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Re: apple needs to not over think the mac pro or
Apple will circle back and update their Mac computers
In fact, they already have:
We will all get to witness the result next Tuesday:
https://www.apple.com/apple-ev...
Protip: Try Refreshing that Page a few times...
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Re:DIsable Auto-Update
I can't help the majority, and I don't have any experience with IOS aside from ipads my kids have to use. There are plenty of things I find frustrating in IOS, chiefly the way they tie you into their ecosystem. You can't create child accounts (under 18), without an IOS device with an adult account. Itunes and web interfaces won't suffice. They can only be managed by another IOS device, so every child of mine's Ipad has an account claiming they are over 13. (School says I am the account owner so it should be my age, but I don't want the kids exposed to app behavior targeting adults). Secondly the fact that IOS can't be setup properly without some sort of payment method on file.
Android sucks too, but I know how to manage it. The settings are mostly there (but quit setting my location to scan wifi and cell towers assholes). I turn stuff off and keep only what I need enabled.
I won't let loose with both barrels, because you admitted that you had almost no knowledge of iOS.
I will counter that by admitting I have no kids; so therefore very limited knowledge of the specifics regarding iOS and kids.
HOWEVER, I DID find this in
.5 seconds of Googling:https://support.apple.com/en-u...
https://discussions.apple.com/...
Perhaps, next time, you might try something like a simple Google search before you assume iOS simply "doesn't allow that".
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Re:DIsable Auto-Update
I can't help the majority, and I don't have any experience with IOS aside from ipads my kids have to use. There are plenty of things I find frustrating in IOS, chiefly the way they tie you into their ecosystem. You can't create child accounts (under 18), without an IOS device with an adult account. Itunes and web interfaces won't suffice. They can only be managed by another IOS device, so every child of mine's Ipad has an account claiming they are over 13. (School says I am the account owner so it should be my age, but I don't want the kids exposed to app behavior targeting adults). Secondly the fact that IOS can't be setup properly without some sort of payment method on file.
Android sucks too, but I know how to manage it. The settings are mostly there (but quit setting my location to scan wifi and cell towers assholes). I turn stuff off and keep only what I need enabled.
I won't let loose with both barrels, because you admitted that you had almost no knowledge of iOS.
I will counter that by admitting I have no kids; so therefore very limited knowledge of the specifics regarding iOS and kids.
HOWEVER, I DID find this in
.5 seconds of Googling:https://support.apple.com/en-u...
https://discussions.apple.com/...
Perhaps, next time, you might try something like a simple Google search before you assume iOS simply "doesn't allow that".
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Re:I do not belong to the church of the lowercase
His internet was out, so all he needed to do was download that link with his iphone, plug it into his macbook and transfer it over.
I'm not 100% sure Apple lets you do that. They do pretty trivally let you tether. But the iOS filesystem is pretty locked down.
told him to download and install VLC media player and he'd be good.
Your family member couldn't figure out how to download a free app from the app store? for their phone or click the orange button ? That does not seem like Apple's fault.
This went about the same way as the others - she has no clue how to copy a file on her Mac.
You copy a file via drag and drop, the same as literally every other GUI based OS.
These are people who often tout how Apple is superior to everything else, while at the same time cannot figure out how to do very basic things with their Apple products.
Most likely, they asked you for help, and you made it difficult because you hate apple products. Now, I'll say I don't use OSX voluntarily. And lots of things are slightly different and thus annoying. But when I do use it, it works just fine and in many ways like I'd expect.
Really, this is like the guy who told Visual Studio Code complaining it deleted all his files when he selected "delete unversioned files" Take some responsibility for using your tool.
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Apple says they do
From Apple's web site:
"We may collect information such as occupation, language, zip code, area code, unique device identifier, referrer URL, location, and the time zone where an Apple product is used so that we can better understand customer behavior and improve our products, services, and ADVERTISING."
"We may collect and store details of how you use our services, including search queries.
... we may collect data about how you use your device and applications in order to help app developers improve their apps""Apple and its affiliates may share this personal information with each other and use it consistent with this Privacy Policy. They may also combine it with other information to provide and improve our products, services, content, and advertising."
https://www.apple.com/legal/pr... -
Re:They should have told people what they were doi
They did give you the option to get a new battery.
For the really defective models they offered a free battery replacement. I got one for my iPhone 6s.
For models that were less affected they offered battery replacement for $29 instead of the normal $79.
You can still claim these battery replacement offers at this moment too.
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Re: Not sure about this
Wow, you aren't very creative. How about option E - give the user a setting you can toggle. Maybe even popup a message letting the user know the battery has degraded and give them the chance to decide whether to turn it on
But wait, what was I thinking. Giving Apple users a choice? I guess that really isn't an option
Fuck off, Hater:
https://support.apple.com/en-u...
That has been there for nearly a YEAR. You might try READING before you make a fucking FOOL of yourself, moron.
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Um, no
They do have an ad platform everyone is forced to use.
Oh you mean this one?
The one that no developer was ever forced to use, and that was shut down - in part because Apple wouldn't give advertisers user data?
They do have an app that suggests what to watch.
You mean TV? That simply displays what is popular to download, based on downloads only and nothing sent to Apple from users?
The only time Apple uses data like that is ratings, where USERS CHOSE TO SEND RATINGS TO APPLE. Apple did not collect the data from the users.
You may have the last word since you know nothing about anything and reading your posts further would just be insane.
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Re:Disingenuous
Apple sells thick-client product that are deeply threatened by thin-client cloud-based solutions
Right, because they don't sell any thin-client products that use cloud services:
https://www.apple.com/ipad/
https://www.apple.com/iphone/
https://icloud.com/
https://www.apple.com/ipod-tou...And those thick-client products that you refer to? They account for less than 10% of Apple's revenue.
https://www.statista.com/chart... -
Re:Disingenuous
Apple sells thick-client product that are deeply threatened by thin-client cloud-based solutions
Right, because they don't sell any thin-client products that use cloud services:
https://www.apple.com/ipad/
https://www.apple.com/iphone/
https://icloud.com/
https://www.apple.com/ipod-tou...And those thick-client products that you refer to? They account for less than 10% of Apple's revenue.
https://www.statista.com/chart... -
Re:Disingenuous
Apple sells thick-client product that are deeply threatened by thin-client cloud-based solutions
Right, because they don't sell any thin-client products that use cloud services:
https://www.apple.com/ipad/
https://www.apple.com/iphone/
https://icloud.com/
https://www.apple.com/ipod-tou...And those thick-client products that you refer to? They account for less than 10% of Apple's revenue.
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Re:Lawyer up.
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Re:So then..
Silent push notifications can have any payload the app programmer needs to send. Any silent push notification campaign will result in the feedback service updating the list of invalid devices. They can't send a ping to your device, they need to go through apple APNS service to contact the device, which will cause the aforementioned feedback service to update the list. The same process happens with Android.
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Re:I must agree...
Keep in mind, apple got law enforcement requests for data from 500,000 devices just last year, even without the ability to get into many of their devices. And would then have to keep track of, and keep secure the device keys for the 200 million iphones it sells each year.
The more access they have, you would then expect even more requests.
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Re:Piracy
Not DRM per se, but iTunes definitely has rights management.
You hereby grant Apple the right to take steps Apple believes are reasonably necessary or appropriate to enforce and/or verify compliance with any part of this Agreement. You agree that Apple has the right, without liability to you, to disclose any data and/or information to law enforcement authorities, government officials, and/or a third party, as Apple believes is reasonably necessary or appropriate to enforce and/or verify compliance with any part of this Agreement (including but not limited to Apple's right to cooperate with any legal process relating to your use of the Services and/or Content, and/or a third-party claim that your use of the Services and/or Content is unlawful and/or infringes such third party's rights).
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Re: Always surprising considering few configuratio
Then why did they fire their QA team?
Did they STAY "fired", or were they just replaced with a different Team?
Spoiler Alert: See below for the answer...
Considering the fact that Apple does their own Mechanical Product Testing, I would be VERY surprised if they didn't have an internal (human) Software QA Team, too.
In fact, these recent Job Postings make it pretty clear that Apple most CERTAINLY has an internal Software QA Team:
https://jobs.apple.com/us/sear...
https://www.indeed.com/q-QA-En...
Checkmate.
BTW, found those in one 5 second Google search.
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Re:Prove it
It does looks like Bloomberg's story isn't complete and relies on anonymous sources.
"Today’s bombshell Bloomberg story has the internet split: either the story is right, and reporters have uncovered one of the largest and jarring breaches of the U.S. tech industry by a foreign adversary or it’s not, and a lot of people screwed up." https://techcrunch.com/2018/10...
Links from the Techcrunch article:
"The October 8, 2018 issue of Bloomberg Businessweek incorrectly reports that Apple found “malicious chips” in servers on its network in 2015. As Apple has repeatedly explained to Bloomberg reporters and editors over the past 12 months, there is no truth to these claims." https://www.apple.com/newsroom...
"Steve Schmidt, Chief Information Security Officer at Amazon Web Services stated, "As we shared with Bloomberg BusinessWeek multiple times over the last couple months, at no time, past or present, have we ever found any issues relating to modified hardware or malicious chips in Supermicro motherboards in any Elemental or Amazon systems." https://www.prnewswire.com/new...
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Re: sâ(TM)lashâ(TM)code sâ(TM)uck&a
Not anymore you're not
Appleinsider: "Turn off iOS 11 Smart Punctuation to avoid data entry problems"
https://appleinsider.com/artic...Apple Developer Forums: "apostrophe encoding breaks login"
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Re: Can they do that?
Sure. In their latest iOS security white paper, Apple specifies on page 12 that the keys used by biometric methods to unlock the device are wiped if any of the conditions in which a passcode is required occur, and page 10 says that a passcode is required after five unsuccessful attempts at unlocking the device.
If your device does not have biometrics enabled, that key will never be generated in the first place, so you’d always have to use your passcode to unlock a different key, which law enforcement in the US can not compel you to provide due to 5th Amendment protections.
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Re:I wish I'd known about this sooner
You should to a password reset on the account via https://iforgot.apple.com/pass..., which will be processed via your email address after all, and lock out all the connected devices.
It may or may not work depending on how the person sets up the Apple account. In other words, if the person has set a rescue email address different from what yours is in creating an Apple account, the method may not work. Besides, if the person has set up a 2-fac-Auth, then you would be out of luck because the phone number linked to the account is not going to be yours. See here for more information.
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Re:I wish I'd known about this sooner
You should to a password reset on the account via https://iforgot.apple.com/pass..., which will be processed via your email address after all, and lock out all the connected devices.
It may or may not work depending on how the person sets up the Apple account. In other words, if the person has set a rescue email address different from what yours is in creating an Apple account, the method may not work. Besides, if the person has set up a 2-fac-Auth, then you would be out of luck because the phone number linked to the account is not going to be yours. See here for more information.
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Re:I wish I'd known about this sooner
You should to a password reset on the account via https://iforgot.apple.com/pass..., which will be processed via your email address after all, and lock out all the connected devices.
It will be processed with the email address given by the owner of the account, which probably isn't his email address. The AppleID may for historical reasons look like an email address, but it isn't really.
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Re:I wish I'd known about this sooner
You should to a password reset on the account via https://iforgot.apple.com/pass..., which will be processed via your email address after all, and lock out all the connected devices.
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Re:The why not buy an iPhone?
closed-source
Just because Apple releases some open source software doesn't make iOS open source. It is not only closed source like Windows, but unlike Windows, Apple does everything it can to ban sideloading of software, or at least mass market distribution through that channel.
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The why not buy an iPhone?
I'm a maker not a taker.
If you were really a maker you would seek great tools.
I've got no use for a spying
Apple does not spy. They do not need to as they sell hardware, not you.
, expensive
Even $1k for a powerful computing device you keep at your side for three+ years is not expensive.
closed-source
sealed battery
All batteries are sealed, or else there would be quite a mess.
Or did you mean you could remove the battery? Funny, you claim to be a "Maker" and yet you are afraid to open a phone case to change a battery manually (which you'd only have to do every 2-3 years)??
Or did you mean you want a second battery, again if you were actually a maker you'd appreciate the flexibility of carrying around an external battery that could recharge any number of different USB devices instead of some lame proprietary internal battery that you have to throw away with your phone.
crippled computing device with no keyboard.
In what way crippled? And rather than "no keyboard" is has an infinite number of keyboards.
If you really have to have a physical keyboard for a phone then why not get one? That's the nice thing about buying popular hardware, is that you can expand it almost in whatever way you like.
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iPhone user: camera is crap
It's immensely frustrating and has been going on for years.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7691303?page=67
My 4s took better shots. Even when I look at them on my 6s+ display. I see people complaining about the 7 and 8 with the same issues, and I immediately can tell an iPhone photo when somebody sends it to me.
In anything other than bright daylight, the watercolor effect on the images due to compression are horrible.
I would hate to have to give up the iPhone because I'm sick of the photos of my children looking embarrassingly bad, but the privacy issues around Google are difficult to accept.
Loading up the raw photo apps is probably the right way to go, but it's such a pain in the butt.
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Pythonista already on the iPhone
I don't even think that it would be impractical to use without an external keyboard. Just look at screenshots from the iPhone version of Pythonista - that includes shots of editing code with the keyboard up, a UI editor, and showing graphical apps running. The fundamentals are all in place showing how you could use the same approach for any language, or system, and build working apps. Now the iPad simulator might be a might tiny on the iPhone but drawing apps have figured out lots of approaches to stuff like that.
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You can already program on an iPhone
I'd be interested to see how you solve the problems of 1. adapting an IDE to a 5 inch touch screen and 2. getting it approved by Apple
I don't see any issues at all with re-building something like Xcode to work on a very small screen. Much of what I do in Xcode is still typing code, and Swift Playgrounds on the iPad shows you can absolutely re-work the keyboard to make that very practical. Even using IB could almost just as well be done on a small screen as I zoom in and out of UI layout a lot anyway, and you could easily have some way to flip between UI layout and code related to elements you were focused on.
However why do you have to go that far? There are already many scripting language apps (like Python) for the iPhone. Or other ways to learn programming as well - why do you think Apple would have any issues? Hell if you rewrote Xcode for the iPhone Apple would probably buy you out (and not in the Simpsons sense).
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Re:And what if I need to change my number abroad?
Do I need a fucking laptop to do that?
No. https://support.apple.com/en-u...
What you need
A iPhone Xs or iPhone Xs Max with an update to iOS 12 coming later this year
A QR code or a carrier app from a wireless carrier that supports eSIM*
To use two different carriers, your iPhone must be unlocked. Otherwise, both plans must be from the same carrier. If a CDMA carrier provides your first SIM, your second SIM won't support CDMA. Contact your carrier for more information. -
False
A year after unveiling the AirPower all-in-one wireless charger for the iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPods, Apple has now erased all references to AirPower from its website.
Really? I still can find it mentioned in these:
The future is here: iPhone X
iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus: A new generation of iPhone
Not to mention they still hosts the video of presentation that introduced AirPower and it still has Phil Schiller introducing it (@1:43:00 from apple special event September 12, 2017).
Either Apple is bad at searching their own website or this is a clickbaity article. -
False
A year after unveiling the AirPower all-in-one wireless charger for the iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPods, Apple has now erased all references to AirPower from its website.
Really? I still can find it mentioned in these:
The future is here: iPhone X
iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus: A new generation of iPhone
Not to mention they still hosts the video of presentation that introduced AirPower and it still has Phil Schiller introducing it (@1:43:00 from apple special event September 12, 2017).
Either Apple is bad at searching their own website or this is a clickbaity article. -
False
A year after unveiling the AirPower all-in-one wireless charger for the iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPods, Apple has now erased all references to AirPower from its website.
Really? I still can find it mentioned in these:
The future is here: iPhone X
iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus: A new generation of iPhone
Not to mention they still hosts the video of presentation that introduced AirPower and it still has Phil Schiller introducing it (@1:43:00 from apple special event September 12, 2017).
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Re:18 hr battery OMG
They claim the same battery life as the previous model, which happily lasts 2-3 days.
Sure, in reserve mode, where you have to press the button to tell the time. In other words, it lasts 2-3 days when it is off. Apple's own guidelines say 45 minutes of app time on an 18 hour charge.
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18 hr battery OMG
Up to 18 hours battery life? WTF was Apple thinking. And exactly who is going to buy the spin that 64 bits is more energy efficient than 32. Just read Apple's own claims. Other manufactures aiming at more than 24 hours runtime = Apple will lose more market share.
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Re:Not the customer's fault anymore ?
for a lying sack of shit that worships apple you sure are ignorant of their policies
Its right on their page.
https://www.apple.com/support/iphone-8-logic-board-replacement-program/?_ga=2.1381237.557747069.1536163833-1109128928.1533764684If your iPhone 8 has any damage which impairs the ability to complete the repair, such as a cracked screen, that issue will need to be resolved prior to the service. In some cases, there may be a cost associated with the additional repair
I think you need to re-read your apple shilling manual
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Too Late, Trump! Since 2013, They Already DO!!!
Since at least 2013, Apple DOES at least Assemble some of their Products in the USA, and are actively taking steps to increase those numbers:
https://www.statesman.com/busi...
https://www.apple.com/newsroom...
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Too Late, Trump! Since 2013, They Already DO!!!
Since at least 2013, Apple DOES at least Assemble some of their Products in the USA, and are actively taking steps to increase those numbers:
https://www.statesman.com/busi...
https://www.apple.com/newsroom...
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Re:will master key unlock code requests be put it?
Is that reply supposed to be a "second answer of wrongness"? There are at least two ways to interpret what you wrote, so would you mind clarifying?
My first guess is that you are asking if the new system will allow the police to directly request to unlock phones. In the extreme case they might be able to ask without a warrant, which actually could be possible based on some fine print in the EULA or ToS or something else you clicked on without reading.
Possibly relevant links:
https://termsfeed.com/blog/app...
https://www.apple.com/legal/in...
https://www.apple.com/legal/ma...
https://www.apple.com/legal/sl...If you actually manage to read all the way through ANY of those, then excuse me for avoiding you in the dark alleys. I don't care to find out if you're actually that dangerous or just powered by stupidium...
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Re:will master key unlock code requests be put it?
Is that reply supposed to be a "second answer of wrongness"? There are at least two ways to interpret what you wrote, so would you mind clarifying?
My first guess is that you are asking if the new system will allow the police to directly request to unlock phones. In the extreme case they might be able to ask without a warrant, which actually could be possible based on some fine print in the EULA or ToS or something else you clicked on without reading.
Possibly relevant links:
https://termsfeed.com/blog/app...
https://www.apple.com/legal/in...
https://www.apple.com/legal/ma...
https://www.apple.com/legal/sl...If you actually manage to read all the way through ANY of those, then excuse me for avoiding you in the dark alleys. I don't care to find out if you're actually that dangerous or just powered by stupidium...
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Re:will master key unlock code requests be put it?
Is that reply supposed to be a "second answer of wrongness"? There are at least two ways to interpret what you wrote, so would you mind clarifying?
My first guess is that you are asking if the new system will allow the police to directly request to unlock phones. In the extreme case they might be able to ask without a warrant, which actually could be possible based on some fine print in the EULA or ToS or something else you clicked on without reading.
Possibly relevant links:
https://termsfeed.com/blog/app...
https://www.apple.com/legal/in...
https://www.apple.com/legal/ma...
https://www.apple.com/legal/sl...If you actually manage to read all the way through ANY of those, then excuse me for avoiding you in the dark alleys. I don't care to find out if you're actually that dangerous or just powered by stupidium...
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Re:Or, they could buy them in Canada...
For any other manufacturer, this would probably work, but Apple's phones (at least their flagship model) are ridiculously expensive. The iPhone X starts at $999 according to Apple's own site. Even the base model for the iPhone 8 Plus is $799, so if you have to factor in tax or you want to upgrade the storage capacity, this plan wouldn't work.
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Re: It's prison, not a spa
kenh quoted TFS thusly:
As a compromise, prison officials offered to download the already-purchased music to a CD, and then mail that CD to someone outside the prison. For a $25 fee.
Then he reacted to it this way:
Is Apple as accommodating when you chose to quit using iTunes?
Will your local cable company burn your 'legally purchased' movies to DVD when you switch to Sattelite TV?
First, Apple is not a cable company. Likewise, cable TV companies, however much they might like to pretend otherwise, are not tech companies, and they are only now beginning to get into content streaming, as their customers become sophisticated enough to realize that "tiered" TV service bundles are simply a pretext to sell them channels they don't and won't watch in order to get the ones they want - and abandon en masse both cable and satellite TV subscriptions in favor of streaming services that actually understand their market. Nor do cable TV companies sell music subscriptions. Two very different business models, two entirely different kinds of product, which you have conflated here.
Having said that, I think it's fair to point out that switching away from Apple and iTunes doesn't mean you have to give up the music you purchased from it. In fact, Apple even offers a tutorial on how convert your iTunes library to MP3s. So, your attempt to further conflate Apple's business model with that of Jpay has no basis in fact. (Full disclosure here: I own an iPad 2 - which I use as an ereader when I'm on the toilet. Otherwise, I'm not at all an Apple customer, nor do I purchase any content whatever from iTunes.)
Your complaint about cable TV companies is, likewise, ungrounded in reality. You do not - indeed, you cannot - "purchase" movies from them. You can, however, opt to pay a premium to watch "pay-per-view" movies in the short time between their theatrical run and their release in DVD/Blueray/digital-download formats - and via HBO and other streaming services. The name of that service should be more than enough clue to the fact that customers who choose that option are not, in any legal sense, purchasing the movies they watch, but instead are merely paying for the privilege of watching them on those services. Give up the services, and you give up the privilege. Likewise, once you watch your pay-per-view movie, if you wish to watch it again, you have the choice of waiting until it's available on the premium channels (which, again, you are paying a monthly fee to watch) or DVD/etc. formats for you to purchase, or paying the pay-per-view fee a second time to do so. Regardless, as long as you're watching them courtesy of a cable/satellite subscription, at no time do you ever actually own them. Period.
Don't mistake this for a defense of Jpay's business model. s entirely based on sweetheart, monopoly deals with state prison systems to exploit a literally-captive audience that could hardly be more corrupt if they were openly run by the Mafia
...(Posting as AC only so as not to undo prior upmods in this thread.)
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Annual fee for web app can be smaller
A cross-platform application. Use Tcl/Tk if you have to, or even python. That's cross-platform.
Which would require tech support to walk users through installing Tcl/Tk or Python with Tkinter. A developer can assume that one of the big four web browsers is already installed, unlike Tcl/Tk or Python with Tkinter. Nor would Apple's App Store Review Guidelines allow publishing a generic Tcl/Tk or Python with Tkinter interpreter for purposes other than learning to program. The developer would have to buy an iOS Developer Program subscription and an Xcode license separately and package the interpreter with the application.
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Apple's already there!
Doesn't that even deserve a MENTION?
Boy, the anti-Apple bias on Slashdot is disgusting.
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Re:Why pay to loose your privacy
Microsoft- logs all sorts of information about you and invades your privacy.
Google- logs all sorts of information about you and invades your privacy.
Apple- logs all sorts of information about you and invades your privacy.But there's a BIG difference:
Microsoft: Does ALL sorts of trickery to keep you from "opting out" of Privacy-Stealing and "Telemetry".Google: Logs your entire life, EVEN WHEN YOU TELL IT NOT TO!
Apple: Only DISSEMINATES Differentially-Anonymized Data, states CLEARLY what Data they collect, and ALLOWS YOU TO OPT-OUT.
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Re:Why pay to loose your privacy
But the guy is already on a freakin' Mac, thus he should be using macOS - why are you bringing up Windows and Linux?
He also is stating one of the reasons he is considering a Chromebook (shudder) is 2FA.
macOS has supported Two Factor Authentication for some time now (since at least macOS El Capitan, now almost THREE major OS versions ago!) :
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Re:Was the device plugged in for 2-3 years?
When fully charged, the charge current must be cut off.
Which is handled by the charge controller on most devices with lithium battery chemistries...
Please keep blame where it needs to reside.
You mean with the company that used a charge controller that fails to cut off charging current properly when the battery is full? Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's where the blame was placed to begin with.
IPads Don't overcharge, period:
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Re:Was the device plugged in for 2-3 years?
Most LiPo charger ICs can be set up to turn OFF once you reach full charge, and turn ON again when you drop below a set level. It your charger IC is set to always trickle charge - you're doing it wrong.
And Apple's charging circuits do exactly what you suggest:
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Re:Was the device plugged in for 2-3 years?
This is technically your fault
What utter bullshit. It is the fault of Apple's engineering, that can't safely trickle charge a li-ion battery. I have lots of devices permanently sitting on chargers, everybody does. But don't do that with Apple products unless your fire insurance is all paid up. According to you.
but the knowledge of how to keep a battery stored really matters and isn't very common knowledge. Any device with a lithium-ion battery of any kind should not be left on the charger for extended periods, like days or more. If you plan on not using the device, unplug and turn it off. The protection chip on the battery will prevent overcharging but it's a precarious situation that might cause overheating, swelling and explosions potentially the longer it's left charging.
That is true if you buy from Apple, apparently.
Citation and more details: https://batteryuniversity.com/...
Your link doesn't say anything like you just claimed. Are you an Apple employee?
Bullshit:
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Re:Was the device plugged in for 2-3 years?
This is technically your fault but the knowledge of how to keep a battery stored really matters and isn't very common knowledge. Any device with a lithium-ion battery of any kind should not be left on the charger for extended periods, like days or more. If you plan on not using the device, unplug and turn it off. The protection chip on the battery will prevent overcharging but it's a precarious situation that might cause overheating, swelling and explosions potentially the longer it's left charging. Citation and more details: https://batteryuniversity.com/...
Apple claims iPads don't overcharge, period. I think the GP is lying.