Tag: Apple
We Own Nothing – The Broken Promise of the Information Age
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From Animatronic Pumpkin: Remember in the 90s when we thought we were headed for an amazing Information Age? Instead we find the greatest engine of censorship ever invented. Streaming services disappear movies. Amazon can rewrite the books on your kindle. Best Buy stops selling movies on disc. Nobody owns anything. Links evaporate all the time.…
Apple Scary Fast – Also Scary Expensive
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I’m just catching up on the Apple M3 news from last night. Overall, things are faster and you can get more RAM in some models. I see nothing here that makes me want to upgrade from my main machine, a 12th Intel i5 Framework laptop. I see nothing here that makes me feel like I…
If Apple is So Awesome – Why Make it So Hard for Competitors
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In How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism, Cory Doctorow asks the question, if Apple is so gosh darn awesome with keeping their software safe, and keeping your hardware safe with their repair facilities…why do they make it so hard for competitors? Apple doesn’t do this to “keep you safe” as the often claim, they do this…
Some Vision Pro Excitement Feels Dystopian
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While listening to The Talk Show Episode 3841 John Gruber and Michael Simmons raved about the meditation features of the upcoming Vision Pro being able to gain you some peace in the midst of a busy world. To me the excitement makes me think of the dystopian future we seem to be headed towards sometimes.…
Greg – Apple’s Vision of the Apocalypse
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I’m with Greg in thinking that Vision Pro is fairly dystopian. The only use I could see is as instead of a multi-monitor setup, but then $3499 USD for a “companion” to your $2k computer???? WTF!!! That seems crazy. I hope to never see this on the faces of the people around me. I already…
Matt Says Camcorders Were Weird Too
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Matt says that camcorders were weird too and people tensed up when camcorders came out. Now technology has changed enough that a phone coming out to take a video changes little about the behaviour of most people. On some level, I agree. Vision Pro will change lots and people will get used to it. My…
Your iPhone May Not Be as Private as You Think
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From Fast Company, who says that there are a bunch of apps that are regularly phoning home because the free or $.99 you paid for them wouldn’t support their development unless they sell your information anyway. This is why I don’t question the prices I pay for my software even on iOS. I want he…
Some Thoughts on the WWDC 2019 Keynote
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Yes, Apple announced a bunch more stuff than I’m going to talk about today. I didn’t care about most of it, or at least they weren’t the features that got me excited. You can view the keynote here. iPadOS Yup we have a dedicated iOS variant call iPadOS that is only focused on building apps…