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  • Rumor: All iPhone 15 cameras will be 48 megapixels

    darkvaderdarkvader
    Ugh.  The last thing I care about is the camera.  If I want to take great pictures, I've got a real DSLR with real lenses.  My phone camera is for taking quick snapshots to document work, I don't need high resolution.  Just give me an iPhone 5 camera with no idiotic bulge.
    JP234williamlondon

  • Reddit's largest Apple community will stay dark, as CEO promises to ride out shutdowns

    darkvaderdarkvader
    radarthekat said:
    Did I miss an announcement?  Has Elon taken over Reddit?  Lol
    It's not the elongated muskrat himself, but it's rat-like behavior.

    Reddit is trying to go public.  They want to maximize the appearance of revenue to get a high IPO price, so they're trying to charge unworkable amounts for 3rd party apps that don't actually make any money and can't possibly afford to pay.

    Big groups going dark will help prevent that from working like they want it to, the stock will be worthless.  And because of Reddit's bad behavior, that's actually what we all want to happen.
    williamlondonFileMakerFellerkurai_kage

  • Hands on with Apple's new Pro Macs -- Mac Pro & Mac Studio with M2 Ultra

    darkvaderdarkvader
    Less RAM, no real graphics card, and Apple making wild performance claims without any actual benchmarks.

    I'm unconvinced.  I want to see real benchmarks vs current AMD and Intel processors, and current high end Nvidia and AMD graphics cards.  I want to see that because I strongly suspect Apple is just doing a bit of puffery.
    xixocgWerks

  • Apple will not buy Disney, no matter how often it hears that it will

    darkvaderdarkvader
    neillwd said:
    Maybe not buy them, but invest like Microsoft did to save Apple. Disney is in deep financial trouble with the approaching requirement to buy Hulu. And the streaming losses.
    Microsoft DID NOT "invest" to "save Apple".  Microsoft was settling with Apple because they'd gotten caught copying QuickTime code into Video for Windoze. 
    tmaywilliamlondonFileMakerFeller

  • Apple's live events are probably a thing of the past, and that's sad

    darkvaderdarkvader
    So, for those of us sitting at home watching, the high production value presentation was... fine.

    But if I actually went to the trouble of going in person to see a keynote?  I'd have been PISSED.

    If that's all they're going to do for keynotes from now on, just cancel the in person WWDC permanently.  There's no need for anybody to be there any more.  If developers need access to Apple engineers, they'd get more from a FaceTime call than from this.  Stream the fancy presentation and be done with it.
    iOS_Guy80