iCloud is just a set of services Apple offers for their customers. Complete with vendor lock in. There’s no indication they are selling that data though if that’s what you are asking.

Rumor has it Apple wasn’t happy with the crease in folding phones and didn’t want to launch a foldable until they could solve the crease problem. Supposedly, they are gearing up to launch theirs next year and Samsung will be adopting apples solution for the crease problem then too.

Seems relevant…. https://imgur.com/ZDDnQDB

Dude I’m still bitter about Apple killing 3D Touch. It’s like companies research what I like and when they find it that’s the tipping point for killing a feature/flavor/model/etc.

Canonical had a really interesting idea for a Linux phone back in the day but it never launched. There are some Linux phones trying to make that happen but it’s just not likely to see the widespread adoption needed to fund development.

We can’t have nice things.

I like Apple’s os, App Store and processors better than android’s. I like Android’s everything else better than apple’s.

Ultimately you are getting fucked anyway but you get to pick the guy who fucks you.

Fanboi: “Apple does everything Android does! They just lie about it!”

Apple is no saint, but they have a different business model with different pressures. There’s little incentive for them to commit the same sins Android does.

Honestly, I’m imagining a ridiculous scenario where the victims get protection and their names are accidentally outed in the Epstein files. Imagine all the Trumpers going off to threaten these victims and being shot dead for it. Solves so many problems all at once.

Sigh.

Let them eat eachother.

You using this thing helps boost metrics and alert search engines and shit. That boosts their visibility. Just using the thing helps the project.

Frankly, if libreoffice made a cleaner looking UI that wasn’t stuck in the 90s more people would take it seriously. It’s functional, but curb appeal helps to attract people, to convince them to give it a chance.

They understand. They don’t care.

I have to wonder if it’s worth just hosting an LLM on my home server. I use chatGPT but not for anything vital or important. It’s more like “here’s a complex thing I want to you look up.” I’d rather do little corrections to an LLMs response for little things I’m curious about than research everything for just a passing curiosity. It’s really useful for that.

When it’s important or expensive, I’m not using chatGPT anyway.

Well it’s probably a calculated risk to stay quiet. Dems gain nothing by focusing attention on her right now. On the other hand, letting the republicans make asses of themselves and swooping in offering a solution to their mess just before an election would fare better.

It’s fun to assume this is Microsoft being petty but the most likely scenario is Microsoft has cut their operating costs to such extremes they no longer have usable services or products.

This always happens when business majors are allowed to make decisions.

There are more concerns in the world than just “is it open source?”

Eh, let them eat eachother.

40% now, but that doesn’t actually mean anything.

We’ve gone from SunnyD to SystemD.

…I’m sorry

Damn near every business uses VPN technology. They literally cannot exist in the modern world without it. It would be incredibly expensive and impractical to do without.

If only I could start my own business….

I shall pay my debt in crusty socks.