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  • Hollywood insiders like Apple TV+ design, but have issues with content curation

    payecopayeco
    Apple TV+ really needs to be its own app, not follow the typical Apple iTunes pattern of shoehorning an app that should be standalone into an existing app. It is way too hard to browse just ATV+ content. I don’t want it mixed in with everything else. 

    The unified interface of the TV app is useless anyway unless Apple mandates all apps support it. If the biggest streaming services can opt out what the hell is the point?
    entropysbyronl

  • YouTube Premium adds SharePlay support, increases video quality for iOS

    payecopayeco
    I used a VPN to switch my location to Argentina and then signed up for YouTube Premium. Now I pay $2/month.
    kitatit

  • Former Apple PR head Katie Cotton has passed away

    payecopayeco
    Wow, you just rocked my world saying it’s been almost a decade since she retired. If you had asked me yesterday I would have said 2 or 3 years tops. Crazy how fast time has gone by. Sad she died young. She was around the same age as Steve. 
    byronldocno42bandits1watto_cobra

  • Unique 'Lucky you' sealed original iPhone is up for auction

    payecopayeco
    It’s a launch day phone:

    https://m.economictimes.com/magazines/panache/the-iphone-effect-tapping-into-apples-legacy-15-years-on/articleshow/92628493.cms

    “On June 29, 2007, the iPhone went on sale for the first time, creating a history of sorts.

    Across the United States, people queued up outside Apple stores for hours to buy the coveted device, with some even getting a “lucky you” sticker inside the box. ”
    radarthekatbageljoeywatto_cobra

  • iPhone 15 certified cable requirement expected to create high USB-C charger demand

    payecopayeco
    citpeks said:
    payeco said:
    So people actually think all these Anker, Belkin, Aukey, etc. USB-C chargers that people have and have been using to charge their iPhones at 18+ watts with USB-C to Lightning cables will suddenly become nerfed and charge at just 5w and/or 12w for the new phones? I’ve never heard such a ridiculous claim. This is not going to happen. I’d be willing to bet $10k the MFi restrictions everyone has their panties in a bunch over will turn out to be limited to accessories like adapter dongles and docks, etc, just like they are today. Apple may go the super shitty route and require MFi USB-C cables, but they’re not going to needlessly nerf millions of existing USB-C chargers. 

    What I can see happening is an MFi "fast" charging tier above standard PD profiles.  Like how Samsung does with its Fast Charging profile, and any number of other companies do with their high power super fast schemes, particularly the Chinese OEMs.

    It's something Apple already does with MagSafe, whereby the standard Qi profiles work with no issue, but for the speedier option, you need an MFi-certified wireless source.

    Nothing is being gimped, or made non-functional with the generic spec-compliant third-party power sources, but for the special, fastest rates, it needs to be a blessed product.

    A lot of people who read tech blogs and fall for clickbait stories will get their panties in a bunch, but it's really nothing new, or a practice confined to Apple.

    For most users, it's not something they'll notice, or only discover by reading an Apple Support document, like this one for MagSafe, which subtly points out that Apple's chargers provide extra benefits.

    Simply put, if the new iPhones detect an MFi-blessed e-marked cable, it will ask for 25W.  If it doesn't, it will only ask for 20W, or some scenario like that.

    And a long way from something like HP bricking printers when third-party consumables are installed, via their firmware updates.

    But for now, it's all guesswork anyway.
    If they were going to have some even quicker charging speed why would they have held it back for USB-C? Lightning can handle way more than even the 27w the 14 Pro Max peaks at. I think Apple is done innovating with cables. Once the switch to USB-C is completely we’ll get iterative charging speed increases every few years and that’ll be it for improvements with cords from Apple’s side. MagSafe and wireless are clearly where Apple sees the future and where we should expect to see all future improvements. 
    MplsPwatto_cobra