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Comment · 4 months ago
Opening up third party access to read all user data on the device, agentic control over all installed apps, etc. is opening the platform a tiny bit?
Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 2 years ago
The world would be missing something if we didn't have creative geniuses off in the corner making art for art's sake, accessible for the masses to keep at home.
Comment · 2 years ago
Thinking about the circumstances of the time compared to today helped me to find relevance. We’re using GNU/Linux differently now than he was when that message was written. Symbolically, the ability to ”operate” the machine is provisional, and able to be taken away at any point by the true owner.
Comment · 2 years ago
The guy was specifically talking about the video's headline, which was written to be clickbait like everything else on YouTube because that's how MKBHD pays his bills.
Comment · 2 years ago
I genuinely wonder whether such a thing is possible without a single centralized political party and severely limited avenues to disagree with the plan.
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
I wonder how they should comply with the law in your eyes. What is a fair way for Apple to recoup the investment they make into their developer programs?
Comment · 3 years ago
Trashing streaming services publicly is an implicit demand for them to do better.
Comment · 3 years ago
It's definitely odd to me that a lot of the superchargers I visit on trips have zero services nearby.
Comment · 3 years ago
iPhone's keyboard is a joy to use. Virtual joysticks and gyro controls are frustrating and painful.
Comment · 3 years ago
That’s the hard part about standards. I’m not sure how a standard can become one without people taking a chance on it.

Case in point: You actually do not need to create another account on Threads - it interoperates with this standard. Citizens will be able to follow information from the Dutch government on that platform.

Comment · 3 years ago
The advantage is that the information can be aggregated along with posts from other sources rather than having to visit many different websites individually. It's easier to consume, the same reason why RSS was useful.
Comment · 3 years ago
I'm confused about this and related comments (it doesn't support Unreal, etc.)

There is probably something that I'm missing here. What is technically preventing Unreal/OpenXR/etc. apps from running on Vision Pro?

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