne in XR most of the time as it is. 

Shades (with detachable surround) or helmet. Each has trade offs. One is clearly easier to live with. I’m thinking shades fits the mold of getting out of the way and blending with daily life a million times better. 

Wow! All this time and you can't understand the difference between VR and AR. 🤦‍♂️

kiehtan said:

I don’t think Steve would have envisoned, or tolerated, four different models of iPad or four different Apple Pencils.  

You say that, but Jobs tenure at Apple consisted of a lot of inconsistencies.