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Apple Just Lost Me

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Re: Apple Just Lost Me

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Post by genthree »

chasil wrote: post #93

I bought a cheap, used iPhone SE3 because I needed to Facetime relatives. I learned quickly that "Find My" was far superior in remote tracking of airtag-equivalents, and switched some of my convertible tags to their network. I flew out of O'Hare last month, and there were advertisements all over the airport announcing that Illinois id/drivers license import into Apple Wallet, so I did it, and that works. Supposedly,…

> That being said, if I want to run a torrent client on my phone, I should be able to do so. Apple will never allow that.

> If I want a Bourne/POSIX shell, I should be able run one. Apple will never allow that [AFAIK].

I believe you can accomplish the latter (via an emulator) with “ish”, and then use that to accomplish the former (with e.g. rtorrent)

Re: Apple Just Lost Me

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Post by lynndotpy »

AdamN wrote: post #43
Pay08 wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're far overstating the effect it has had.

Also most of the stuff people complain about is easily changed in settings (transparency, etc...).

There are many things which are worse which cannot be configured. I can't get my battery life back, I can't get a version of Apple Maps which doesn't crash on launch back, I can't get my framerate back. I can't even get a refund for this $1200 phone.

Re: Apple Just Lost Me

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Post by lotsofpulp »

ta9000 wrote: post #112
joering2 wrote: post #50

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> 3. Apple had a bug in their age verification protocol. Again, valid point, but Apple needs to follow UK law. No they don't. They need to grow balls. They pay hefty tax rates in UK. If they would announce they are leaving UK market in 90 days, I bet you would find enough politicians to change the course of this terrible law.

Why is it a US corporation’s job to unfuck UK laws? If they did get involved, you’d blast them for meddling.

Corporations don’t belong to a single jurisdiction.

Re: Apple Just Lost Me

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Post by coffeedoughnuts »

Just to add a little bit of context, when I hit the same problem today the flow offered me the option to scan my driving license or 'national id card' (whatever that is - we don't have those in the UK)

So despite the claims in the article, it's not credit card centric.

However, they did not accept my passport as a scannable ID, and so luckily I had a credit card somewhere that I have used recently for a single large purchase otherwise I'd be stuffed, as I don't drive

Re: Apple Just Lost Me

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Post by cush »

> It will take me a while before I can fully migrate away... I’m gonna throw all of them away... I purchased a MNT Pocket Reform. It will take them a while to assemble and send it to me... I am considering getting a Fairphone Gen 6...

Honestly it sounds like Apple is far from lost here, but I'm excited to see updates on how the transition is, if it ever does happen.

Re: Apple Just Lost Me

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Post by catapart »

frereubu wrote: post #137
catapart wrote: post #100

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I'm in my fifties, have been involved in computing since I was a kid and I like Apple's stance on this because the threat landscape has changed, particularly for non-tech-savvy people. If you want that freedom there are various *nix flavours to choose from, you're not compelled to use Apple.

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Re: Apple Just Lost Me

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Post by causal »

bogdan wrote: post #119
raincole wrote: post #47

> Credit cards are not documents. Many people don’t have them. Apple don’t provide any other way to verify your age because they are a stupid American company with American values in which you’re just as human as your credit score. UK passed age verification law and people still find a way to blame the US.

His complaints are that Apple only supports credit cards for age verification. Please read more carefully.

I kind of prefer Credit Card over anything else if I have to do it. I give out my CC pretty regularly already so not much new PII to lose there. But it does sound like Apple has bugs to work out.

Re: Apple Just Lost Me

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Post by NegativeLatency »

chasil wrote: post #93

I bought a cheap, used iPhone SE3 because I needed to Facetime relatives. I learned quickly that "Find My" was far superior in remote tracking of airtag-equivalents, and switched some of my convertible tags to their network. I flew out of O'Hare last month, and there were advertisements all over the airport announcing that Illinois id/drivers license import into Apple Wallet, so I did it, and that works. Supposedly,…

Depending on your definition of shell there are some: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/a-shell/id1473805438

Re: Apple Just Lost Me

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Post by lynndotpy »

techterrier wrote: post #84
lynndotpy wrote: post #6

The space allocated for "Apple has lost their way" has been maxed out for decades, so it bears stressing that this time is different. This Liquid Glass debacle has disillusioned everyone from hardcore Apple fans to normal people who otherwise don't follow tech. Once the dust settles, this will be a case study for decades to come. Apple threw their hard-won reputational gains off a cliff for _nothing_.

I've heard this every UI update for the past 20 years.

That's why I emphasized this is different.

Apple fans bemoaned the Settings menu changing from a grid to a list, or the battery getting a skeumorphic icon, but that doesn't really matter.

The Liquid Glass stuff was forced on users in ways their other OS updates weren't, and it has caused serious performance, stability, and usability problems throughout the entire OS.

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