RCS is a terrible standard. But China wants it, so Apple is forced to add it.

It is hard to believe they got even this token (she won’t serve it) sentence in the US. We seem to accept that killing someone with a car is fine.

I take my kids across a 45 mph crosswalk. It has blinking red traffic lights if you push the crosswalk button. A large percentage of cars don’t even slow down. We wait for a row of cars to actually stop before crossing.

The earnings report was not bad. It was down compared to an unusual bump post Covid. But they are back on a normal trajectory. I’m holding.

It’s a version 1 product that mainly exists for developers. It is expensive. Sales were always going to be slow. Hopefully in the future manufacturing develops that allows a much cheaper and improved version, while developers create great new uses for the tech.

It is used and has a negative connotation.

I read elsewhere it will be there when the season starts.

It is going to be a slow rollout. It might take years to build a substantial user base. Apple will need to bring the price down to iPhone territory.

Edit: if I was Netflix I would still put a small team on making a proper app. I believe apple will persist in this market until it works.

Worlds of Fun here in KC does this too. Kids can enter, but the do not recommend they stay after dark. They have a parade, have entire areas that are outdoor haunted houses, and send people running through the crowd to scare them. It is a lot of fun. Most of these regional parks are all owned by the same company (Six Flags, IIRC).

Because of what someone wrote hundreds of years ago.

Tea? From the tea bag?

Newman’s Own brand is far superior. Hard to eat a regular Oreo after trying them.

You are both correct. They do stop things that would be ok, on say, a windows machine. For example, intercepting text messages at the system level. It prevents a lot of mischief but also stops legitimate software.

But we can already look at the Android market for guidance on what will happen. Few Android users venture out of the official store. It will take a large company with must-have apps to get people to go to another marketplace. Like Steam, Epic, or Facebook. Companies that either want to keep their cut or want to collect data to sell. This will likely not matter at all for small developers. They don’t have the clout.

Corrosion or patina?

It’s algorithmic to get you to pay more. The price will go up during high demand. Their “sales” are often more than the normal price. Then the price will go back down when demand falls. It works (for Amazon).

These will be successful, but nowhere close to the levels of the iPhone. They are too expensive and lacks the everyday use cases for most people. Besides, Apple cannot even make them in super high numbers.

They are not common because it is possible to use them incorrectly and cause a fire.

This will only push Apples stock down. Every big company with market power will move their app off the App Store to stop paying apple a cut and not have to follow their rules (like easy subscription cancelations).

We often take a small vacation about January and go someplace warm.

I am not a morning person, but force myself to get up and go to work at 7 to maximize my daylight hours.

I have also found that bright lights help. The light bulbs in our house are bright. At work I have a lamp on my desk with three led bulbs (3 bulb adapter and slightly bigger shade). I got the idea from a podcaster that has 2 lamps on his desk for winter.

They did not win a majority.