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Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design

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Re: Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design

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Post by n8cpdx »

theshrike79 wrote: post #136
lrae wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Google scans your content for CSAM on their servers. How does their content get on google's servers? And last time I checked, there was no content-scanning feature implemented in Android (and especially not in Graphene, Calyx, Lineage, or what ever.)

Nothing was going to get scanned on iOS either, unless you had "upload to Apple servers" enabled...

*unless one of the iOS updates surreptitiously re-enabled "upload to Apple servers" as they are notorious for doing...

Re: Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design

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Post by n8cpdx »

tmccrary55 wrote: post #156
lrae wrote: post #138

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would you be down to write a blog post about how a "degoogled phone" still scans your data and sends it to Google? Let's say a Pixel 5 with CalyxOS? I didn't know thats the case. Tbh, I'd even love to see a current blog post on how much and what data a "semi-degoogled" random OEM phone with the shipped Android sends. Or maybe there is one that I don't know of, would love to see it.

You're the only one talking about a "degoogled phone."

It just seems really weird to assume that switching to Android involves switching to Google services. There were weeks of threads with people discussing which version of Android (Calyx vs graphene, etc) they were going to switch to.

Re: Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design

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Post by layer8 »

handrous wrote: post #38

Whoa, what's with the huge bezel? My only Mini is a 1st-gen, but that has a tiny bezel on either side, with somewhat larger ones top-and-bottom, and I really like the resulting overall size & proportions. Did the top and bottom bezels shrink a ton so it just looks like the whole thing's bigger all around because they all match now, or did they widen the sides? Looking at the dimensions on WP it looks like the height…

Yes, the screen aspect ratio changed from 2048 x 1536 (4:3) to 2266 x 1488 (roughly 3:2), same DPI. The outer width on the short side has remained exactly the same (134.8 mm). So they traded off 48 pixels for the wider bezel along the long side, while reducing the bezel (and adding 218 pixels) along the short side. The outer long side is reduced by 7.8 mm.

Re: Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design

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Post by mynameisvlad »

handrous wrote: post #165
danaris wrote: post #133

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You can hold the phone with one hand, with fingers on one side and thumb on the other. You're going to need to be able to grip an edge of the iPad—even the mini—so it needs a little more space for that.

Yes, but they don't do that on other models of iPad, not just the phone, and again, most people put these things straight in cases, so they've usually (and correctly, despite complaints on Web forums) designed their devices so they won't be too bulky once a case is added, past the early generations when they kinda needed the bezel for space reasons (though, again, even the now-ancient first-gen mini barely had side b…

They look pretty much like the bezels on all the other iPads with no home button, just not scaled down to the form factor of the iPad mini.

Which makes sense if the purpose of the bezel is to provide a gripping surface.

Re: Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design

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Post by smoldesu »

kjreact wrote: post #184
post_break wrote: post #41

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Sometimes the alternative isn't much better, so instead of trying to punish myself and get a pixel, degoogle everything, etc. I voted with my wallet. Do I just keep my iPhone and let them get away with the CSAM on device scanning? I chose not to, even if the privacy is worse on android. Some may think that's ass backwards, but it was a solution for my beliefs.

Let’s wait until Apple actual starts device scanning before condemning them for it? Apple were up front with their plans and after hearing the public outcry they canceled their rollout. Other companies would have just rolled out the change without disclosure and called it a day.

Apple already did roll out changes like this, without disclosure. They've been scanning your Emails like this without your knowledge for years, if it makes you feel any better.

On top of that, people aren't mad about cloud scanning: that's obviously nothing new. Wasting my CPU resources to do it though? It just further perpetuates this feeling that I don't actually own any of my Apple devices, but rather renting them from a company that seeks collection at every corner. As a developer, I was already appalled. Now that they're starting to cut corners at the expense of the consumer, it's only a matter of time before the veneer chips away and we all realize that Apple is Yet Another Big Tech Company Trying To Be Different (YABTCTTBD).

Re: Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design

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Post by postalrat »

criddell wrote: post #103
Factorium wrote: post #67

The hardware is great, but the software ecosystem is hamstrung by the 30% commissions for apps.

Despite the 30% commission for apps, it's an incredibly vibrant ecosystem. So much new and interesting software appears on iOS and (to a lesser extent) macOS. It seems like the more free the platform is, the less interesting it is for users. I'm thinking about iOS, Windows, macOS, Android, game consoles, Linux, and the web.

I think everyone admits most of the ecosystem is games. Games where you are constantly pumping more and more money in to obtain whatever instant gratification that particular game offers.

I don't see why people are ok with kids playing these games while at the same time acknowledge things like gambling are bad for kids.

Re: Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design

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Post by chooseaname »

Bhilai wrote: post #140

What do people use devices like iPad mini for?

We use our (really mine, but hey...) Mini 5 for reading PDFs, reading ebooks (when I can't find my kindle), a quick terminal session to my server to check stuff, menus at restaurants for take-out, and really just keep it laying around to look stuff up as we need to (recipes, school schedules, etc.). It's pretty handy to just have it easily accessible.

Re: Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design

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Post by Wildgoose »

I can't see any mention of a headphone jack, does this mean they've removed it?

I ditched my iPhone because of the lack of something this basic, I'm glad I bought an iPad mini last year while they still have this functionality.

N.B. (1) I can't use in-ear ear-buds (2) I have high quality wired headphones I want to use (3) I want to use it in my car which although it has bluetooth, does not work with music, only with phone calls

Re: Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design

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Post by nicbou »

That's exactly what I needed. I want to replace my Moleskine, and a smaller iPad with USB-C and Apple Pencil 2 support is precisely the device I wanted.

I tried a Microsoft Surface Go 2, but it turned out to be a mediocre art device and a mediocre Macbook replacement.

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