As noted in the article this doesn't mean that they've cut their connection to fossil fuel power plants, only that overall they produce an equal amount of renewable energy through various contracts/facilities as they use. They still rely heavily on fossil fuels. I'll be a bit more impressed when their facilities have hefty battery packs and energy from the grid flows into the site only a few weeks out of the year.
FYI, the Mothership requires NO HVAC for 9 months out of the year. So, it isn't ALL just fancy energy-accounting.
Considering one has to throw out their phone or Mac after three years, or when something breaks and you can't replace the part, they're probably dumping all the broken systems into the furnace.
An endless cycle of buy, fail, buy.
Sorry, Hater; but it's really more like this:
Phone: MAYBE 3 years or so; but that's mostly because of "Ooh, shiny!", like with ALL Smartphones.
iPad: Closer to 5 or 6 years. Again, mostly because of feature creep. IPads seem to last forever!
Mac: Much closer to 10 years, on average. Unless you're a "Must have the new hotness" sort of person. My newest Mac (and daily driver) is a Mid 2012 MacBook Pro. Shows no signs of wear out or failure yet...
I could understand the story from last year (or whenever it was) about Apple updating their devices to reject third party repairs to the home button / finger scanner as that could have presented some obvious security risk. However, I'm having a hard time seeing the same here. I suppose one could make a case for this third party chip being able to scrape the screen in some nefarious manner, but that just seems a bit tinfoil hat.
Who says that Apple didn't just tweak the comm. protocol with that chip to fix or improve something?
Oh I forgot: This is Slashdot, where EVERYTHING Apple does is nefarious...
These things have broken before, and apple fixes them (error 53). Unless you have a contract with Apple, why do you think they'd spend time doing the QA on your shady 3rd party screens?
Your customers want a lower price bracket, they get a lower support bracket. Wake me when Apple refuses to fix it.
And in fact, how is Apple supposed to any particular greymarket display assembly even exists to test against it?
Took a private Dr. consultation. There were two humans present. Three hours later " Flonase" ads start streaming in on my cell phone Safari browser. We talked specifically about Flonase Rx. I'm not a conspiracist.
Last week watching Sports Channel an advertisement ran. Minutes later a news article flows into my feed. You guessed right if you reckon this coincidence was too close for comfort. It beyond uncomfortable. An injected ' news article' didn't pass as news nor coincidental.
There's a problem with cellular technology. Its not enough to put it away in a pocket. Its probably not enough to turn your wireless off. Cellular handsets listen when I think they should not even be capable of it. Its Apple's problem, every phone manufacturer and it's every developer whose software that runs on those phones.
So fake news be it whatever no matter I live in a free world. I have options. I don't have patience when it comes to a Right to privacy.
You may not label yourself a conspiracist; but you do realize that all of our brains spend an incredible amount of processing-power searching for patterns. And if that Flonase ad showed BEFORE you wen to the Dr., it wouldn't have even "registered"; but since it was AFTER...
With cookies. And they're stupid cookies. If you research a product online and buy it, the cookies follow you around for months afterwards. Sorry, too late. Why is that creepy? It's not as if they are AI..
Actually, you're forced to develop the apps for your iPhone on OSX. The main thing at this point keeping the Mac alive is that it's the ONLY way to develop apps for iOS. On the day when Xcode becomes available for Linux and FreeBSD the Mac will be deprecated and obsolete.
I keep looking, but Xcode still isn't available in pkgsrc for NetBSD.
You're an idiot.
And you'll see next year just how much of an idiot.
No, I'd say it's also wrong, but it's not as creepy.
There's two creepiness factor differences here. (1) Apple's walled-garden is not clandestine. You buy an iPhone you're buying into that garden. Internet tracking happens without your even implied consent. (2) Apple's hegemony has a clear limitation: Apple's mobile devices. That makes it trivial to escape: you just use a different vendor's phone. Internet monitoring is pervasive; you can't escape it no matter where you try to go with your browser.
While Tim Cook is certainly right that being tracked for advertisement purposes is creepy and should not happen, it is just as creepy if there is one company that decides what software my hardware is allowed to run, even taking a third of revenue made with it, if it is commercial.
So, Tim, as long as Apple puts its buyers under tutelage, you are just as creepy as the stuff you criticize.
So, just HOW much would meet with your Highness' approval, for handling payments, bandwidth, advertising, updates and having a one-stop storefront that anyone who wants an App knows EXACTLY where to go to find it?
Oh, and don't forget, Apple ALSO hosts, advertises, updates etc. all those FREE Apps. I guess they're being greedy taking 30% of ZERO there, too, right?
And if Apple was being so greedy, don't you think the other "App Stores" like Google Play and Amazon would charge far less, just to be able to brag about it?
The point Cook is making is that even if you mute that video and close your eyes, you'll still see that same ad (or at least one for that some product) on an entirely different site. That is the creepy part, that sites across the internet suddenly seem to know what you have been looking at.
That depends. Do they want their software to just work or not?
Just work means "don't break things".
If you want it to just work, you need 100s of 3rd party products of all kinds and you need to test your changes against them.
If you don't care if your updates break things, you can say "not our problem". But then, your software doesn't "just work".
Hmmm. So you realize that, Since Apple doesn't have an "Approved Products List" (to my knowledge), they don't REALLY have a DUTY to make sure THEIR Software works with ANY Third-Party Software/Hardware.
That's why they have Developer Betas and Public Betas. To make sure that "interested parties" (who theoretically have a lot more to "lose" if their Product doesn't work with an upcoming OS Update) have time to test against the Beta, and use their Developer Bug-Reporting Tools to tell Apple about it, or, if it looks serious enough, to open a Support Ticket to get Apple's attention.
Sorry that you want the world to work a different way...
There really is only one technology. All the Apple docking stations use the displaylink chipset and therefore the driver. Displylink knew it would break because it did in the beta and had been contacting Apple for weeks before the release. My dual monitor docking station is dead with this update. Fortunately I rolled back with time machine.
Excuse me, APPLE doesn't make ANY "Docking Stations". Those are ALL Third-Party.
Do you KNOW that DisplayLink has been "contacting Apple"? Of COURSE they would SAY that. Wouldn't YOU?
BTW, there are several alternatives, depending on what interface(s) your monitors support.
There's a complicated relationship between USB-C and anything (mostly using alternate modes). The most commonly supported video over type C is probably DisplayPort alternate mode, which is distinct from DisplayPort over Thunderbolt alternate mode, HDMI alternate mode, MHL alternate mode, DisplayLink (which is a brand of USB attached video controllers, with several incompatible versions), or a variety of other proprietary formats (such as Gemini PDA's HDMI adapter dongle). As for which of these your device supports, there's a chance you'll find a logo if it supports Thunderbolt 3 but otherwise you're basically left to try it blindly.
Thanks for the Info!
Since I don't have a USB-C Mac, yet, the whole thing is still just "academic"; mostly from friends asking me for advice about what USB-C multiport Dock they should buy.
So, I generally just look for User Reviews on Amazon from people who say it works fine with their Macs, and then say "Well, Amazon has a good RETURN policy..." What else can one do at this point?
As you say, with a TRUE TB3 Dock, this isn't an issue; but with USB-C, it IS somewhat of a crapshoot. Hopefully, things will stabilize-out in a year or two...
Slashdot Mirror
Says the guy who has never been relevant.
Sez the guy too Cowardly to even LOG IN...
Apple was biggest FB client for years, apple phone add on every second FB page. FU Wozniak
Before all this recent FB Kerfluffel, Apple REMOVED both FB and Twitter integration from iOS 11.
So they do put their money where their mouth is.
As noted in the article this doesn't mean that they've cut their connection to fossil fuel power plants, only that overall they produce an equal amount of renewable energy through various contracts/facilities as they use. They still rely heavily on fossil fuels. I'll be a bit more impressed when their facilities have hefty battery packs and energy from the grid flows into the site only a few weeks out of the year.
FYI, the Mothership requires NO HVAC for 9 months out of the year. So, it isn't ALL just fancy energy-accounting.
Considering one has to throw out their phone or Mac after three years, or when something breaks and you can't replace the part, they're probably dumping all the broken systems into the furnace.
An endless cycle of buy, fail, buy.
Sorry, Hater; but it's really more like this:
Phone: MAYBE 3 years or so; but that's mostly because of "Ooh, shiny!", like with ALL Smartphones.
iPad: Closer to 5 or 6 years. Again, mostly because of feature creep. IPads seem to last forever!
Mac: Much closer to 10 years, on average. Unless you're a "Must have the new hotness" sort of person. My newest Mac (and daily driver) is a Mid 2012 MacBook Pro. Shows no signs of wear out or failure yet...
What the hell /.! After 30 comments maybe one would be novel or interesting.
This is an impressive feat to run the datacenters entirely off renewable energy.
VERY!
IOW, Apple is lying through their teeth.
That's a Third Party Supplier.
Apple doesn't OWN Foxconn, dumbass.
I could understand the story from last year (or whenever it was) about Apple updating their devices to reject third party repairs to the home button / finger scanner as that could have presented some obvious security risk. However, I'm having a hard time seeing the same here. I suppose one could make a case for this third party chip being able to scrape the screen in some nefarious manner, but that just seems a bit tinfoil hat.
Who says that Apple didn't just tweak the comm. protocol with that chip to fix or improve something?
Oh I forgot: This is Slashdot, where EVERYTHING Apple does is nefarious...
These things have broken before, and apple fixes them (error 53). Unless you have a contract with Apple, why do you think they'd spend time doing the QA on your shady 3rd party screens?
Your customers want a lower price bracket, they get a lower support bracket. Wake me when Apple refuses to fix it.
And in fact, how is Apple supposed to any particular greymarket display assembly even exists to test against it?
since when was dropping your phone and breaking the screen covered under warranty?
Since you have AppleCare+
Cracked screens are replaced for $29. Twice.
For 2 years (or 3. can't remember offhand).
At least they still ship GarageBand (last time I checked)
Not only still ship, they are actively still developing it (and Logic and MainStage, too)
Hell they STILL don't understand UI's
Sure they do. It's called PowerShell.
Took a private Dr. consultation. There were two humans present. Three hours later " Flonase" ads start streaming in on my cell phone Safari browser. We talked specifically about Flonase Rx. I'm not a conspiracist.
Last week watching Sports Channel an advertisement ran. Minutes later a news article flows into my feed. You guessed right if you reckon this coincidence was too close for comfort. It beyond uncomfortable. An injected ' news article' didn't pass as news nor coincidental.
There's a problem with cellular technology. Its not enough to put it away in a pocket. Its probably not enough to turn your wireless off. Cellular handsets listen when I think they should not even be capable of it. Its Apple's problem, every phone manufacturer and it's every developer whose software that runs on those phones.
So fake news be it whatever no matter I live in a free world. I have options. I don't have patience when it comes to a Right to privacy.
You may not label yourself a conspiracist; but you do realize that all of our brains spend an incredible amount of processing-power searching for patterns. And if that Flonase ad showed BEFORE you wen to the Dr., it wouldn't have even "registered"; but since it was AFTER...
Exactly. All the "everyone can code " shit is more apple propaganda to sell the tech ignorant more overprice apple crap.
Of course... Everything is one big Apple Conspiracy...
Riiiiiight.
With cookies. And they're stupid cookies. If you research a product online and buy it, the cookies follow you around for months afterwards. Sorry, too late. Why is that creepy? It's not as if they are AI. .
Yet.
...iAds.
What about it?
Apple made it go away almost 2 years ago.
Do try to keep up!
Actually, you're forced to develop the apps for your iPhone on OSX. The main thing at this point keeping the Mac alive is that it's the ONLY way to develop apps for iOS. On the day when Xcode becomes available for Linux and FreeBSD the Mac will be deprecated and obsolete.
I keep looking, but Xcode still isn't available in pkgsrc for NetBSD.
You're an idiot.
And you'll see next year just how much of an idiot.
it is just as creepy if there is one company that decides what software my hardware is allowed to run
OSX comes with full developer tools, you can compile anything you want to.
I've said that for YEARS.
And it's STILL true!
No, I'd say it's also wrong, but it's not as creepy.
There's two creepiness factor differences here. (1) Apple's walled-garden is not clandestine. You buy an iPhone you're buying into that garden. Internet tracking happens without your even implied consent. (2) Apple's hegemony has a clear limitation: Apple's mobile devices. That makes it trivial to escape: you just use a different vendor's phone. Internet monitoring is pervasive; you can't escape it no matter where you try to go with your browser.
Well said!
While Tim Cook is certainly right that being tracked for advertisement purposes is creepy and should not happen, it is just as creepy if there is one company that decides what software my hardware is allowed to run, even taking a third of revenue made with it, if it is commercial.
So, Tim, as long as Apple puts its buyers under tutelage, you are just as creepy as the stuff you criticize.
So, just HOW much would meet with your Highness' approval, for handling payments, bandwidth, advertising, updates and having a one-stop storefront that anyone who wants an App knows EXACTLY where to go to find it?
Oh, and don't forget, Apple ALSO hosts, advertises, updates etc. all those FREE Apps. I guess they're being greedy taking 30% of ZERO there, too, right?
And if Apple was being so greedy, don't you think the other "App Stores" like Google Play and Amazon would charge far less, just to be able to brag about it?
Its almost like computers can be programmed to do things. Scary.
If apple was not run by the technology ignorant they would know that.
I'm not sure what your private criteria is for "technologically ignorant"; but at least Tim Cook actually knows how to Code:
https://www.macrumors.com/2018...
The point Cook is making is that even if you mute that video and close your eyes, you'll still see that same ad (or at least one for that some product) on an entirely different site. That is the creepy part, that sites across the internet suddenly seem to know what you have been looking at.
Exactly. And yes, it is creepy.
Please people, use our safe iAds which are totally not Apple following you around the internet
Apple discontinued iAds in June, 2016.
Do try to keep up, Cowardly Hater Putz.
That depends. Do they want their software to just work or not?
Just work means "don't break things".
If you want it to just work, you need 100s of 3rd party products of all kinds and you need to test your changes against them.
If you don't care if your updates break things, you can say "not our problem". But then, your software doesn't "just work".
Hmmm. So you realize that, Since Apple doesn't have an "Approved Products List" (to my knowledge), they don't REALLY have a DUTY to make sure THEIR Software works with ANY Third-Party Software/Hardware.
That's why they have Developer Betas and Public Betas. To make sure that "interested parties" (who theoretically have a lot more to "lose" if their Product doesn't work with an upcoming OS Update) have time to test against the Beta, and use their Developer Bug-Reporting Tools to tell Apple about it, or, if it looks serious enough, to open a Support Ticket to get Apple's attention.
Sorry that you want the world to work a different way...
There really is only one technology. All the Apple docking stations use the displaylink chipset and therefore the driver. Displylink knew it would break because it did in the beta and had been contacting Apple for weeks before the release.
My dual monitor docking station is dead with this update. Fortunately I rolled back with time machine.
Excuse me, APPLE doesn't make ANY "Docking Stations". Those are ALL Third-Party.
Do you KNOW that DisplayLink has been "contacting Apple"? Of COURSE they would SAY that. Wouldn't YOU?
BTW, there are several alternatives, depending on what interface(s) your monitors support.
There's a complicated relationship between USB-C and anything (mostly using alternate modes). The most commonly supported video over type C is probably DisplayPort alternate mode, which is distinct from DisplayPort over Thunderbolt alternate mode, HDMI alternate mode, MHL alternate mode, DisplayLink (which is a brand of USB attached video controllers, with several incompatible versions), or a variety of other proprietary formats (such as Gemini PDA's HDMI adapter dongle). As for which of these your device supports, there's a chance you'll find a logo if it supports Thunderbolt 3 but otherwise you're basically left to try it blindly.
Thanks for the Info!
Since I don't have a USB-C Mac, yet, the whole thing is still just "academic"; mostly from friends asking me for advice about what USB-C multiport Dock they should buy.
So, I generally just look for User Reviews on Amazon from people who say it works fine with their Macs, and then say "Well, Amazon has a good RETURN policy..." What else can one do at this point?
As you say, with a TRUE TB3 Dock, this isn't an issue; but with USB-C, it IS somewhat of a crapshoot. Hopefully, things will stabilize-out in a year or two...