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  • Apple denied Parler re-entry to the App Store despite guideline revision

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    Yeah, this is a bad look for Apple. I have no desire to download Parler (other than the obvious "this is forbidden, I must have it" draw) but to say it's due to hate speech when you can find exactly that on several currently approved apps (as has been mentioned above: Twitter, Reddit, Facebook etc) is disingenuous at best.
    As has been said often (not sure who the original author is): "The tech industry needs to learn to distinguish between hate speech and speech they hate." This is clearly the latter.
    Ban FB, Twitter, and Reddit as well and I'll believe it.
    yojimbo007JWSCanonconformistanantksundaramelijahgmobirdfahlmanadhausroakethe1maximus

  • Apple potentially weighing removal of included iPhone cable, other accessories

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    One major downside to removing the Lightning port from your phone: all of the CarPlay devices out there (without wireless CarPlay) are suddenly obsolete.

    People hang on to their cars a LOT longer than their phones...
    retrogustoGeorgeBMacDogpersonllamachemengin1

  • Sports Illustrated swimsuit model says she was tracked for hours with AirTag

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    Don't use Airtags to stalk someone with an iPhone. Problem solved.
    williamlondonF_Kent_DBosascstrrf

  • Apple updates tvOS and HomePod Software to 16.3.1

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    I was hoping this would fix my "There was a problem completing your request, try again in a moment" issues, but I just got one after updating all of my HomePods and ATVs. :(
    williamlondonwatto_cobraScot1

  • Actual US broadband penetration & speed falls far short of FCC claims

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    lesterkrimbaugh said:
    So I tried the FCC Speed Test app and got an abysmal 30Mbps. Switched back to Ookla Speed Test and got 450 Mbps (WiFi) as expected.
    Interesting. I just tried it for the first time and got 501/482 on the FCC and 550/442 on Ookla (which is really a test of my wifi. Wired is ≈937/921 U/D 2ms). The big differentiator for me was ping. 20-22ms FCC vs 4ms Ookla
    roundaboutnowlibertyforall

  • Apple is already being weirdly criticized for an AI effort that hasn't launched yet

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    Personally, I'd rather see Apple develop its own internal AI.

    BUT, this is probably a smart move. By all counts, you're going to see an Apple front end to this, and when that front end AI cannot generate an acceptable reply, it will punt to Gemini... or possibly something else. It would seem this is similar to their search deal: Google is the default but users can replace it with something else.

    All this to say: Apple gets Google dollars for putting it in as a default, and it also avoids any antitrust issues (for Apple anyway.)

    Don't get me wrong: I think Gemini is a horrible product, so if I cannot swap out the backend for something else, I cannot see me ever using (or at least trusting) it. But strictly from an anti-trust perspective, this makes sense to me.
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  • Apple Music announces Lossless Audio, Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos

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    equality72521 said:
    So excited by this news. 

    Makes me even sadder about the HomePod demise though - such a perfect match. 
    Exactly. It really makes no sense. Any other company I could see doing this as a ploy to drum up sales (HomePods are sold out most places - especially space gray.)

    I own 2 and going completely against conventional wisdom (don’t buy a discontinued tech product) I’d like to buy 1 or 2 more. But, especially now, I’m not willing to pay more than $200 for one. So here I am trolling the local classifieds looking for <$200 HomePods daily…

    I doubt lossless would make a big difference to what you hear on a homepod but I do look forward to giving the Atmos stuff a whirl.
    MacProwilliamlondonequality72521cornchipbyronlScot1jahbladewatto_cobra

  • Party's over: Apple tries to shrink costs of Apple TV+ productions

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    CarmB said:
    At the least, if you end a season with a cliffhanger, put out one or two more episode to allow for the story to be completed properly. 
    [cough]Shantaram[/cough]

    Personally, I think Apple has done better than most in this regard, but at the same time, recent history shows otherwise.

    If I can no longer trust that Apple won't finish out their series, I have no reason to watch and get "invested." Constellation certainly wasn't great, but again, we never would have started watching it knowing it was going to be discontinued. If there was some sort of conclusion on the docket, I'd be fine with it - even if it wasn't somehow one of the greatest conclusions to a series ever...

    With all the news about budgets, it's clear that Foundation certainly has the potential to REALLY upset me in that regard.

    Also, since people have mentioned being "outliers," I'll just add that I'm also eagerly awaiting a conclusion to Invasion.
    williamlondonnmemacwatto_cobra

  • Apple stole #TakeNote from Utah Jazz basketball team

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    Lots of Jazz fans assumed it was some sort of way of announcing a streaming deal with Apple for the Utah Jazz games.
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  • Apple rolls out HomePod software version 17.1.1

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    And the problem with this is that it messes with HomeKit. Now, because all your HomePods will have a “later” version than your AppleTV’s they will be given a higher priority when selecting a home hub. If that’s not ideal for your situation, too bad…
    williamlondon