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The bad decision is not adding face id to the notch
by cruano 5y ago
The bad decision is not adding face id to the notch
- spullara 5y agoHey, I can agree with this and who knows if they aren't planning on doing it.
- gregoriol 5y agoMaybe they are going to remove Face ID from iPhones instead, which would be a good decision?
- majjam 5y agoI would like that but I assumed I was in the minority - have you heard thats planned?
- mrtranscendence 5y agoI've never heard a rumor of anything approaching "Apple plans to get rid of Face ID". I don't see how it's possible, at least until fingerprint readers under the screen are 100% reliable, and even then. The only time I've seen people complaining about Face ID is when wearing masks (though pairing it with an Apple Watch fixes that).
- sumedh 5y ago> at least until fingerprint readers under the screen are 100% reliable I am using a $200 Oppo with screen fingerprint reader, never had any issues.
- mrtranscendence 5y agoInteresting! How fast is it?
- sumedh 5y agoTakes 1 second or maybe less than that. I have never thought about it because it just works.
- dmart 5y agoI don't see Face ID ever fully going away, even if Touch ID returns as an option. The depth-sensing camera is used for other purposes, too, like Animojis.
- destitude 5y agoWhy would I want face id when I can just touch a key?
- Rebelgecko 5y agoNot everyone has the same abilities
- mperham 5y agoIf one can’t use a keyboard, maybe the laptop form factor is not the right one to choose.
- leviathant 5y agoI'm not who you are replying to, but as someone with a condition that leads to dry, cracked skin on my fingertips, it's not that I can't use a keyboard, it's that fingerprint scanning doesn't work for me. Thankfully it's not the only way to unlock a MBP.
- dijit 5y agoThis is going to sound awfully like shilling. But I’m a large fan of the “unlock with Apple Watch” feature of the Mac; and I’ve tried to reverse engineer it for Linux.
- reificator 5y agoLook into KDE Connect which has a similar feature. Not proximity based as far as I know, but it handles the hard part of unlocking the device.
- eugeniub 5y agoMy problem with it is it only works 75% of the time. Another 15% of the time it just hangs indefinitely. And 10% it just doesn't even try.
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- ksec 5y agoThey cant fit FaceID within the thickness of the lid on MBP.
- dzhiurgis 5y agoor using hole punch camera
- stevetursi 5y agopure speculation, but I reckon this is due to security concerns. the camera on a laptop is off by default, including when the laptop opens. i for one have always been a little concerned that most phones (android and ios) don't have a "camera on" indicator.