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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 ragazzina »

tompazourek wrote: post #245
Sunspark wrote: post #219

Speaking for myself here, I can't really get into iOS devices like this new iPad mini anymore in part because I have grown accustomed to being able to: a) roll back apps if a new version is broken/undesirable. b) sideload apps if an app is not available on the app store because they fell out of grace (eg. fortnite). c) choose a web browser, on iOS you can have any skin you want, as long as the engine is Safari. d) ch…

Can you please elaborate a bit more on the video decoding? It's sounds interesting. I have played all kinds of formats including mkv in VLC on iOS. What could be improved in that area?

How do you watch webms on iOS/ipadOS?

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Post by widowlark »

touisteur wrote: post #183
widowlark wrote: post #151

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Casio

Ouch, true, underhyped even. I had this simple, stylish enough for me, just heavy enough watch, sold with 10 years battery. Not only did it take lots of damage (daily driver, never removed it but for cleaning) but the battery lasted 15 years then died a bit later. That was 100eur well spent.

Casio is a sleeper, they don't over extend and they are the best at what they do (which is to provide durable, cheap digital watches)

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

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Post by jbk »

ragazzina wrote: post #261
tompazourek wrote: post #245

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Can you please elaborate a bit more on the video decoding? It's sounds interesting. I have played all kinds of formats including mkv in VLC on iOS. What could be improved in that area?

How do you watch webms on iOS/ipadOS?

VLC on iOS

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Post by post_break »

kjreact wrote: post #226
post_break wrote: post #204

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Lets be crystal clear, Apple cancelled nothing. They only postponed. And every time they were challenged they double and tripled downed that we the customers were just confused. They are moving forward with this.

Ok, let’s use your terminology and say they are postponing the rollout. You speak as though they’ve already rolled it out. It could also be an indefinite postponement. Yet you insist on painting the narrative as if it already occurred. Guilty until proven innocent. I’ll be right there next to you protesting my right to privacy if they do rollout the feature against our wishes, but until then I’ll give them the benefi…

https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-executive-defends-tools-t...

https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx5yzq/apple-defends-its-ant...

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/08/apple-says-it-wi...

I mean I could go on but benefit of the doubt is gone after seeing Craig defend them so adamantly.

Why would Apple go to all this trouble, get some push back, and just throw their hands up and say you're right, we're not going to search for CSAM, sorry!

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Post by post_break »

ghostbrainalpha wrote: post #256
chooseaname wrote: post #192

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What else are they going to spend $2.5T on?

Making Siri closer to a real A.I. Making an Apple Watch that can actually download sync with an Audible book. And since they have this huge fitness push now, I'd like to be able to set custom Run Walk Run intervals when I do an Apple Running workout on my watch. Being able to set the shutter speed or aperture when taking pictures like Samsung phones can. A better system of defense for robo calls. A built in audio pro…

Damn bro, get out of here with this logic. Cue the Ryan from the office nodding and pointing gif right here. Trying to put a ringtone on an iPhone is hilarious. And the airtag alert burned me so good. I have 4 of them and they are all chirping and alerting on my wife's phone. I'm gonna have to sell them at a loss after they made them so much more annoying.

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Post by sofixa »

jmnicolas wrote: post #26
post_break wrote: post #2

I will say, having USB C on my iPad is very nice. Now if only they would do it for the iPhone. After the CSAM stuff hit I switched back to Android and it's so nice to only need one cable for everything.

I'm not sure I follow your logic: Google is certainly less trustworthy than Apple if we're speaking about scanning your files. And before you think I'm partial, I have no dog in this fight: I degoogled myself since last year and I don't own any Apple devices. But if I had to choose between Google and Apple for my privacy I would go with Apple (without much illusions).

> Google is certainly less trustworthy than Apple if we're speaking about scanning your files

How so? Are Google scanning the local files on all Android devices? They might be collecting all sorts of data on what's the phone used for and by whom, but scanning files? Since when?

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Post by tmccrary55 »

n8cpdx wrote: post #193
tmccrary55 wrote: post #156

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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.

Yeah... walk into a grocery store and ask all of the people using Android if they're using Calyx or graphene.

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Post by rchaud »

ab_testing wrote: post #119
allenu wrote: post #105

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And each release is "our best camera yet" or "fastest processor yet" or "best battery yet". I mean, yeah, you're probably not going to release an update that has worse performance. Apple is the master at emphasizing things like this.

>Yeah you are not going to release an update that has worse performance. Except keyboards in 2016 to 2019

Hey, that's "Magic Keyboard" to you.

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Post by runjake »

jmnicolas wrote: post #255
runjake wrote: post #212

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Presumably you're using Android with the Google frameworks installed, so it's sending all kinds of telemetry, usage, and location data to Google. You can confirm this with something like Charles proxy. Or you may be one of the rare breed of people who can use a "de-Googled" Android distribution, such as CalyxOS, for over a month before giving up. Time will tell, I suppose.

I'm on GrapheneOS since last December. Yes it's tough, but before that I had come to resent my phone and wondering what it was doing in the background.

I am sincerely jealous of your tolerance skills.

I'd love to have the tolerance to jump to a de-Googled Android phone and bypass FAANG's walled garden. I've tried many times.

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