Aww, why’d they have to hate on the Newton? :(

Wait.. you’re not... you’re not suggesting that our good friend here is using a terrible and inexcusable, racially charged criminal case in order to create some kind of ‘straw man’ in order to discredit Mr Oliver without actually debating any of his points? I am shocked that something like this would happen on the…

The point about the other encryption apps is a good one. Sure, Apple could open up iOS to the authorities, but then they’d have access to clumps of encrypted data stored by other apps. Then they need to go to the developers of those apps, many of which do not reside within the US and therefore do not fall under US…

Let me guess: you’re a Trump supporter. They seem to be fond of the view that unless you are a bona fide US citizen, you aren’t worth anything.

What’s your deal here? What horse do you have in this race? Why do you want your own freedom and privacy taken away from you?

You can stand with freedom, my friend, or you can go down the slippery slope into the quagmire down below with the government. If you don’t expect privacy, then you won’t miss it once it is taken away from you.

Duly schmuly.

Can I just add this little tidbit:

There’s another aspect which Oliver did not really touch on in his - characteristically hyperbolic - segment: iPhones are used everywhere.

I’m totally bummed he didn’t mention my favorite argument which is that there’s no way to ensure they actually get their warrants.

If you find LEOs searching your house, you can ask to see the warrant, and if they don’t have one, you can take legal action and get back or destroy anything they took. Not with data. With…

Aww. Hatin’ on the Newton at the end... it didn’t suck, it was just ahead of its time. I loved my Newton. I used it every day in college (yes, I’m old) for a lot of the same things I use my phablet for now... and much like a phablet, it’s not for every user, but it is very useful for some of us.

There is only ONE! TICK!

Not sure if you’re being purposefully obtuse / trolling, but in case you aren’t, modern Apple laptop chargers have the brick shown in the article as well as an optional extension cord (shown in the JGrabowMSt posted). One corner of the charging brick, which contains the two folding prongs of a plug (for the US at…

This is an article about Macs.

And for the rest of us who like to be more than 4.5 feet from the wall.

Actually, most Apple customers do care about value since their products last longer, and hold their value much better than their counterparts. The side-effect of having more affluent customers is that most of them have the rescources to buy new devices every cycle...this appears to only be a big deal to the people who…

“Welcome back to the family, let’s go find your father.”

Apple is insidious. I’ve been a true blue Windows guy since 1992 when I purchased my first 386 HP PC running WIN 3.11. Oh, the glory days of DOS and installing WIN 98 over WIN 98 once a week to keep it running marginally well. Then later, discovering Alienware and the true potential of WIN on a PC for gaming!

I loved the Nolan movies, but I totally get what he’s saying. Ledger’s Joker totally overshadowed not just Bale’s Batman, but also every other villain in the film series.

Grandpa would be so proud.