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  • Purged screen time monitoring apps misused enterprise tools, Schiller says

    anantksundaramanantksundaram
    apple ][ said:
    I remember reading the earlier article about this on this site and I also remember some of the ignorant comments.

    Many people who are easily manipulated and naive fell for the fake news from the NYT. 


    It was AppleInsider that said, in the prior article: “In speaking with Apple on Saturday morning, AppleInsider was told that the feature removal requests and app withdrawals fall under section 5.2.5 of the App Store app review guidelines, specifically saying "don't create an App that appears confusing similar to an existing Apple Product, interface, app, or advertising theme." 

    Fake news too?
    bonobobtokyojimu

  • MacBook, MacBook Pro keyboard repairs 'prioritized' for in-store next-day service

    anantksundaramanantksundaram
    Good idea, and about time. The keyboard is producing genuine angst among many users, and is generating intense negative press for Apple. 

    See, for example, this tweet from David Pogue (who certainly is no enemy of Apple): https://twitter.com/pogue/status/1120814670628044800?s=21
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • How to make the Apple Watch Raise to Speak feature work every time

    anantksundaramanantksundaram
    Thank you for this -- the random appearance of Siri in the midst of a conversation or in the middle of a meeting was getting to be really intrusive and bothersome!

    By hindsight, I guess this should have been obvious, but this article does me great service.
    marcus1983

  • Netflix disabled AirPlay because it isn't being told what device is getting the stream

    anantksundaramanantksundaram

    flydog said:
    Since they sell plans per device, it is understandable that they distinguish between devices. Besides, AirPlay to an Apple TV doesn't make sense: you download to your mobile device via wi-fi, then AirPlay to the Apple TV over the same wi-fi, unnecessary two way traffic that would reduce playback quality. Why not use the Netflix app on the Apple TV instead? It syncs perfectly between devices, you can also hard-wire your Apple TV directly to your router via Ethernet. That policy may only affect TV sets with AirPlay but without the Netflix app. The solution appears to be the usual one: buy the dumbest TV you can tolerate and attach an Apple TV. So AirPlay implemented on a TV without tvOS is useless, it may help you to AirPlay YouTube from your mobile device but such TVs may already have YouTube.
    The device that is streaming via AirPlay is the device.  AirPlay can only stream to one device at a time so there is no need to distinguish between different TVs for that purpose.  If that was the case Netflix would have stated so instead of relying on an explanation that is more dubious on its face.

    Moreover, there is no need to distinguish the type of device for this purpose. The only thing that is relevant is the number of devices.
    Really. You know this, how?
    williamlondon

  • Apple debuts Apple TV+ and Apple TV Channels for cord-cutters, integrated into TV app

    anantksundaramanantksundaram
    Kind of 'meh' so far. It's really not obvious what's new or different. Not having Netflix, or cable behemoths like Xfinity or Charter, are a problem for me.
    muthuk_vanalingamboltsfan17