Most people are under the impression that their IP being public is somehow super dangerous, and that “hackers will attack me” if it ever gets out. So likely “all the attacks against my entire network.”
Edit: Secondary thought, they legitimately have unsecured endpoints on their IP, and are hoping no one will notice if they aren’t handing out their IP to others. Still incorrect though.
Not really. Why would you need to be forgotten if no one knows who you are to begin with?
I think you misunderstood their meaning with that.
You’re assuming solid state buttons are completely reliant on software to run, but there’s no reason that has to be the case. Sure, for advanced stuff like “is a finger swiping across this” I agree you need software, but I doubt it’s impossible to use as binary input. “Is a finger touching this” isn’t hard when you have a little piece of hardware in there that sends out a signal when it’s being touched.
Code up an F24 presser in Excels VBA macro editor, and run that between your work hours.
The costs on such components is pennies, and Apple honestly isn’t shy about just charging more to cover their costs.
I do honestly believe they made those decisions to cut down on total space. The headphone jack alone is gigantic, and the home button required an entire bar of potential screen real estate dedicated to it.
Were there other options? Sure. They could have had the home button under the screen or something, but honestly their decision was likely the best choice. Which is only furthered by the fact that virtually everyone is doing the same thing now.
That said, moving from physical buttons to solid state buttons with haptic feedback… I don’t see how that could cost less. Honestly if it cost less, others would likely already be taking that shortcut.
I’d wager it costs a little more per phone, and they will charge an extra $100 for that “premium” feature. Simply because they can.
Not to state the obvious, but even if they did go in that direction, you’re not typically sitting there holding an hours long conversation with Siri. The battery life would be drained in proportion to how often you used it, just like phone calls, movies, and heavy games do now.
I mean, this is about replacing “buttons” with “solid state buttons”. There’s no indication that a solid state button has a higher failure rate than normal buttons, and you already have cases where normal buttons break and the phone cannot be recovered.
This is like complaining that they moved to OLED because LED screens are used to convey information… it’s essentially doing the exact same thing.
For now. That’s how YouTube was originally too, and ad free before that.
Best of both worlds is a jailbroken iPhone, but it’s becoming nigh impossible these days. Sure, if you have an older phone it’s still possible with some caveats, but long gone are the days of a new model being jailbroken in a year, never mind a week.
Dude, I love Apple hardware for phones but their locked in ecosystem and to an extent the OS is so fucking annoying.
Eh? Their bog standard device cost is usually pretty on par. And Apple definitely isn’t charging you double.