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rob53 said:

Doesn't mean I will use it. I don't use Bing or google's search engine either. I know better than that.

Yeah you do. All the "Alternatives" use Google's or Bing's results behind the scenes. You just don't use their front ends.

I genuinely find Bing Chat to work quite well. Infinitely better than Google's Bard. I just stopped using it for ChatGTP because it forced me to use Edge Browser. But then I remembered about Browser Spoofing and setting Safari to "Microsoft Edge (Mac)" makes it work better than with Edge because there's less tracking and ads.

Queue the “Macs suck for gaming trolls”.

The reality is that Macs are one of the best platforms for gaming and Metal3 is the reason.

The reason that Macs suck for gaming is 100% on the developers who take the crappy approach of taking a Windows game and wrapping it in Cider and calling it a Mac game. There’s literally NOTHING Mac in this approach. It’s a Windows game running on Linux software and it will always have a performance hit.

Compare the old version of Eve Online to the current Metal based version and the difference is night and day. Then compare that to the iOS version of Eve Echoes and you start to get the picture that it’s not Mac hardware that’s the problem. We’ve been screwed by idiot developers who just treat us as a third class citizen in gaming.

We don’t need AAA titles if this is their approach. We need games designed specifically for Macs that makes people want to game on Macs that leave Windows PCs and gaming consoles in the dust. We can do it if developers don’t develop for the money but develop to showcase their talent. Ego is a massive driver and will be the only way Macs can get out of their gaming doldrums.

Sweet, international rollout is coming.

tundraboy said:

Besides, why would Apple, or any other private company, want to promote a currency and technology that enables drug dealers, cyber criminals, tax evaders, terrorist organizations and all other sorts of nefarious characters?  Why should any private company that is not a monopoly or a public utility be compelled to enter into a line of business that it does not want to be in?  Why is it a private company's obligation to promote a technology that it doesn't want to be involved in?

This is kind of a disingenuous statement because it fails to acknowledge the legitimate users of cryptocurrencies. For instance I blog using the Hive and Publish0x platforms, both of which award posters with cryptocurrencies - Hive and ETH/BAT/LRC respectively.

When, and I mean When, cryptocurrencies go mainstream then you'll see more normal people using cryptos all over the place. It's a matter of which currency will be used. It pretty much operates the same as a normal currency only it's not controlled by any one entity unlike say the New Zealand Dollar or the US Dollar, etc. As such you can easily buy and sell using crypto anywhere in the world without an exchange. The only time you will need an exchange is if you want to change to another currency either another crypto or a physical currency such as NZD or USD etc.

You have to remember most of those illegal entities were making tonnes of money using legitimate currencies BEFORE cryptos came on the scene so your arguement about enablement can be said the same for real world currencies can't it.

nicholfd said:

SpamSandwich said:

Some day Apple will get informed and use blockchain or Hashgraph to verify apps. Every app sold should be assigned a ‘coin’ which verifies its authenticity and quality.

And why do they need to use a blockchain to verify authenticity?  They can already do that...

Because I think Spammy learned a new word and wanted to see if he could use it in a sentence. 😈