ranson

If you're shaking your head now, though, it's because you've used MagSafe. Once you have and you know how convenient is to just pop your iPhone on a stand, it is very hard to go back.

Do you think people are taking the case off of their iPhone and using the built-in MagSafe magnets to mount the phone to the stand charger? Of course not. Everybody's phone is in a case and it stays in the case for 99.99% of its life. Cases offer MagSafe. People's iPhones are attaching to the stand via the case's magnets, not the phone's. A quick Amazon search shows that popular case makers like Spigen already have magnetic charging cases for the iPhone 16e.

This was the right call by Apple.

This is overblown, and not really the end of the world. Practically everyone uses a Case with their iPhone, and so practically everyone who uses MagSafe to charge doesn't rely on the Phone's magnets for aligning the charger anyway. I'm sure there will be Case makers who provide the magnet ring for 16E, just like they have for iPhones for nearly 5 years. Would MagSafe in the phone+case strengthen the hold for car-mounted options? Probably. But a Gig Driver (a very urban job) who would use such a setup probably needs a different phone that supports mmWave.

DAalseth said:

The bride and groom get to say what they and the wedding party wears. Other than “formal” or “semi-formal” they don’t get to say what the attendees wear. 

13485 said:

 Huh. I had no idea something I wear under a shirt sleeve and a jacket sleeve would be considered to be so offensive to delicate fashion sensibilities.

Or maybe we go to the wrong weddings, the kind where people have fun no matter what they wear. Everybody gotta be somewhere I guess.

We really don't have enough info about the situation to judge anyone here. Perhaps the wedding is 10 or 15 people? In a smaller wedding, it's absolutely acceptable to ask guests to dress a certain way. In this case, they're not telling the attendees what to wear; they're asking them not to wear one specific item (and one that is not even an article of clothing). I think that is fine.

I've been to beach weddings where the dress code was sandals, khaki pants and a linen short-sleeve buttondown. A watch on my arm would've been visible in group photos, which is maybe what they're trying to avoid here.

Or maybe the bride or groom work for an Apple competitor and want to avoid judgement from their colleagues who attend or see pictures.

Or maybe the wedding is being filmed for a professional documentary, where name-brand items (logo visible or otherwise easily identifiable) are prohibited.

There are a million possibilities here. And since none of us are invited, it's not really our business or place to judge how random strangers conduct their private wedding.

In the end, the only thing that is important is that the bride and groom have a perfect, drama-free day that leaves them with a lifetime of happy memories. The sole job for the guests is to help ensure that outcome; meaning, put a smile on your face and do what the bride and groom ask on their special day. I'm not sure this guy tweeting about the dress code accomplishes that, given that it's all over the internet now.

ALSO - have you looked at this guy's twitter feed? He believes the 2020 election was stolen; that the UHC murderer went crazy from the covid-19 vaccine; that Canada should not be a country; that Roblox is for pedophiles; that climate change is a hoax. Clearly an unreliable narrator who is thirsty for attention/clicks, which William happily gave him.

Mike Wuerthele said:

ranson said:

Come on, Mike. The company tried their hardest to make a great product for autistic kids. That's far more than most companies put into this area of care. They went bankrupt because some funders pulled out. But sure, lay into the company (whose employees no longer have a job right before Christmas, BTW) over a product that YOU NEVER BOUGHT. Maybe if people like you had actually bought it, they'd have had more runway due to more encouraging success metrics? Good grief. The problem with the internet in 2024 is everyone wants to be a virtual shame+rage machine for clicks. This "article" fits that bill.

I don't think that your response will get a lot of sympathy for the parents who are impacted by this. They don't have a platform. I do.

They didn't have a runway, or a graceful exit plan. Blaming me for that because I didn't buy it  is ludicrous.

And if "they tried their best" they'd have realized that they needed some kind of actually graceful handoff or shut down for something like this, that's relied on by those parents and kids. A "Oh well, tough shit" response doesn't cut it.

Nobody is blaming you for any of this. What i'm pointing out is the hypocrisy of your actively choosing to not buy a product, and then rage posting when the product is discontinued. That is the epitome of hypocrisy. It's like complaining about our country but not voting. Further, you assume a lot to justify your click-driven rage. How do you know if they didn't have an exit plan? Maybe they did and it fell through unexpectedly too? Maybe they'd been trying for months to get acquired alongside getting more funding? Startups are risky endeavors, that are usually well-meaning and looking to solve a problem to make the world better place. They tried that with the Moxie, it didn't work out. That's nothing to get mad about, especially when it doesn't impact you in the least. Instead, maybe just appreciate the effort and hope that someone else will now be inspired to create a viable alternative in the gap that is created.

Come on, Mike. The company tried their hardest to make a great product for autistic kids. That's far more than most companies put into this area of care. They went bankrupt because some funders pulled out. But sure, lay into the company (whose employees no longer have a job right before Christmas, BTW) over a product that YOU NEVER BOUGHT. Maybe if people like you had actually bought it, they'd have had more runway due to more encouraging success metrics? Good grief. The problem with the internet in 2024 is everyone wants to be a virtual shame+rage machine for clicks. This "article" fits that bill.