stevenoz

Beats said:

indieshack said:

Law enforcement has been hammering Apple about their strong security potentially hampering capture of child pornographers; well Apple is doing something about it. I don’t care about conceptual discussions about it being constitutionally sound - if it helps prevent this kind of crime I’m all for it.

No it doesn’t.

This crap DOES NOT protect children in any shape or form and never did. It’s just marketing speak to allow back doors.

How do you know that, Beats? Do you work for Apple?

How great would a 5G Macbook Pro be? Surely there must be a demand for a cellular Mac. 

I don't think so. Too much data download on a computer for most people to pay by the megabyte, however fast.

WiFi is a given and virtually ubiquitous. 

The two newspapers for which I would buy-in, the New York Times and the Washington Post, are not included.

Lots of women's magazines and fading stars (Time Magazine) though.

I don't think I'd like to read National Geographic on an iPhone.

But I'm sure it will appeal to some (with a lot of time).

haydn! said:

Love the assumption it’s being caused by the homeless when the cleanliness of a person and their home has zero to do with whether or not they could be infested with bed bugs. It’s just as likely to be a staff member, if not more likely!

  You are correct. Here is a bedbug map of NYC, via the Bedbug Registry. https://bedbugregistry.com/metro/nyc/

fastasleep said:

stevenoz said:

Too bad Bezos won't give up his love of  profit, but that's that.

Well, it is currently a value-add for Prime members at $3.99/mo (vs $9.99/mo), so this Apple News thing competes with that. It's understandable.

The $3.99/mo deal is now dead. It's now $10/month for Prime members, after 4 weeks free.