crowley

I don't add "in my opinion" to everything I say because everything I say is my opinion.  I'm not wasting keystrokes on clarifying to pedants what they should already be able to discern.

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  • Apple's iPhone repair tool kit that it rents is wheeled and weighs 79 pounds

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    lkrupp said:

    Right to Repair was always a campaign about how individuals should have the rights, and the facilities, to effect repairs on the devices they have bought, and these kits are versions of what Apple uses in-store. They're just not cost-effective for any given user, skilled or not.

    Read on AppleInsider
    Really? And just how many of those types of individuals are there in the world? What? You were expecting your grandson to set up a repair shop in your basement to make a few bucks replacing batteries? As usual the screaming minority demands what the masses don’t want or need.

    Oh, I see, the right to repair cadre wants a complete redesign of Apple’s products so that they can use tools from Home Depot to disassemble devices, gaskets instead of adhesives, standard screws and fasteners, snap together plastic housings, etc. Gimme a break.
    The masses don’t want to be able to have their devices repaired? What planet are you from?
    MplsPdarkvader

  • Apple's iPhone repair tool kit that it rents is wheeled and weighs 79 pounds

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    Trust Apple to make it way more complicated than it needs to be.
    muthuk_vanalingamdarkvader

  • Apple warns developers it will pull apps without recent updates from the App Store

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    swat671 said:
    How hard is it to recompile an app? Especially one so old it’s about to get removed any way? If it’s that out of date and you as the developer are not willing to update it, then I’m not willing to use it. 


    Kind of hard, sometimes.
    MacsWithPenguinsmuthuk_vanalingamurahara

  • Teardown of Apple's new & long Thunderbolt 4 Pro Cable highlights why it's so expensive

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    humbug1873 said:
    The most scary sentence in that whole article " for creatives working with large amounts of data, ChargerLAB states it may be the best option currently available."
    Why is that an acceptable outcome?
    When I buy a cable that is supposed to allow for Thunderbolt 4, it should follow the specifications and deliver the expected throughput. If not it's mis-labelled and essentially fraud. We need to stop accepting faulty cables and sue the fraudsters.
    As I read it, the comment is referencing cables that use cheaper materials, not cables with faults.
    killroymichelb76scstrrf

  • European politicians on the cusp of requiring USB-C in all smartphones

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    darkvader said:
    I wish they'd hurry it up.  It's insane that Apple is still using proprietary ports in 2022, and if it takes legislation to force them to stop, then the world needs that legislation.
    Rubbish. The proprietary innovation that is Lightning was an inspiration to the industry to make something better with USB, which before USB-C had stood still for a very long time and pretty much sucked.

    In the free world, companies are allowed to make things that work best for them and see what happens. Customers loved products using the proprietary 30-pin and Lightning interfaces. The market spoke very clearly. iPods and iPhones would have been poorer products had they been forced to use existing-ports only.
    You really believe that the USB-IF just created USB-C as a response to Apple’s Lightning port? These roadmaps are planned well in advance.
    Apple contributed to USB-C.  Lightning came out 2 years before the initial publication (not final) of the USB-C spec.  And there was very little talk of reversibility of port until Apple came out with Lightning.

    Who knows how much of a direct response it was, but it seems likely that there was at least a bit of inspiration.
    MplsPtmay