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I'm glad that Apple is improving, and I think some day they might get there, but every time I try using Apple Maps, something is wrong. The store is about half a block away on a good trip, several miles away on a bad trip. I would vastly prefer to use Apple Maps for the privacy, and I could live with the lower detail and a couple months out of date information, but it leads me to the wrong place way too often, even a couple years after the restaurant or business opened. This is in Minneapolis, MN, which would seem to be a big enough city to have some accuracy.

This is because some people cannot understand that it's possible to make a lot of money while trying to treat customers with respect and building high quality products at a high price. Their belief system just won't allow it, so they find reasons why Apple will fail.

If Apple built a cheap HomePod supported by ads along with a $200 plastic iPhone, the WSJ would cheer Apple's second coming. It's what they understand.

Mike Wuerthele said:

BxBorn said:

I'm in the minority but I don't see an issue with tech companies working with law enforcement. Guardrails need to be in place and enforced like everything else but if there are situations where unlocking the phones means putting a serial pedophile in jail or preventing more people from being killed then tech companies should be willing partner with law enforcement. By forcing law enforcement to 3rd parties you're only increasing the likelihood of abusing the ability to access locked devices.

Good news. Tech companies do work with law enforcement. The FBI had the contents of the shooter's iCloud account less than 24 hours after the incident.

It's good to remember that law enforcement varies. There's law enforcement in China, there's law enforcement in Russia, there's law enforcement in Syria, and so on. I think we can assume that once the precedent is set, other nations will expect the same treatment. They have "terrorists", too.

I keep this in my computer bag (minus the cord) for emergencies. It's nice and compact, and one less cord to get tangled.

Ten years ago, the idea that my smartphone would be as powerful as my computer seemed impossible. I'm hoping that the Apple Watch will continue to grow at that pace, although this year at least, they focused on processor battery usage. MicroLED should also help with power usage. I don't know why, but the watch excites me even more than the iPhone did at that point in its development. I'm constantly amazed by all it can do, and battery life seems to be the only thing currently holding it back.