without losing all the money I've invested in music, apps, etc. and having to re-buy collections on the other platform.
Apple sells their music in a lossless AAC format (and have for about 10 years, I think). Android plays them just fine. I never buy a whole lot of apps, they're not usually worth it. I'm not sure what "collections" you're re-buying.
That's just the same old rule - don't upgrade to the last major iOS release available for a given device. They introduce enough features to demand more resources, slowing the whole thing down.
Though there's not much cleanup/maintenance available to be performed on iOS. A restore from backup will refresh the OS and clear any caches and any junk left behind. And not reinstalling every app.
And they did all this a couple days after Christmas - after the holiday sales rush. After the iPhone 8 was well-established. A $29 battery replacement does nothing for the person who spent $699 on a new phone when they were otherwise happy with their old one.
A class action lawsuit on the part of people who replaced their phone prematurely is probably better than this, but it's not uncommon for state Attorneys General to get involved in larger claims. I don't really know where Congress fits in - but a Senator asking questions is not the same as trying to pass a law.
A system crash implies that it is a software problem. A sudden loss of power is not a crash unless you're flying a plane. Unexpected shutdown is a fine term.
They didn't slow down their phones to make people buy new phones.
Based on their iOS release history, that would be a literal first. The last supported version on iOS on any phone is one that uses way more resources than the phone can provide. That's been true going back almost their entire history. If you know it's the last iOS release for that model, do not upgrade.
And the vast majority of users had NO idea that it was an intentional slowdown. Nor did they know that replacing the battery would fix it. They bought a new phone. They announced the battery program AFTER the holiday sales rush. Coincidence?
Censoring positive reviews while showing negative reviews is plain extortion when you act as an honest authority. Possibly even defamation, since they're manipulating the facts.
Past Microsoft would have just chucked the patch out saying "important security update available! Install now!" and then act with total indifference when your OS load is left as a twisted flaming wreck, and blame the AV vendor
Who did they blame when updating to Windows 10 did this? I don't think it was the AV vendor, but it certainly wasn't themselves.
I'm saying that branding is important and I'm talking purely theoretical. Old people are not too stupid for technology, but you have to have a lot more free time on your hands to keep up with all the nuances of everything under one name - and be willing to spend that time deciphering technology branding.
Google Pay didn't exist until now. There were so many other combinations of "Google" and "Android" and "Wallet" and "Checkout" and "Pay" but not those specific two words together.
Yeah - and just wait until someone goes to the cash register with their laptop and signs in to "Google Pay" and wonders why it doesn't work. "Google Pay" only works at the register if it's also Android Pay anyway. Fragmentation can sometimes avoid confusion.
Where free money is defined as higher prices in consumer goods to cover credit card processing fees by retailers that is only partially refunded to you in the form of rewards if you choose to use a card. Sure, if you pay cash you usually pay the same price and get nothing - but it's still not free money.
So if you buy an Intel CPU you will need to deal with Meltdown.
By using an up-to-date version of Windows, Mac, or Linux. And if you don't buy an Intel CPU, you still need a very similar fix to mitigate Spectre.
Like it or not, this is not going to end in a mass recall - it's a fundamental design flaw with speculative execution. Poor security is a bug, but they delivered everything they promised on the box. This is not a simple patch. It's a complete redesign of a huge section of the die - and even if you do get your recall, it's going to be years before a new design can be fabricated and mass-produced. By then, it will be replaced and obsolete.
You can also do 3 interrupted cold boots in a row. That will go to the repair options screen.
The problem is that EFI booting is too fast to leave time for the button press. They really need to have a separate EFI entry point for this instead of everything being under "Windows Boot Manager" so you can at least easily switch in EFI settings.
Pretty bad. If grandma forwards a stupid email to more than 10 people she could be cut off. If you ask them to install an Ethernet card, they can't guarantee they won't lose all your data on your computer. They may change your provided email address without notice. They poison DNS lookup failures. Tiny 200GB data cap on their lowest tier. Hijacking HTTP requests when near your bandwidth limit.
ISPs don't want to cancel your service for infringement. It's a monetary loss to them. They do want to cancel your service if you're a high-bandwidth user.
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without losing all the money I've invested in music, apps, etc. and having to re-buy collections on the other platform.
Apple sells their music in a lossless AAC format (and have for about 10 years, I think). Android plays them just fine. I never buy a whole lot of apps, they're not usually worth it. I'm not sure what "collections" you're re-buying.
That's just the same old rule - don't upgrade to the last major iOS release available for a given device. They introduce enough features to demand more resources, slowing the whole thing down.
Though there's not much cleanup/maintenance available to be performed on iOS. A restore from backup will refresh the OS and clear any caches and any junk left behind. And not reinstalling every app.
And they did all this a couple days after Christmas - after the holiday sales rush. After the iPhone 8 was well-established. A $29 battery replacement does nothing for the person who spent $699 on a new phone when they were otherwise happy with their old one.
A class action lawsuit on the part of people who replaced their phone prematurely is probably better than this, but it's not uncommon for state Attorneys General to get involved in larger claims. I don't really know where Congress fits in - but a Senator asking questions is not the same as trying to pass a law.
The FTC?
iOS keyboard substitutes straight quotes for curly quotes. Slashdot handles basic ASCII and that's about it.
It didn't always die at 20%. Only under high load. It's about voltage, not remaining mAh
A system crash implies that it is a software problem. A sudden loss of power is not a crash unless you're flying a plane. Unexpected shutdown is a fine term.
They didn't slow down their phones to make people buy new phones.
Based on their iOS release history, that would be a literal first. The last supported version on iOS on any phone is one that uses way more resources than the phone can provide. That's been true going back almost their entire history. If you know it's the last iOS release for that model, do not upgrade.
And the vast majority of users had NO idea that it was an intentional slowdown. Nor did they know that replacing the battery would fix it. They bought a new phone. They announced the battery program AFTER the holiday sales rush. Coincidence?
Censoring positive reviews while showing negative reviews is plain extortion when you act as an honest authority. Possibly even defamation, since they're manipulating the facts.
However, they have been sued unsuccessfully before over this and the court seemed to think it was fine.
The name didn't exist, I don't think.
Past Microsoft would have just chucked the patch out saying "important security update available! Install now!" and then act with total indifference when your OS load is left as a twisted flaming wreck, and blame the AV vendor
Who did they blame when updating to Windows 10 did this? I don't think it was the AV vendor, but it certainly wasn't themselves.
Actually, it makes it an even better ingredient in PMS drugs - since that's peak testosterone time.
I'm saying that branding is important and I'm talking purely theoretical. Old people are not too stupid for technology, but you have to have a lot more free time on your hands to keep up with all the nuances of everything under one name - and be willing to spend that time deciphering technology branding.
I don't know the exact number, but they are probably all over 50.
Google Pay didn't exist until now. There were so many other combinations of "Google" and "Android" and "Wallet" and "Checkout" and "Pay" but not those specific two words together.
Yeah - and just wait until someone goes to the cash register with their laptop and signs in to "Google Pay" and wonders why it doesn't work. "Google Pay" only works at the register if it's also Android Pay anyway. Fragmentation can sometimes avoid confusion.
free money
Where free money is defined as higher prices in consumer goods to cover credit card processing fees by retailers that is only partially refunded to you in the form of rewards if you choose to use a card. Sure, if you pay cash you usually pay the same price and get nothing - but it's still not free money.
So if you buy an Intel CPU you will need to deal with Meltdown.
By using an up-to-date version of Windows, Mac, or Linux. And if you don't buy an Intel CPU, you still need a very similar fix to mitigate Spectre.
Like it or not, this is not going to end in a mass recall - it's a fundamental design flaw with speculative execution. Poor security is a bug, but they delivered everything they promised on the box. This is not a simple patch. It's a complete redesign of a huge section of the die - and even if you do get your recall, it's going to be years before a new design can be fabricated and mass-produced. By then, it will be replaced and obsolete.
And then off course you need the USB drivers slipstreamed into the ISO so that it can be accessed via the installer.
I think this part only applies if you're booting from a USB3 port.
You can also do 3 interrupted cold boots in a row. That will go to the repair options screen.
The problem is that EFI booting is too fast to leave time for the button press. They really need to have a separate EFI entry point for this instead of everything being under "Windows Boot Manager" so you can at least easily switch in EFI settings.
Have you tried running WSUS Offline on these? If a future update fixes the problem that might do it.
that it takes more than one person to drive a conversation
But I bet a good bit of the rest of their income is commentary on that one person's tweets.
Pretty bad. If grandma forwards a stupid email to more than 10 people she could be cut off. If you ask them to install an Ethernet card, they can't guarantee they won't lose all your data on your computer. They may change your provided email address without notice. They poison DNS lookup failures. Tiny 200GB data cap on their lowest tier. Hijacking HTTP requests when near your bandwidth limit.
ISPs don't want to cancel your service for infringement. It's a monetary loss to them. They do want to cancel your service if you're a high-bandwidth user.