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Comment Re:If your number isn't my contacts... (Score 1) 113

Texting before/instead of calling isn't cumbersome. It's just good manners because me having to interrupt what I'm doing to take a phone call is insanely cumbersome. If you're calling out of the blue it had better be because somebody is dead. If not, send a text. And don't text to say "call me" - say what you want to talk about, so I can prioritize it.

Comment Re:why (Score 4, Interesting) 569

This is a test scenario.
I get this same problem with 32 GB of ram, Minecraft, Windows VM, Chrome, Firefox, and Thunderbird running.

I lose control of my desktop at this point and usually end up having to give it a solid 6 second power button restart.

I hate it and wish it would give me a chance to kill something to save the rest.

Comment Re:I'm really confused (Score 1) 52

Also, on Android there's already a great app called Screentime that parents can use to manage their children's devices. I think it's pretty lousy and hypocritical of Apple to introduce a similar feature with the exact same name. Do they believe in intellectual property and trademarks or not? Do they want theirs respected?

Comment I'm really confused (Score 2) 52

This sounds a little bit confused and muddled. I can't tell if the motivation here is:

  1. App developers might be spying on your kids
  2. Apple already has a feature to do this and doesn't want competition.
  3. It's legitimate for a business to know everything that happens on their devices, but not legitimate for a parent to know everything that happens on their child's devices.

None of those endears Apple to me, and my wife just read this story and said, "Well, that seals it - our kids won't have any Apple devices."

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