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  • Apple forced to include charger with iPhone in Sao Paulo

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    I have a question: are you Brazilian or lived here for any period of time? I think not. Our national environment policies are indeed deplorable, no question about that. Also yes, we did elect a dipshit as president, but I don’t think most people on this forum can hold this against us.

    As for the state o São Paulo (translated from Portuguese to Saint Paul, no idea where Sao Paolo came from), its policies are on the opposite side of the spectrum from federal ones. Besides, the Consumer Protection Agency here is truly independent, and is just following laws that does protect uninformed (or misinformed) costumers, specially those with more money than brains.

    And I can’t find fault on the reasoning from the agency. I have yet to see Apple break down the numbers about the environmental impact. I do believe there is a positive effect, but when you have to argue over laws, we do need to see the specifics, to strike the best balance about environmental concerns and consumer rights.
    I was careful to say “Brazil’s government” and not its people for that reason. But I understand your other points and I appreciate the information. Thank you. 

    P.S. I’m also by no means throwing stones, as the U.S. government’s current administration has done its own share of environmental protections rollbacks. 
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  • Apple forced to include charger with iPhone in Sao Paulo

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    Alternative viewpoint; Brazil's government has a very poor standing as far as protecting the environment and reducing emissions or waste.  Excerpt from an article on the subject: 

    • Between March and May 2020, the government of Jair Bolsonaro published 195 infralegal acts — ordinances, normative instructions, decrees and other measures — which critics say are an indirect means of dismantling Brazil’s environmental laws and bypassing Congress. During the same period in 2019, just 16 such acts were published.
    • In April, 2020 Environment Minister Ricardo Salles suggested that the administration “run the cattle” which experts say, within the context Salles used the phrase, is a euphemism for utilizing the COVID-19 crisis as a means of distracting Brazilians from the administration’s active undermining of the environmental rule of law.
    • A partial study of the 195 acts has found that they, among other things, allow rural landowners who illegally deforested and occupied conserved areas in the Atlantic Forest up to July 2008 to receive full amnesty for their crimes. Another change pays indemnities to those who expropriated properties within federal conservation units.
    • Shifts in administration management responsibilities have also resulted in what experts say is a weakening of regulations granting and managing national forests, and the relaxation of supervision over fisheries that could allow increased illegal trafficking in tropical fish. A study of the repercussions of all 195 acts is continuing.
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  • Apple's iPhone 12 mini has us questioning our larger phones

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    The article claims 6GB RAM on the mini but it has 4GB like the regular 12. Only the 12 Pro and Pro Max get 6GB. 
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  • Apple One fails to solve issues with multiple Apple IDs

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    lkrupp said:
    Never understood the need or desire for multiple Apple IDs. I have had the same, single Apple ID since day one. To this day users login to their iPhone or Mac with a different Apple ID than the one they used to purchase music or videos and wonder why that content is not showing up. The bitching is constant. 
    Same here.  I've been using iTunes since it originally came out; I had iPods before iPhones existed. I was already on iPhones when the App Store came into existence and I used my existing iTunes account for that, and later for me.com -> iCloud for email and everything else that came to be for services.  There was never a time like the article states, "That's because Apple's cloud-based services and its iTunes-related subscriptions were initially separate."

    That said, I trust that people have other reasons (either legitimately or due to poor information, etc.) for holding separate accounts in the past and are now stuck with assets in each of them that need to be merged.
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  • iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro pre-order results beat iPhone 11 launch, Kuo says

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    jido said:
    The iPhone 12 mini does have dual SIM, like its siblings. One of the SIMs is an eSIM. 

    I expect the remaining models will command a larger share than what Kuo estimates, especially the Mini. Maybe 20-25% of sales
    In some markets, yes.  In certain ones like China, the iPhone 12 instead has dual nano-SIM ability -- like some other recent iPhone models. You can confirm by looking at the specs for the Apple China website.  This article hasn't been updated yet but also describes the dual nano-SIM use in those countries as opposed to nano-SIM plus eSIM:
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