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  • Apple's $4B ad business at odds with internal culture and values

    elijahgelijahg
    robin huber said:
    Amen. Want to be like all the other dirtbag corporations? Have ads. Be like Apple. Don’t. 

    Can’t help wondering whether this would have happened if Steve were still around. As said on recent MacBreak Weekly: “There isn’t anyone there to say no.”
    Apparently there have been people pushing back hard, but Cook apparently is desperate for more money at the cost of everything - including Apple’s coveted customer satisfaction. Despite which Apple’s share price has been flat for the last 18 months. 

    I’m getting more and more pissed off with these ads everywhere, and the only way Apple will grow revenue from it is to insert more ads into everything. How long until we get them on macOS, like MS has in windows? 

    Cook has stayed far beyond his usefulness. He needs to be replaced - and not by another COO. 
    appleinsideruser

  • Apple TV 4K 2022 review: An Apple Arcade playground

    elijahgelijahg
    cpsro said:
    elijahg said:
    In areas where the 5GHz spectrum is saturated, 1Gbit over wifi is fanciful. This is where wired is ideal.
    It's unlikely 5GHz WiFi is saturated or even crowded almost anywhere it's available. 5GHz doesn't penetrate walls well and has many more channels than 2.4GHz WiFi.
    Much less likely than 2.4GHz I agree, but it still happens. Especially if people use the 160MHz wide channels, then there are only really two chunks of spectrum you can use as they span so much of the available spectrum. Ethernet is a guaranteed speed, wifi is not.
    scstrrfmuthuk_vanalingam

  • AirPods Max noise isolation reduction may be related to ongoing court battle

    elijahgelijahg
    foregoneconclusion said:
    Apple's ANC is meant to be used in combination with audio. 
    According to whom?
    chasmmuthuk_vanalingam

  • Level Lock+ HomeKit smart lock can be picked open in seconds

    elijahgelijahg
    I think the point people are missing, is this is a $330 lock with a cheapo barrel. It should be something less crap right off the bat. 
    grandact73

  • New ad placements in App Store Today and product pages are live

    elijahgelijahg
    22july2013 said:
    Apple should allow us to pay Apple directly to escape ads. Maybe via the Apple One service. Or Apple Two?
    Why should we have to when we already pay a premium for Apple products? It's not like they're short of cash, but of course Cook's sole aim is to fatten his wallet. 

    Back in Classic Mac OS Sherlock suddenly gained ads, and the backlash was such that Jobs rightly admitted the mistake and had them removed. Now Cook is shoving ads in as many places as he can get away with, we'll be advertised at on the home screen before long, maybe that's why there's a big empty space under the widgets. Even with paid services like Apple News, there're iAds. It's no different to paying for Netflix and getting ads. Cook needs to be reined in before people start to decide the Apple premium isn't as valuable as it once was.
    muthuk_vanalingam