The old rootkit scandal. A classic tale

We are assuming that WhatsApp is actually encrypted. Pretty sure I read an article here recently that stayed WhatsApp mods have access to read the last 5 messages of a reported thread. That suggests they can already break the 'encryption' and already makes it somewhat pointless. It wouldn't surprise me if the pushback from them is trying to hide the fact that it isn't encrypted in any reasonably useful way

Sounds like a way to get around right to repair. If the customer doesn't own the device then the company is not obligated to make it repairable in any way

Aahhahaha!! Oh wait, you're serious? Let me laugh even harder! AAAHAHAHA!!

..or is anyone else starting to hold a real dislike for this guy?

What sort of shite clickbait title is this?!? Not "Scientists have discovered how to use spinach to detect nitroaromatics" but this crap instead. Jesus tapdancing Christ!

This is literally the sort of thing that starts wars. Trump already despises China, what the actual fuck are they playing at? Scary, scary times.

...Elon Musk has lost his fucking mind and is trying to replace it artificially.

Good! It's what all non apple fanbois have been saying for ever! Apple is finally embracing standardisation and this is all you have to say about it?? No one gives a fuck about having them having new dongles, especially the apple people as their shiny new POS will undoubtedly get upgraded before long for some reason or another and have the new "standard" connector anyway! This is apple finally moving in the right direction and the article just bitches about "Oh no! More dongles" - Don't like it? Don't buy Apple! FYI I hate all things apple bit this is a good move on their part. Finally! Still bring back the headphone jack though!

No pain go gain?

Do I want to give my phone the equivalent of cancer? Why the fuck would anyone want this?

Ignore me, didn't read the rest properly. Duh!

"This, together with the fact that Samsung's phones are the hottest in the market" - I see what you did there

"The fact beats are popular shows people don't give a shit about audio quality." This. Although thinking about it, I know a LOT of people who ask me if beats are any good (I test products for a living) and I laugh everytime! I think it may be worse in that people who can afford it think they know that it "must be good as it costs a lot". In my experience any decent headphones worth having will ALWAYS have a wired option. Sennheiser, Bowers &Wilkins, Sony & even the Bose QC35 all have wired options as well as bluetooth across most models (although Bose seem to break almost as often as beats).