Badly needed in news. I’m trying to replace my news and current events with RSS and it’s though since it’s easy to get inundated with info and never “catch up”.
I downvote articles in News but still see things that pertain to what I downvote. I don’t even know what that feature does.
I use RSS very selectively, though. General news sites are too much of a firehose: instead of RSS I just picked a few favorite sources and check them occasionally – usually once in the morning/evening. I also read The Economist's briefs (requires a sub) to catch up on stuff I missed.
Here’s the thing, until they can put out a value better than a $400 PS5, I don’t feel like it matters what they do. They’re stuck in an extraordinarily thin price niche where on one end you’ve got lower-priced consoles that blow Macs out of the water in gaming, and on the other end you’ve got similarly-priced traditional gaming PCs and laptops which also blow Macs out of the water for gaming. The “not having games” problem is entirely secondary here, Macs aren’t competing as gaming machines. They’re doing all this work to make it easier for developers to put their games on the platform, but not a single thought has gone into attracting consumers. The magic mouse completely blows for gaming, that’s not even a question, so why does Apple still handicap the experience for people using third-party mice? Why hold something like smooth scrolling ransom if they want people to take the platform seriously? I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt and say maybe they’re just wanting to focus on controller players, great, so then consider that a controller doesn’t come with a Mac and that the same DualSense controller that Apple sells comes stock with that PS5.
It’s like they’ve got a small group of software engineers that want gaming on Mac to be viable but everyone else at the company missed the memo.
Right call. Too many rights and freedoms are stifled in the name of “protect the children”. It’s like asking everyone to live in glass houses just in case they are abusing children.
The people committing these crimes will move on to different platforms/technology, but the encroachment of the state will not retreat back.
It’s for those who value privacy but don’t want any hurdles among the way. GrapheneOS or a full GNU/Linux phone would be the correct response to those inquiring about security and privacy in absolute terms.
I accept that. I want security but I don’t need it so much that I want to put in extra work. My freedom and life are not on the line. If they were I’d be taking extra steps.
Yeah, same. I’m on iOS because I don’t want to be bothered with flashing, SafetyNet workarounds, Magisk, etc. just to have my bank apps and contactless payments work.
I think Apple’s ultimate decision on this is the correct one. The world is an ugly place and there’s no silver bullet that solves a problem like CSAM and ensures it can’t be abused.
Wish it weren’t as this likely would have made a huge impact against child abusers, but thankfully degrading every Apple user’s privacy isn’t the only effective way to fight against it.
Exactly. As problematic as CSAM is, adding the ability for on device scanning is exactly what untrustworthy governments would sell their souls for.
The potential to scan everyone’s devices for any content a government deems problematic could shift the balance of power in the world permanently. You can see why they want it so much.
Some people have clear cases and the camera part generally shows in all cases. That said I’ve had iPhones since the first model and never had a case. (I did break one but that was because I tripped and while I didn’t drop the phone I did use my hand to break the fall and just hit the phone on the edge on the concrete)
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