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eightzero said:

commentzilla said:

Why not add a USB port and a Time Machine function to it or add a Time Machine function to HomePod? Seriously, Time Machine  sucks on anything other than an Airport or TimeCapsule. Why not both home devices? It would be trivial to add.

Sure. There's lots of things ATV "could be." I've pined for an ATV with a couple of OTA tuners and a coax plug. But there is *no way* Apple would do that since there is no way to monetize it (other than with the collection of user data for sale, and AAPL does not do that.) First and foremost this box will always be about selling subscriptions. It will be designed, built, marketed, and supported only to do only that.

The Silicon Dust products work very well for that. Get the Channels app from Fancy Bits in the App store and you have a complete over the air solution with optional DVR. I don’t watch much over the air TV but for local live football games and a TV show or two, it works nearly perfectly if you have a decent location for an antenna.

Channels DVR on the App Store

https://www.silicondust.com/

ericthehalfbee said:

How are they going to decide who gets the one-on-one time? Previously it was available to the 5-6,000 attendees who paid for a ticket. With 1,000 Apple engineers attending, that meant there were only 5-6 attendees per Apple engineer, guaranteeing an excellent chance for everyone to speak to an engineer(s).

They can’t just let any person with a developer account register for one-on-one time. They would quickly exhaust all available slots and you could end up with a lot of “developers” wasting engineer time with trivial questions. Further, I bet you’d get a lot of trolls who try and register just to screw with the event.

So I’m wondering how they’ll screen developers.

According to the developer website, they are going to review questions in advance.

“Eligible members can simply sign in, choose a lab from the schedule, enter your question, and submit. Availability is limited. Requests will be reviewed and you’ll receive an email with your status.”

randominternetperson said:

Huh my first comment never appeared. I said thank you to the a number of you who pointed out that I overlooked posts about swollen batteries with MacBooks (and other devices) in recent years. I stand corrected. 

It showed up in the post about Apple replacing swollen batteries.
https://forums.appleinsider.com/discussion/205156/apple-offers-replacements-for-swollen-13-inch-macbook-pro-batteries

elijahg said:

sflocal said:

This is why I bought a bunch of Apple’s airport routers and express units when they announced they were no longer get available.  

I use them extensively in apartment buildings after horrible experiences with other manufacturers and Apple’s Airport units have been the most reliable ever.  Many of the original units I purchased 10 years ago are still in operation without having to be reset.  My tenants have praised how reliable their WiFi connections are.

I wish Apple would re-enter the market.  The competition is just junk.  There is no bar to raise now that Apple has lest the arena.

Ubiquiti stuff is really good. I never have a problem with my devices, and they support cool things like roaming so your call doesn’t drop when roaming between access points. 

Their new WiFi 6 Alien router looks interesting. A bit expensive though at $379 retail.

CloudTalkin said:

DAalseth said:

flydog said:

As usual, much ado about nothing. This clown greatly exaggerates the nature and scope of the recordings, which as most people who use Siri know, can’t be more than a few seconds long. It’s a stretch to call this “wiretapping,” and the claim that Apple collected location and identity data is flat out false. 

Exactly. Sounds to me like someone got his fifteen minutes of fame and wants more. 

How so?  The guy was an anonymous whistleblower so he got  no 15 minutes of fame.  Now, one could claim outing himself served to garner the 15 minutes, but why would anyone claim that?  The guy's a whistleblower.  Wouldn't a more logical conclusion be the guy is all bent out of shape because his "sacrifice" only garnered the equivalent of a stern finger shaking?  My man really didn't get his [shakes fist] "somebody must pay" moment.  

We got more data transparency from the companies, so he accomplished something at least.  Maybe we should thank him for his service.

It sounds more like he doesn’t believe that Apple has actually made a policy change and is still recording users without disclosure. That’s why he wants an investigation. There are plenty of people who think all corporations lie about everything. Most of us on this site are more likely to believe that Apple has made the required change and is doing the right thing. Without an investigation, some people will never believe it.

Edit to add: I agree that we should be thankful for his initial disclosure. More privacy is a always better. Apple screwed up and seems to have admitted that they did and are going to pay a pretty hefty fine. 

Edit 2: Apparently I’m wrong about the fine, I think I was conflating the $500 million throttling suit and the $25 million Siri patent suit. I can’t find any evidence that Apple has been fined for recording Siri conversations. So the whistleblower may have a point about no consequences for Apple.