I use it as the central logic controller in a custom-built industrial PLC... which is used to drive automation systems in Beer Breweries (think large craft brewers) and greenhouses. They're awesome little devices. :)

I plan on that... but this was my first experience with this issue, and now they have my data against my will. Stopping shopping there is a protest, but doesn't solve the initial problem.

I was buying groceries at Target, and happened to get a case of beer - for which I was fully expecting to have to show ID (I'm >40 years old btw).

When the cashier asked to "see my ID" (emphasize the "SEE"), I held out my license. She physically snatched it from my fingers and before I could even react she turned it over and scanned the barcode on the back into their POS system. That bar code contains all kinds of personal data including my address and biometric info. I did NOT consent to them collecting that info, and yet I have no way to get them to expunge it from their system. Not only am I being tracked in 17 different ways with their marketing and other systems, but they're likely selling that info of to other "partners", and putting it at risk WHEN they eventually have a systems breach.

That type of collection should be illegal. I've contacted their guest relations team about my concern, and have yet to hear back.

Why assume the worst?

Consider:

- Apple makes device
- 3rd party replaces part with something that works
- Apple makes changes to software to add features/fix bugs/etc.
- New changes use previously-unused function or uses something in a new way... but this is verified with Apple's device
- 3rd party part only supports 90% of the actual features of the Apple part... which was previously "good enough" but no longer is.
- Update breaks phones with non-Apple parts

As a hardware/software developer I can EASILY see how this happens. 3rd party parts are NOT exact copies. They're reverse-engineered to simulate the same functionality... but they can't test/develop for functionality that isn't yet in use. They may work now, but may not always work. This is ABSOLUTELY a valid reason that Apple doesn't support 3rd part parts. The fact that they "fixed" it for these 3rd-party screens is actually pretty uncharacteristic of them - they didn't have to.

That's assuming you believe they didn't break them on purpose in the first place.

Well, that's only valid if the 80% or more of the trip that it CAN handle are known ahead of time. If the 20% of cases that it can't handle are "surprise, there's a deer on the road ahead!" or "surprise, the guy in front of you slammed on his brakes!", then you still have to sit there 100% of the time ready to react.

you need 100% confidence that the care is fully capable of handling EVERYTHING that comes up for the next XYZ minutes/hours/miles/whatever to be able to really have a useful Level 5.

Personally I'd rather be driving the car than sitting there prepared to take over just in case something goes wrong. Until I'm not needed at all for driving, I'll keep the control thank you.

You have to admit... what army/navy/etc. would sink a nuclear ship in their own waters during war? You'd have to think twice about that - it could be a good deterrent to being attacked. If sunk, it could be a major issue in your region for generations to come.

I'd better hide...

Apple has always taken the role of change agent. If you don't forcefully abandon the past, it drags on. You end up supporting legacy requirements forever.

They've always taken that approach (remember abandoning floppies on the iMac, and what a hoo-ha there was over that?). It's painful at the start, but it acts as an impetuous for change in the market. A year from now you'll see PC's with only USB-C ports, and you'll see a proliferation of USB-C devices... starting with USB-C to USB-A converters.

It's painful, but it drives progress. Apple is "brave" enough to take the risk of impact to their bottom line to lead that change.

Just a guess: you don't have young kids.

Either I would refuse to participate in such an event, or I'd immediately tear/cut open the pouch upon entry, sorry. Phones are for a lot more than just videotaping concerts - including keeping an eye on my kids via texts from my babysitter, etc. I'm not going to be 100% unreachable due to the artists' paranoia.

Yes, I fully agree with their right to ban videotaping and photography. But - locking away my phone like that bans a LOT of other stuff they have no fucking right to even think about.

I hope this falls flat on it's face.

Yes, but in your example you actually got the cover with the Aztec cover art. It's part of the product you brought home with you.

However if the TV ad for that album featured thrash metal music, and the album was actually Zamfir then you'd have a bait-and-switch case.

I don't know why I think there's a difference between visuals and sound track, but it just doesn't seem as "bait-and-switchy" to use different music in the promo than in the film. Maybe its because they use music with all forms of advertising, and I don't expect the music to come with the product. (When I buy a new car, I don't expect the music soundtrack from the commercial to be playing on the radio all the time, etc.). But if they show me that the car has airbags in the commercial, they'd better damn well come with the car. :)

To musicians maybe that's a double standard... I know.

Half of me wants to say "grow the fuck up, you whiny little turd"... but the other half agrees that it's false advertising if those scenes were used to lure in audiences then not included in the film. If they're in the ad, then presumably they're some of the best / most enticing scenes... and to not include them seems like a bait and switch.

So, go get 'em, you whiny little turd. :)

Thats awesome! Thanks!

Their recall website says it's for the Peak recall "and B1 returns"... I've entered my data to return my B1 and it accepted it, but it doesn't say what the terms for that are (how much they'll refund, etc.). Everything I see online only mentions the Peak.

Does anyone have more info on the B1 return? I used mine for a while but really didn't like it for several reasons so it's been sitting in the drawer. It'd be great to get a refund so I can invest in something newer/better!