Good catch, that is APR not MPR.

Last year I remember seeing some stories about GS’s issues being caused by people defaulting on the card. It isn’t hard to get approved, so if you have even a middling credit score you can get the credit card. So at first it made sense that a bunch of people who probably shouldn’t have been approved for a credit card got one and got in over their heads.

That being said, the idea of people just not paying interest makes more sense to me. The Apple Card is probably the easiest card to see how much your balance impacts the interest paid. I’ve had the card since it came out and have never paid a dime of interest. I also only use it with Apple Pay meaning at minimum I get 2% cash back. Add to that, the savings account where I get 4.15% every month year. Again, with no fees or interest. I can see that hitting their bottom line.

I’ll play the world’s smallest violin for them. I only hope if GS does offload the program to someone else the terms don’t get worse. Because it has only been upside for me since it launched.

EDIT: Clarified the interest is 4.15% a year, not a month.

If you have an iPad you should be able to. Maybe even a Mac. But I don’t think you can get one otherwise.

Good to see. I was thinking we wouldn’t get a fix until 17.1.

Thankfully I haven’t had any overheating issues after setting up the phone. But it did get too hot to touch on the left hand side during data transfer when first setting up the phone.

Android users spending less money doesn’t mean no money. There is money to be had, it is just less than iPhone users. And devs did try their own App Store and continue to. Epic for example has their own for Fortnite.

But what happened is that no one wanted to jump through the hoops of enabling third party app installs so most had to bend the knee and come back to the Play Store. If Apple is required to allow the same, I see the exact same thing happening. The majority of users won’t want to jump through hoops and won’t do it. Some devs will try to force it, but the loss of income will make them come back.

I’m in my late 30’s, I definitely remember those toolbars and other crapware that was common back then.

But now is not then. And smartphones aren’t the old Windows 2000 and XP machines of back then. I keep repeating it, but we already have a modern example of how this will go. It’s modern Android. And for the vast majority of people (in the West at least) they don’t install apps that are outside of the default apps or the built in Play Store. And I think the same will be true if iOS allows third party App Stores.

Sure, app developers will try. Apple devices are a huge honey pot that scammers and crappy devs would love to exploit. But after that initial gold rush, users that don’t have the knowledge to discern what is safe and what isn’t will be deterred by the difficulty of installing third party stores and inputting their payment methods. Scams will get press and Apple will warn against using them. And then the vast majority will just use their iPhones as is, with some users going third party for piracy and porn and then savvy users going to them for utilities and functions that Apple just doesn’t allow in the App Store.

I think it will be fine and the history of modern smartphones seems to support that theory.

That’s the risk of freedom.

But even still, I again point to Android. You know how you avoid any security or convenience issues? You just don’t use the third party app store. And I think the same will play out if iOS does start allowing third party app stores.

I agree with an asterisk that it would be a worse experience for most users.

But my contention is that the benefit is greater even if it is less convenient, and that alternate app stores on Android have shown that the majority of people don’t use them or know they even exist. So for most people, there won’t be too much change. I’m sure some larger apps will try to force their own app stores and payment methods, but I don’t see that succeeding because again, it hasn’t on mobile. So I think there will be churn in the first few weeks or months, but then it would settle down.

At the end of the day, this is a computer owned by a user. They should be able to install what they want without having it approved by Apple and sold only through their store.

I posted this comment on reddit, but this whole situation is fascinating. Not necessarily that Finewoven is garbage. Apple’s leather cases have been bad since at least the iPhone 11 and their silicone cases have sucked for a while as well. As soon as Apple announced FineWoven I knew it wasn’t going to be good as their leather cases.

What is fascinating are the issues with fit and finish. Cutouts not matching up is very weird for Apple. It makes me feel like some senior official at Apple left years ago and when Apple decided to switch away from leather they didn’t have that senior person there to oversee the effort and make sure that it works and is high quality.

I tried this just for the lulz, and it worked with no issue. Was able to get close to my rated gigabit speeds. Not of much use for normal people, but it’s just a freebie from having a USB-C port.

I don’t think it’s an intentional feature they added, it’s just an included bonus of USB-C.

A few years ago (around the time of the XS) iStockNow was a good site to check availability. I remember using that to get my 8, my XS, and I think my AirPods. But that site died a while back.

You’re probably good with the XS still if it is working for you. Save your money.

You should definitely be able to play with the display models, but their stock for purchase is going to be extremely limited.

Looking at this sketchy ass site https://iphonechecker.herokuapp.com/ for example, the stores near me had only 512GB Blue versions in stock and now I’m not seeing any stock within 100 miles of me.

I had issues last Friday with the pre-order and didn’t think to try through the web. So I couldn’t get in my 256GB Pro Max in Natural Titanium pre-order until after 0830 and my delivery date had slipped to Oct 4-9th.

But, I just got an email today saying it shipped and it should be delivered sometime between Sept 26-29th so I’m pumped about that.

Very nice. Although it is dumb that it is only on the 15.

I updated my Watch, iPhone and Apple TVs today. So far, I haven’t noticed any huge problems.

I was Airplaying my YouTube video to my Sonos speaker and I noticed that volume control was weird, but I think that is an app issue that will hopefully be fixed. I’ve also noticed some issues with PiP in YouTube, it seems inconsistent on when it works and when it doesn’t. But again, I’m assuming that is an app issue and it is also something I’ve noticed pre-update.

As far as features I’ve noticed, the biggest thing is the keyboard and autocorrect. It seems a lot better so far.

I still haven’t dived into the big headline features yet. I haven’t made a contact card or anything like that yet, but I’m planning to this week.

In this case they have some justification for the RAM at least. They use a SoC, not a more typical CPU. And the RAM is available for both graphics and system memory, so for some uses, you could do things on a higher end Mac that is not possible on a typical consumer PC.

Still sucks for people like me though. I really want to switch to a mac Mini for my NAS/home server but I can’t justify the upgrade cost to get a useful amount of RAM.

This is an Apple miss. Their tendency for status equaling heavy materials and lack of obvious options just makes it a no-go for me. Noise cancelling, wireless, over the ear headphones exist for airplanes. Having a headset that is heavy, that doesn’t fold and can’t be turned off (only put to sleep in a dumb bra-like case) don’t meet that mark.

I’m sure they sound great and the magnetic ear cups a good idea, but this is a miss for me. The price is the final nail in the coffin. My Sony XM4s sound nearly as good, can be worn for long flights without fatigue, fold up, and because they’re light but sturdy plastic I’m not worried about them denting or anything like that if I drop them. And I didn’t have to pay over $500 for them.

It sounds like the switch is doing some type of management or traffic shaping that is breaking your internet connection. I know you said if it works out of the box as a dumb switch with no configuration but it seems obvious that it is doing something. Wi-Fi would bypass the switch unless you have a wireless access point plugged into the switch. My understanding is that Private Relay is basically Tor but through Cloudflare and other providers that Apple uses so it might be a good idea to Google Tor internet issues with a managed switch and see if anything there is applicable.

I’d also check through the settings of the switch and disable any settings you can that impact traffic flow in any way. If you have an actual dumb, unmanaged switch you can switch in, I’d try that too. Even if you have to buy one, they’re fairly cheap and can be a good tool to have in your back pocket to troubleshoot network issues.

Batteries are weird. Once they get into the 80s when it comes to maximum battery health/capacity they need to be replaced.

I had an older iPhone 8 battery replaced at a battery shop near me before I sold it and it allowed me to ask for another price. I’ve got an “older” iPhone 12 that I gave to my mom and I’m planning on passing it down to my little brother this year but before I do I’ll probably have the battery replaced. But this time I’ll have Apple do it. It’s possible to do it myself but the price to effort ratio isn’t there, especially since I care about keeping the water resistance.