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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • Who actually rebuys overpriced Apple products every time a new one comes out? Clout chasers maybe, but not normal Apple users.

    Up until very recently, only Apple had over 5 years of software support on their phones. With others you’d be lucky to get 3 on flagships and yet Apple had 6-7 years on some models. You could use your phone for 3 years, pass it on to a family member and they’d get to use it for another few years, while still getting updates. I’d argue that if you had a Samsung, you would’ve needed to update more often.

    On the computer side they unfortunately do force regular users to upgrade after 6-7 years, which for that market is significantly less than anything running Linux. Of course if you know how to google it, you can get new OS updates for more like 10 if not 15 years. Still scummy. But nobody replaces them annually. Companies replace laptops at 3-4 years usually.


  • The original article and headline don’t mention AI, only the the headline of the English translation does. Shame to see them trying to clickbait international audiences. It’s our national broadcast, they don’t even make money off clicks. They usually have fairly good reporting too.

    I’m guessing the editor Andrew Whyte had something to do with this. He wasn’t credited in the original article.

    Also if they’re using AI for anything in the proposed system, it’s probably to detect which photos have drivers staring at phones. Simple image categorization. Not AI but a machine learning algorithm at least.