Well considering he predicted that Apple would make touchscreen MacBooks by 2025 and that has not happened yet, this might be another miss.

One of the main problems that foldables have right now is their screen aspect ratio is square whereas a lot of content is either tall (YouTube shorts, TikTok shorts) or wide (movies, YouTube). Having more screen means little if most of it is used for black pixels.

You like Google use the term "RCS" to mean Universal Profile AND Google RCS to mean the same thing. That is the lie you are spreading. They are not the same thing.

What is the "rant"? I posted "features like encryption". I suppose in your world that is a rant. The fact of the matter is Universal Profile does not support encryption and other features that iMessage and Google RCS have. You seem not to understand the word "features" or "other".

The default base protocol for that is called MMS. Please look it up. The problem with RCS is that since every carrier and device used their own version of RCS in the beginning, why should Apple implement dozens of incompatible versions of RCS again? Again MMS is the default fallback.

And Apple has never whined that Google didn't follow iMessage. Like you are whining now.

Please describe how Apple is supposed to decrypt Google RCS encrypted message then without adopting it? Google RCS uses the Signal Protocol however their implementation is incompatible with the Signal app. You don't know? What a shocker.

What are you talking about? Apple did not support RCS for years because every device used a different version. Your argument is Apple should have publicly announced the reason when it was apparent to anyone in the industry? Again, you did no research did you?

And herein are the lies. 1) Google's calls their protocol "RCS" which they used interchangeably with GSMA RCS (Universal Profile) in all their arguments. 2) While Apple did not adopt Universal Profile, which other carriers and devices supported standard Universal Profile? None of them. They implemented their own incompatible versions of Universal Profile. Why? Because Universal Profile did not have features of iMessage. It was not until Google developed Google RCS that had features like encryption that carriers and devices used a common protocol. Unfortunately Google RCS is still proprietary and controlled only by Google. The default fallback for messaging over cellular radio is MMS.

The facts like always do not support your arguments. I could assume you do no research as this seems to be a habit. Or you simply do not care that you post misrepresentations.

Then what is your definition of "artificial"? Bear in mind the entire article is one person's speculation on what Apple might do. The limitation right now is Apple's contract with TSMC is to make a certain amount of A18 Pros. TSMC has allocated those lines to other customers after they finish with Apple's order. I would guess if Neo demand were high enough, Apple would take 6 GPU core A18 Pro chips and disable one of the GPU cores to keep selling Neos. Implementing a new production line or designing a 5 GPU core A18 Pro would be costly.

I do not know UK laws but he can absolutely sue for libel; winning the suit is another question. Libel requires reputation harm not any general harm.

...My installation of minidlna still works fine, is Free Software, and doesn't phone home or exfiltrate my metadata.

I already have collars for my solar-powered cows.

The threat of the Neo is not just Apple entering the sub $1000 market this year. It is in the next few years as Apple applies more pressure for them to innovate in that segment. Right now they can compete with Apple on pricing and some technical specs. However where they cannot compete is offering aluminum cases in multiple colors for a few years. Adding a multicolor aluminum case process to that segment would stress any small profits.

And you are asserting as to what Apple might do in the future based on what someone wrote on the Interwebs. Apple could make all the A18 Pros with 5 cores they want as long as TSMC has capacity. If TSMC simply does not have capacity, is that that your definition of "artificial"?

And who is artificially limiting capacity again? The author is speculating as to what Apple will do in the future should they sell out all Neos. Apple could manufacture A18 Pros with 5 GPU cores as long as TSMC has capacity for them to make the chip.

By definition, that is a limited edition. It is not a "rare" or "collectible" edition. The NES Classic was also a limited edition that sold several million copies.

Then go ahead if that is what you want. At this point, you will never buy a Mac and cannot see why someone would buy one.

What he probably means is eBay listings will have detailed technical descriptions. The webpages on laptops can be highly produced with artistic photos and flowery ad copy but lacking in details. Or worse a manufacturer makes multiple models with the same model name but significant differences. Trying to find technical specs may take the user to the wrong page. For example, I think Dell and Lenovo use the same name but one version uses AMD and one version uses Intel. Or even a Qualcomm chip. The eBay listing has to be accurate as a reputable seller has to eat a return because they listed the wrong CPU.

That depends on your pain sensitivity. At work, they upgraded our machines from 10 to 11. Even though our version is customized to remove the ads, there are still pain points. For example, coming out of sleep does not seem like a major difference until you have to do something immediately like open Outlook calendar to see the details of your next meetings. In 10 it was responsive. It takes a full minute before Outlook responds to a basic function. Something is definitely clunky with the File Explorer as it seems slow to respond to opening folders on my machine not just network folders. I cannot imagine what home users have to deal with.