brianjo

smschaef said:

It will be sad to see AFP go... SMB is blocked by many ISPs leaving not many options for a mounted desktop style of file sharing

Huh?  Are you saying you're still just opening up port 548 and sharing that wide open on the internet???  Yikes.

From an IT standpoint, Teams has an advantage that it's simply integrated within the Microsoft 365 platform. User and access management then is handled in one place. Add Zoom, now you have more accounts and logins to deal with. Unfortunately, Teams has turned into a hot mess. In Microsoft fashion, it tries to do everything for everyone, but is sloppy at best and just ends up being unusable kludge for most. Even as an experienced computer user, it gets so confusing, I can't imagine how non savy individuals are able to navigate the system.

ssfe11 said:

I upgrade to the Pro Max every year. First off my carrier pays for most of it and since my whole life is on my iPhone I want the most up to date security, speed and features( Apple Intelligence is great btw) etc. 

The carrier isn't paying squat. They burry the cost of the phone upgrades into your monthly plans. Granted, some carriers just keep you at higher rates even if you don't upgrade, but you ultimately are the one paying for the new phone. It's kind of sad, really because when the iPhone first came out, Apple DIDN'T want carrier subsidies or contracts as part of the purchase. Oh how times have changed.

Do all of the other companies doing business in Cupertino get a third of the sales tax charged given back to them??  That seems kind of insane.

A crappy thing about homekit is Apple doesn't give you an easy way to see where data is going. You just have to trust it.  I get it from the 'make it easy to use' side of things, but it really sucks from a troubleshooting standpoint.