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Comment Re:Quit it with smart TVs (Score 1) 244

That's why I use a dumb, feature-less 23" widescreen computer monitor as my TV, connected to an external AppleTV box.

New AppleTV with new features that I'd like? I buy a new AppleTV.

Competitor offering something better/different? I can ditch Apple.

This is the best for the environment (recycling a tiny box instead of a whole display), best for our wallets (tiny boxes are less expensive) and best for us (if we're not tied to a particular brand, they have to keep competing so our next upgrade is still the same brand).

Comment Re:Why did they ditch the TV? (Score 2) 244

And that's why I'm glad they decided to drop the idea. It means that for the last year they've been focused on updating the tiny AppleTV box which a lot more people will be able to afford compared to the cost of a new TV.

I'd also like to see an update to the iPod shuffle. A tiny e-ink indicator (bars, dots, whatever) to know the battery life in 20% increments.

Comment Re:Fiber is fast! (Score 3, Insightful) 221

And a dozen javascript libraries for stupid shit like mouse-overs that should be done in CSS anyway, or high resolution background images that are 2MB JPEG downloads that use over 6MB of RAM each once decompressed. Backgrounds aren't meant to be high-resolution, crisp and detailed. Learn to use background-size: cover, it works well even with lower resolution images because stretching will blur them a bit, making the compression artifacts even less noticable.

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