Posts by O RLY 387 publicly visible posts • joined 15 Dec 2010
The Ultra (launched 2022) and Ultra 2 (2023) had speakers. It seems they're enabling the software of the Ultra 2 to use the hardware already there for playback. I had an Ultra on which I used speaker phone a la Dick Tracy. Perhaps the new design for the speaker in the Series 10 came from the Ultra 2 since there was no change to the Ultra 2 (except a new color coming later this month).
I was not claiming Apple will ban third party password apps. I was refuting your claim that Apple has never done that in prior cases with examples you asked for.
They did take away F.lux when Night Shift arrived. Yes, there’s an Alexa app. However, Alexa launched in 2014, four years after Siri was acquired and integrated into iOS.
Anyway. Have a great day.
Quoting myself from two years ago: "There used to be several virtual assistants until Apple bought what became Siri, for example, but then they were banned for replicating iOS functions. Time-based blue light reduction apps existed until Apple added Night Shift. One of those app makers, F.lux, pushed hard to be reinstated and insinuated their IP was stolen."
Regarding Apple Maps, iOS 6 did in fact ban 3rd party Maps apps for several weeks from launch in September '12. Apple approved a standalone Google Maps app in December. There was a lot of finger-pointing between Google and Apple at the time. Apple finally allowed third-party nav apps into Carplay in iOS 12, only 4.5 years after Carplay launched with iOS 7.1.
Regarding Spotify, Amazon Music, et al., signing up for subscriptions is not done in the iOS apps so as to avoid paying Apple a cut of revenue.
A few citations:
https://www.pcmag.com/news/flux-to-apple-let-our-blue-light-app-in-the-app-store
https://www.lifewire.com/get-google-maps-ios-6-1999194
https://www.theregister.com/2012/09/25/google_maps_on_ios6/
What do you think of the argument that airlines are banks whose side job is transportation?
Same article, one paywalled.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/09/airlines-banks-mileage-programs/675374/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/airlines-are-just-banks-now/ar-AA1h34ex
First place I heard this argued:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggUduBmvQ_4
I'm just a layman who used to be a frequent flyer prior to March 2020.
I use JetBrains IntelliJ for my Java/React stuff today and I noticed it's got AI for an additional fee. There was an El Reg article a few weeks ago about it that was critical of the inclusion.
I mention that because, as I peruse the Reg's homepage, I notice a shitload of AI-generated images instead of the standard stock images over articles including this one. I assume it's cheaper to use AI, but the images are all strange. (The URL still shows shutterstock - https://regmedia.co.uk/2024/03/05/shutterstock_screen.jpg)
Icon because murderbots are less unsettling.
Here lies VMware, whose corpse is on display as it is devoured by scavengers.
1998-2023
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I had a post script asking for a regulatory body to prevent the desecration, but, alas, it was not to be.
Godspeed and good luck to the VMware staff affected by changes and layoffs and to the customers about to get squeezed.
Unrelated to the article itself, why did El Reg choose a picture of a judge hammering an Echo/Alexa device for the main page's teaser image?
https://regmedia.co.uk/2018/11/14/shutterstock_amazon-judge.jpg
Onto the article, it sure seems less and less like anyone made an honest billion in crypto.
"No one has died"
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Narrator: A new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 mph. The rear differential locks up. The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside. Now, should we initiate a recall? Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.
Woman on Plane: Are there a lot of these kinds of accidents?
Narrator: You wouldn't believe.
Woman on Plane: Which car company do you work for?
Narrator: A major one.
I have purchased my last three smartphones via the carrier for these reasons:
1. I can buy on credit without interest as part of my bill
2. My bill is reimbursed by my employer up to $AMOUNT which can include my phone payment only if it is part of the provider's bill. That amount tends to be higher than my service, so my phone fee fits nicely.
3. I've never had an issue from that provider when asking to unlock the phone early.
If any of those changes, but especially the second, I might change my process.
Sure, that makes sense. The North Koreans still use a date system based on the birth of Kim Il Sung.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juche_calendar
Yes, they have. There used to be several virtual assistants until Apple bought what became Siri, for example, but then they were banned for replicating iOS functions. Time-based blue light reduction apps existed until Apple added Night Shift. One of those app makers, F.lux, pushed hard to be reinstated and insinuated their IP was stolen.
We can dissemble about browsers, but all browsers on iOS devices are reskinned WebKit at their core. Are they really "third party?"
For a fun read about FOOF, here's Derek Lowe, PhD, discussing why he will never work with it.
https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/things-i-won-t-work-dioxygen-difluoride
https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/things-i-won-t-work-dioxygen-difluoride
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