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Isn't it something that was already sold to me as a customer? I don't get it how company could remove one of the features that has been already sold to me.

by egorfine 11mo ago

latexr 11mo ago
Edit: I was wrong, I misread “purchase” as “purchased” which aligned with my (flawed) memory of what happened and it made sense with the full sentence. Original comment remains below. It’s not without precedent. https://www.npr.org/2024/01/18/1225432506/apple-watch-blood-oxygen-levels-pulse-patent-masimo https://www.npr.org/2024/01/18/1225432506/apple-watch-blood-...
- egorfine 11mo ago
  The example you provided is exactly the opposite: > no longer be available on newly purchased Apple Watch ... > customers who purchase the watches in the U.S. will still be able to see Apple's Blood Oxygen app
  - latexr 11mo ago
    Edit: I misread “purchase” as “purchased”, which is wrong. You’re removing the important part. Here’s the full sentence, with emphasis: > According to the tech giant, customers who purchase the watches in the U.S. will still be able to see Apple's Blood Oxygen app on their devices, but when tapped, users will get a message saying the feature is no longer available. In other words, you saw the icon for the app but it didn’t work. The feature had been removed even for those who had already paid for it.
    - egorfine 11mo ago
      True. Still not exactly feature removed after purchase. Also this was regulatory pressure which is more like act of god in legalese while removal of h265 is more like we decided to screw customers. If and only if they indeed removed the feature after purchase.
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    - happymellon 11mo ago
      > the ability to measure blood oxygen levels will no longer be available on newly purchased Apple Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 models It says that was on new watches, it doesn't say they retroactively removed the feature from old watches.
      - latexr 11mo ago
        I stand corrected. Despite reading the sentence multiple times, my brain autocorrected “purchase” to “purchased”. My memory was that they had retroactively removed the feature, but on further reading it looks like I’m misremembering.
andix 11mo ago
It only affects new devices, they don't pull the existing licenses. Not every device includes a HEVC license. For cheap consumer devices or custom built PCs no license is the norm. It just used to be the norm for the premium brands to include the license with every device.
- egorfine 11mo ago
  > It only affects new devices, they don't pull the existing licenses. That actually changes the whole gist.
- stronglikedan 11mo ago
  While true, that's not immediately apparent in the article, and the opposite of what the headline implies. Ars should really do better. Past Ars would have. The enshittification continues...

Isn't it something that was already sold to me as a customer? I don't get it how company could remove one of the features that has been already sold to me.

latexr 11mo ago

Edit: I was wrong, I misread “purchase” as “purchased” which aligned with my (flawed) memory of what happened and it made sense with the full sentence. Original comment remains below. It’s not without precedent. https://www.npr.org/2024/01/18/1225432506/apple-watch-blood-oxygen-levels-pulse-patent-masimo https://www.npr.org/2024/01/18/1225432506/apple-watch-blood-...

egorfine 11mo ago
The example you provided is exactly the opposite: > no longer be available on newly purchased Apple Watch ... > customers who purchase the watches in the U.S. will still be able to see Apple's Blood Oxygen app
- latexr 11mo ago
  Edit: I misread “purchase” as “purchased”, which is wrong. You’re removing the important part. Here’s the full sentence, with emphasis: > According to the tech giant, customers who purchase the watches in the U.S. will still be able to see Apple's Blood Oxygen app on their devices, but when tapped, users will get a message saying the feature is no longer available. In other words, you saw the icon for the app but it didn’t work. The feature had been removed even for those who had already paid for it.
  - egorfine 11mo ago
    True. Still not exactly feature removed after purchase. Also this was regulatory pressure which is more like act of god in legalese while removal of h265 is more like we decided to screw customers. If and only if they indeed removed the feature after purchase.
    - deleted 11mo ago
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  - happymellon 11mo ago
    > the ability to measure blood oxygen levels will no longer be available on newly purchased Apple Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 models It says that was on new watches, it doesn't say they retroactively removed the feature from old watches.
    - latexr 11mo ago
      I stand corrected. Despite reading the sentence multiple times, my brain autocorrected “purchase” to “purchased”. My memory was that they had retroactively removed the feature, but on further reading it looks like I’m misremembering.

andix 11mo ago

It only affects new devices, they don't pull the existing licenses. Not every device includes a HEVC license. For cheap consumer devices or custom built PCs no license is the norm. It just used to be the norm for the premium brands to include the license with every device.

egorfine 11mo ago
> It only affects new devices, they don't pull the existing licenses. That actually changes the whole gist.
stronglikedan 11mo ago
While true, that's not immediately apparent in the article, and the opposite of what the headline implies. Ars should really do better. Past Ars would have. The enshittification continues...