thanks to a couple of decades of convergent evolution, there is often a reasonably sane quasi-default layout.
Actually, the default for DVR is insane. There is no good reason to have a stop button right next to play/pause when you almost never want that. Just lose the stop button. I mean, what does it do that pause, eject and power don't already cover? Or at least, place it well away from the useful buttons.
Is there some sort of rule that vendor hostility becomes more acceptable as devices become smaller?
If the vendor specifically has to break the ability to remap a button; this fairly strongly implies that it was otherwise possible; and the only reason it is impossible now is because they don't want it to happen.
People tend not to feel the same way about fixed-function buttons in weaker devices because the limitations are more architectural than deliberate(and, if only thanks to a couple of decades of convergent evolution, there is often a reasonably sane quasi-default layout).
And they have already done significant updates in the past few months to Logic Pro X, Final Cut Pro X, and MainStage 3 (plus GarageBand and iMovie for Macs). They have also done a HUGE Bundle of pretty much ALL their Pro Apps for $199 for students and educators.
Sorry but every freaking year Apple says that they have exciting new products in store for us and every year they disappoint.
On the hardware front they keep removing ports and while other companies can make a laptop with > 16G we can't get that on the MBP. I can get a lightup bar that changes depending on the app but sadly I touch type and rarely look at the keyboard so this isn't for me or most of the developers I know that can type.
Sure, if you have to look at the keyboard as you hunt and peck it's probably useful but Apple doesn't seem to know that a keyboard that changes as you type isn't a step in the right direction. I tried the new MBP in the store and it's lost all of it's feel. We shouldn't have to sacrifice in the race to be thin.
The new mini is a joke and they don't even do monitors or access points anymore.
My mac's have served me well but if I never have to open iTunes again I'll be happy.
Looking at what they just released as the new iPad I can see that they have started to go the cheap route. It's no longer about the product but about the profit.
So, yes, Apple has abandoned the PC market they just don't want to admit it.
1. You may be disappointed with Apple's gear; but the fact that they continue to dominate the higher end laptop sales says you are in the minority.
2. Apple has removed ports that are no longer needed, and replaced them with ports that not only are future-proof; but also give the 2016 MBP the most expandability of any laptop on the market. And if you'd pay attention to what is available in that front, you'd understand that you are just parroting an (incorrect) Internet meme.
3. Apple can make laptops with more than 16G of RAM, too, if they want to follow what others have done and only offer dual-core Kaby Lake CPUs. Don't believe me? Find me a Quad Core Kaby Lake laptop with more than 16 GB of RAM. I'll wait...
4. Apple's TouchBar offers MUCH more functionality than a simple row of Function Keys. And besides, if you still want your precious F-Keys, they offer a variant with that configuration, too.
5. The "new" mini serves many people just fine. And it is also due for a significant design update even as I type, and is likely to be given more power and expandability. But you'd know that if you were paying attention.
6. Apple has said they are working on a new display, too. You really AREN'T paying attention! As for the Routers, I'm with you on that one.
7. They decided to release a slightly cost-reduced iPad alongside their other models to see if they can capture some of that market, too. So, now critics of Apple's iPad pricing will have less to whine about. And it's still better than any Android or Windows tablet.
8. Apple has most certainly NOT "abandoned" the PC market, and if you were paying attention, you'd know just how silly and pathetic you sound.
For some well-crafted definition of "neglect" that may be true, but for any reasonable definition they certainly are. The product line has had gaping holes for a decade, products are cancelled and not replaced, products go many years without update, software gets buggier and buggier. It's not different than Microsoft neglecting their Win95/98 codebase with Millennium and likely equally by design. The Mac Pro is neglect at its finest.
Actually, Apple realized that, and in a really uncharacteristic move, not only admitted they had "painted themselves into a thermal-corner" with the Mac Pro, but also revealed that they are hard at work on a totally revamped line of Desktop Macs, including a new "modular" Mac Pro, "Pro"-oriented iMacs (perhaps even ones with Xeons), and a "not-so-mini" Mac mini. (Wonder what that means!) I personally think they are shooting for a home-server with the new mini, with an integrated AppleTV, and possibly more. Time will tell... It would only cost THEM about $20 to integrate an AppleTV into a mac mini; $25 if it retains its own case that is designed to "snap on" the new mini, or operate standalone.
Oh, and the iMac has only been a year and a half since its last update, and the MacBook Pro was only a year between the 2015 and 2016 models; so those haven't really been neglected.
But it looks like Apple is taking the online commenters to heart, and is getting off its butt with the rest of the Mac lineup.
Oh, and in the Software world, Apple just announced today Updates to Final Cut Pro X and iMovie. At least one of those Applications are "Pro"-oriented...
Toshiba is the #2 flash memory manufacturer. Samsung is #1. If Toshiba goes under, Samsung dominates the NAND industry with close to 50% market share (even more for high-speed NAND), and can start to dictate pricing to companies which need to buy large quantities of NAND - like Apple. So it's in Apple's best interest to make sure Toshiba stays around and kicking and manufacturing NAND.
Apple's doing this to ensure they have access to memory for their iPhones and other products. Want to bet the goal is to tie up the entire production of the types of memory that Apple uses?
No, Apple's doing this because otherwise they're stuck between a rock and hard place - either buy substandard memory or give money to Samsung.
Allowing ACs to post undermines the moderation system. And if by "karma whoring" you mean sensible rational posts, then I'm all for getting rid of ACs.
It isn't the anonymity that is the problem, it's that ACs literally are completely unaccountable. So what if some disgusting little troll posting AC gets a post downmodded, big fucking deal. When I get enough posts downmodded I pay a price in karma. That makes me accountable.
Don't Linux distros already have tabs in their file explorers? Ah, but of course, Windows users aren't likely to know that, so i guess it's something new to them.
Yes, but as usual, MS didn't copy Linux. They waited until Apple had it:
Given that Apple can't even do math right them requiring proprietary roads would be a huge safety boost. If allowed on streets where there might be other people, those things are going to kill people. As anyone who's used iTunes recently knows, Apple doesn't care about software quality or UI design any more. All they care about is making things thinner.
So we'd better hope they can only drive on their own proprietary iRoads or we can expect to have an Apple Car come barreling straight at us any day.
That bullshit about the "math error" has been disproved time and again.
Here's an explanation posted right here YESTERDAY, in fact:
What do you want to bet that an Apple car will only be compatible with other Apple products? iPhones. iPads. Macbooks.
Once they find that powering their car with an electric drive train is a thicket of patents, Apple will have the courage to use an internal combustion engine.
Funny, it hasn't stopped Hyundai, and (IIRC) Kia and who-knows-who else from introducing all-electric and Hybrid-Electric cars with Electric Drive Trains.
Oh, and speaking of "Trains", aren't pretty much ALL trains actually Electric? Why yes, yes they are. And have been for DECADES.
Any current (no pun) patents in that field are in the batteries and possibly the drive-electronics. Using "traction motors" to drive vehicles is WAY not Patentable.
But who knows with our rubber-stamp Patent system in the U.S...
Yes, you CAN spend a lot of money. If you like spending a lot of money. The problem with Apple phones is...you WILL spend a lot of money.
That's because they don't bother with the crap phones.
If you want a cheap iPhone, you can get one about 2 models back for next-to-nothing (or actually nothing), and it will STILL be better than most "current" Android phones.
> Will Apple become a completely different company?
Apple already has become a completely different company than what it was in the 80's and early 90's.
Just as Apple has neglected it's PC / laptop customers due to focus on the iPhone, I suspect the same will happen with the new distraction on self driving cars.
You apparently haven't been paying attention: Apple is most certainly NOT neglecting its "PC/laptop" customers.
Well, if there is anything Apple is good at, it's taking a bunch of "almost there" technologies, and turning them into something that hits the mark.
Here's hoping they manage to do it again.
Agreed. As a Type II Diabetic, I REALLY have been waiting for a WORKING, non-invasive Glucose sensor. Building that into something like an Apple Watch is PERFECT, if they can make it work. Even if it's only accurate and repeatable to within 20 points or so, it would still be very useful.
Dude, take out that Apple shaped butt plug and release all of that pent up raeg. You are so full of it that it is coming out of your mouth and on to yer keyboard.
Yep, like you said, no way is USB-C slower than TB3. USB-C has faster real world speeds than TB3, Apple's implementation of Intel's tech is slower. Thats hilarious, "it's the peripheral, not the computer, that is limiting speed". You mean the interface, the interface is not the computer. >:^) Anyway you invalidate your original argument here. Your suggestion that somehow external storage is a suitable replacement for cheap and fast direct storage. Using the same storage the interface speed makes huge difference.
We don't hate Apple, we are not irrationally emotional about inanimate objects, that seems to be your issue. We do not agree at all with the direction Apple's management are going when it comes to locking out owners and forced obsolescence
Apple has taken cheap commodity hardware and makes it expensive by coming up with ridiculous changes, no for performance or reliability but to lock out user updates and lock in fanbois to Apple support. Anyone buying a current Mac is paying more because Apple needs to recoup development and manufacturing costs for integrating RAM and coming up with new proprietary SSD redesigns that are not better than commodity versions.
Help Apple by using your wallet to show management that you want to be able to upgrade your RAM and SSD and that 1T is not enough, especially for a large, warm black dildo of a desktop.
You are full of shit.
And what's with the "Royal We" ("We do not agree..."). Are WE a Colonial Being; the Shelliac Corporate?
PROVE that "Apple's Implementation" of TB 3 is SLOWER than USB-C, or STFU.
Like EVERYONE else, Apple HAS to use SOME "Commodity" Hardware, such as CPUs and GPUs; but if you will look inside something like the 2016 MBP, you will find a LOT of Apple-Designed CUSTOM silicon (didn't I already point this out?) and other Apple-Designed CUSTOM components. FAR, FAR more than the typical Dell, Acer, HP, Lenovo dreck out there.
And, BTW, if you had been paying attention, Apple admitted they made some questionable design choices with the 2013 Mac Pro, and are, even as I type, busily working to completely re-imagine that, the iMac, and the Mac mini.
Well at least it would mean not having to burn through lancets and strips. If a monitor that did not consume test scripts cost 300 dollars and lasted at least six months, it would have paid for itself in test strips alone.
For at least some type IIs controlling with medication, having continuous monitoring may help them when they over medicate and give them some heads up when their sugar is crashing.
Of course, healthy skepticism about Apple actually pulling it off, but it's far from the worst thing Apple could do.
Apple has a pretty fat war-chest, and may have some internal "motivation" (just guessing).
But several groups have already come fairly close to the goal; so Apple only has to refine already-existing work, which they can likely make happen.
If what they say is true, this monitor would be in the form of a watch (or something similar) and be able to monitor blood sugar levels automatically. The user would then be alerted in the event they need to take action.
You just described a current generation CGM. Most of them even have bluetooth that can connect to a smart phone or smart watch.
As I stated, this problem has already been solved!
But aren't there serious limitations on range of measurement and ( IIRC) temperature issues?
So, I don't think this is as "solved" as you think.
Really, if this isn't one of the most anti-user things they've done (besides Windows 10) then I don't know what is.
It seems like every week they find a new way to say "Fuck you!" to their users.
They are playing the copy cat game and aping Apple. But surely if you want to talk about a corporation that hates it's user base surely Oracle is the big fish & M$, Apple and the rest are just minnows.
You HAVE to turn this into an Apple Hate-Fest?
Why even mention them if you then go on to say Oracle is the worst (to which I agree)?
Really, if this isn't one of the most anti-user things they've done (besides Windows 10) then I don't know what is.
Clearly you've never read a security bulletin. They were in the previous form worthless, detached from update process, difficult to understand when they did contain information, impossible to search properly, etc.
Basically anything they do to change what they had would be an improvement in the eyes of both users and experts.
Ah, I thought it as just me that had a hard time actually finding any INFORMATION in those!
But of course, if other MS "searchable Databases" are any indication, this database will be just as inscrutable as those bulletins.
"Okay Google... What song is this?" - used to be a voice command to have Google turn on the phone's mic, record a snippet of audio, then report back what song it is. This was prior to Google Assistant, back in them good ol Google Now days. I never asked for GA, it was forced on my phone. This was a feature I used quite frequently to discover new music playing in various places while I traveled. Luckily, manually pressed the mic icon on the home screen reverts back to GN instead of GA. Its just stupid though having to press a button to activate GN now though, because GA took over the voice activation feature on the phone.
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thanks to a couple of decades of convergent evolution, there is often a reasonably sane quasi-default layout.
Actually, the default for DVR is insane. There is no good reason to have a stop button right next to play/pause when you almost never want that. Just lose the stop button. I mean, what does it do that pause, eject and power don't already cover? Or at least, place it well away from the useful buttons.
...and we're immediately off-topic. Good job!
Is there some sort of rule that vendor hostility becomes more acceptable as devices become smaller?
If the vendor specifically has to break the ability to remap a button; this fairly strongly implies that it was otherwise possible; and the only reason it is impossible now is because they don't want it to happen.
People tend not to feel the same way about fixed-function buttons in weaker devices because the limitations are more architectural than deliberate(and, if only thanks to a couple of decades of convergent evolution, there is often a reasonably sane quasi-default layout).
That's a very weak excuse.
...and their comment was certainly snarky; but...
WHAT IS UP WITH YOU PEOPLE?!?!?
Do you whine that you can't reprogram the Play and Stop buttons on your DVD Player?
Do you whine that you can't make the Stop button on you microwave oven launch Spotify?
Just because something has a microcontroller doesn't make it a general purpose computer.
It's an EMBEDDED DEVICE, get the fuck over it.
You apparently haven't been paying attention: Apple is most certainly NOT neglecting its "PC/laptop" customers.
Well you you just state that without a follow up then it must be true..trump?
How about straight from the horse's mouth?
https://techcrunch.com/2017/04...
And they have already done significant updates in the past few months to Logic Pro X, Final Cut Pro X, and MainStage 3 (plus GarageBand and iMovie for Macs). They have also done a HUGE Bundle of pretty much ALL their Pro Apps for $199 for students and educators.
So, I think they "get it".
Do you?
Sorry but every freaking year Apple says that they have exciting new products in store for us and every year they disappoint.
On the hardware front they keep removing ports and while other companies can make a laptop with > 16G we can't get that on the MBP. I can get a lightup bar that changes depending on the app but sadly I touch type and rarely look at the keyboard so this isn't for me or most of the developers I know that can type.
Sure, if you have to look at the keyboard as you hunt and peck it's probably useful but Apple doesn't seem to know that a keyboard that changes as you type isn't a step in the right direction. I tried the new MBP in the store and it's lost all of it's feel. We shouldn't have to sacrifice in the race to be thin.
The new mini is a joke and they don't even do monitors or access points anymore.
My mac's have served me well but if I never have to open iTunes again I'll be happy.
Looking at what they just released as the new iPad I can see that they have started to go the cheap route. It's no longer about the product but about the profit.
So, yes, Apple has abandoned the PC market they just don't want to admit it.
1. You may be disappointed with Apple's gear; but the fact that they continue to dominate the higher end laptop sales says you are in the minority.
2. Apple has removed ports that are no longer needed, and replaced them with ports that not only are future-proof; but also give the 2016 MBP the most expandability of any laptop on the market. And if you'd pay attention to what is available in that front, you'd understand that you are just parroting an (incorrect) Internet meme.
3. Apple can make laptops with more than 16G of RAM, too, if they want to follow what others have done and only offer dual-core Kaby Lake CPUs. Don't believe me? Find me a Quad Core Kaby Lake laptop with more than 16 GB of RAM. I'll wait...
4. Apple's TouchBar offers MUCH more functionality than a simple row of Function Keys. And besides, if you still want your precious F-Keys, they offer a variant with that configuration, too.
5. The "new" mini serves many people just fine. And it is also due for a significant design update even as I type, and is likely to be given more power and expandability. But you'd know that if you were paying attention.
6. Apple has said they are working on a new display, too. You really AREN'T paying attention! As for the Routers, I'm with you on that one.
7. They decided to release a slightly cost-reduced iPad alongside their other models to see if they can capture some of that market, too. So, now critics of Apple's iPad pricing will have less to whine about. And it's still better than any Android or Windows tablet.
8. Apple has most certainly NOT "abandoned" the PC market, and if you were paying attention, you'd know just how silly and pathetic you sound.
Sorry to reply to my own post; but this needed saying:
Apple also made a HUGE update to Logic Pro X and MainStage 3 a week or so ago.
https://www.appleworld.today/b...
https://www.appleworld.today/b...
AND they released a HUGELY DISCOUNTED Bundle of "Pro" Apps for Students and Educators (and yes, they are the "full" versions of the Apps) :
https://www.appleworld.today/b...
So, yeah, Apple is listening...
For some well-crafted definition of "neglect" that may be true, but for any reasonable definition they certainly are. The product line has had gaping holes for a decade, products are cancelled and not replaced, products go many years without update, software gets buggier and buggier. It's not different than Microsoft neglecting their Win95/98 codebase with Millennium and likely equally by design. The Mac Pro is neglect at its finest.
Actually, Apple realized that, and in a really uncharacteristic move, not only admitted they had "painted themselves into a thermal-corner" with the Mac Pro, but also revealed that they are hard at work on a totally revamped line of Desktop Macs, including a new "modular" Mac Pro, "Pro"-oriented iMacs (perhaps even ones with Xeons), and a "not-so-mini" Mac mini. (Wonder what that means!) I personally think they are shooting for a home-server with the new mini, with an integrated AppleTV, and possibly more. Time will tell... It would only cost THEM about $20 to integrate an AppleTV into a mac mini; $25 if it retains its own case that is designed to "snap on" the new mini, or operate standalone.
https://daringfireball.net/201...
Oh, and the iMac has only been a year and a half since its last update, and the MacBook Pro was only a year between the 2015 and 2016 models; so those haven't really been neglected.
But it looks like Apple is taking the online commenters to heart, and is getting off its butt with the rest of the Mac lineup.
Oh, and in the Software world, Apple just announced today Updates to Final Cut Pro X and iMovie. At least one of those Applications are "Pro"-oriented...
http://appleinsider.com/articl...
So, things are actually looking-up in the Mac-World.
Toshiba is the #2 flash memory manufacturer. Samsung is #1. If Toshiba goes under, Samsung dominates the NAND industry with close to 50% market share (even more for high-speed NAND), and can start to dictate pricing to companies which need to buy large quantities of NAND - like Apple. So it's in Apple's best interest to make sure Toshiba stays around and kicking and manufacturing NAND.
Excellent point!
Apple's doing this to ensure they have access to memory for their iPhones and other products. Want to bet the goal is to tie up the entire production of the types of memory that Apple uses?
No, Apple's doing this because otherwise they're stuck between a rock and hard place - either buy substandard memory or give money to Samsung.
Exactly!
Allowing ACs to post undermines the moderation system. And if by "karma whoring" you mean sensible rational posts, then I'm all for getting rid of ACs.
It isn't the anonymity that is the problem, it's that ACs literally are completely unaccountable. So what if some disgusting little troll posting AC gets a post downmodded, big fucking deal. When I get enough posts downmodded I pay a price in karma. That makes me accountable.
Hear, Hear!!!
Macs already have this - they added tabs to Finder in OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) which came out in 2013.
And now it's virtually everywhere:
https://www.howtogeek.com/2751...
Yes. And since Linux forever, now Windows, watch Mac do it and claim it's something new and innovative.
You're too late.
https://www.howtogeek.com/2751...
Don't Linux distros already have tabs in their file explorers? Ah, but of course, Windows users aren't likely to know that, so i guess it's something new to them.
Yes, but as usual, MS didn't copy Linux. They waited until Apple had it:
https://www.howtogeek.com/2751...
Given that Apple can't even do math right them requiring proprietary roads would be a huge safety boost. If allowed on streets where there might be other people, those things are going to kill people. As anyone who's used iTunes recently knows, Apple doesn't care about software quality or UI design any more. All they care about is making things thinner.
So we'd better hope they can only drive on their own proprietary iRoads or we can expect to have an Apple Car come barreling straight at us any day.
That bullshit about the "math error" has been disproved time and again.
Here's an explanation posted right here YESTERDAY, in fact:
https://apple.slashdot.org/com...
What do you want to bet that an Apple car will only be compatible with other Apple products? iPhones. iPads. Macbooks.
Once they find that powering their car with an electric drive train is a thicket of patents, Apple will have the courage to use an internal combustion engine.
Funny, it hasn't stopped Hyundai, and (IIRC) Kia and who-knows-who else from introducing all-electric and Hybrid-Electric cars with Electric Drive Trains.
Oh, and speaking of "Trains", aren't pretty much ALL trains actually Electric? Why yes, yes they are. And have been for DECADES.
Any current (no pun) patents in that field are in the batteries and possibly the drive-electronics. Using "traction motors" to drive vehicles is WAY not Patentable.
But who knows with our rubber-stamp Patent system in the U.S...
LG4, best smartphone I have ever owned: $340.
Yes, you CAN spend a lot of money. If you like spending a lot of money.
The problem with Apple phones is...you WILL spend a lot of money.
That's because they don't bother with the crap phones.
If you want a cheap iPhone, you can get one about 2 models back for next-to-nothing (or actually nothing), and it will STILL be better than most "current" Android phones.
> Will Apple become a completely different company?
Apple already has become a completely different company than what it was in the 80's and early 90's.
Just as Apple has neglected it's PC / laptop customers due to focus on the iPhone, I suspect the same will happen with the new distraction on self driving cars.
You apparently haven't been paying attention: Apple is most certainly NOT neglecting its "PC/laptop" customers.
Maybe Apple needs some iNtelligence. Will Apple become a completely different company?
Eventually, people will tire of paying $800 for new iPhones, so maybe Apple needs a new field of business.
Do you know what they pay for Samsung's flagship phones?
Hint: More than iPhones.
Well, if there is anything Apple is good at, it's taking a bunch of "almost there" technologies, and turning them into something that hits the mark.
Here's hoping they manage to do it again.
Agreed. As a Type II Diabetic, I REALLY have been waiting for a WORKING, non-invasive Glucose sensor. Building that into something like an Apple Watch is PERFECT, if they can make it work. Even if it's only accurate and repeatable to within 20 points or so, it would still be very useful.
Dude, take out that Apple shaped butt plug and release all of that pent up raeg. You are so full of it that it is coming out of your mouth and on to yer keyboard.
Yep, like you said, no way is USB-C slower than TB3. USB-C has faster real world speeds than TB3, Apple's implementation of Intel's tech is slower.
Thats hilarious, "it's the peripheral, not the computer, that is limiting speed".
You mean the interface, the interface is not the computer. >:^)
Anyway you invalidate your original argument here.
Your suggestion that somehow external storage is a suitable replacement for cheap and fast direct storage. Using the same storage the interface speed makes huge difference.
We don't hate Apple, we are not irrationally emotional about inanimate objects, that seems to be your issue.
We do not agree at all with the direction Apple's management are going when it comes to locking out owners and forced obsolescence
Apple has taken cheap commodity hardware and makes it expensive by coming up with ridiculous changes, no for performance or reliability but to lock out user updates and lock in fanbois to Apple support. Anyone buying a current Mac is paying more because Apple needs to recoup development and manufacturing costs for integrating RAM and coming up with new proprietary SSD redesigns that are not better than commodity versions.
Help Apple by using your wallet to show management that you want to be able to upgrade your RAM and SSD and that 1T is not enough, especially for a large, warm black dildo of a desktop.
You are full of shit.
And what's with the "Royal We" ("We do not agree..."). Are WE a Colonial Being; the Shelliac Corporate?
PROVE that "Apple's Implementation" of TB 3 is SLOWER than USB-C, or STFU.
Like EVERYONE else, Apple HAS to use SOME "Commodity" Hardware, such as CPUs and GPUs; but if you will look inside something like the 2016 MBP, you will find a LOT of Apple-Designed CUSTOM silicon (didn't I already point this out?) and other Apple-Designed CUSTOM components. FAR, FAR more than the typical Dell, Acer, HP, Lenovo dreck out there.
And, BTW, if you had been paying attention, Apple admitted they made some questionable design choices with the 2013 Mac Pro, and are, even as I type, busily working to completely re-imagine that, the iMac, and the Mac mini.
So, STUFF IT, asshole.
Well at least it would mean not having to burn through lancets and strips. If a monitor that did not consume test scripts cost 300 dollars and lasted at least six months, it would have paid for itself in test strips alone.
For at least some type IIs controlling with medication, having continuous monitoring may help them when they over medicate and give them some heads up when their sugar is crashing.
Of course, healthy skepticism about Apple actually pulling it off, but it's far from the worst thing Apple could do.
Apple has a pretty fat war-chest, and may have some internal "motivation" (just guessing).
But several groups have already come fairly close to the goal; so Apple only has to refine already-existing work, which they can likely make happen.
If what they say is true, this monitor would be in the form of a watch (or something similar) and be able to monitor blood sugar levels automatically. The user would then be alerted in the event they need to take action.
You just described a current generation CGM. Most of them even have bluetooth that can connect to a smart phone or smart watch.
As I stated, this problem has already been solved!
But aren't there serious limitations on range of measurement and ( IIRC) temperature issues?
So, I don't think this is as "solved" as you think.
Why does Microsoft hate its user base so much?
Really, if this isn't one of the most anti-user things they've done (besides Windows 10) then I don't know what is.
It seems like every week they find a new way to say "Fuck you!" to their users.
They are playing the copy cat game and aping Apple. But surely if you want to talk about a corporation that hates it's user base surely Oracle is the big fish & M$, Apple and the rest are just minnows.
You HAVE to turn this into an Apple Hate-Fest?
Why even mention them if you then go on to say Oracle is the worst (to which I agree)?
Makes no sense. And isn't true, besides.
Really, if this isn't one of the most anti-user things they've done (besides Windows 10) then I don't know what is.
Clearly you've never read a security bulletin. They were in the previous form worthless, detached from update process, difficult to understand when they did contain information, impossible to search properly, etc.
Basically anything they do to change what they had would be an improvement in the eyes of both users and experts.
Ah, I thought it as just me that had a hard time actually finding any INFORMATION in those!
But of course, if other MS "searchable Databases" are any indication, this database will be just as inscrutable as those bulletins.
"Okay Google... What song is this?" - used to be a voice command to have Google turn on the phone's mic, record a snippet of audio, then report back what song it is. This was prior to Google Assistant, back in them good ol Google Now days. I never asked for GA, it was forced on my phone. This was a feature I used quite frequently to discover new music playing in various places while I traveled. Luckily, manually pressed the mic icon on the home screen reverts back to GN instead of GA. Its just stupid though having to press a button to activate GN now though, because GA took over the voice activation feature on the phone.
Funny; it was never forced onto my iPhone.