And yet, the vast majority of their users don't use 3rd party apps. I get that you might not like the official app (I've used Tweetbot since it was in beta in late 2010) but the fact is that the vast majority of users use the website or the official app.
Hahahah, you have to be kidding. The percentage of people using 3rd party apps is a minority. This won't have much impact on them. Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and LinkedIn all make users us their official app only and they're all somehow surviving fine. The sky isn't falling Chicken Little.
Parsing the website isn't going to be beneficial. They're not completely cutting of API access. They're just doing away with a few things like live-streaming. That means you'll now have to refresh to get new messages. Parsing the site is going to require the same.
Twitter makes nothing from the app developers using these APIs. In addition, the API stream doesn't have ads, so they make nothing from those who use 3rd party apps. They have to spend money maintaining these APIs and make nothing in return. Imagine you were a business manager responsible for revenue at Twitter, or a programmer/engineer tasked with maintaining the APIs. Would you think it's a good move to continue to maintain them?
Apple has already introduced a fix for the bug on its devices (in macOS High Sierra 10.13.5/10.13.6, iOS 11.4, tvOS 11.4, and watchOS 4.3.1), so iOS and Mac users do not need to worry. Intel, Broadcom, and Qualcomm have also introduced fixes, while Microsoft says its devices are not affected.
Best Buy has shut down stores, cut thousands of employees, cut services (like Geek Squad) substantially, pulled out of market categories, and much more. Seems their definition of "thriving" isn't what most would define it as. "Holding on" is a bit more like it.
This isn't a hack. It's tricking 13 really dumb people into installing a certificate on their phone after giving their passcode and then confirming that they understand they're giving the certificate owner full access to their device. Apple has multiple warnings in place here and the user is simply ignoring them. These MDM certificates are the same thing you'd install to give your workplace access to manage your device remotely and configure it securely to access company email and other files. This isn't a security exploit but rather an exploit of a couple really dumb people willing to hand over full access to their phone. They'd probably hand over their house keys just as easily.
MDM files don't need to be certified by Apple but installing them takes a decent bit. You receive multiple warnings and have to enter your password for the device. You then need to restart the device after installation. These are the same files that you'd install to allow your workplace to manage your device and secure it in a way they deem proper to have company email and other access from your device. Basically gives them full control to configure your device. Again, it's not something most would install by accident.
Online forums have been shown to make issues appear they're larger than they really are. A small number of vocal folks make issues appear larger than they often are. We're also very bad at recognizing that it may be the same couple people complaining again and again. The post can be 20 pages long but it may be largely due to just a couple people. Even a couple thousand people complaining about the issue is a small number when you look at the tens of millions of iOS 11.4 users out there. This is why we're far better off reporting the issue directly to the group that can actually do something to fix it (and track the issue), Apple in this case. Complaining on support forums rarely gets problems solved in the shortest possible time.
Most people aren't going to switch always. Where you gonna go? To another carrier that'll do the same thing? If you hated your carrier so much you would have switched the last time your contract was up. Instead, the vast majority stay right where they are even when their contract has expired.
I did this myself back in 2007 when I left Sprint to switch to AT&T when the original iPhone was released. They let me out of my contract without an early termination fee (then my state Attorney General filed a suit against Sprint over their fees and I got a nice check in the mail on top of it all).
Looking at Verizon's agreement it appears they may have the option to reverse any new fees and if they fail to do so in 60 days, then you can terminate.
Here's your chance to cancel. You have 30 days to notify AT&T from when they notify you of the fee change. Section 1.3 of the user agreement states you will be charged no early termination fee and can keep any promotional device you received. https://www.att.com/legal/term...
Ad rates are based on competition within the bidding system. So the more crypto advertisers you have, the higher the bids will go. It's in FBs best interest to allow as many as possible, as they're all competing for the same eyes, increasing their bids, and revenue they're paying Facebook for those eyes.
Spent a couple weeks in a 3rd world country with no reliable access last year. During that time I didn't use Facebook and continued to avoid it for months after returning. Always told friends that Facebook became the jealous ex. "What are you doing?" "We miss you!" "Your friend did something, you should really log on and see what it was." "There's this thing you'd like if you would just come back." "Is it something I did?" Constant emails and pushed notifications.
The $5,000 machine mentioned is the iMac Pro, a desktop. The $5,000 base model comes with pretty strong specs. 3.2GHz 8-core Xeon W, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Radeon Pro Vega 56, and a 27" 5k display.
Having the functionality built-in is huge. Being able to press a single button while in your normal phone dialer is key.
While you and I may install an app like Skype, your parents or grandparents are less likely to do so. Because FaceTime is right there from the start and so simple to use, it's been successful and key for many older, less tech-forward folks.
I meant that for an Android user, having the ability to use FaceTime would give me one less reason to switch to an iPhone. Apple in effect would be giving their own offering one less compelling feature.
Since the original statement was made, I believe Apple was sued over use of one of the technologies FaceTime utilizes. I'm not sure opening it up is an option, due to its use of other technologies not necessarily owned by Apple.
Check out the Godak app. It turns your phone into one of those shitty disposable cameras. It makes you shoot through a tiny little view finder. You can't "develop" the photos until you've used all of the photos in your roll and then it takes 24 hours before you get to see your shots. It also applies filters to the photos, so they come out looking like many of the pictures shot with the old disposables. Also makes all the sounds those old things made when winding them.
Oh come on, you don't want them indexing your machine and using that info to share with their partners so they can show you a bunch of irrelevant games and apps you have zero use for? Can't imagine why users wouldn't want that on their enterprise machines...
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And yet, the vast majority of their users don't use 3rd party apps. I get that you might not like the official app (I've used Tweetbot since it was in beta in late 2010) but the fact is that the vast majority of users use the website or the official app.
Hahahah, you have to be kidding. The percentage of people using 3rd party apps is a minority. This won't have much impact on them. Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and LinkedIn all make users us their official app only and they're all somehow surviving fine. The sky isn't falling Chicken Little.
Parsing the website isn't going to be beneficial. They're not completely cutting of API access. They're just doing away with a few things like live-streaming. That means you'll now have to refresh to get new messages. Parsing the site is going to require the same.
Twitter makes nothing from the app developers using these APIs. In addition, the API stream doesn't have ads, so they make nothing from those who use 3rd party apps. They have to spend money maintaining these APIs and make nothing in return. Imagine you were a business manager responsible for revenue at Twitter, or a programmer/engineer tasked with maintaining the APIs. Would you think it's a good move to continue to maintain them?
I'm sure usage information will only be used for reboots and won't be sold to advertisers or used for other purposes.
Apple has already introduced a fix for the bug on its devices (in macOS High Sierra 10.13.5/10.13.6, iOS 11.4, tvOS 11.4, and watchOS 4.3.1), so iOS and Mac users do not need to worry. Intel, Broadcom, and Qualcomm have also introduced fixes, while Microsoft says its devices are not affected.
Best Buy has shut down stores, cut thousands of employees, cut services (like Geek Squad) substantially, pulled out of market categories, and much more. Seems their definition of "thriving" isn't what most would define it as. "Holding on" is a bit more like it.
This isn't a hack. It's tricking 13 really dumb people into installing a certificate on their phone after giving their passcode and then confirming that they understand they're giving the certificate owner full access to their device. Apple has multiple warnings in place here and the user is simply ignoring them. These MDM certificates are the same thing you'd install to give your workplace access to manage your device remotely and configure it securely to access company email and other files. This isn't a security exploit but rather an exploit of a couple really dumb people willing to hand over full access to their phone. They'd probably hand over their house keys just as easily.
MDM files don't need to be certified by Apple but installing them takes a decent bit. You receive multiple warnings and have to enter your password for the device. You then need to restart the device after installation. These are the same files that you'd install to allow your workplace to manage your device and secure it in a way they deem proper to have company email and other access from your device. Basically gives them full control to configure your device. Again, it's not something most would install by accident.
Online forums have been shown to make issues appear they're larger than they really are. A small number of vocal folks make issues appear larger than they often are. We're also very bad at recognizing that it may be the same couple people complaining again and again. The post can be 20 pages long but it may be largely due to just a couple people. Even a couple thousand people complaining about the issue is a small number when you look at the tens of millions of iOS 11.4 users out there. This is why we're far better off reporting the issue directly to the group that can actually do something to fix it (and track the issue), Apple in this case. Complaining on support forums rarely gets problems solved in the shortest possible time.
Most people aren't going to switch always. Where you gonna go? To another carrier that'll do the same thing? If you hated your carrier so much you would have switched the last time your contract was up. Instead, the vast majority stay right where they are even when their contract has expired.
I did this myself back in 2007 when I left Sprint to switch to AT&T when the original iPhone was released. They let me out of my contract without an early termination fee (then my state Attorney General filed a suit against Sprint over their fees and I got a nice check in the mail on top of it all). Looking at Verizon's agreement it appears they may have the option to reverse any new fees and if they fail to do so in 60 days, then you can terminate.
Here's your chance to cancel. You have 30 days to notify AT&T from when they notify you of the fee change. Section 1.3 of the user agreement states you will be charged no early termination fee and can keep any promotional device you received. https://www.att.com/legal/term...
Ad rates are based on competition within the bidding system. So the more crypto advertisers you have, the higher the bids will go. It's in FBs best interest to allow as many as possible, as they're all competing for the same eyes, increasing their bids, and revenue they're paying Facebook for those eyes.
When did Slashdot became an Apple rumors site? The Bloomberg folks mentioned have poor track records of being correct in their claims.
Spent a couple weeks in a 3rd world country with no reliable access last year. During that time I didn't use Facebook and continued to avoid it for months after returning. Always told friends that Facebook became the jealous ex. "What are you doing?" "We miss you!" "Your friend did something, you should really log on and see what it was." "There's this thing you'd like if you would just come back." "Is it something I did?" Constant emails and pushed notifications.
By the time this hit Slashdot front page, Apple had resolved the issue. https://www.apple.com/support/...
The $5,000 machine mentioned is the iMac Pro, a desktop. The $5,000 base model comes with pretty strong specs. 3.2GHz 8-core Xeon W, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Radeon Pro Vega 56, and a 27" 5k display.
Having the functionality built-in is huge. Being able to press a single button while in your normal phone dialer is key. While you and I may install an app like Skype, your parents or grandparents are less likely to do so. Because FaceTime is right there from the start and so simple to use, it's been successful and key for many older, less tech-forward folks.
I meant that for an Android user, having the ability to use FaceTime would give me one less reason to switch to an iPhone. Apple in effect would be giving their own offering one less compelling feature.
Since the original statement was made, I believe Apple was sued over use of one of the technologies FaceTime utilizes. I'm not sure opening it up is an option, due to its use of other technologies not necessarily owned by Apple.
Why in the world would Apple want to give people on other devices one less reason to switch to their own devices?
Check out the Godak app. It turns your phone into one of those shitty disposable cameras. It makes you shoot through a tiny little view finder. You can't "develop" the photos until you've used all of the photos in your roll and then it takes 24 hours before you get to see your shots. It also applies filters to the photos, so they come out looking like many of the pictures shot with the old disposables. Also makes all the sounds those old things made when winding them.
Oh come on, you don't want them indexing your machine and using that info to share with their partners so they can show you a bunch of irrelevant games and apps you have zero use for? Can't imagine why users wouldn't want that on their enterprise machines...
If that's the worst thing they're being paid to sell, I'm not too worried. Sadly, there are far worse items they're paying influencers to hock.