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Apple's App Store analytics may be able to identify users
Few if any of us in a geeky web forum on a site named AppleInsider are going to be too bent out of shape over this. But we aren't most people. Most people do stupid things like look at any entity they consider wealthy and suable and consider ways to nit-pick perceived problems they can tout as hypocrisy or worse, so as to gain the lime light and say they are pursuing this evil in court so as to better humanity. Yes, the world really is that messed up.
With that said, because the world is so screwed up, it's always best to live as exemplary as possible, so as to avoid even the slightest perception of evil. I have my issues with Mike Pence which I won't go into here, but his personal rule of not dining alone with another woman other than his wife is one example of someone wanting to live a "blameless" life. If you as a married man are never around another lady alone, it then becomes much harder for that stupid nit-picking world, who thinks the worst in people, to suggest even a small possibility of impropriety. In like manner, even if Apple isn't selling our data (and I don't believe it is), they still need to go the extra mile to ensure they too are blameless, leaving no possibility for anyone to say they are hypocrites about wanting to protect individual privacy. Now that they know of the issue, they can start to address it. Although if idiots do take the whole thing to court, then it will be in the public eye for longer and give the impression that Apple did something wrong, even though I'm guessing they really didn't.
This stupid world is so frustrating it makes me scream. But the best we can do is do our best, and that's what Apple needs to do.
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Apple will buy US-made chips from TSMC, confirms Tim Cook
True, but that can be used as an excuse for any US company to halt all domestic US operations, export its "rocket science," and seek a cheaper source of labor overseas. America badly needs domestic US production to increase. The US builds nearly everything in a country quite hostile to its own interests and wonders why it has such a big problem. COVID and lockdowns in China only made that bad situation worse. Taiwan isn't hostile to the US, but a lot of production remains in mainland China, not Taiwan. And the only thing being done on the US side is to push companies to increase wages to compensate for inflation, which makes it even more unlikely the root problem of inadequate domestic US manufacturing will ever get fixed. The current status quo cannot last forever.9secondkox2 said:But the labor wages here and expenses are likely the biggest reason for that outlook.
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Apple will buy US-made chips from TSMC, confirms Tim Cook
This is one of those times I wish AppleInsider would do a bit more detailed reporting.
Please tell us why Chang of TSMC Taiwan said the plans were "doomed to fail." I want to know all the reasons he cited, but I can read the original article because its locked behind a paywall. -
Steve Jobs' Birkenstocks sold for $218,750
I am a huge Steve Jobs fan, but let's face it... That's disgusting. What's next, stained undergarments? Both sellers and buyers of things things need to seek professional help.
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Apple's ad agency recommends a stop to Twitter campaigns
Being a child of the 70's, I existed prior to the Twitter character limit and even prior to scroll wheels. There was a time when people read multiple paragraphs of text and appreciated it. If my comment was hard to read, AppleInsider articles must be harder because some are much longer than what I wrote.sconosciuto said:
That was a whole lot of words to say, "Help, I can't find my scroll wheel!"jdw said:"Twitter has had a tumultuous few days" ONLY in the eyes of the mass media, which includes AppleInsider. And I say this truth as an avid reader of AppleInsider who continues to love content here. But despite my love for AppleInsider, I call it like it is.
Daily reporting of Musk is either mass hysteria, cancel culture at work, or simply capitalist profiteering from hot-button "shock" news to draw in more readers. Or maybe it's all of those things.
Here's reality...
It's not that big a deal.
Musk is a rich guy who for his own reasons bought Twitter -- a social media platform that I myself never use except for the rare cases of entering some kind of giveaway or sweepstakes. FaceBook interactions mean far, far more to me. (I'm not into Instagram either, for what it's worth.) And while a large number of people really do care about Twitter, we all need to sit back, take a deep breath and relax because before Twitter existed, human beings existed and got along with each other about as well as we are today.
Can the world live without Twitter? You bet it can! In some ways, it probably would be better for it.
So when a rich guy buys a company and then tries to get a return on his investment, he will try many things. Some things he tries will fail and others will succeed. Musk is playing with ideas now. LET HIM! The mass media is having a hay day with it only because CHANGE ALWAYS TRIGGERS CONTROVERSY! But in the end, all the mass media does is manipulate the minds of readers. That's right. It's not some crazy rich guy touting freedom of speech that endangers minds. It's the mind manipulating media! The same is true of election time. We have all this so-called "news" which is little more than biased commentary, all constructed to trigger people and indirectly influence votes. Why? Because triggered people help ratings and viewer/reader-ship. Yeah. It's as petty as money. Or better: "filthy lucre."
Don't get me wrong. I still like AppleInsider. They are merely playing follow-the-leader when it comes to hot button and "trending" stories like this. But in the greater scheme of things, this topic about Musk and Twitter doesn't matter. If you died today and went to heaven, do you thing the saints will be asking you about the latest news on Twitter? Think about it. There are much, MUCH more meaningful things than the need to dwell daily on what Musk is doing with something new he bought.
Don't worry. Be happy.
It's good advice for us all. Yeah, it does work. And if you leave somebody alone to think long enough, good may come of it. Leave Musk and Twitter alone, and report on something else. We all need a breather from this incessant Twitter/Musk news. The only reason it seems to be a big deal is because the mass media wants you to believe that. It's time we all stop listening to what others tell us to think and start thinking for ourselves, even if that means we need to take a break from the crazy daily news for a while.
