Welcome to Thunderdome

Thank you! I want to read that during lunch.

Jesus. Apple poaches the talent from startups, launches litigation to invalidate existing patents, copies them, and then makes this statement:

“The truth, is these companies are blatantly copying our products or stifling competition by using invalid patents,” an Apple spokeswoman said. “We will continue to fight these baseless claims in court and to advance technologies on behalf of our customers and public health.”

I'd say that was pretty much Actively Evil.

GORDON wrote: Fri Apr 21, 2023 11:03 am Jesus. Apple poaches the talent from startups, launches litigation to invalidate existing patents, copies them, and then makes this statement:

“The truth, is these companies are blatantly copying our products or stifling competition by using invalid patents,” an Apple spokeswoman said. “We will continue to fight these baseless claims in court and to advance technologies on behalf of our customers and public health.”

I'd say that was pretty much Actively Evil.

Amen.

Apple's new AR headset comes out in early 24 and only costs $3500!!!

What a bargain! I'm going to buy one for every family member and even one for the dog!

In contrast, the Meta Quest 2 is $300, the Meta Quest 3 will be $500, and the Meta Quest Pro that has the same features as Apple's AR will be $1000.

Yeah but those other ones don't have the apple logo on it.

Leisher wrote: Tue Jun 06, 2023 1:02 pm Apple's new AR headset comes out in early 24 and only costs $3500!!!

What a bargain! I'm going to buy one for every family member and even one for the dog!

In contrast, the Meta Quest 2 is $300, the Meta Quest 3 will be $500, and the Meta Quest Pro that has the same features as Apple's AR will be $1000.

Imagine recording your homemade porn with that thing.

*sigh*

You know that's going to happen.

Leisher wrote: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:37 am *sigh*

You know that's going to happen.

I mean, it's the only reason I would buy one

Apparently virtual porn is kind of cool.

Leisher wrote: Thu Jun 15, 2023 3:50 pm Apparently virtual porn is kind of cool.

I just regret I'm not 20 years younger + hotter for the videos.

Leisher wrote: Tue Jun 06, 2023 1:02 pm Apple's new AR headset comes out in early 24 and only costs $3500!!!

Will require in store fitting sessions.

So I'm guessing sharing with multiple family members is out the window?

This is on the heels of the news that they dropped their shipping numbers from 1M to 400K based on expected sales...

New horror story: the first "fitted" headsets walk out of the apple store.... permanently and messily bolted to user's skulls.

Which makes the line for them longer as people crave to have the Apple logo incorporated into their being.

Without admitting they did anything wrong, which is total bullshit, Apple to pay $500M for slowing down older phones.

You know what would matter and make all companies think twice about this shit?

Make them admit their guilt and hit them with a fine that actually damages their stock value.

Leisher wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 6:32 pm Without admitting they did anything wrong, which is total bullshit, Apple to pay $500M for slowing down older phones.

You know what would matter and make all companies think twice about this shit?

Make them admit their guilt and hit them with a fine that actually damages their stock value.

Right? That's not even 1% of their cash on hand (~$56Bn), much less their $2.7T market cap.

I saw peeps on Reddit claiming three days ago that the "apple slowed down phones" claims were bullshit invented by the haters.

Defending their icon with as much fervor as any religious or political zealot.

GORDON wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 7:00 pm I saw peeps on Reddit claiming three days ago that the "apple slowed down phones" claims were bullshit invented by the haters.

Defending their icon with as much fervor as any religious or political zealot.

I think the original perception was "Apple slows down old things on purpose to make you buy new things."
But the reality is that they don't do that... but they do this:

The settlement pertains to a software feature Apple introduced to iOS that throttled the iPhone processor under instances of heavy loads. The idea of the feature was to reduce the negative effects of iPhone batteries aging, such as random shutdowns, for a range of iPhone models.

Ie. Old phones with worse batteries, iOS does throttle things to keep the battery in better shape.

I guess the settlement is "They didn't disclose this!" basically.

If they'd make the batteries replaceable they wouldn't have had to do that.

Except their purpose is to get you to buy a new phone.

Still evil.

GORDON wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 7:57 pm If they'd make the batteries replaceable they wouldn't have had to do that.

Except their purpose is to get you to buy a new phone.

Still evil.

Apparently the EU is going to force replaceable batteries in 2027 or such.

Not sure I give a fuck about the replaceable battery issue, but then again I'm not buying my own phones currently.

Also, I will never forget that the EU is forcing all manufacturers to adopt USB-C and end the proprietary connector bullshit. Yay!

Leisher wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 9:46 pm Also, I will never forget that the EU is forcing all manufacturers to adopt USB-C and end the proprietary connector bullshit. Yay!

Right? Europe does something right!