Stabitha_Christie

(Removed because I’m not sure I got my comment right)

Mike Wuerthele said:

Stabitha_Christie said:

So for this article to make any sense you have to narrowly define the word professional as an editor working on a big budget Hollywood production and avoid describing consumer needs altogether.  It is hard to believe this is anything other than the author being willfully obtuse for the sake of complaining. 

Talk to Apple about it. They're the ones who said it was for professional video editors.

That is categorically false. Here is what Apple said when introducing the new storage options:

“And staring next week iCloud+ is adding two new plans, 6 and 12 terabytes, for even more room to keep your photos and videos safe. iCloud+ also has great features that allow you to easily share your photos, automatically back up your iPhone and so much more. And of course with Family Sharing everyone in your household can get all the benefits of iCloud+”

Note that video editors, professional or otherwise, were not mentioned whatsoever. That Apple was pitching this to professional video editors is something that AppleInsider completely made up. Also worth nothing that this article claims to have quoted the entirety of what Joz said about iCloud+ while leaving out two thirds of what was said. That is completely dishonest. 

Looking at the full quote, not the AppleInsider interpretive dance of what was said, it becomes immediately clear who this is targeted at. It’s right there in the last sentence, people using the family plan. I personally use it to cover myself and two other people. That is three iPhones, two iPads and three Macs that use iCloud storage. We are pushing the two terabyte limit. Given that the family plan covers up to five people I’d imagine there are plenty of people out there that could use the extra space. It’s really not that complicated. 

It is really strange that AI opted to decided to make up this whole story about professional video editors being the target and even stranger that y’all decided to be completely dishonest about what Apple said in the announcement. All in all AI keeps reminding me why Steve Jobs once said that he didn’t want the U.S to become a nation of bloggers. There is a lot to be said for actual journalism. 

foregoneconclusion said:

davidw said: That's the function of "mute". That is still available. A user can "mute" another user and not ever have to see any of their comments. That's your  right to "freedom of association". However, when a user "block" another user, that is preventing other users from exercising their "freedom of association". Even if the other users completely agree with you that the comments of the user you blocked, are BS, they might have a better understanding of the "spirit of the law" we here in the US refer to ....... as our 1st Amendment rights. 

1st Amendment rights have ZERO RELEVANCE TO PRIVATELY OWNED SERVICES. Elon Musk can ban, censor or encourage whatever speech he wants BECAUSE ELON MUSK HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYONE'S RIGHTS TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH. 1st Amendment rights are specific to government actions because that's where your freedoms actually come from: the government, not the private sector. 

Anyone who thinks Elon Musk is protecting their freedom of speech or 1st Amendment rights with his actions on a social media app is completely mistaken. 

Thank you! 

Skeptical said:

Could it be that people are iPhone saturated and people aren’t dying to get one? Pure conjecture but this could be a consideration. 

You are correct in the sense that the massive growth year over year is over but that has been the case since iPhone 6-6s. 

This quarter's drop in iPhone revenue was due to currency exchange rates and the strong dollar not because unit sales dropped. Apple also claimed that the number of people switching to the iPhone from Android was at an all time high. Given the iPhone has a lower marketshare than Android there is still room for growth even thought he smartphone market is saturated. That said, that growth will mostly come outside of the U.S. 

FrankS said:

Yes it is as amazing as it looks on the pictures but unfortunately there are no charging points anywhere for electric bikes, when needed. This is kind of a huge future proof miss since almost 60% of all new bikes sold last year were e-bikes. 

Really not that big of a deal. E-bikes work even when the battery is drained. So unlike a car they are still usable. Most folks just charge them over night at home so there isn’t a strong need for charging through the day. And  for those that need to the batteries are usually removable so people can take them the off and charge them.