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In defense of Apple's iPhone Leather Wallet with MagSafe
“I've seen some videos and complaints that the MagSafe wallet doesn't connect straight, with users haphazardly slapping it on the back of their phone and showing that it doesn't magically align itself. This seems like a weird complaint to me”Apple’s promo video literally showed a hand letting go of the wallet and the wallet then snapping securely and perfectly straight onto the back of a case-less iPhone.You may think it’s weird to complain that the product does not perform as the manufacturer has stated, but some would disagree. Apple didn’t have to put that scene in their promo video; they chose to.“The other complaint is that the magnets aren't strong enough and the wallet falls off. I admittedly don't wear skinny jeans, but I have not experienced this issue.”
There’s enough videos out there which confirm that this issue depends entirely on what type of clothing you’re wearing. If it’s skinny jeans or the pocket is tight, the wallet can slide off. If it’s baggy jeans or the pocket is lose, the wallet doesn’t slide off.A magnetic wallet that sometimes stays on and sometimes doesn’t depending on your clothing is a valid criticism. Implying or pretending that it isn’t a problem at all is just pointless.
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Parallels issues second Technical Preview for M1 Macs with new features, bug fixes
You should post this on the Parallels support forum.nosleepapnea said:Please clarify if this will run with 8GB ram on the M1 or does it need 16GB to be practical? Especially since one of your reviews implied 8GB of ram on M1 was similar to 16GB ram on Intel Mac.
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Apple Store suppliers suffering through longer payment terms, consignment model
Hopefully this will ease Apple’s cash flow squeeze, and help the company stay afloat in these financially constrained times.
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Fake App Store reviews spark developer outrage, highlighting need for enforcement
Don’t make this out to be a zero-sum game. Apple absolutely has the resources to police their App Store. They choose however to focus those efforts on ensuring developers comply with in-app purchase requirements.igorsky said:
I love how people pick and choose when to give them ownership of the ecosystem. When there's a problem it's Apple's system and they own the problem and need to spend to fix it; when developers want more Apple is a monopoly and makes too much money.dysamoria said:“While policing them would be a large investment and a taxing undertaking...”
Hang on, let me get out my tiny violin. Apple created this system. They make monstrous money from it. They can afford to do it correctly.Apple are the ones claiming that the App Store exists so that customers have a safe and trustworthy place to acquire software. No-one forced them to make that statement, Apple put themselves on that pedestal. They own it.Yet time and time again Apple delegates responsibility for policing their policies to others, usually the press. Whether it’s Facebook running a spyware VPN app on enterprise certificates, or the App Store hosting stolen IP, or privacy nutrition labels being flat out false, it’s never Apple that discovers this stuff first.The argument that it’s too big a job to police is nonsense. It is being policed: just by people who don’t work for Apple. Just imagine what they could achieve if they had the resources to hire a small army of investigators and journalists to discover this stuff in house. Even catching some of the cr*p would be better than catching none of it.
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Car and Driver Intellidash+ review: a painless way to add CarPlay to your vehicle
This would be almost perfect if the USB connector had been incorporated into the cigarette jack, leaving just a single cable to the unit carrying both power and data.Otherwise this looks like a fine product for the price.
