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So is Waze coming down next?  It allows the same feature.  

Good article overall, but I disagree with the following statement and am going to nitpick:

"Apple appears to be unique in being able to correctly envision what its customers will want, and then actually develop working, finished ideas it is then able to ship and—most importantly—sell to buyers in significant volumes. "

There is a difference between being correct in "what the customer wants" and "selling a lot of items to customers".   What I mean is that if I were given the option I would 100% buy a phone with a headphone port, but Apple doesn't afford me that option unless I want their older tech.  I 100% want expandable storage, even if that storage is limited only to the photos folder.  But Apple doesn't give me that option.  I am a loyal Apple user so the garbage other companies put out are not options for me.  

In no way does that mean Apple has some sort of 6th sense about what I want.  What they are good at is putting together an entire product that as a whole is more reliable and easier to use than the alternatives.  

22july2013 said:

razorpit said:

It was going to get handed down to my son and I was going to get a 6. Looks like I'll be using the 3 for another year.

Is that because the Watch Series 6 doesn't have what you want or because your son has been bad?

I was hoping to give my old 3 to my son, but can't.  I have a cell AW5 and wasn't planning on upgrading.  But I don't think my son is ready for an iPhone, so the idea of him having just the watch was appealing.  I'm sure there is a valid reason AW3 isn't supported, but oh well.  

hodar said:

$500 Million.  All Apple had to do was throw up a pop-up window saying "iPhone Battery is degraded, the performance of this iPhone will be reduced, to prolong useable iPhone battery life."

Then, the user of the iPhone would know his performance was degraded, and why; and he could make the decision whether the degradation of performance was worth the cost of replacing the battery.

All they had to do was not change the behavior of the phone, just let it start crashing.  In lieu of doing nothing, they should have been more forthcoming when it was first discovered that Apple was slowing down phones with degraded batteries.  

This entire issue doesn't make the main stream news if the messaging of what they were doing to your phone was crystal clear.  It ended up looking like the claim they were doing it to help keep your phone alive longer was just covering their rears, since the tone from Tim was dismissive and after being "caught".

Folio said:

What grates on me about this whole series is not the jabs at the product. But their fictional onslaught against service, as if employees at 500 Apple stores are tone deaf and unresponsive.  That's harsh. I don't know how to respond to that.

You just take it for what it is, a funny generalization of a unspectacular service employee.  Nothing against real Apple Geniuses, if they accurately portrayed them then more people would want to go see for themselves.