Just part of the standard OS install. Nobody notices bloat any more.
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I do agree that mental illness definitions are a problem. Even forcing treatment on just those who are a danger to society makes me leery given that hostile social posts are now a social danger.
Still, even if they are the best at removing videos, they are also the best at breeding new issues which go viral before they are even recognized as a threat and siloing that content so only people vulnerable are exposed. A second possibility is that they may be creating a forum of disruptive content on purpose to keep people distracted with local issues. Additionally there are foreign agents, trolls acting from patriotic intent or even those who are paid, seeking to encourage problem activity or create anti-government movements.
The surprise is not that it is coming, but that it hasn’t been a thing for years given how flammable the internet is.
Such a dark pattern making cancelation difficult.
Just creating awareness should drive a lot of business.
I think some variety of IOT is valuable, but it should have a web server backup that provides both html interface and raw data which does not require dedicated apps.
There should definitely be a disconnect from the grid option for the extended wind related power outages of the Northern California.
With luck you might be able to find the correct terminal commands to disable services and fingers crossed they don't automatically restart themselves before you are done editing.
I think Apple would just need to aim for a market that barely exists. Single person transport vehicles would be my guess. It would need a big name brand which emphasizes safety and privacy over noise and power.
There are gyroscope based motorcycles with roof shells which would be great for the average consumer which would be in line with their environmental goals. Combine that with a complete augmented reality surround experience and some sort of ridiculous safety features like multi-limb airbag deployment or emergency jet obstacle avoidance they are in a unique position to completely change personal transport.
Add in some alternate transport options which are not available at all which would require major corporation negotiating power. Short flights added in as an option dropping some wings to bypass traffic. Perhaps some sort of rail connection to hook into those single car tunnels or existing railway tracks. Open the railways for traffic each direction when not otherwise occupied. Perhaps an optional jet ski and snowmobile accessory. Make it buoyant so it never sinks like trashed scooters in the river.
I would imagine they would focus on ergonomics, smoothness of the ride and energy efficiency over power. All digital so lots of haptics. Light enough to take into an elevator to park in your apartment. Just flip a switch and the gyro makes it stand on one wheel to fit in an elevator. Imagine being disabled and it opens your front door and drops you off in your living room.
I should imagine they would combine some high resolution camera technology to easily snap photos in any direction of whatever is interesting, 5G cellular for live-streaming in vehicle with easy swapping between internal and external cameras, automated pickup so you could send your bike to the store for curbside pickup without going with it and taking control from home if necessary. Disable local control so can send it out to pick up the kids from school. Or send it to park when you have reached your destination and it pays for parking and comes back when you need it.
Perhaps OLED exterior so you can change the look on the fly. 360 degree camera coverage so you have no blind spots. Auto collision avoidance from any direction.
There is a huge wishlist out there and it is easy to brainstorm all sorts of things that small companies just could not pull off in any sort of scale. Production wise they already custom design all the phone manufacturing hardware which runs 24/7 and there is always the possibility of just acquiring what they need.
The hiccup of the latest Studio Display seems to imply there is a lack of collaboration with the device camera teams. Every year I hope Apple steps up as an otherwise excellent camera company and jacks up the price even more for better sensors across the board.
- Wait to out until someone invents a unique light capture system in the future which meets expectations.
- Shoot the same image multiple times with multiple cameras and use ML to create a composite image of good quality.
- Shoot different quadrants with multiple cameras and stitch them together.
- Add a bump at the top edge of the screen to get the depth needed for multiple lenses and then a notch under the trackpad for the bump to fit into. The fact they have the huge bump on the iPhone Pro does indicate they are willing to compromise a bit on form factor for function and a notched trackpad would match them notched screen.
- Add a fragile spring loaded bump which pops out as the screen is opened.
- Add a fragile mechanical bump that needs to be lifted into place to enable the webcam.
- Put wide angle cameras in the bottom case for a reverse desktop view.
- Instead of an external clip bump the Apple up to the top edge for a magnetic QI charger built into the back of the screen (current solution without needing to carry a clip).
- Make the screen thicker and use the unused space for additional light weight battery capacity and/or some sort of ePaper scribble surface.
I hope they gather enough data from this clip experiment to justify experimenting with a compromise solution.
I challenge the EU to force all "gatekeepers" like the auto, health, banking and most of all start with government to also open their hardware and software stacks. Drink your own kool-aid.
Your real profit would have been to follow the Yelp model to charge for placed ads and charge to manage reviews.
Just as Yelp gets a cut of online orders you could have partnered with mail order drug companies for a percentage to order directly.
If you wanted to get into really morally grey area do the doctor shopping too. Who prescribed what.
At least to me it feels similar to how big tech does weird things under gag orders.
I can guess once this is in place we can expect government mandated rationing with chips diverted to weapons.
Those that smuggle devices often experience unhappiness about how they cannot get warranty repairs for foreign purchased phones because repairs must be made with more expensive locally manufactured parts and Apple refuses to eat the difference. I have heard there are papers that can be used to prove foreign phones can use foreign parts without fees, but the local shops/repair depots are unwilling/untrained to help process that paperwork (and the replacements need even more time to be imported).
Even when repairs were authorized shipping and parts issues would take weeks. And no home shipping because issues finding trustworthy delivery so often six hour drive to the store often to be refused service or have to drive six hours weeks later. I am sure Apple could smooth out these issues (and hopefully has) but a lot of the issues likely arose from being cautious to avoid extreme fines.
I would rate both those countries as near Russia on how fun it is to own an Apple product in need of repair. (Samsung I have heard does not have the same issues is the same region).
There is sort of a brother/sister relationship between the two countries and I suspect if the US agreed to float a basic income for a half a decade to defectors a good pamphlet drop on enemy troops could have them switching sides.
Importing gas from the US looks difficult given how polluting cargo ships are and the complete lack of capacity.
And good luck getting an investigator out to Jupiter to gather evidence for the prosecution.
Facebook is right now taking a huge loss due to the fact the walled garden is working.
People compromise their privacy because they didn’t have a choice. Apple is providing that choice until you let Chrome only be installed from the Google store and web sites suddenly say “best with chrome”.