davidw

>And then, the complaints started. And, they started, seemingly ignorant that Microsoft had been scanning uploaded files for about 10 years, and Google for eight.<

That is an ignorantly false assumption.  Consumers complaining about Apple upcoming policy of scanning for  CSAM was about Apple doing it on the consumers devices, instead of on their iCloud servers. These consumers were not ignorant of the fact that other companies were already scanning for CSAM and  knew that Apple was doing same on their own servers. Hell, most of Apple customers data probably aren't even stored on Apple's own servers. they are stored on cloud servers provided by Amazon and Google. I'm sure they have policies where Apple has to scam for CSAM, if they want to use their cloud servers for storing Apple customers data. 

>And yet, Apple's implementation of CSAM detection in iCloud Photos is only a matter of time, simply because its system strikes a middle ground. Governments can't tell Apple to include terrorist content into the CSAM database.<

What's the point?  The US government can't tell Apple to actively scan for CSAM either. It's suppose to be "voluntary" on Apple part. Under Federal laws, Apple is only required to report CSAM, if they if they find it or are informed of it. Otherwise, Apple would become an agency of the government and must adhere to the US Constitution, when performing the search (even on their own servers.). And just like any other US government law enforcement agency, Apple must get a search warrant to justify a search for criminal activity, on the customers own device. The SCOTUS has already ruled that a smartphone can be an extension of one's "home" and require a search warrant to search it, without the owners permission. Just like how an automobile can be considered an extension of ones "home". Unless there's some sort of emergency, in order to get a search warrant, the government must show "probable cause".

https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/LSB/LSB10713

cpsro said:

Was it the lead/headline news story for many hours on ABC like it was on Faux News? I doubt it. The lead story on Faux News is now about Finland's PM clubbing.

22july2013 said:

Does Netflix have to pay the same tax if they bill their users directly?

gatorguy said:

slurpy said:

People are so fucking whiny. This just happened to be for the 1st time last week. I assumed that rebooting would fix it...and it did, at least so far. I assume this will be fixed permanently with a software update down the line. But in the grand scheme of things this is an incredibly minor issue. No need for all this shrieking and proclaiming the Studio Display is now suddenly trash. The hyperbolic narrative these days when ANY issue is encountered, is insane and entitled. It's overall the best display I've ever owned, taken as a package. Just seems so seamless compared to everything I've owned previously. 

Would an on/off power button have made it any less for you? It certainly would have made it more convenient when the display needs to be rebooted, which inevitably it will on occasion. I've no idea what the argument would be for not having an on/off toggle on an Apple display.

While rarely done it's not like Apple has never had a power switch on one. Seems like an obvious customer convenience.

But with many electronic devices, an on/off switch do not completely disconnect all power to the device. The only sure way is to unplug it. Or turn if off with a power strip.

One do not have 120V running through a power switch on an electronic device. The switch is part of a low voltage power management control circuit board. When pressed (if device is on), it sends a low voltage signal to the board and the circuit board might go through a pre-programed set of sequences to safely cut off the 120V when turning off the device. (It also go through a pre-programed set sequences to safely turn back on the device.) But the program in the power management circuit board do not cut off power to itself. Otherwise, it will not know when the switch is pressed again, to turn it back on or turn it on with a signal from a remote. This is one of the reason why many (if not most), electronic devices still draw current when switched off.  Now, what happens if it's the program on the power management control board that needs rebooting? The only way is to unplug the device.

If you ever troubleshoot Macs that isn't powering up or other issues, you'll know about the SMC chip. That's the chip programmed to manage the safe boot up and shut down of a Mac. In order to reboot that circuit, one must unplug the Mac. If a laptop. one must also remove the battery if possible. Or hold down certain keys on Mac laptops with non removable batteries.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295

So even having an on/off switch might not suffice, if its the software managing boot up and shut off, that needs resetting. 

tyler82 said:

If the revenue is “record breaking,” then Apple doesn’t need to raise the price of iPhones because of “inflation.” Your profits are the inflation!

Anti-corporation people like you really need to educate themselves on what inflation is and its causes, before making such statements to show off one's ignorance. 

For the current inflation at least, is caused by too much money in the hands of consumers and that is causing a high demand for products, thus resulting in shortages and higher price. Couple this with the shortage of parts needed to make products and the higher cost of labor, the price of the product will rise on basic Econ 101 concerning supply and demand.

For the past couple of years, the government had flushed the economy with over  $5T dollars in stimulus checks. Plus extended tax credits, forgave loans, increased benefits for unemployment along with extending how many months one can collect it, handed out free money to small businesses that had to shut down so they can keep paying their employees, kept interest rate at near 0, consumers had extra money they once use for travel and vacations, etc..This inflation is the result of 2 years of pumping too much money into the economy, while businesses were experiencing shortage of parts to make their products and higher cost of labor, not because corporations are making too much profit by charging more for their products. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/22/business/economy/inflation-biden-pandemic.html

Think for once. Why is the Fed trying to curb inflation by raising interest rate? What effect does that have on profits made by corporations from selling their products? The increase in the interest rate is to curb consumer spending caused by the low cost of borrowing money to buy stuff. Car loans become more expensive as with mortgages, refinancing homes, home equity loans, credit card finance charges and even my Schwab margin account interest rate have recently increased. This will hopefully lower the amount of money in consumers hands, to help lower demand, thus increase supply, resulting in lower prices for consumer goods. That's the way it works. Or at least it's suppose to.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/06/15/federal-reserve-interest-rates-faq/

Anyone that claim inflation is cause by corporations excessive profits is totally clueless. Corporations can not raise prices in order to increase profits, beyond what consumers can afford to pay. Corporate profits are driven by higher prices due to shortages, cause by too much money in the hands of consumers causing a high demand. If consumers did not have the money to spend in the first place, then raising the price would had resulted in less sales and less profit. 

BTW- How to you know how many iPhones were sold in this quarter "record breaking revenue" number? Apple do not reveal how many iPhone are sold each quarter. Maybe Apple "record breaking revenue" is due to selling more iPhones and not due to selling iPhones at a higher price? Or selling more higher end iPhones than lower end models but overall less iPhones than last quarter?  Plus revenue is not profit. How do you know that Apple "record breaking revenue" resulted in more in more profit? Maybe inflation or higher labor cost ate into their profit margins and even with "record breaking revenue", Apple made less profit because they didn't raise the price on their iPhones or didn't raise it enough? As an investor in AAPL, as many here are, we would like to know where you got the numbers to make such a statement. Unless of course, you just made it up.   

https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/1/18053782/apple-earnings-q4-2018-stop-ipad-iphone-mac-unit-sales-disclosure