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  • Moft MagSafe Wallet review: rivals Apple's offering with far more functionality

    ikir said:
    MplsP said:
    mike1 said:
    Use of fake leather is both a pro or con depending on your point of view.
    For me it's a big pro!

    It baffles me that Apple the industry leading tech company in environmental policies, uses actual leather.

    Leather is TERRIBLE to the environment in every single step of production.
    Except for the part that gives you steaks. That part's great!
    Not for the victim. Animals live a short and terrible life, they can feel the same pain and fear. Animals are not objects or utility. 
    Fake news. They are both. And best of all they are extremely tasty!
    watto_cobra
  • Nomad Sport Strap review: a more rugged alternative to Apple's

    I wouldn’t list “Unnecessary adjustment holes” as a con. I believe that is a style choice not a functional choice. No one is going to take the band down to hole #1.
    beachdog1charlesn
  • Apple's AirPods Max likely lacks U1 Ultra Wideband chip

    Beats said:
    nealc5 said:
    Everyone is comparing the AirPods Max to Bose or Sony noise cancellation headphones, which were initially targeted at frequent business travelers ("$300 for headphones??? You people are crazy for spending so much!") I have had a succession of Bose noise cancellation headphones over the years, and I love them for airplane travel.  However, they have never been considered "audiophile" quality.  Their main point is the noise cancellation.

    CORRECT.

    Bose was never EVER EVER EVER an "audiophile" company. They tricked casuals into thinking they were a high end quality company when they spent billions on advertising and NFL contracts.

    When someone mentions Bose and quality that's all the red flags you need to know that the person does not know about audio. It's irritating when people mention Bose when comparing to Apple or other high end companies.
    The running joke was, no highs, no lows, it must be Bose.
    Beatswatto_cobra
  • Apple accused of allowing suppliers to break Chinese labor laws


    sflocal said:
    Long gone are the days of actual journalism and having to get things right the first time.  Back in the newspaper days, the stories better be correct, otherwise, valuable column space will have to be wasted on the next paper run for a retraction.  Now, in the digital age, one can publish/insert anything regardless of its authenticity and if found wrong, simply update the article and pretend it never happened, or just hope that people's short attention span will simply move on.  

    Sounds to me like it's more fake-news in the hopes of influencing the market, or someone with a grudge.  The truth I think lies somewhere in the middle and what's the law and what's reality need to balance.  However, until that is resolved, let's just cherry-pick pieces out of context because sensationalism news is what drives web clicks.

    I'm really disappointed here, and not necessarily with AI, but with modern news sites.  It's pieces like these that has people never believing anything published by anyone anymore and it causes more long-term damage for those short-term clicks.
    But it is even worse than that. One “news site” reports a story. A second “news site” sees it and reports on it, and before you can say WTH? You suddenly find “multiple reports” of said news. AppleNews is pretty much an echo chamber of this kind of reporting.
    sflocal said:
    Now, in the digital age, one can publish/insert anything regardless of its authenticity and if found wrong, simply update the article and pretend it never happened, or just hope that people's short attention span will simply move on.  
    It will be interesting to see if AI ever issues a retraction on the "hinge fails after 212 uses" claim regarding the Magsafe Duo Charger. 
    Not that it matters, I’ll never buy one at that price, but wasn’t it signs of breaking down or something like that? (I find it hard to believe myself.)

    SpamSandwichGeorgeBMacJWSC
  • Apple accused of allowing suppliers to break Chinese labor laws

    lkrupp said:
    I love the word “reportedly”. It allows journalists to make any wild claim they want without evidence. I always think of Richard Jewel and how that went down.
    Journalists and wild claim should not be in the same sentence, but I agree.  ;)
    SpamSandwichJWSC