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by alt227 6mo ago
> For whatever reason apple required passes to be digitally signed with an apple developer certificate Apple uses every opportunity to try to increase developer and user lock in. This was no exception. I see this new move as begrudgingly
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by alt227 6mo ago
Good to see Apple catching up with Google finally. Google wallet has had the abillity to scan tickets and create custom passes for years. This article frames it like Apple are coming to save the day from lazy developers, but in reality its
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by alt227 6mo ago
You seem to judge the world by your own accument and ability, which is very dangerous. Many milions of people are scared by things such as red and black wires and wont touch them with a barge pole.
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by alt227 6mo ago
> there are no modern riveted ships > Cheap aluminum boats are still riveted I think you may need to think out your entire post before typing such contradictions. Riveted hulls worked for hundreds of years and well maintained they can
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by alt227 6mo ago
> he costs of removable batteries to address these really niche use cases You seem to have completely missed the primary point of all this, which is to reducew ewaste. That fact that it also satisfies some niche uses cases is a great bon
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by alt227 6mo ago
We agree that it works a little, but not that it is a good start. If this bill had just targetted all battery devices it would have made an incredible change. But as usual it was lobbied into near non existence. Why do we have to be content
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by alt227 6mo ago
You have a very loose definition of recharge and charge cycle which seems to fit Apples marketing spin like a glove.
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by alt227 6mo ago
Remember that they did it secretly and denied it for ages, only to backtrack and use this excuse when it was actually proven they were slowing the devices. Dont let the marketing spin white-wash your long term memory of an event.
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by alt227 6mo ago
Exactly. Apple and Samsung phones account for 90% of the market and are exempt fro mthis bill. So just how much ewaste will it prevent?
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by alt227 6mo ago
Apologies, my coment came off a bit unecessarily aggressive. It is my preference to have user replaceable batteries, and my belief is that they were only removed to make phones become obselete quicker and cause higher turnover of purchased
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by alt227 6mo ago
Thanks for the suggestion. I would still prefer replaceable batteries back though, and you really dont need to convince me otherwise!
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by alt227 6mo ago
Bully for you! Id like my user replaceable 100% full batteries back if its ok with you?
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by alt227 6mo ago
Rivets use holes, exactly the thing the parent mentioned about not being waterproof.
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by alt227 6mo ago
Continuing to take photos with a battery pack hanging off a device is no where near as simple as popping in a fresh 100% battery and coninuing as normal.
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by alt227 6mo ago
Yes. Dont assume that everybody is technically minded such as yourself. I know plenty of people that would never even consider jump starting thei car. However are also quite happy with poppping open a battery cover and doing a simple swap l
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by alt227 6mo ago
yes exactly my point, I dont want to wait to charge up my device with another device. I just want to pop in a fresh 100% battery. It used to be so simple.
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by alt227 6mo ago
The supposed aim of this is to reduce e-waste. But when 90% of smartphones sold are iPhones and Samsung Galaxies which are exempt it makes this bill completely pointless, as the ewaste it will save is a small fraction of a percentage of the
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by alt227 6mo ago
Also, removeable by who? Its all very well saying its removeable, but thats useless if only possible by a skilled techinician with tools. I dont see the term 'user-removable' anywhere.
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by alt227 6mo ago
Not ones where design decisions reduce features for no other reason.
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by alt227 6mo ago
> a battery that I don’t need to replace for 3-4 years anyway. This is not just about battery replacement. I used to keep several fully charged batteries stocked in my rucksack whenever I went hiking or anywhere else that was remote. Aft
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by alt227 6mo ago
Tell that to boat hull riveters
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by alt227 6mo ago
Friendly for who? I certainly cant electrically debond chemical compounds, but I sure do know how to undo a screw.
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by alt227 6mo ago
Yeah, as long as all 500,000 people in the data set agreed for it to be public then thats fine. But how do we verify that?
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by alt227 6mo ago
Then how should the journalists that write about it get paid? I for one would rather pay for news than have to watch ad content for it instead.
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by alt227 6mo ago
Im not sure how you think Apple is an upscale luxury brand. Every teenager in America owns an iphone with airpods. Thats the power of marketing, making you think you are exclusive and treating yourself to luxury when you buy their product,
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by alt227 6mo ago
Staus symbol is defined as "a visible, external marker—such as luxury goods, exclusive memberships, or specific lifestyles—used to indicate an individual's high social, economic, or professional standing." Does owning the s
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by alt227 6mo ago
I dont mean to be rude but you obviously dont do much research about companies you seem to care a lot about. Apple have been caught time and time again undermining their users security and privacy, including syphoning off user data to gover
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by alt227 6mo ago
Yes, personally I prefer the concept of random ads over tracked, profiled, and targeted.
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by alt227 6mo ago
GDPR didnt do it, lazy site owners that didnt want to read the legislation did. Most sites dont even need those popups, but its easier to just shove one on your site than try to understand the specific situations which do need it.
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by alt227 6mo ago
Its amusing that Apple itself is one of the biggest ad companies that exists, fed entirely from their own users private data. Yet by simply pointing the finger away from themselves and helping their customers block other ad companies effort

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