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Avatar is cursed for remakes like Fantastic Four
  • It’s probably just meant to be for people that wouldn’t watch the animated series under any circumstance.

    I’ve never watched One Piece the anime (yet) and I keep putting it off because of how fucking long it is. I don’t know how faithful the Netflix adaptation is, but I enjoyed it a lot; so much that I might finally start watching the anime.

    I don’t expect those of us who like the animated Avatar to enjoy the live-action adaptation as much, but there are surely people who will, and they’re probably the ones this is for.

  • Apple Vision Pro
  • Although we have surely become more comfortable with cameras around us more often, if I remember correctly what freaked people out was that there wasn’t a visible indicator when Google Glass was recording.

    Had Google added a tiny red LED next to the camera, it would’ve been different.

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    Apple’s MacBook Pro memory problem is worse than ever
  • That part of my comment was a bit of an hyperbole tbh, but it’s also true that Apple just slaps the “Pro” moniker to their most expensive tier without always making them deserve it.

    Before the iPhone 15 Pro series, there wasn’t really much “pro” in the Pro models. Same with the iPad Pro, sure they’re way nicer and higher end, but hardly anything “pro” about them.

    And don’t get me started with the new baseline 14 inch MacBook Pro, with a regular M3 and 8GB of RAM.

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    Apple’s MacBook Pro memory problem is worse than ever
  • Disclaimer: I’m in no way trying to defend Apple here.

    Saying that X amount of RAM (or any other component spec for that matter) is not enough for a “Pro” computer is not really a universal truth or something, you can’t compare people running multiple instances of Docker with people doing photo editing or web dev for example.

    Either of those can be “Pros” within their field, their hardware requirements doesn’t make them professionals or enthusiasts. I know I’m being a bit tangential here, but arguing about the “correct” spec por a Pro computer has always irked me.

    That being said, I agree it’s ridiculous that Apple is shipping $1K+ computers with merely 8GB of RAM. Also, it’s known that Apple’s “pro” devices most of the time just mean they’re just their most expensive tier. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

  • Apple cuts off Beeper Mini’s access after launch of service that brought iMessage to Android
  • Yep; different circumstances though.

    Beeper Mini was shut down by Apple, which allegedly identified the requests from Beeper Mini and terminated access to its servers.

    Nothing Chat/Sunbird, on the other hand, was shut down from themselves, because they were caught mishandling user information. The method itself was not shut down, rather they discontinued their own implementation. (Fwiw, Beeper has a similar implementation on another product of theirs, which remains functional as far as I know. )

  • There’s a new iMessage for Android app — and it actually works
  • If I understand correctly, there’s some server usage implicated in the delivering of notifications, so it makes sense that it costs.

    That and the fact that it’s a for-profit company expecting to be paid for their product.

  • The History and Future of Digital Ownership
  • There’s a case to be made about “buying” digital media and being able to keep the file in your local storage, that way it wouldn’t cost anything to the publisher when you play the content.

    I understand the piracy implications, but most of the content is pirated anyway regardless of DRM, so the only ones affected are those who actually pay for content.

  • Report: Apple pauses iOS 18 and macOS 15 development to address bugs
  • Apple is the most profitable tech company in the world, they should be able to get more talent to allocate to work on both stability and new features, is not like they’re a small startup short on money.

  • To avoid regulation, Apple said it had three Safari browsers
  • I have many Apple devices across pretty much all of their categories, that doesn’t stop me from being very vocal when in disagree with them.

    Being an Apple user, heck an Apple fan, doesn’t mean that you have to applaud every single thing the company does and never disagree.

  • Is it possible to record the video feed out of the Apple TV’s new capability of using iOS device camera to see the video feed on Apple Music?

    (Longest question ever, I know)

    So I’ve been playing around with the new feature on tvOS to use my iPhone camera to see oneself on the tv screen when singing along Apple Music tracks. But I can’t for the life of me figure out how to record what’s on the screen.

    Is it even possible? If so, how?

    Thanks.

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    Is it possible to get back the Apple TV Now Playing controls to the iPhone lock screen/Dynamic Island on iOS 17?

    Before iOS 17, if I was watching something on my Apple TV, both my wife and I would get a Now Playing widget on our iPhones' lock screens.

    Also, if I was using the Remote app, when going to the home screen, the Now Playing controls would go to the Dynamic Island.

    This has always been pretty handy because we barely have to use the Apple TV physical remote, since everything was easy to control from our iPhones.

    Well, with iOS 17 I can't seem to find how to make my iPhone/Apple TV do the same thing -- not to mention that now it takes a good 1-2 seconds for the Remote app to connect to the Apple TV.

    Does anybody know whether these features are gone for good on iOS 17?

    PS: When something is playing on the Apple TV, I do get a notification on my iPhone with the Apple TV logo that says what's playing, although even though it has a down arrow, it's not clickable. It's just sitting there.

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