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  • M1 MacBook Air review: nearly as transformative as the original

    need more than two Thunderbolt ports and 16 gb of RAM on this or the Mac Mini, otherwise I'de be in without question. Until then, I'll be patient...
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  • M1 Mac mini catapulted Apple to number one in Japanese desktop PC market

    I'm using all 4 Thunderbolt 3 ports on my Intel Mac Mini... what am I doing if I update to a two port M1?
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  • Privacy campaigner targets Apple's use of device tracking for advertisers

    Reading different versions of this story on different sites, and its difficult to ascertain what the actual complaints is/are...

    In part, I read Schrem's comment that one issue that the tracker blocking solution is PERMIT by default, and expressly requires a DENY action by a user?

    "With our complaints we want to enforce a simple principle: trackers are illegal, unless a user freely consents," Stefano Rossetti, Noyb lawyer said in a statement. "Smartphones are the most intimate device for most people and they must be tracker-free by default."

    But from what I've read, it doesn't actually work like that - you are prompted the first time the system detects a tracking action (you've reached a "fork in the road"), and you then decide which path you want to follow. That seems to me the most reasonable balance between the users and advertisers, and certainly makes it clear prior to any tracking. Unless I have this wrong.

    Further, why this approach would result in a request to BAN the technology makes no sense, as the resulting alternative is what you have now - tracking without your knowledge.

    If his goal is to simply have all tracking banned as an unchangeable mandate, he's a bit nutty. User should have choice here (I know more than a few people that do not care if they are tracked, and like the personalized things they see as a result). Not me, but c'est la'vie. That's a personal choice issue, proving you are made aware and have an east way to control it (oh, like Apple is designing...)

    Also, I'm not sure where it's expressly stated that Apple exempts their advertising from identifiable tracking notification. I've not seen that. For some time, Apple has collected non-identifiable/anonymized data as a means to ensure privacy while providing broad indicators as to market interests and desires, and that also seems very reasonable. AKAIK, this type of anonymized data was available to third party developers as well.

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  • Apple seemingly discontinues Apple TV 'Remote' app

    I've got to think this in advance of a new app and likely new ATV... 
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  • Entire Apple Watch Series 6 package must be returned if Solo Loop, Braided Solo Loop don't...

    Just happened to me this evening - order the Watch Edition size 8 - I was between a 7 and 8 with the paper guide - but I find it too loose. Could not exchange the band only

    I guess this is because each combination is a separate complete SKU? But they should manage this better. It's wasteful to return the entire Watch for a different size (Apple has to refurbish it and can't sell it as new, so figure it out Apple...)
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