smileybarry
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Comment · 3 days ago
Not anymore, a lot of apps (from browsers to the system UI) adapt to whether you have a touch screen and whether you use it. For example, Windows Explorer and Edge (and Chrome) still use (relatively-)compact widgets on touchscreen-less computers.
Comment · 13 days ago
The low percentage combined with "distillation attack" makes it sound like it was a few scattered requests across a bunch of attacks, and not the hundreds of dollars in third-party usage billed to random users. There's countless reports of OpenCode users impacted by this who woke up to $300-$1700 bills from Anthropic and OpenAI, but OpenCode didn't mention this or offer to compensate users. (Compensation can still come later of course but it's still worth noting right now)
Comment · 13 days ago
This is the second Codex bug that could have a big durability impact on your SSD, though not as severe as the first one which did infinite logging:
Comment · 18 days ago
Your viewing habits are not mined by Apple TV the same way that a smart TV does it.
If you use the Apple TV app and if you give permission to the app in the modal to link your HBO Max/Paramount+/etc. app, then that app can call a special API to donate your viewing history to the Apple TV app. You can just decline the prompt, or you can just not use the Apple TV app, and then the other streaming services have no recipient to give this data to.
Conversely, your TV runs something called ACR or Automatic Content Recognition where a screenshot of your TV input/app is taken every ~x seconds. At best, it distills it into a local signature and ships that off to some amount of servers. At worst (e.g.: laptop HDMI) it can send it for processing. Some TVs take screenshots much more often if you use a device connected by HDMI.[1]
The former is generally used for content recommendation, but we can also assume that it could potentially get pooled into stuff like App Store ads. The latter is also used to discern your political affiliation and target you for political campaign ads, among every other type of ad.
1: https://www.rtings.com/tv/learn/research/smart-tv-data-priva...
Comment · 18 days ago
The obvious fork is, sadly, in the dishwasher. You can get it back in two hours.
Comment · 18 days ago
The most concrete report I can find is Wired: (https://www.wired.com/story/apple-homeview-smart-display/)
> It doesn’t have an App Store. Instead, Apple has a curated selection of apps, including FaceTime, Messages, and Safari. A handful of third-party media apps like Spotify are available, and developers can bring over existing CarPlay apps.
Comment · 18 days ago
> These are going to be so awesome to buy in 5-8 years!
So you're doing the xkcd #606 thing?
Comment · 18 days ago
It uses a S10 chip, and it offloads to your Apple Intelligence-capable phone for inference. (There's a tiny "requires Apple Intelligence-capable iPhone" footnote somewhere) Basically the same way the Apple Watch has Apple Intelligence.
Honestly, just the new radios are a reason to upgrade. The S5 regularly cuts out and I have HomePod minis well within range going "no connection" for no reason.
Comment · 18 days ago
To me it seems like the perfect device to watch the Odyssey, as Nolan intended.
Comment · 18 days ago
It's a bit of both, but they meant that it's an actual CarPlay screen: it supports "select" audio/video apps and the technical way it does that is essentially CarPlay-ing them off your iPhone.
Comment · 18 days ago
If you dig into the tech specs it lists a Thread radio, and the footnote says "compatible with HomeKit- or Matter-enabled Thread accessories only", so that might be another intended purpose of it. Which makes some sense: most people see an Apple TV as outdated because "why do I need a cable/streaming box? I have apps on my TV"; and the HomePod mini is still seen as unnecessary because "I don't use Siri". This thing having a home dashboard/schedule is an opening to people buying a HomeKit/Matter hub.
Comment · 18 days ago
This device is neither iPadOS nor iOS, it's a bit like that one iPod Nano generation with touch -- an amalgamation of iOS and extremely closed apps: it doesn't have an App Store, the multiple users extends to just Apple apps and data it pulls off your (nearby) iPhone, and the extent of its extensibility is streaming CarPlay interfaces for some audio & video apps.
Comment · 18 days ago
The problem with repurposing these devices as perma-plugged-in hubs is they have a battery that could eventually swell from staying plugged in 24/7. You have reports here and there from people whose tablet-on-a-wall (not necessarily iPad) swelled up and bulged against the wall.
Even if the iPad recognizes it's always plugged in and discharges from 100 to 80 occasionally, it's still a use case that increases the chance of battery swelling.
I don't mean this as "Apple knows best, psh, silly customer" but a bit of "that's one reason this exists" and a bit of being annoyed that you can't run tablets battery-less off AC to prevent it.
Comment · 2 months ago
Remote Control requires (relatively) manual pairing per session and setting the controlling session as trusted, even if the controlling session is a web browser. You can enable a more well-encompassing remote control "server" mode, but it requires extra configuration that isn't (at least clearly) visible in the app itself.