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  • Apple TV+ dramedy 'Physical' picked up for third season

    The pacing of a show is part of its tone and I like that there is enough experimentation going on in TV that directors can try different styles and find a big enough audience to make it worthwhile.

    Was 2001 too slow and uneventful? Is Better Call Saul? Objectively, not that much is happening a lot of the time - but the impact is still profound.
    pumpkin_kinglolliverwatto_cobra
  • Apple is switching its virtual Apple Cash cards to the Visa network

    Sweet, international rollout is coming.
    That was my thought too. Does this mean peer-to-peer payments are coming internationally too, I wonder.
    watto_cobra
  • Netflix blames account sharing for first subscriber loss in a decade

    I unsubscribed too. Getting way to expensive and all I found myself doing when I fired up the app was scrolling endless crap to try and find a show I might like. Highlights in last few years: Bojack Horseman & Squid Game (and Stranger Things watchable). I'm sure there are great shows on there - but I can't spend half my evening trying to find them. This is from the perspective of Australia where Netflix has the rights to fewer shows than elsewhere - yet they charge just as much (or more) than USA/UK where they have better content.

    Contrast with Apple/Disney, where you can be pretty sure whatever you dip into won't be complete dross. And Prime at least tends to put their best shows where they're easy to find.
    lolliverentropyswatto_cobra
  • Man blames Apple for bitcoin theft by fake app in App Store


    Well, I am victim-blaming here. Situations like this are literally the reason real banks for real currencies have FDIC oversight and mandatory deposit insurance, and why investment banks have SIPC oversight and insurance. This person intentionally opted out of that system. He decided to use unregulated banks, so the consequences of that decision are on him.
    So if this had been a fake app representing itself as the banking application of a regional bank and had defrauded the user that way, it would be Apple’s fault?

    Apple’s scrutiny of the app and its later releases, its failure to validate the publisher against a known entity, and its failure to stop the company using fake reviews to get close to 5 stars all mean Apple isn’t running the safe and secure App Store it claims  to.
    FileMakerFellerBeatsAlex1Njony0
  • Compared: Apple Watch Series 6 Graphite versus Apple Watch Series 5 Space Black

    What about durability of the colour? A lot of the value of Space Black was the extremely scratch-resistant diamond-like coating (DLC). Does graphite have DLC too or if not, how durable is it against scratches?

    I still use the black link bracelet from my Series 0 and it looks pretty good scratch-wise.
    watto_cobra