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lkrupp said:

I’m surprised they didn’t blame Apple. IOS 14 is lifting the rock and all the cockroaches and pill bugs are heading for a dark corner to avoid the light. Imagine what goes on on Android devices.

They did (sorta) blame Apple.  They say they are fixing a bug _in iOS 14_ not in Instagram. Classic deflection (and no accountability)  never mention your own properties’ names.

It’s a little ironic - by installing Instagram you are literally bugging the OS/device. 

Wanna post it a third time and get it right?

netrox said:
I am not sure how you get penalized for not meeting the minimum purchase? Isn't it a custom to buy ALL of them to avoid being penalized? Can't those extra screens be saved for repairs when needed? Apple could repair for a lot less and their loss would be minimized.

When talking about serious volume orders companies universally negotiate a price at a given volume.  The better the volume, often a better price can be achieved from a vendor. A guarantee to buy/sell a certain minimum allows a vendor to ensure that a contract to sell will meet their baseline opportunity cost as well as ensuring any hard cost they will have as a result of preparing large orders will be covered.

Vendors have to have a ‘penalty’ if their buyers fail to meet their minimum purchases otherwise they can be left holding the bag for unused components and other sunk costs made because of the purchase agreement.

In Apple’s case, I’m sure they had already accounted for all the screen they might need for repairs. They have a lot of data telling them how many they’ll likely need for any number of units sold.

jony0 said:

As mentioned in the article, only 14 days worth of anonymized data is on the phone and only sent if the user opts in. I would have no problem that they include location, it can't be traced to you anyway and it could be useful for mapping hot spots so that they could apply more security measures, and yes, which could include a bit more surveillance. This is a nasty contagious pathogen the likes that have never been seen.

When your set of anonymized tokens are all tagged with location data, how hard do you think it is to figure out who is who when that location data is going to swiftly identify where you lay your head down at night (unless you are a vagabond calling a new town “home” day after day)

knowitall said:

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I am of course still not on Facebook and never have been.

I have had bad feelings and suspicions about their motives and practices ever since the beginning.

Screw those bastards.

What is wrong with that CEO by the way? Look at that haircut and that soulless expression. He looks like Data from TNG.

Data is an apt description. 

He’s more like Lore...at least Data tried to be ethical.