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darelrex said:

I can't imagine how I would justify such an opinion.. unless I had a severe, ulterior dislike of Apple and its customers, and on that basis I hungered for any rationale for Apple to be screwed with in any way possible.

I think that these justifications come from people who don't understand business, competition and profit. Should HBO be required to license GOT and Succession? Because if you haven't watched those, you may as well use green bubbles. Should I be able to make a bike that pretends to be a fully subscribed Peloton so I can use their services and not expect to be shut down? We keep pretending that people have no choice but they do. If you don't like Apple, don't buy it. If you like the software on Apple's platform, then fucking buy it. Get an iPhone SE for cheap and have at it. "But I don't want an Apple, I just want Messages. And Daddy, I want a trained squirrel, but not any trained squirrel, I want *that* trained squirrel". 

charlesn said:

Maybe I misunderstand the market for Apple Pencil, but this has always seemed like a fairly specialized accessory for a certain segment of iPad users, but not something that the mass market wants or needs... which makes it bewildering that we now have THREE Pencil models in the lineup. Was there really a target group of potential buyers holding out for a stripped down model at the $79 price point that loses a couple of the Pencil's most desirable features?! And $79 still ain't cheap for an accessory! SMH. 

It's a real "nice to have" with an iPad that supports it. I have an original Pro 12.9 and the pencil is great for doing scratch calculations, a "back of the envelope" diagram, or even doing some degree of PDF markup (I assume it's way better w/ iOS 17 PDF editing, though I have not tried. Not essential, but I wouldn't be without one now that I've had one.

williamh said:

I don’t think F1 racing is carbon neutral and that’s something Apple cares about.  Maybe Apple ought to push or pay to start an e-racing league.  

There is e-racing: Formula E. It's not nearly as popular as F1. I also think that F1 will become closer to carbon neutral (running the cars, not making them) if they move to biofuel / eFuel, such as what Porsche is starting to produce at scale.

Since when was it expected that we'd blindly follow software? Just use Maps to look at the map / satellite view or the photo in the article. The pavement is torn away, it couldn't be clearer that this is not somewhere you want to go. It's also on a very narrow road (use Google Street view; Apple hasn't covered it), right after a turn, and not very far down to the creek. How fast was this person going? If you turned the corner normally, you'd have all the time in the world to stop. Perhaps it was at night, who knows, but I can't imagine how fast you'd need to go for such a small gap to kill you. BTW, Google still shows the bridge as present in both map view and street view.

radarthekat said:

A round smartwatch removes function for the sake of form.  

You mean like making a keyboard so thin that a tiny speck of dust causes it to become unusable? /s

It's too complicated for developers; you'd either waste real estate or have apps that need to accommodate difference screen shapes. Unless you can really take advantage of the round-ness (i.e., UX explicitly does things using that shape), there is no point in being round.