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What does Apple gain by leaving off the setting to choose whether or not to open Apple Music? Surely their pro audio users don't want it popping up just becaus
by projektfu 2y ago
What does Apple gain by leaving off the setting to choose whether or not to open Apple Music? Surely their pro audio users don't want it popping up just because they connected headphones.
- zimpenfish 2y agoProbably umpteen thousands of customer support queries about why Music now isn't starting when they connect their headphones after someone toggled it and forgot (or someone else toggled it and didn't tell them or an MDM profile toggled it or...)
- throwuxiytayq 2y agoJesus, that's such a feeble, dull, uninspired way to make product decisions. I'm squirming from second-hand embarrassment just thinking that some developer has to live this nightmare.
- zimpenfish 2y ago> Jesus, that's such a feeble, dull, uninspired way to make product decisions. At Apple scale, though, it's probably necessary.
- projektfu 2y agoA quick review shows that Apple doesn't mind lots of questions if they don't bother answering them. How to keep a Mac Mini from going to deep sleep so it can be used as a little server? Answer: install Linux.
- jeffhuys 2y agoOr one of the dozen “prevent deep sleep” apps…
- RunSet 2y agoTo keep a McBook from falling asleep when you close the lid, you need to buy and use a dummy HDMI connector that makes it believe it is connected to an external display.
- stevenhuang 2y agoThere's the built-in command line tool to prevent sleep, run "caffeinate -d"
- projektfu 2y agoIt's funny how everyone acts like this stuff works, but then I try to log in and it's asleep. If it were easy, there wouldn't be a thousand ways to do it that are all incapable, it would just be a setting.
- stevenhuang 2y agoAre you leaving it running? If it works for everyone but you you're probably doing something wrong.
- Nextgrid 2y agoLess "engagement" in the Music app. Sure, most of that engagement is fake to begin with but why would a project manager intentionally ever admit to that? Same reason ads remain in inconvenient places that are highly prone to accidental clicks even though it would be better for everyone involved if accidental clicks were reduced.
- internetter 2y ago> Same reason ads remain in inconvenient places that are highly prone to accidental clicks Not under a PPC model Edit: I'm saying that there is incentive to do this under a PPC model. Its just just "bumping false engagement"
- PaulHoule 2y agoHuh? My working assumption is “all clicks are click fraud” and whenever you see an advertising supported site where the content jiggles aloud (Anandtech) it is no accident that you were trying to click on a link and the ad moved to be right under your finger at the last moment.
- jncfhnb 2y agoFirst time users saying “oh I guess this what I should use”
- resource_waste 2y agoGood point, I'm not sure I've meet anyone leave Apple's Walled Prison.
- rchaud 2y ago"Choice is scary for users" is the guiding principle of the Apple software ecosystem.
- pornel 2y agoChoice is scary for Apple's Services Revenue. Apple believes they own every device, and feel wronged whenever users spend money without Apple taking a cut.
- humzashahid98 2y agoThis is plainly true considering how hard Apple fought to suppress alternatives to the "App Store". I don't know why your comment was downvoted.
- ziddoap 2y agoProbably because there is significantly more nuance to be had than the blanket statements would indicate.
- humzashahid98 2y agoCould you tell us what nuance you have in mind?
- ziddoap 2y agoThere are literally thousands upon thousands of comments debating both topics ("owning" an apple device & app store stuff) on HN alone. Let alone everywhere else from reddit to governments. If it was so simply one-sided, there wouldn't be such lively debate. I don't think we need to rehash those thousands of comments to agree that the debate can't be settled in a single blanket statement?
- humzashahid98 2y ago
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- biftek 2y agoPro audio users aren't using the play button on the keyboard (the space bar is the industry standard to toggle playback), nor using bluetooth headphones (way too much latency to do anything meaningful)