Which, as the article states, they are starting to end that practice.

“Modest?” $14 a month? $5 would be modest. I literally pay less for whole as streaming services.

I’m only using 92 GB, and am not careful about storage other than deleting pictures I don’t want. I don’t mind them starting at 128 GB.

That said, as cheap as memory is, going to 1 TB should not cost hundreds.

The landlord is the one cheating. They are likely earning a kickback on those included internet plans. Your landlord could have said no. Sadly it’s pretty common for multiunit rentals to be locked in to just provider.

Not that ISPs don’t usually suck. When AT&T Fiber lit up in my neighborhood in 2022, magically Spectrum was able to offer faster speeds at lower prices. Though sorry Spectrum, I prefer my 300mbps symmetrical to your 500/20 service.

The smaller communities just aren’t here yet. Lemmy scratch’s the itch for news, politics, and memes, but does not cover many niche interests.

It’s still different from what most people are used to. Thee would be a learning curve. And swapping an operating is no easy task for most, either.

A ton of people can barely open a PDF and this sub thinks those people can change to a completely different operating system.

That might have worked decades ago. But with QAM, switched video, and encryption, you will bet very little or nothing without a box or CableCard.

Google may find that their only option is to paywall YouTube.

They already have Youtube premium. But $14/month is an insane price. I refuse to believe that is anywhere near the typical ad revenue they get from people. That is more than many streaming services.

In other words, uBlock Origin will be gone.

Switch to Firefox, people.

The cost of many upgrades this early in the cycle is bugs. Many hold off until we get to the X.1 version.

Wired says 20 watts: https://www.wired.com/story/apple-iphone-15-usb-c/

In any case, my point is that USB-A still works and you don’t have to immediately replace anything.

I use USB-A, and it never takes that much time. Perhaps your bricks do not offer 4-5 amps, as many USB-A chargers do. Apple’s USB-A bricks sucked. I think they may have been 1 amp (i.e. 5 watts)

Apple still limits USB-C charging to 20 watts. They do not support USB Power Delivery.

My point is more that you don’t need to rush out and change all your chargers. Replace only as needed. It isn’t like you can’t charge from USB-A.

They make USB-A to USB-C cables. While I get Apple provides only a USB-C cable, there is no need for a new charger. USB-A will die hard at my house.

The point is to have a universal cable. No more, no less. I burn through cables as it is, so I don’t think it’s that big of a deal as far as additional waste.

Ok, that was 2018. Apple dropped Google Maps in 2012.

Yes, they track anonymous location data. The point is, Apple didn’t have a problem with it and was in fact not happy they didn’t get the data for themselves. In fact, Apple Maps does the same.

The article you posted is nothing to do with pulling Google Maps as a default app and is, in fact, specific to Android.

And that’s just it: I’m a Windows guy. Engineering programs just are not on Mac. My iPhone is my only Apple product. So Google is what better integrates for me.

Google Latitude, the product mentioned in the article, was purely opt-in. There was no privacy issue.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Latitude

It seems the issue was Google not offering the same maps experience through the API versus native Android, having to pay Google for it, not getting the location data Google was getting, and the general issue of working with a competitor.

Still, Apple Maps launched as an inferior product, even worse than what they complained about Google offering. As such, many just added Google Maps back in as an app as soon as it was available.

You really think it was solely Apple making a privacy stand and not being pissed at the competition?

Heck, I’ve never even seen evidence of your claims. Not that Google doesn’t track stuff, but so does Apple. Someone was bragging to me about the data Apple collects in another post.

They should have had offline maps at launch. And Apple certainly has the resources to launch a very polished product from the start. They rushed it because the wanted to kill the Google partnership ASAP as Android grew.

Frankly, it just adds to reasons I am pissed at Apple. Dark Sky was an incredible app, and even as Apple bought it and supposedly incorporated it into Apple Weather, Apple Weather is and remains hot garbage. The radar doesn’t load 90% of the time and the interface sucks. Try telling me Apple Weather is a new product.

I use google for most things, for several reasons:

1. Google seems to have more data. Hours, reviews, photos, including usually more recent and frequent street views. They also have pretty good live traffic data
2. Access to offline maps. Nice to have a backup when you have no service. As far as I know, Apple Maps doesn’t offer offline maps except for your current route.
3. It syncs with my desktop use of google maps, including custom maps.
4. Apple Maps sucked when it first came out. Left a bad taste in my mouth
5. For navigation, unless I need an offline maps, I use Waze. Not part of Google maps, but owned by google.