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No doubt it will be unusual by me, just as Apple Keychain is.  I refuse to enable stupid 2FA, so I can't use Keychain.  However, I can use 1Password (an older version that has no absurd subscription attached to it).  Since 1Password still works for me, it largely doesn't matter what Apple does, but I would prefer to obliteration of 2FA at some point in the future.  I refuse to be possibly locked out of a particular device only because I don't have the means (device or others) for that 2FA to work.  Passwords are enough for me, regardless of what the 2FA worshippers and security experts have to say.  I want control to do as I please.  2FA takes some of my freedom away, and I don't like that.

Sounds to me like the governments of the world are primarily wanting to pick on an easy target (that which is big and successful), but perhaps a secondary reason is that by opening up the app store, iOS devices become less secure, making governments have an easier time walking through those "back doors" in the name of "national security."  In other words, could it not be a veiled attempt by all these governments to spy on you, even more than they already do?

At the end of the day, these misguided governments are seeking to make an even playing field for DEVELOPERS, at the expense of the CONSUMER, all in the name of helping the consumer with lower prices, which is crazy because most app prices are already so low one can only wonder why apps are even made (unless given away for free).

williamlondon said:

How are the China haters going to twist this one, or are they just going to stay silent?

So far, they've remained silent, which is a good thing.  But for the sake of clarification, I find that most people you might categorize as "China haters" are in fact people who have legitimate concerns about the CCP, which is not one and the same as the Chinese people.  Yes, the court system is tightly connected to the CCP, but in this particular case, they happened to make the right decision, unlike the foolish decisions in other countries which have ruled against common sense by ruling against Apple.  

It's funny how so many in the news media in the USA express concern about the general public losing faith in the court system, when I think a lot of people really don't have that strong a faith in the courts to begin with.  And now with politically-charged cases going on in the USA and convictions being handed out, and even larger segment of the population may lose what little faith they originally had.

I don't think we need to have faith in our government to lead a happy and productive life, be that in the USA, Japan, China or anywhere else.  China says it is "the people's republic" which of course is a lie, but in the USA says something similar with "we the people."  These are nice phrases that really don't help you out much when powerful people embedded in the system come after you.

What we must do is celebrate the good decisions (China's recent decision being one) while at the same time give a huge thumbs-down to the bad decisions (I won't cite examples to avoid controversy).  There's no harm in praising a good outcome even when it happens in a communist nation.  A victory for good is something worthy of praise.  With all the bad in the world today, we need to try to celebrate the good more often.

9secondkox2 said:

Innocent until proven guilty. 

A lot of people believe that as truth, but it is only truth in a strictly LEGAL sense.  In other words, it is true only in the way that lawyers, judges or courts think, which is NOT how you, I and everyone else think.

Consider someone who is ACCUSED of a crime but not yet PROVEN GUILTY in a court of law.  That person could be kept confined in jail for various reasons, through their court date.  How is that possible if they are truly INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY?  Because "innocent until proven guilty" is only in a legal sense, not in a true sense.  

If the accused must be treated as a truly 100% innocent person until a court proves them guilty, then no one could or should be kept behind bars until their court date, for any reason.  "This person is a flight risk" or similar should never be used to lockup a truly INNOCENT person or party.  But it happens all the time due to the fact that INNOCENCE is not defined in a way that most people think.  The definition of that word "innocent" has a special meaning as defined by the legal system.  You can't define the word in the normal way.

This is why most people don't understand that you are NOT "innocent" at all until proven guilty, as per the fact you could be put in jail by a judge at any time, even before the court proves your guilt.  "Innocent until proven guilty" is effectively an illusion.  It doesn't truly exist. Only if the law prevented a judge from throwing you into jail UNTIL you are proven guilty can it be said that you are truly being treated as an "innocent" person until your guilt is proven.  

(The caveats of not throwing dangerous people in jail until their court dates is irrelevant to this discussion which focuses on what "innocence" really means.  We are explaining the term and the phrase here, not seeking to defend or otherwise change the legal system.)

Unlike vintage Macs though, iPads and iPhones have a life tied to their batteries.  My 2012 iPad was repurposed for many years, and I even approached Apple about a battery replacement, but they said it was fine.  But eventually the battery swelled during a charge so bad that it popped the display out of the frame, thereby ending its life.

While very old Macs can be "battery bombed" by their PRAM batteries (I am talking about 80's Macs mostly here), that doesn't happen if you keep the PRAM battery removed, and the Macs are still usable without it.  This makes vintage Macs superior to devices like the iPad, when it comes to repurposing old tech for DECADES.

And so, the point here is that "repurposed for years" has the caveat of iPads being a ticking time bomb due to their internal battery, without which they cannot operate.  Give us battery tech that doesn't swell and kill the electronics, or give us the means to more easily self-swap batteries without fancy tools or special technicals, and then and only then will battery-operated Apple devices like iPad have the ability to truly be repurposed FOR DECADES like very old Macs.