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@Tht ;

Interesting. Thanks for the extended, thoughtful response. I haven’t been able to do my own nit-picking research on this on yet, and I’m not sure I’ll ever have the time. But thanks for giving me several points of inquiry, if I do get around to it.

Out of curiosity, what’s your background? Don’t feel like you have to answer that. I can think of several reasons why you might not be able, or feel so inclined.

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Separately… hope all ya’ll AppleInsiders (staff and community) are getting to enjoy the season (storms notwithstanding), the holidays, and a much happier new year. 

I have a question for the more technically knowledgeable folks. I keep seeing the “designed itself into a box” idea trotted out. I’m curious why people would think that the M series chips would be subject to that kind of bind, when it’s reasonable to say the the A-series hasn’t in many iterations. It’s clear the architecture itself has room to grow — multiple billion-dollar companies have ARM-based commercial and consumer initiatives in place.

So given that Apple’s teams now have multiple generations of chip and hardware design experience to draw upon, and a culture that doesn’t rest, why should anyone think this is a screw-up, rather than the natural design process and temporary technological limitations? I’m sure we’re all well aware just how difficult it is to create and implement leaps in chip tech, and that one of the keys to success has always been in how well the software leverages those advances into significant improvements for end-users.

I’m genuinely… mystified… by the doom-seekers that look for any sign of internal dysfunction to point to as a sign of the impending apocalyptic collapse of Apple or its desicion-making. It’s been decades since Apple was “beleaguered” to death. Why do folks still fall into this mental trap? It’s practically a TV Trope. (In fact, the second I post this, I’m going to look over on the site.)

Sincerely, 

Really Confused Reader

PS - I own a 14 Pro Max and from my point of view it’s no less impressive than other generations have been. The experience of using is full of both delight, productivity, and creativity. I’m one of those folks that flips their phone every generation, as it’s the computer I get the most work out of besides my work machine. Other family members updating from the 11 Pro Max and the 12 have also been suitably happy with their purchase decision.

Also, per the odd comments on the M1 and M2, we have multiple machines here for work that span both Mac and PC generations, including the latest. The M-series are machines consistently the best performing on almost every metric, and the most pleasant to use. From a real world use pov, I just don’t get the comments. (Or the idea that a product could be ‘less impressive’ if no company has released something more impressive. It’s like comparing an athlete’s performance to what they’ve done in the past — circumstances are completely different and variables are hard to control. The only metric that counts is if they win. It’s nice to set a record, but that in no way detracts from the accomplishment of winning against other elite athletes. Unless you’re truly jaded, I guess.

Annnnnnd … all the people not working in Apple stores, certainly not members trying to unionize, and those with little or no union expertise (nor any expertise in managing a unionized company), please sound off. Your wisdom is so very pertinent. 

apple4lizife said:

It’s just apple trying to deflect what they did in china,   to get ahead of the Curve to try to avoid criticism going forward ..  Nobody cared about airdrop feature for all of sudden “let’s limited it to 10mins” 

My guess is you’ve missed all the articles about people being AirDrop bombed with alarming or intentionally disturbing material in small or closed spaces. 

chadbag said:

MrBunside said:

Unfortunately, "she was a black woman" is the answer. Again

Most ignorant statement of the day.   The police obviously had no clue who was there at the address.  They just used the Find My results and went in.  Trying to make it about race and police is just dumb. Especially with no evidence.   

Hopefully someone at the Denver PD gets an epiphany and settles this to the victims favor and then instigates a “policing 101” course at the PD that emphasizes actual police work.   Gum shoeing it.  Surveillance.  Other sorts of old school work.  Technology doesn’t replace the actual police work. It can enhance it and provide additional information but does not replace fundamentals.  

So let me get this straight… you think that a) there’s no requirement to identify residents on the affidavit to search a location and that a judge signed off on it, b) that even if there weren’t such a requirement, officers walked into a possible violent confrontation without using the tools at their disposal to determine what they were facing, c) that the police willfully didn’t determine if the elderly or children were present, d) did all of this without the probable foreknowledge of the race of the occupants (based on area, name, criminal records, etc)

Which means either there’s a whole lot of magical thinking on your part (based on my experience of what my friends in law enforcement would  do — and the several that made incredulous faces when I sent this article to them for feedback). Or…

Or…

The inescapable conclusion that the Denver police department is so dysfunctional and inept that it didn’t occur to anyone in the chain of command, the rank and file on the ground, or the anyone in the legal system that this plan had serious deficiencies and serious possible repercussions?

To quote my buddies, “Someone, probably more than one, absolutely knew there was an elderly black woman there and didn’t give two shits. That’s exactly how institutional racism plays out.”