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  • Samsung's new Galaxy Watch 4 models are not iOS compatible

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    OutdoorAppDeveloper said:
    Super desirable watch and the $250 price is reasonable too. If this were an iWatch we would all be falling all over ourselves to hit the buy now button. The health features are way better than an Apple Watch too.

    well that's too bad for Samsung. Why can't they have the automaton buyers Apple has ("if iwatch 'we' would all be falling over"). "We" will just scoop up any old thing while
     Samsung is out there doing the lord's  work putting out the best of the best. There's just no justice. (thick sarcasm intended). 
    watto_cobrajony0

  • Facebook pivoting toward 'privacy-enhancing' technology for targeted ads

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    Rayz2016 said:
    ArchStanton said:
    Apple's approach is exactly the opposite: exerting its control over the App Store to benefit its own bottom line," the spokesperson said."

    I almost thought to myself "hmmm, could Facebook actually be getting the message?'. Then this above sentence proves this is window dressing, looking to canalize on the Apple CSAM story in the news by speaking of how much better they are than Apple, and how Gee Maybe One Day We Won't Assault Your Privacy.

    Don't bet on it...
    I’m now of the opinion that, for different reasons, they’re all as good and as bad as each other. 
    They are all the same on one item, they are in it for profit. What drives their revenue making is the salient point.
    Facebook makes the majority of their money by gathering as much information as they can on you, then monetize that information.
    Apple makes the majority of their money by the sale of electronic hardware

    You want to equivocate that as being the same, that's your choice. However, it is demonstrably false on the issue of data privacy. One is a steep purveyor of its collection while the other is steeply not a purveyor of it. That is a fact.
    baconstangsconosciutomuthuk_vanalingamAlex_Vwatto_cobra

  • Facebook pivoting toward 'privacy-enhancing' technology for targeted ads

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    Apple's approach is exactly the opposite: exerting its control over the App Store to benefit its own bottom line," the spokesperson said."

    I almost thought to myself "hmmm, could Facebook actually be getting the message?'. Then this above sentence proves this is window dressing, looking to canalize on the Apple CSAM story in the news by speaking of how much better they are than Apple, and how Gee Maybe One Day We Won't Assault Your Privacy.

    Don't bet on it...
    watto_cobra

  • Samsung debuts new Galaxy Watches made with Google, Galaxy Buds 2

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    Samsung and Google together for a watch could actually come up with one that has a chance to rival Apple Watch's sales. Difficult task but maybe.

    It seems an odd partnership to me though. Google is making an actual push into Smartphones, even their own smartphone chip. Samsung doesn't see whose marketshare that will take? If Google phones take off, Google will be wanting to do their own offering of everything found in the Apple Store.
    But today, right now, business is business. 
    watto_cobra

  • 'iPhone 13' adding ProRes video recording, doubling down on pro camera features

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    CheeseFreeze said:
    goodbyeranch said:
    CheeseFreeze said:
    I have no desire to buy a traditional camera anymore, even if it is optically superior to a small sensor phone. With so much processing power and improvements, and with so much ease of use to share content instantly, I only take my DSLR when I really need the larger sensor and the focal lengths a phone cannot provide.
    The stock camera app and stock phtoos app are are frustratingly simplistic and don't do it for me.  No, I do not want to see a "curated" feed of my photos. If I could permanently set the camera app to shoot all photos one stop down, AND use a very fast, very specific focusing point AND if using a tripod with a phone wasnt such a kludge, I might be able to say the same. And video? don't even get me started. I just LOVE waiting for videos to "process" - and getting stuck at 25% every time - even when using the newest, fastest phone with a very brief video clip.... etc etc. Ugh Shall I go on? "Pro" for phones I guess. Not "Pro" for pros. 
    There are “pro” photo taking apps out there that you might like, but the frustrating part is, once again, Apple’s anti-competitive behavior. I can’t wait for them to end up in court and see them getting legally, seriously hurt. 

    You cannot link the camera icon on your home-screen to your app of choice.

    …And therefore you cannot replace the photo storage from iCloud to anything you like.  
    So this wasn’t about taking video with an iPhone, this was an Anti Apple take clothed in iPhone camera fluff talk. 

    You know you really could have been upfront and just said ‘I don’t like Apple’. 
    dotcomcto