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“Find My” depends on a custom chip iPhones have.
That's just for the hyper-precise location that will lead you around your house to your couch cushions. A general map location doesn't require that chip (my phone has it but my AirPods are old and don't have the corresponding feature).
I think the current title is mistaken, the twitter user isn't claiming he can't use the Apple TV, he's just saying the message appears. I encountered the same message when iOS 16 had just released and wasn't available on my iPad yet. It wasn't a blocking message, pressing "OK" was enough to make it go away, and when iPadOS 16 finally came out I was able to clear it. It's bad UX but the Apple TV can still be used as b…
I'm with you that it's hard to understood at a glance or without context...which is to me a perfect encapsulation of the whole situation, and what makes the discussion so interesting.
This is an interesting failure because AppleTVs are common in conference rooms (configured in conference room mode!). It wouldn't make sense for such a setup to even have an icloud account associated with it.
I think the current title is mistaken, the twitter user isn't claiming he can't use the Apple TV, he's just saying the message appears. I encountered the same message when iOS 16 had just released and wasn't available on my iPad yet. It wasn't a blocking message, pressing "OK" was enough to make it go away, and when iPadOS 16 finally came out I was able to clear it. It's bad UX but the Apple TV can still be used as b…
The title is about the prompt requesting another device, not about wether they can't use the Apple TV after dismissing the prompt. So factually the title is right. I'm with you that it's hard to understood at a glance or without context...which is to me a perfect encapsulation of the whole situation, and what makes the discussion so interesting.
It's interesting how the responses basically split into two camps: - the "just buy an iPhone" and "you've brought it on you, what did you expect" camp - the "Apple fix this" camp At the point I'm reading this, the first camp represents the vast majority of the responses. That's interesting regarding Apple's ongoing lawsuits and regulaory pressure. For most people Apple domination and dictating the rules is basically…
I’m fully in the apple ecosystem but agree that a person shouldn’t be forced to buy another device to use the device at hand. The ecosystem should be a nice to have and not a necessity (although Apple Watch might be an exception, given how much it relies on the iPhone for its functionality). The fact that they were able to use their Apple TV before this TOS prompt seems like this blocking TOS prompt was a miss on App…
They shouldn't be, but that's the reality whether we like it or not. We all know by now, or should if we haven't been living under a rock, how Apple operates and how hostile it is to people who don't want to be fully in the Apple ecosystem. So it's the user's responsibility to make better choices and avoid Apple products altogether if they don't want to be fully in the Apple ecosystem.
It's just like many other bad things in life. We can wish all we want that things were different, talk about how it shouldn't be this way, how people shouldn't become serial murderers, etc., but bad things happen and some people (and companies) are just evil, so we have to deal with that instead of wishing it was different.
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The title is about the prompt requesting another device, not about wether they can't use the Apple TV after dismissing the prompt. So factually the title is right. I'm with you that it's hard to understood at a glance or without context...which is to me a perfect encapsulation of the whole situation, and what makes the discussion so interesting.
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Can you use AirPods without an Apple device to begin with?
Yes they are standard Bluetooth devices and can pair normally. On Apple devices they get more features. I’ve used AirPods with my Sony PS Vita (made before AirPods) and my Nintendo switch (once they added Bluetooth headset support recently)
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Is that a US thing? My Google TV has no ads as far as I can see. And on the plus side, it allows you to install YouTube clients that blocks ads :)
The launcher itself is 80% an advertisement for shows and movies.
What should be shown instead?
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This almost reads like a parody of Apple fanboy logic. Allow me to summarize your comment: "Well, ACKCHTUALLY, on the iPad, it's called iPadOS. Checkmate, all your points are therefore invalid, Apple can do no wrong"
They said it was a nitpick and your tone is really unnecessary. Please think about what kind of conversations you want to have here.
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I'm pretty sure you can even still sync original iPods on Macs released 20 years later. Can't say about 20 years, but I synced both of my 17-year-old iPods to my M1 Mac over the weekend.
I can use a dongle chain and run my ancient FireWire MiniDV camcorders right into my M1 Air. Makes modern DV archival so much more painless.