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Apple sells out of Space Gray Magic Keyboard, Trackpad, Mouse
Will it be replaced with fruity pastel pink - because that's so hot right now.
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Amazon acquiring MGM Studios in $8.45 billion deal
It's as if you're waiting for Tim to crash through your wall painted red saying; "ooooh Yeaaaaah".Beats said:Not a bad price in my opinion. Apple could have had (NEW) James Bond films exclusively on Apple TV+. That alone would have drove subscribers.ravnorodom said:Apple is very picky on contents being shown on their TV+. Purchasing Warner Bros. seems to be the logical move for Apple.
“Picky on contents being shown”
Yes, ORIGINAL content. That’s what makes AppleTV+ different and not “another Netflix”. I called it years ago that Apple would do something innovative in the space(doesn’t take a Nostradamus) and they have. Original content, Spacial Audio and more are coming.
In 2-5 years Apple’s catalog will be killer and 100% original! Tim says Apple does things for the long run.
With that said, Apple should still buy old content and license it to 3rd parties or bundle it into a separate service. That would be the smart thing to do. This way they can make money outside AppleTV+ while keeping the allure of original programming. For example, license an old catalog to Netflix so they make money off BOTH AppleTV+ and Netflix. Think of it as a “Beats”.
I'm sorry man - but Apple TV is the most bizarre/bad streaming service of any streaming service ever released - ever.
Tom Hanks even cried when Apple bought the rights to his new movie. The only movie above B+ they bought rights to. Do they expect subscribers to watch it 200 times?
Apple needs 2 of these big studio acquisitions just to be relevant. You can currently chew through anything worthwhile to watch in 3-4 days.
And what are you talking about Netflix??? They are currently the most productive original content creation entity in the world.
If anything - letting Amazon buy MGM indicates to me that they might be getting out of the content creation space - and will drop ATV in the next few years.
Man, for real... your post...
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Epic Games vs Apple -- The continuing App Store saga
They aren’t Apple’s devices once they are purchased by customers. We don’t rent the products.appleuserr95 said:Tim Sweeney is the devil. He wants to use apples devices for free. Maybe he should develop his own device that he can sell on. or go to Walmart and ask to sell his products in all their stores for free. totally with apple.This would be the same as a car manufacturer only allowing it to be fuelled at gas stations owned by them. Charging other cars a 30% premium to fill at their stations. Voiding the warranty and bricking the vehicle if they fill up at a different station.It’s a monopoly. Pure and simple. We don’t allow these sorts of monopolies for numerous reasons.If Apple was only making an insanely gross amount of money from this model - no problem. But they are rolling in astronomical insanity amounts of cash and the most valuable company in the history of the world.The lawsuit isn’t going Apple’s way - not even close. The judge has already stated she doesn’t buy Apple’s arguments at all. There is a good article on Forbes about it.I am willing to take the risk of installing my own software - just like I have on my Mac for 30 years with no problems. I’m an adult, I can make my own decisions. I don’t need Apple telling me what to do with my property. And it is my property. I buy it, I maintain it, I insure it, it’s mine. I can glue diamonds to it and sell it for more if I want, I can drop it from a bridge to watch it smash. Apple holds the rights to the OS and patents on the tech, that’s it. They shouldn’t have the right to tell me what I can and can’t do with it and how I use it and when.They aren’t going to win this. -
HomePod family will support Apple Music Lossless eventually
thedba said:
Because once you pump in the already processed analog signal, which speaker inside of the HomePod would do what? Other than a woofer tweeter breakdown what would the speakers encircling the device do? Pump out all the same sound? Definitely not meant to function like that.crowley said:
Why would an aux input sound like crap? Other speaker systems manage just fine, why can't Apple's?thedba said:
The reason why the HomePod does not have an Aux input jack is because it would probably sound like crap.elijahg said:
Only analog audio will never go away, because we as humans can only hear analog audio, not digital. The 3.5" jacks will always be present in the future for things like headphones, especially because they're good enough for 99% of the population to listen to music with. So yes, that would have been future proofing. Moreover, Airplay will eventually be abandoned, 802.11ac will become legacy, Apple Music will drop support for HomePods, and the Home app will no longer be able configure HomePods; much like the Airport configuration utility doesn't work for older Airport base stations. Then it won't be possible to play anything on HomePods at all. But with an analog connector, connecting to a HP would always be possible from almost any device, without having to deal with compatibility issues and the whims of Apple's software teams.jeff fields said:
You might want to double-check your comprehension of the concept of "future-proofing". Just as a hint, it does not involve integrating more legacy support for technologies that will be used less and less in the future.danox said:Japhey said:
An “own-goal” is a great way to put it. Some of Apple’s moves the last few months have defied logic. I mean, why even announce lossless until it was supported by the audio lineup? I don’t own a HomePod, but if I did I would be pretty pissed off right now. I’m really hoping WWDC will bring some unexpected new hardware announcements that will make sense of these seemingly erratic decisions.Mike Wuerthele said:
This has just been a spectacular own-goal from Apple from the jump. The Bluetooth lack of support for Apple Music Lossless wasn't a giant surprise, but the messaging surrounding it all has been replete with holes, wrong information, and modifications for the last five days.AppleZulu said:It’s a typo, I’m sure, but on the linked Apple support page, under “How to listen to lossless on your Apple TV 4K,” it says you should first “update your Apple TV 4K to tvOS 11.4.”
We’ve had lossless for years and didn’t even know it!
The HomePod having wired in and out audio connections would have made all the difference (future proofed it), a great many more people would have bought the HomePod.The power of HomePod and speakers like the more modern Sonos line, is in computational audio. Read the room and adjust accordingly.Think of plugging in your iPhone to a car’s audio jack. What does that sound like in your car’s audio system?
Now connect same iPhone to car’s Apple CarPlay system. I’m willing to bet the latter sounds much better.
I have a $400 aux cable running to a Dragonfly Red DAC to an adapter to an iPhone 11 - kills the USB CarPlay system in sound quality. How you feed the amp matters - regardless of the connection type. The mini aux jack is not going away anytime soon. Apple isn’t even a blip on the radar in the world of audio gear. This isn’t like the floppy drive or CD drive - they dropped the jack from their phones... that’s it. Besides, I wouldn’t point to a failed and discontinued product as an Industry trend-setting innovation. Lots of people hated the decision to drop the jack and I’m sure Apple could buy a small island on the back of lightning to mini adaptors they sold. Apple did it to push the sales of AirPods - not because the mini jack sounds bad. Reducing the footprint on a small device - sure, but again, nothing to do with sound quality.
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Early benchmarks prove M1 iPad Pros are 50% faster than previous generation
iPadOS is trash. Don't even try and defend it.fastasleep said:
What a bizarre way to say it runs a different OS than the Mac.hmlongco said:The iPad is amazing hardware... that's hobbled by requiring iPadOS for all apps, even when connected to a keyboard and trackpad.
The iPad tech is good - but it needs a complete re-think with the OS.
I'm sure they are working on it - a scaled down version of OSX.