Everyone who buys a Mac is paying to subsidise the continued maintenance and support of the 32-bit versions of system libraries. Very few people are actually using these libraries. You seem to want other people to subsidise your purchasing decisions either way.
This.
This is exactly why Apple wants to sunset all those 32 bit frameworks. The cost of ensuring all those Frameworks still work and don't cause any new vulnerabilities is nowhere near zero, and overall, does loo thing to contribute to system stability and efficiency.
But all people that absolutely need 32 bit capability need to do is make sure they install the latest version of macOS they can, and that will give them another 5 to 10 years of reasonable compatibility in both directions.
Saying they removed those things in iOS 11 is exactly what I fucking said. The point is up until very recently they did the exact same thing as _EVERYONE ELSE_, but now Tim Cook is on some high fucking horse saying "oooh your privacy isn't for sale at Aaaaapple", which is bullshit. They've just been using a different sales model.
You again? Oh, someone mentioned Apple and you're here to tell everyone how great M4A is and how the DRM in it isn't a lock-in. Let me know when you pull the real Tim Cook's dick uot of your shill mouth. Or better yet, don't.
Or you could just act like an adult, and simply ignore me.
The paid version accounts for less than half of Spotify's customer base, but generated about 90 percent of its 4.09 billion euros in 2017 revenue.
Paying customers amounting to close to half is a pretty good ratio in software, they aren't going to be able to increase that by much. I guess they realized that trying to annoy users into paying just drives them away. Now I would be willing to pay if Spotify also served as a store, that is if it allowed me to purchase albums/songs and then be able to listen to them without ads interrupting it, and save them to drive so that it can be played offline by Spotify or any other music player. From what I've heard Spotify is experimenting with features like that, but in an example of record labels shooting themselves in the foot, they are only allowed to offer that feature in a select few countries.
Today's your lucky day!
Apple Music does all that, and more!
1. Huge Library, including some Exclusives.
2. Listen to almost all of the entire iTunes Library for $9.99/mo.
3. Music Videos now Included for the same price.
4. No commercials, period!
5. Several genre-specific Curated "Stations" available.
6. Extras, such as Artist Info, and other things the kids seem to want.;-)
They do offer $15/mo for 5 accounts... which is the only way Spotify is worth it. The downside is that nobody offers less than $10/mo so it's hard to find a decent alternative that doesn't try to lock you into a specific platform like Apple Music
What do you mean "Lock you into a specific platform"? There is an Apple Music Client for Android and iTunes (which is also an Apple Music Client) is available for Windows, too.
While we're on the subject, Tim Cook's little "we don't steal your private data" thing he's on right now, is hilariously hypocritical. They do not have a-user-for-sale-to-advertisers model, true, but absolutely have a history of selling the user's experience and likelihood to interact with such models to the highest bidder, e.g. their switch from Google to Bing, the etc. This is super recent as of iOS 11: https://www.theverge.com/2017/... [theverge.com]
Your linked Verge article was about Apple REMOVING Facebook and Twitter Integration from iOS 11, much like my linked Axios article, above. How in the FUCK does that prove your argument?!?
Will it cost more and be like Apple, a solid system that can be relied on?
And as a hardware engineer myself, I have always wondered why Apple can get such superior build quality out of the same Chinese sweatshops (there are no other kinds of factories over there!) that the HPs and Dells get a bunch of unreliable plastic crap out of...
I'd wager that they "manufacture" so few units now that the logistics of dealing with a Chinese manufacturer to even give them the time of day is getting so hard, and the actual DOLLAR savings so little (no economies of scale to speak of), that it just doesn't matter, when they can just go order their next month's supplies from NewEgg or Fry's and be done with it.
It matters to companies like Apple, HP, Acer, Lenovo, etc.; because I'd bet they EACH sell more product in a DAY than System76 does in a YEAR.
So, for the 10 jobs they'll bring to the U.S., good for them!
if you are one of the statistically-unlikely few to never even crack your phone's screen, you beat The Man.
I dunno. You disagree with yourself.
No.
There are two and only two choices:
1. Pay the money for AppleCare+ up front.
2. Don't.
With choice #1, you MAY spend more money than is necessary; if you manage to make it to 2 years without any damage to your phone. But if you do need it, it's there.
With choice #2, you may be inconvenienced at a financially-difficult time if you break your phone (or it breaks for you on its own), and you don't have the $150 dollars or more to fix it at that time. But then again, you might get lucky and not need your phone repaired for 2 years.
"We don't subscribe to the view that you have to let everybody in that wants to, or if you don't, you don't believe in free speech," said Cook. "We don't believe that."
What a dilemma for Slashdot. On the one hand, he defends privacy. On the other, he doesn't want the whole internet to be a free speech paradise.
I believe that comment was in the context of Apple TV offering the App for the NRA TV "Channel", which (obviously) offends some Snowflakes. He was saying that, if, in their Opinion (since it IS their App Store and all), if NRA TV devolved into "Hate Speech" (which is does not), they might consider pulling their App from the Apple TV App Store. But so far, it has not crossed that line.
He was NOT talking about the Internet in general.
Nice try.
And what a dilemma for Slashtards: What EVER will they do when they find themselves actually ALIGNED with something teh Evilz Apple's CEO has to say?
Not counting the $150 you've already paid. So really you get a max of 2 screens for $200 3/4 of which you're required to pay even if you never break a thing? Fucking bargain!
A distinction without a difference to the consumer, once you get past the "more money" aspect.
But if you think that the cost of the "warranty" isn't factored in to the goods and services you purchase every single day, you need to go back and take an Economics course.
Stupid Hater, picking on the smallest detail in an effort to show just how stupid they themselves, are.
That plus the insurance premiums likely come close to the cost of the repair or exceed it on average. And if a phone is more than a few years old, Apple will call it obsolete and won't repair it even at full price.
So, take that money and stick it a desk drawer in an envelope labeled "Screen repair". Then pray nothing more than a cracked screen happens to your smartphone. But, if you are one of the statistically-unlikely few to never even crack your phone's screen, you beat The Man.
The same AppleCare+ that costs $149 per iPhone 8 (or $199 for the iPhone X) at the point of sale?
Is that the AppleCare+ you're talking about?
Yes.
And since a rather significant percentage of smartphone screens get cracked at least once in their lifetimes, it's an insurance policy you are pretty likely to need to use at one point or another.
Perhaps Apple should structure AppleCare like Samsung does their similar policy: Instead of a lump sum up front, they charge something like 11 Dollars per month for their insurance. If you keep your phone for two years like a lot of people, that ends up being $269, SIGNIFICANTLY MORE money than even the iPhone X's $198 AppleCare+, but since it is "only" $11 per month, the frog (you) doesn't even realize the water is getting hot...
But perhaps the Apple Board of Directors should give Wozniak a job again. Chief Culture Officer. Reporting directly to the Board and Woz's only role/power is he can veto anything Apple management does that he deems inconsistent with the company's core principles. Think of it like an internal auditor, if you will.
I literally BEGGED him to come back after SJ's death.
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Everyone who buys a Mac is paying to subsidise the continued maintenance and support of the 32-bit versions of system libraries. Very few people are actually using these libraries. You seem to want other people to subsidise your purchasing decisions either way.
This.
This is exactly why Apple wants to sunset all those 32 bit frameworks. The cost of ensuring all those Frameworks still work and don't cause any new vulnerabilities is nowhere near zero, and overall, does loo thing to contribute to system stability and efficiency.
But all people that absolutely need 32 bit capability need to do is make sure they install the latest version of macOS they can, and that will give them another 5 to 10 years of reasonable compatibility in both directions.
Are you fucking retarded?
Saying they removed those things in iOS 11 is exactly what I fucking said. The point is up until very recently they did the exact same thing as _EVERYONE ELSE_, but now Tim Cook is on some high fucking horse saying "oooh your privacy isn't for sale at Aaaaapple", which is bullshit. They've just been using a different sales model.
KYS,
Read your post again. It is nonsensical at best.
You again? Oh, someone mentioned Apple and you're here to tell everyone how great M4A is and how the DRM in it isn't a lock-in. Let me know when you pull the real Tim Cook's dick uot of your shill mouth. Or better yet, don't.
Or you could just act like an adult, and simply ignore me.
Paying customers amounting to close to half is a pretty good ratio in software, they aren't going to be able to increase that by much. I guess they realized that trying to annoy users into paying just drives them away. Now I would be willing to pay if Spotify also served as a store, that is if it allowed me to purchase albums/songs and then be able to listen to them without ads interrupting it, and save them to drive so that it can be played offline by Spotify or any other music player. From what I've heard Spotify is experimenting with features like that, but in an example of record labels shooting themselves in the foot, they are only allowed to offer that feature in a select few countries.
Today's your lucky day!
Apple Music does all that, and more!
1. Huge Library, including some Exclusives.
2. Listen to almost all of the entire iTunes Library for $9.99/mo.
3. Music Videos now Included for the same price.
4. No commercials, period!
5. Several genre-specific Curated "Stations" available.
6. Extras, such as Artist Info, and other things the kids seem to want. ;-)
Available on all Platforms!
They do offer $15/mo for 5 accounts... which is the only way Spotify is worth it. The downside is that nobody offers less than $10/mo so it's hard to find a decent alternative that doesn't try to lock you into a specific platform like Apple Music
What do you mean "Lock you into a specific platform"? There is an Apple Music Client for Android and iTunes (which is also an Apple Music Client) is available for Windows, too.
https://play.google.com/store/...
https://www.apple.com/itunes/d...
Linux, as usual, takes the hindmost, sorry. I guess when it's finally the year of the Linux Desktop, things will be different...
Wait! They're different NOW! (If you have Ubuntu, at least).
https://askubuntu.com/question... ...or other Distros:
http://www.tunefab.com/tutoria...
http://www.sidify.com/guide/ho...
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux...
Facebook pays a shitload of money to Apple, for example, to get their login information as one of the defaults on iOS. Same with Twitter.
Nice try, Hater. You're an idiot.
Apple REMOVED Facebook and Twitter Integration from iOS 11.
Do try to keep up.
https://www.axios.com/apple-re...
While we're on the subject, Tim Cook's little "we don't steal your private data" thing he's on right now, is hilariously hypocritical. They do not have a-user-for-sale-to-advertisers model, true, but absolutely have a history of selling the user's experience and likelihood to interact with such models to the highest bidder, e.g. their switch from Google to Bing, the etc. This is super recent as of iOS 11: https://www.theverge.com/2017/... [theverge.com]
Your linked Verge article was about Apple REMOVING Facebook and Twitter Integration from iOS 11, much like my linked Axios article, above. How in the FUCK does that prove your argument?!?
Idiot moron Apple Hater.
Go the FUCK away.
Cool, thanks!
Will it cost more and be like Apple, a solid system that can be relied on?
And as a hardware engineer myself, I have always wondered why Apple can get such superior build quality out of the same Chinese sweatshops (there are no other kinds of factories over there!) that the HPs and Dells get a bunch of unreliable plastic crap out of...
I guess you really DO get what you pay for!
So I think you are being a bit ridiculous.
Nobody cares what you think.
See? Two can play the Snark game, too!
I'd wager that they "manufacture" so few units now that the logistics of dealing with a Chinese manufacturer to even give them the time of day is getting so hard, and the actual DOLLAR savings so little (no economies of scale to speak of), that it just doesn't matter, when they can just go order their next month's supplies from NewEgg or Fry's and be done with it.
It matters to companies like Apple, HP, Acer, Lenovo, etc.; because I'd bet they EACH sell more product in a DAY than System76 does in a YEAR.
So, for the 10 jobs they'll bring to the U.S., good for them!
if you are one of the statistically-unlikely few to never even crack your phone's screen, you beat The Man.
I dunno. You disagree with yourself.
No.
There are two and only two choices:
1. Pay the money for AppleCare+ up front.
2. Don't.
With choice #1, you MAY spend more money than is necessary; if you manage to make it to 2 years without any damage to your phone. But if you do need it, it's there.
With choice #2, you may be inconvenienced at a financially-difficult time if you break your phone (or it breaks for you on its own), and you don't have the $150 dollars or more to fix it at that time. But then again, you might get lucky and not need your phone repaired for 2 years.
No contradiction. Choice.
Interesting quote in TFA from the real Tim Cook:
"We don't subscribe to the view that you have to let everybody in that wants to, or if you don't, you don't believe in free speech," said Cook. "We don't believe that."
What a dilemma for Slashdot. On the one hand, he defends privacy. On the other, he doesn't want the whole internet to be a free speech paradise.
I believe that comment was in the context of Apple TV offering the App for the NRA TV "Channel", which (obviously) offends some Snowflakes. He was saying that, if, in their Opinion (since it IS their App Store and all), if NRA TV devolved into "Hate Speech" (which is does not), they might consider pulling their App from the Apple TV App Store. But so far, it has not crossed that line.
He was NOT talking about the Internet in general.
Nice try.
And what a dilemma for Slashtards: What EVER will they do when they find themselves actually ALIGNED with something teh Evilz Apple's CEO has to say?
Insurance is based on statistics. You're statistically likely to save money or the insurance would not be offered or profitable.
Duh, REALLY?
Tell me more, Captain Obvious...
Not counting the $150 you've already paid. So really you get a max of 2 screens for $200 3/4 of which you're required to pay even if you never break a thing? Fucking bargain!
So, don't buy it and be careful.
Your choice, dumbass.
To be fair, both the post he was responding to and the post above it were also AC.
And.. one of the major issues with Facebook is their aggressive attacks on privacy.
So... posting as an AC there seems doubly spot on.
There are only a couple of conditions where it is "Proper" to post as AC:
1. Where you are revealing confidential/fire-able details of a Job, personal info, etc.
2. Where you just found Slashdot, and haven't signed-up yet.
That was neither, and the times that AC is used for the above two reasons are almost nonexistent.
Exactly!
BTW, how do you like that aftermarket Mag-Safe thingy?
That is insurance not warranty.
A distinction without a difference to the consumer, once you get past the "more money" aspect.
But if you think that the cost of the "warranty" isn't factored in to the goods and services you purchase every single day, you need to go back and take an Economics course.
Stupid Hater, picking on the smallest detail in an effort to show just how stupid they themselves, are.
*Cough Cough*
The iPhone 4s is still eligible for service.
Wow! That's freakin' AMAZING!
That plus the insurance premiums likely come close to the cost of the repair or exceed it on average. And if a phone is more than a few years old, Apple will call it obsolete and won't repair it even at full price.
So, take that money and stick it a desk drawer in an envelope labeled "Screen repair". Then pray nothing more than a cracked screen happens to your smartphone. But, if you are one of the statistically-unlikely few to never even crack your phone's screen, you beat The Man.
But if not...
The same AppleCare+ that costs $149 per iPhone 8 (or $199 for the iPhone X) at the point of sale?
Is that the AppleCare+ you're talking about?
Yes.
And since a rather significant percentage of smartphone screens get cracked at least once in their lifetimes, it's an insurance policy you are pretty likely to need to use at one point or another.
Perhaps Apple should structure AppleCare like Samsung does their similar policy: Instead of a lump sum up front, they charge something like 11 Dollars per month for their insurance. If you keep your phone for two years like a lot of people, that ends up being $269, SIGNIFICANTLY MORE money than even the iPhone X's $198 AppleCare+, but since it is "only" $11 per month, the frog (you) doesn't even realize the water is getting hot...
Rock on.
But perhaps the Apple Board of Directors should give Wozniak a job again. Chief Culture Officer. Reporting directly to the Board and Woz's only role/power is he can veto anything Apple management does that he deems inconsistent with the company's core principles. Think of it like an internal auditor, if you will.
I literally BEGGED him to come back after SJ's death.
Without the Woz Steve Jobs would have become a jewelry designer of some sort.
Or a Calligrapher.
Isaac Newton used one and Wozniak named a device in honour of it.
So THAT explains the original logo!
I figured Facebook would go the way of AOL eventually. But not this way.
AOL suffered a long, painful, pathetic death. Looks like FaceBook will be put down pretty soon compared to AOL.
Yay!
Maybe it'll start a trend...