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  • Apple halts gambling ads in App Store

    Apple App Store:  Serving gambling ads for more $$$
    Tech Soapboxers: Apple bad for serving gambling ads!
    Governments around the World: Play our Lottery $$$
    Tech Soapboxers: I got my Powerball ticket!
    watto_cobra
  • Compared: Apple Watch Series 8 vs Google Pixel Watch

    It's comical to suggest that the Pixel Watch is a competitor to the Apple Watch.  It could be a competitor to the Galaxy Watch but no threat, considering how few people have Pixel phones.  All the Pixels sold since 2016 wouldn't even be a tenth of what Samsung sold in 2021.
    danoxwatto_cobra
  • iPhone 14 Pro owners complain of shaking camera in third-party apps

    The article begs the key question, 'have the 3rd party apps been updated for the new iPhone camera?'   From what I read elsewhere, third-party camera apps like Halide are fine.  So like the problem is with the social media apps.
    JaiOh81watto_cobra
  • Disney World visitor claims $40,000 credit card fraud occurred after losing Apple Watch

    Given the circumstances here, we have to believe a CM stole the watch and quickly guessed or knew the required user passcode to use the wallet.  And of course, the person who lost the watch neglected to mark the watch as lost on their phone and took no action to contact their credit card company before the 40K fraud occurred.    The CM thief must have gone to a jewelry store and bought some diamonds or a Rolex watch.   That’s quite fantastical; I wonder what we’re missing from the story.
    DBSync
  • Five Galaxy S22 Ultra features which should be on the iPhone

    Using both Pixel and Galaxy devices, I don't want to see any of your wishes except maybe 'free' Airpods and stylus but you know they aren't really free - it's built into the S22 Ultra "$1300" base price.  Face ID on the iPhone and even the past PIxel 4XL is far superior to using a fingerprint sensor; not sure why tech pundits push for that and now Apple allows using a mask with Face ID.  Edge to edge might look cool but it's often aggravating with accidental touches.  As for hole punch vs notch, I find the hole punch more annoying (end up hiding it) and I'll be quite annoyed if the iPhone 14 replaces the notch with the two-hole cut-outs.  
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