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Class-action suit demands Apple add lock-out system to iPhone to prevent texting while dri...
nomadmac said:How about police doing their job and ticketing people?
My wife was sent to the hospital and our VW totaled when she was rear ended by a distracted driver. No ticket was issued.
There is no way an iPhone can determine whether someone is a driver or a passenger or a rider on a bus. -
Consumer Reports now recommends MacBook Pro after Apple software fix
nht said:gatorguy said:nht said:teaearlegreyhot said:lkrupp said:The kerfuffle uncovered a bug. Apple admits a bug caused the issue for CR’s testing. The bug was squashed. The new tests caused CR to change its recommendation. We should be happy.
Just because the average user might not have encountered the bug doesn't mean it didn't exist. And CR found it. GREAT! Apple should have found it first.
And you seem to be confusing testing procedure with reporting. The report is the interpretation of the testing results, and that includes pointing out any anomalies. You don't just publish a low confidence average without discussing the outliers. The fact that they told you they normally present the average and then explained to you why they didn't in this case is a level of transparency we should beg for more of in all of our new sources!
Now, if you can show us were they tested other computers and got similarly wild results but then only presented the average, then we can talk about conspiracy, bias, unfairness to Apple. But until then, these are just the facts. -
Consumer Reports now recommends MacBook Pro after Apple software fix
JessiReturns said:No. Not after "software fix", after their FRAUD was exposed to everyone.
Running the machine with a hidden developer setting that is DESIGNED to reduce performance, and then not disclosing that fact, and then claiming an independant test shows the machine under-performs the manufacturers claims is FRAUD. Possibly Libel/Slander as well.
CU is not a credible organization.
In fact, now we could argue that CRs testing methodology is flawed because it is wildly over-estimating battery life. 18+ hours in one test?!?! That's absurd! But I don't see many people complaining about that result. -
Verizon plans purge of 200GB+ bandwidth hogging unlimited data users
linkman said:I have no problem with a company putting reasonable caps on data usage. They just need to stop calling it unlimited if it has these restrictions. If they want to call it unlimited then they must own up to the definition:unlimited[uhn-lim-i-tid]adjective1.not limited; unrestricted; unconfined:2.boundless; infinite; vast:3.without any qualification or exception; unconditional.
Perhaps someone from Australia can comment on how their truth in advertising laws affect this. I'll bet carriers are more honest there. -
Apple says hidden Safari setting led to flawed Consumer Reports MacBook Pro battery tests
jmgregory1 said:Typical Consumer Reports. They're not much different than other publications that benefit from click-bait headlines. I would love to see the average age of their readers, because I'm guessing they're in the 55+ age bracket. These are people who haven't figured out how to Google for product reviews.