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  • iOS 18 saw below average adoption despite Apple Intelligence

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    " below average adoption despite Apple Intelligence" - maybe because of it? After all, Apple Intelligence has pretty much been a failure - the headlines it has generated was making up fake headlines and the Siri fiasco.  I've yet to see any news about Apple Intelligence being useful.

    And in addition, Apple Intelligence is only available in a couple of markets, in a couple of languages. Thus, many of us would have even less reason to upgrade as there wasn't a lot of other things in that underwhelming iOS release.

    muthuk_vanalingamwilliamlondondewmedebonbonToroidalgavzaanantksundaram

  • Judge orders Apple to comply with 2021 anti-steering injunction or return to court

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    snookie said:
    So apple should spend time and money creating and running the app store and get nothing for it?
    They get a lot for it - it's a cornerstone for being the vendor of one of the two dominant, entrenched eco systems. Without the app eco system, they would make about 0 dollars on the iPhone - this is just Apple wanting to double dip for even more profits than they'd had just supplying the platform.
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  • AirPods Max vs Sony XM6 - Over-ear headphones shootout

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    "AirPods Max is known for active noise cancellation."
     That's stretching it a bit. The Airpods Max impressed because they were as good as the Sony WH-1000XM4 when they were launched. In 2022 Sony released the WH-1000XM5 (They really need simpler names), and the active noise cancelation there is better than the Airpods Max. If WH-1000XM6 is even better, that will just increase the distance to Apple in the rearview mirror for this specific area. 

    I've had both - I used Airpods Max until last year. There were so many issues (hangs, not found by phone/computer, getting in states where it reversed head detection etc), and I was waiting for a new version of the Airpods Max. When Apple didn't bother to update, I switched to the XM5 - and I've been happy so far. Just wish they'd support three Bluetooth units at the same time...
    williamlondon