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dysamoria said:

It’s not the first time we’ve seen them hold off functionality from older devices with no proof of necessity. It won’t be the last. Is this absolutely a plot of planned obsolescence? I find it VERY hard and irrational to dismiss that it’s not at least a conscious motive that they act on.

It's not withholding functionality from older devices, it's the software that runs on those devices. Newer versions of macOS require Metal support, which is not possible with older Macs. They're under no obligation to go back and revise three year old software for you. As you've already learned, your ranting was completely unfounded since you can continue to use the Reminders as the functionality exists now.

The "planned obsolescence" thing is a lazy bullshit conspiracy theory. Technology moves forward with or without you, the latter especially if you choose to not keep up.

EsquireCats said:

The timing for Apple's introduction is likely to be one of performance, since the entire range of Apple devices are now sufficiently powerful enough to support such a feature without the use of a hardware dongle. (Something which the DuetDisplay still requires.)

DuetDisplay doesn't require a dongle, I think you meant Luna Display. Luna Display is far more powerful than Duet Display due to the hardware.

https://lunadisplay.com/pages/luna-display-vs-duet-display

cy_starkman said:

eightzero said:

I have a list of companies that I simply will not buy from. Microsoft, Samsung, Sears. There is nothing they can offer that will make me consider their wares. Ever.

no microsoft?

vizio? word? excel? onedrive for business?

how do you even work? please don’t say numbers or open office, i mean i respect your willingness to suffer for your convictions if you do.

I don't use any MS software either, except for the occasional boot into a Parallels VM to do cross-browser testing. I do just fine with Numbers, thank you.

coolfactor said:

I'm impressed! Apple is being left in the dust, it's becoming more clear every year. That Neo device is what Apple should have come out with, but didn't because they have been too scared to move away from their tried and true, but aging, device designs.

Found the Microsoft engineer!

entropys said:

I’m wondering, is the OpenId Foundation this dude and his keyboard?