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Comment Re:Can they sue Apple? (Score 1) 164

It doesn't really work like that. Unless they have a precise location (ie from GPS) then the find my app will show a region around the location, not a precise one. So it's likely that it showed a circle that somehow intersected with the house or showed the device near the house and then law enforcement assumed that must mean it's at the house.

Comment Re:Wait, Airpods have cell service? (Score 4, Informative) 164

They will anonymously connect to any nearby iDevice and update their location in the owner's iCloud/findMy app.

https://support.apple.com/en-u...

The Find My network is an encrypted, anonymous network of hundreds of millions of Apple devices that can help you find your AirPods, even if they're offline. Nearby devices securely send the location of your missing AirPods to iCloud, so that you can find where they are. It's all anonymous and encrypted to protect everyone's privacy. To make sure it's turned on: On iPhone, open Settings > Bluetooth. Tap the More Info button next to your AirPods, then scroll down to Find My network and make sure that it's turned on.

Comment Re:Message Colour Is Cost Indicator (Score 2) 237

They're not doing anything to android phones (or messages to/from them). If I have my data turned off (like I do sometimes when I'm traveling) then messages that I send to *any* phone (Android, iPhone, dumb phone, whatever) are green bubbles. Because the green doesn't signify other than "SMS" and blue signifies "iMessage".

Comment Re:Never again (Score 1, Troll) 88

And your response is *exactly* why such regulations (and changes to iOS) are unneeded.. there's absolutely nothing stopping you from getting a phone from a manufacturer that gives you what you want (and who behaves in the way you want, since this seems more of your issue).

Someone please explain to me again about Apple's monopoly?

Comment Re:Oops (Score 1) 197

I couldn't give fewer flying fucks. I have to have some baseline of trust in Apple due to them being the makers of the device and OS. For better or worse, I'm satisfied with that compromise. I'm also satisfied to keep everyone else away from my phone's data whenever possible.

In other words.. if I can't trust Apple then I *certainly* can't trust any of the unwashed masses of developers. In fact I'm likely to trust them less.

The devs can have my purchase price and after that they can fuck off.

Comment Re:Oops (Score 1) 197

The general public is so wantonly underinformed that one could argue they aren't even qualified to make a rational assessment of the situation.

OR.. none of this matters even a little bit to the VAST majority of Apple users. If it matters enough they'll get a phone from a different vendor.

Personally I'm extremely happy for all iOS developers to be in the tightest, most restrictive on-device jail possible. All they're going to do with all this flexibility is screw users over with scams and tracking and other nonsense like that.

Leave that for the android cesspool.

Comment Re:What does this mean? (Score 2) 24

Maybe they don't think the first stage counts as a spacecraft?

A rocket's first stage, in fact, isn't a spacecraft.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

There's something to be said for the distinction between sub-orbital and orbital spacecraft, however. Winnebago-1 is, of course, the latter but there have been a number of commercial sub-orbital spacecraft landings in the US (the various SpaceShipOne and BlueOrigin craft)

Comment Re: Avoid (Score 1) 42

I have no doubt that I could write a fair portion of my code on a Pi: I do pretty much everything with Vim and Make. However, I like to be able to actually *run* the applications I'm developing for. Last I checked I can't run Maya or Houdini or Nuke on a Pi. That means I need a workstation: Linux, or Windows, or Mac. Windows is right out for me (don't like the user experience and it's not unix.. though I think that gap is closing over the years). And between Mac and Linux I'll choose a Mac every day of the week.

Comment Re:No waaaaay (Score 1) 99

Since we're just making up stories now.. then I think what will happen is that for every show I download I will get to have lunch with one of the actors once a year.

Hey this is fun. What other stories do you like to make up?

I couldn't really care less what you do with your money. I get a huge amount of value from the apple tv device itself (which doesn't require paying for any apple services if you don't want. I use it to watch many different streaming services. Some of them free) and I also get a ton of value from buying my weekly tv shows from apple. Good price. Get to watch the TV that is on right now and I can watch it whenever I want without ads. Couldn't be happier.

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