But a trivial way to get out of being blamed for it; just put up a FAQ page explaining SD card classes, and tell the users they need to get a fast one.
Oh right. Because such a high percentage of iPhone buyers check FAQ pages before buying something like an SD card. Or even know what an SD card is. You just made an argument against your own claim.
Sorry to tell, but Apple's customers aren't as stupid as you pretend they are. You shouldn't judge them by how stupid the fellow customers are of whatever you bought.
My original point was that it all seems rather convenient Apple would create an unnecessary controversy in a year with declining sales. s
Oh, sorry. I completely forgot about your weird-ass conspiracy theory while you distracted me with your ignorance about iPhone encryption and Android's lack of security.
What's your fucking point? Google will give out user data just as easy - but most of the time LEOs and criminals can just get at it by themselves. That's what I've been talking about all along. Something you either don't know, or are paid to downplay.
So you don't call a 50% increase in PIN lenght, from 4 to 6, and Security Enclave a "core feature"? You really are more dense than one would assume at first glance.
You could use a longer passcode or even a password since iOS 5 (and supposedly before if you used an company Exchange account). That doesn't depend on iOS 9.
Ohh, and Apple has been telling people to use more than 4-digit passcodes for years. The fact that the shooter only used 4 digit just proves he had nothing to hide on that stupid phone.
The iMac came out in '98 and revitalized the company, gaining a (relative) lot of marketshare back for them and put them on the map again. Your assertion that the other MP3 players were never marketed is simply stupid.
You are of course right - they were marketed to Nerdsters like you, and thus had tiny sales. Period.
The DRM was asked by the music industry at the very beginning. It was a condition so that Apple could sell music files. But soon after, Steve Jobs fought against the DRM
Oh yes, I am sure he fought quite valiantly against Apple's position of profitable vendor lock in.
That letter is not new to me, only that somebody believed it.
Jobs has been an outspoken opponent of so-called digital rights management (DRM) in the past, arguing that limitations on digital music will undermine the market for legitimate content.
My landline phone does everything I need a phone to do. My computer does computer stuff. I see no need to mix the two.
Funny you should mention that. A few days ago I saw an ad on television for Amazon's Fire phone. It shows a man and woman sitting on the couch in their living room, trying to decide what movie to watch on their phone.
Well, judging by the sales numbers of the Fire devices, nobody wants that. At least not on Fire.
Well, in this sense "Android phone" is a misnomer. Unlike with iPhones there is no centralized, controlled way for Android phones to exist. But I'll address a few things you might be referring to.
AOSP (the Android base) uses the Linux kernel, which has a mature implementation of the standardized dm-crypt subsystem for encryption. AOSP implemented use of dm-crypt in 2010 with version 2.3. Apple wasn't encrypting user data until 2015 with iOS8.
I have to read no further to know you don't have any clue. But thanks for your best effort anyway. [golf clap]
Probably because they didn't have a PR genius with a captive audience at the helms of their companies.
It takes a "PR genius" to do advertisements for your products? And how exactly did Apple/Jobs have an "captive audience" - the customer base had been dwindling for years, and those left often loudly complained about the new products. The whole "selling to the faithful" meme could explain why people were still buying Apple "when they were going out of business", but it can obviously not explain the large growth of Apple since 1998. Not if you have an IQ above 80.
Before the iPhone no one was marketing smartphones to consumers. It was essentially a new product category.
Yeah, that's why at the introduction of the iPhone, Steve Jobs pointed out how stupid previous smartphones were. Because that market didn't even exist.
I can hear you say "But I said: 'Consumers'!" - Well, quote Wikipedia; "Beginning with the 8700-series models in 2006, RIM began to aggressively add consumer features to BlackBerry models, in an aim to capture more of the consumer market from competitors such as Treo and Motorola Q".
Apple has already blown half that pile by taking out $100B in combined bonds and 'special' debt in order to buy back stock and pay dividends. By the time they are finished with this buy back program nearly all of that cash will have been spent.
And yet the pile is higher than before. Must be blowing up the pile.
That's odd, because actually it's Google Maps that full of these bugs, telling people to turn left or U-turn were you aren't allowed to, or sending them over private property and bus-only streets.
I typically use Google Maps over Apple Maps on my iPhone because I like the interface better. I haven't run into any of the problems you've described, and I use it quite often for my travel.
Well, maybe its better in the elsewhere, but Google Maps sure is bad in Germany.
It's rather convenient they were in a controversy over phone security this year wasn't it? It certainly gives them a new selling point for declining sales. Be ready for obnoxious ads in September about how the new iPhone 7 is unbreakable (which it won't be). As soon as I read the actual court order involved in that San Bernandino case, juxtaposed with the hyperbole in the media, I knew this was just another marketing campaign from a company that knows no shame. Now we have the confirmed motive.
Nice conspiracy theory. Which raises the question: why don't people give a shit about the severely lacking security on Android phones?
All this can be now said about a company that a decade ago, saw a world filled with CD players, and figured out how to bring your entire music collection with you at once....all with a slick interface.
I had an MP3 player before the iPod came out. They didn't invent it, or even make it good. All they did was make one with a hard drive and a slick marketing campaign that made people willing to pay the extremely high price.
So why weren't the makers of those much better and earlier and cheaper and whatever MP3 players willing to advertise their products outside the back pages of Computer Shopper?
And if you want to complain that comparison doesn't include iPhones and iPads of today - neither does it include various Newton products, the QuickTake camera, the long line of printers etc. Apple sold back then.
“Our team executed extremely well in the face of strong macroeconomic headwinds,” Apple CEO Tim Cook, said.
Stock price is down $6 in early after close trading. I'd hate to see what the result would have been if the team had average performance.
Well, a little like Alphabet's shares? Their report sounds eerily like Apple's, yet they supposedly aren't doomed, even after the sharp stock price fall.
This. Just what happened to Nokia before the ultimate dip and introduction of the MS mole.
Errm - Nope. In the years before the purchase, Nokia massively decreased stock buyback, and in 2013 when they where bought (and the year before), they actually sold some shares. And the year after that they increased the number of outstanding shares by over 10%.
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But a trivial way to get out of being blamed for it; just put up a FAQ page explaining SD card classes, and tell the users they need to get a fast one.
Oh right. Because such a high percentage of iPhone buyers check FAQ pages before buying something like an SD card. Or even know what an SD card is. You just made an argument against your own claim.
Sorry to tell, but Apple's customers aren't as stupid as you pretend they are. You shouldn't judge them by how stupid the fellow customers are of whatever you bought.
My original point was that it all seems rather convenient Apple would create an unnecessary controversy in a year with declining sales. s
Oh, sorry. I completely forgot about your weird-ass conspiracy theory while you distracted me with your ignorance about iPhone encryption and Android's lack of security.
What's your fucking point? Google will give out user data just as easy - but most of the time LEOs and criminals can just get at it by themselves. That's what I've been talking about all along. Something you either don't know, or are paid to downplay.
You make up arguments I supposedly made, and I am the troll. 0/1000 Sister.
So you don't call a 50% increase in PIN lenght, from 4 to 6, and Security Enclave a "core feature"? You really are more dense than one would assume at first glance.
You could use a longer passcode or even a password since iOS 5 (and supposedly before if you used an company Exchange account). That doesn't depend on iOS 9.
The paper you linked is also not relevant to this particular case as it's about iOS9 and later.
Here's the predecessor from Feb 2014: https://www.apple.com/euro/iphone/business/b/generic/docs/iOS_Security_Feb14.pdf - IOW up to iOS 7. Not much difference, because the encryption is done in hardware.
Ohh, and Apple has been telling people to use more than 4-digit passcodes for years. The fact that the shooter only used 4 digit just proves he had nothing to hide on that stupid phone.
The iMac came out in '98 and revitalized the company, gaining a (relative) lot of marketshare back for them and put them on the map again. Your assertion that the other MP3 players were never marketed is simply stupid.
You are of course right - they were marketed to Nerdsters like you, and thus had tiny sales. Period.
The DRM was asked by the music industry at the very beginning. It was a condition so that Apple could sell music files. But soon after, Steve Jobs fought against the DRM
Oh yes, I am sure he fought quite valiantly against Apple's position of profitable vendor lock in. That letter is not new to me, only that somebody believed it.
People believed it way before it was written. http://www.cnet.com/news/apple-unveils-music-store/
Jobs has been an outspoken opponent of so-called digital rights management (DRM) in the past, arguing that limitations on digital music will undermine the market for legitimate content.
My landline phone does everything I need a phone to do. My computer does computer stuff. I see no need to mix the two.
Funny you should mention that. A few days ago I saw an ad on television for Amazon's Fire phone. It shows a man and woman sitting on the couch in their living room, trying to decide what movie to watch on their phone.
Well, judging by the sales numbers of the Fire devices, nobody wants that. At least not on Fire.
Well, in this sense "Android phone" is a misnomer. Unlike with iPhones there is no centralized, controlled way for Android phones to exist. But I'll address a few things you might be referring to. AOSP (the Android base) uses the Linux kernel, which has a mature implementation of the standardized dm-crypt subsystem for encryption. AOSP implemented use of dm-crypt in 2010 with version 2.3. Apple wasn't encrypting user data until 2015 with iOS8.
I have to read no further to know you don't have any clue. But thanks for your best effort anyway. [golf clap]
Probably because they didn't have a PR genius with a captive audience at the helms of their companies.
It takes a "PR genius" to do advertisements for your products? And how exactly did Apple/Jobs have an "captive audience" - the customer base had been dwindling for years, and those left often loudly complained about the new products. The whole "selling to the faithful" meme could explain why people were still buying Apple "when they were going out of business", but it can obviously not explain the large growth of Apple since 1998. Not if you have an IQ above 80.
That's because the exciting stuff isn't happening at the consumer level it's happening at the engineering level.
You're right. But unless you watch the WWDC Keynote, you don't even get to know about those advances, even by Apple.
Here's a nice little PDF just about the changes in El Capitan http://images.apple.com/osx/all-features/pdf/osx_elcapitan_core_technologies_overview.pdf
Apple is living on borrowed time. They need to come out with something disruptive, but all they can do is incremental upgrades.
Well, first they need to actually lose money selling their products, something most of their competition have been doing for years.
Before the iPhone no one was marketing smartphones to consumers. It was essentially a new product category.
Yeah, that's why at the introduction of the iPhone, Steve Jobs pointed out how stupid previous smartphones were. Because that market didn't even exist.
https://youtu.be/9hUIxyE2Ns8?t=206
I can hear you say "But I said: 'Consumers'!" - Well, quote Wikipedia; "Beginning with the 8700-series models in 2006, RIM began to aggressively add consumer features to BlackBerry models, in an aim to capture more of the consumer market from competitors such as Treo and Motorola Q".
Excellent point. Hence you got down voted by angry fanbois...
Ignoring that the OP was dumb as shit - there was no moderation on that post. Angry-dumb hateboi much?
Apple has already blown half that pile by taking out $100B in combined bonds and 'special' debt in order to buy back stock and pay dividends. By the time they are finished with this buy back program nearly all of that cash will have been spent.
And yet the pile is higher than before. Must be blowing up the pile.
That's odd, because actually it's Google Maps that full of these bugs, telling people to turn left or U-turn were you aren't allowed to, or sending them over private property and bus-only streets.
I typically use Google Maps over Apple Maps on my iPhone because I like the interface better. I haven't run into any of the problems you've described, and I use it quite often for my travel.
Well, maybe its better in the elsewhere, but Google Maps sure is bad in Germany.
My guess is no. You're probably one of the south park "smug' set. At least that's how you portray yourself.
So you think he is one of the people making South Park - still on Macs instead of smug-driven self-build PCs?
Apple definitely has enough cash to buy Tesla. It has enough cash to buy GM, Ford, and the rest of the American auto industry. Combined.
Now the only question is: why the fuck would they want to do that?
It's rather convenient they were in a controversy over phone security this year wasn't it? It certainly gives them a new selling point for declining sales. Be ready for obnoxious ads in September about how the new iPhone 7 is unbreakable (which it won't be). As soon as I read the actual court order involved in that San Bernandino case, juxtaposed with the hyperbole in the media, I knew this was just another marketing campaign from a company that knows no shame. Now we have the confirmed motive.
Nice conspiracy theory. Which raises the question: why don't people give a shit about the severely lacking security on Android phones?
All this can be now said about a company that a decade ago, saw a world filled with CD players, and figured out how to bring your entire music collection with you at once....all with a slick interface.
I had an MP3 player before the iPod came out. They didn't invent it, or even make it good. All they did was make one with a hard drive and a slick marketing campaign that made people willing to pay the extremely high price.
So why weren't the makers of those much better and earlier and cheaper and whatever MP3 players willing to advertise their products outside the back pages of Computer Shopper?
Just look at the Mac compare page, it's like John Sculley in the early 90s.
Errm - Nope. Not even by a long shot.
And if you want to complain that comparison doesn't include iPhones and iPads of today - neither does it include various Newton products, the QuickTake camera, the long line of printers etc. Apple sold back then.
“Our team executed extremely well in the face of strong macroeconomic headwinds,” Apple CEO Tim Cook, said. Stock price is down $6 in early after close trading. I'd hate to see what the result would have been if the team had average performance.
Well, a little like Alphabet's shares? Their report sounds eerily like Apple's, yet they supposedly aren't doomed, even after the sharp stock price fall.
This. Just what happened to Nokia before the ultimate dip and introduction of the MS mole.
Errm - Nope. In the years before the purchase, Nokia massively decreased stock buyback, and in 2013 when they where bought (and the year before), they actually sold some shares. And the year after that they increased the number of outstanding shares by over 10%.
Now that is a sign of a healthy company, innit?
Stock buybacks are a red flag for me, indicating that the company may be out of investment ideas.
http://www.cnet.com/news/google-plans-first-ever-share-buyback/ - And that was in 2009.