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  • TikTok is still your one-stop shop for total nonsense about Apple

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    swineone said:
    AppleInsider said:

    The concept of planned obsolescence is so broken it only takes a moment of actual, coherent, thought to understand why it isn't happening.
    Until and unless Apple provides a blessed API call and approves an app that allows you full control over battery charging, then yes, planned obsolescence is a very real, concrete and provable thing. No, the non-working (and half-useless even if it worked) “Optimized Battery Charging” feature is not it. It is In fact the proof that Apple designs planned obsolescence into all of their hardware save Macs, since the technical capability for controlling charging exists but they won’t let the owner control it as they please.

    If users were given that capability and followed a few simple battery care steps (plug phone in whenever possible while limiting battery SoC, do not expose to high heat, do not fast charge) then a mobile phone battery would easily last as long as an EV battery, rather than forcing you to swap the battery after a couple of years — which, at this point, is only marginally cheaper than upgrading, and thus people make the rational choice of upgrading; ergo, planned obsolescence.
    A new battery for the X and newer costs $69. The cheapest iPhone is the SE at $429 over 6x the cost of a battery. And if you want the cheapest iPhone with Face ID and “modern” design, you’d be paying $599 for the 12,  8x the cost of a battery. So a battery replacement is not “marginally” cheaper than buying a whole new device.

    Batteries are consumable. They will need to be replaced at some point no matter what you do. And only a very tiny minority of nerds is going to download an app and control the battery charging to the degree that it would have any noticeable effect.
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  • Apple 'destroys dreams' says Telegram, as it shuts down monetization plans

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    Durov is the guy who lied and claimed he had no idea why app review for a Telegram update was taking longer than usual, and then it came out that they ripped off Apple’s IP to make “animated emoji” and this had been clearly communicated to them.

    Apple only has 15% marketshare. That is not a monopoly.
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  • Tim Cook saw big money in App Store ads, shot down early resistance

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    beautyspin said:
    9secondkox2 said:
    Honestly, the ads SUCK. 

    I it seems so ghetto. like something Microsoft or Google would do. not Apple at all. 

    Of course Cook went for it. He is a great supply chain and numbers guy. But he’s not a customer culture guy. He really needed to listen to the people looking at it from customer perspective. 

    Immediately Shooting down opposition is foolish. He needs to hear the ideas out. There are good reasons people oppose easy money and it has everything to do with quality, culture, and user experience. 

    Keep Apple Apple. Don’t let it resemble the other trash tech companies. 

    Hopefully we don’t start seeing ads in the OS or on Apples website in the future. 
    Well, Google and Microsoft might do ads, but they give away their products for free. Apple wants to have the cake and eat it too. Apple wants to bleed the customers..
    Right. Steve Jobs actually pushed for a ad-supported version of macOS that would show ads in various places, including during startup. But it would have been a cheap or free version as alternative to the regular $129 one.

    I could stomach some ads in the App Store. It’s a store, after all, so at least it makes some sense. But rumors are it won’t stop there. And unless they’re going to cut prices on hardware significantly, I won’t be happy.
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  • Zuckerberg really wants iPhone users to shift to WhatsApp

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    mr lizard said:
    The encryption point is largely semantic. Yes, users can tether their iPhone to a computer, launch iTunes (Windows) or Finder (Mac), and backup. 

    But almost no regular user is doing that, and it also requires the user to disable Messages back up from the iCloud settings on the device. 

    As a general point, Facebook’s claims hold water on this one. People want cloud backups, not to mess about with cables and computers. WhatsApp offers e2e encrypted cloud backup, iMessage doesn’t. 

    For marketing purposes, it’s all good. Now it’s over to Apple to implement e2e encryption for cloud backups. 
    But Messages in iCloud is end-to-end encrypted. You don’t have to back up to a computer. I’ve had it turned on ever since it came out years ago, so I’m not sure if it’s the default, but otherwise it’s a simple toggle in Settings.

    I agree that iCloud Backup should be E2E encrypted though.
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  • Despite criticism, Self Service Repair still makes devices more repairable

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    I don’t mind “right to repair”. If people are confident and skilled enough to attempt the repair, let them take that risk.

    My issue is that the goalposts have been moved from “we want access to genuine parts, tools, and manuals“ to “Apple needs to redesign the entire product around a small fraction of users who actually want to repair their own devices.”

    designs that make repairs much more arduous than the average consumer is likely to put up with
    The pre-Retina MacBook Air models have an easily replaceable battery. How many consumers replace those on their own? I’ll bet very very few.

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