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Post by ufmace »

perihelions wrote: post #171

> "Greater China" Irredentist pro-war language, Tim Cook? I am so done with Apple. They knew what they did when they chose the words; they certainly spent thousands of hours deliberating them. This is Lebensraum with Chinese Characteristics. > "The term is often used to avoid invoking sensitivities over the political status of Taiwan.[16] Contrastingly, it has been used in reference to Chinese irredentism in national…

"Pro-war" seems like an odd assertion here. They're recognizing the status quo in a reasonably neutral way, which seems anti-war to me.

It seems like you're advocating for Western powers to take a position, using either soft or hard power, on a war that already ended many decades ago. Sounds quite a bit like imperialism to me, and pretty far from being anti-war.

An anti-war position, at least from the perspective of a Westerner and Western companies, is more like, you guys lost, suck it up and stop asking us to intervene on your behalf.

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Post by jama211 »

BeFlatXIII wrote: post #288
crazygringo wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> they failed to make phones that are convenient to carry. I loved the iPhone SE and small phones generally, but at the same time I realize Apple's not failing at anything. They're giving the market the size people actually want. The smaller phones don't sell nearly as well. Most people prefer a bigger phone even if carrying it is less convenient. I've just accepted my phone will be bulky now, so I double down and at…

> They're giving the market the size people actually want. Some people clear still want those small phones, just not enough for Apple's profit margins.

Considering the sheer ramp up for manufacturing at the scale of iphone sales, and how unpopular tiny phones are, it’s completely understandable they’re not interested in catering to the < 1% of users they’d gain by making a small phone. You have to remember lost sales only truely include people who literally leave the platform or never upgrade again instead of just grumbling and buying the new phone anyway.

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Post by jimnotgym »

I always have a little chuckle when I see people holding a tiny delicate smartphone in a massive fat case to protect it from the damage it will inevitably take in normal use. I always think that it would have been better if they had just made the phone itself a little tougher!

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Post by hopelite »

arresin wrote: post #472
diddid wrote: post #398

I had to check the calendar to see if it was April 1. If Apple can sell a sock to put your iPhone in for 150 bucks… I wish I had the skills for that.

It’s a very long sock though. And it’s, ahhh… “3D woven”

Am I the only one who feels that Mt. BS is getting way too high?

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Post by hhh »

It sucks that most people don’t see the pocket as the perfect overlap between fashion and tech. It’s the ideal Issey Miyake bag, it’s just something tech people won’t get.

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Post by skinnymuch »

perihelions wrote: post #171

> "Greater China" Irredentist pro-war language, Tim Cook? I am so done with Apple. They knew what they did when they chose the words; they certainly spent thousands of hours deliberating them. This is Lebensraum with Chinese Characteristics. > "The term is often used to avoid invoking sensitivities over the political status of Taiwan.[16] Contrastingly, it has been used in reference to Chinese irredentism in national…

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Post by xg15 »

jsheard wrote: post #513

Apple releases a baffling knitted thing every 20 years. What wonders will 2045 bring?

The Genius Cap - the world's first knitted cap with built-in EEG electrodes and Neuralink inductors?

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Post by walletdrainer »

hhh wrote: post #556

It sucks that most people don’t see the pocket as the perfect overlap between fashion and tech. It’s the ideal Issey Miyake bag, it’s just something tech people won’t get.

I’m sure a lot of people get it, but “this is kinda neat” makes for less of a HN comment than [insert an elaborate rant on how ridiculous it is to charge markups for fashion stuff]

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Post by wagwang »

vdupras wrote: post #395
groundzeros2015 wrote: post #234

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not engaging in political fights outside your circle of influence is actually good for business and responsible leadership.

There is no middle ground. Mentioning "Greater China" isn't neutral. It's precisely the idea of considering "Greater China" as neutral that is de facto siding with the PRC. No, this is Apple being confident that the USA will drop Taiwan and that this and that siding with China is the "responsible" thing to do.

The us dropped taiwan 50 years ago when they removed them from the UN
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