[bcowen]

How do they hear the aeroplanes then?

I've never been an ATC'er and have never even played one on TV, but my guess is that if they hear the plane before seeing it that's a very bad thing.

 

[liamo]

I’m in the Apple podcast camp because I’ve submitted to the environment (podcast environment specifically, not music) but add BBC Sounds for exclusive content.

 

[NoBodyNoWhere]

I can see that this could be a slight annoyance.

I am an iOS app developer by trade, however. And not only do I understand why they do it, I also agree with their reasons and I fully support them in that platform design decision.
App sandboxing is one of the most powerful tools available to a system architect to protect people's devices and their data from a virtually endless and ever growing list of attack vectors. It is the single-most important factor behind why iOS is still the only(!!!) major computing platform that has remained 100% secure, sixteen years running. Does sandboxing occasionally inconvenience the user? Yes. But I argue that the alternative is exponentially worse in terms of overall user experience (of which the ability to trust in privacy and data protection is a major part).
I also use Windows and other platforms in my day-to-day (work-)life, and I find myself being quite a bit more inconvenienced by the constant time and effort that I have to invest to keep those systems and the personal and business information they contain reasonably protected.

This might sound like some dismissive handwaving from a random Apple fanboy, but I mean this sincerely and with all the respect in the world: I can understand how this could be a dealbreaker for some users or some use cases. Other platforms do exist that offer their users a little more freedom at the cost of quite a sizable chunk of peace of mind. Choose what works best for you.

Thanks for this description of why things are done this way. As a user with only the most limited of programming experience, it’s easy to assume things are done simply because Apple wants to force users to accept what is most convenient and profitable for Apple. There are probably a lot of things in life that seem unnecessarily complex but are done that way for valid reasons.

 

[r2muchstuff]

Pix or it didn't happen! (mostly just want to drool over pictures of silver Schiit...)

Updated with real configuration. Need to find my spacers for the Asgard 2 / Jotunheim stacking. And "better/longer" XLR split cable.

 

[RickB]

Real quick ask: As I'm looking more and more to remove myself from the Spotify ecosystem completely at some point (currently just listen at work on a large Bluetooth speaker or podcasts at home), where do you all listen to your podcasts from?

I use Overcast, a podcast app on iOS. It uses the Apple podcast directory to access and dl podcasts.

 

[rkw]

Yggy GS2 is updated as OUT FOR DELIVERY by FedEx. I'll believe that when the driver knocks on the door asking for my signature and hands me the correct box.

FedEx will ask for your signature? The FedEx shipment email for my Tyrs explicitly said "Direct Signature Required", but the driver simply left them at my front door, rang the doorbell, and headed back to his truck without waiting to get a signature. My front door is up a flight of stairs from the sidewalk, and I did appreciate that he carried the 110 lbs up the stairs.

 

[RickB]

FedEx will ask for your signature? The FedEx shipment email for my Tyrs explicitly said "Direct Signature Required", but the driver simply left them at my front door, rang the doorbell, and headed back to his truck without waiting to get a signature. My front door is up a flight of stairs from the sidewalk, and I did appreciate that he carried the 110 lbs up the stairs.

Ever since the start of the pandemic, signature requirements for carriers have only been a suggestion, not strictly enforced.

 

[Daniel Johnston]

Ever since the start of the pandemic, signature requirements for carriers have only been a suggestion, not strictly enforced.

Unlesss it's a $10 cable from Aliexpress.

For some reason, all packages I get directly from China (which are few) require the most effort. I usually can pre sign for UPS and FedEx. But I agree that post pandemic signing has been more lax.

 

[theeclone]

Good mail day! Got me one of them fancy balanced EQs to go with my fancy balanced phono pre!

 

[O8h7w]

I can see that this could be a slight annoyance.

I am an iOS app developer by trade, however. And not only do I understand why they do it, I also agree with their reasons and I fully support them in that platform design decision.
App sandboxing is one of the most powerful tools available to a system architect to protect people's devices and their data from a virtually endless and ever growing list of attack vectors. It is the single-most important factor behind why iOS is still the only(!!!) major computing platform that has remained 100% secure, sixteen years running. Does sandboxing occasionally inconvenience the user? Yes. But I argue that the alternative is exponentially worse in terms of overall user experience (of which the ability to trust in privacy and data protection is a major part).
I also use Windows and other platforms in my day-to-day (work-)life, and I find myself being quite a bit more inconvenienced by the constant time and effort that I have to invest to keep those systems and the personal and business information they contain reasonably protected.

This might sound like some dismissive handwaving from a random Apple fanboy, but I mean this sincerely and with all the respect in the world: I can understand how this could be a dealbreaker for some users or some use cases. Other platforms do exist that offer their users a little more freedom at the cost of quite a sizable chunk of peace of mind. Choose what works best for you.

Thankyou for explaining your viewpoint, I highly appreciate that. But I really don't understand why app sandboxing would necessitate a file system that isn't easily parsed by a human. Each app getting it's own folder and no access to the rest of the filesystem should not preclude that. And I don't understand why there would be any limits on what the system file manager could do with those files. The only inconvenience that logically results from sandboxing, AFAICT, is that there cannot be a third party file manager.

Then again, I'm not sure I could live with that inconvenience... maybe if the system file manager had a powerful two-pane detailed list power user mode. (Ghost Commander is the first thing I install on Android. It's a mind-blowingly good one.)

Back "on topic", if you'd be so kind, could you please explain why iOS app sandboxing allegedly results in files not being easily accesible to the user?

 

[jseymour]

FedEx will ask for your signature? The FedEx shipment email for my Tyrs explicitly said "Direct Signature Required", but the driver simply left them at my front door, rang the doorbell, and headed back to his truck without waiting to get a signature. My front door is up a flight of stairs from the sidewalk, and I did appreciate that he carried the 110 lbs up the stairs.

Same thing for my Tyr delivery. I only have two steps to my porch. I heard the doorbell and by the time I opened the door the driver was in his truck. Maybe the drivers have an unwritten rule of "over a certain weight screw the signature".

 

[LobalWarming]

I can see that this could be a slight annoyance.

I am an iOS app developer by trade, however. And not only do I understand why they do it, I also agree with their reasons and I fully support them in that platform design decision.
App sandboxing is one of the most powerful tools available to a system architect to protect people's devices and their data from a virtually endless and ever growing list of attack vectors. It is the single-most important factor behind why iOS is still the only(!!!) major computing platform that has remained 100% secure, sixteen years running.

Ok then. False sense of security is better than no security at all. iOS is subject to a steady stream of zero-day exploits. It's never been, nor ever will be 100% secure. No system connected to a network can ever be. At least iOS is actively patched. That's the best we can hope for.

Does sandboxing occasionally inconvenience the user? Yes. But I argue that the alternative is exponentially worse in terms of overall user experience (of which the ability to trust in privacy and data protection is a major part).

Sandboxing is one of many methods to secure a device. However, the iOS sandbox has been compromised in the past and will be again in future. Regular patching and user vigilance is vital. And hope to never be the user targeted by Pegasus.

Not suggesting Google's "You Are The Product" Android is in any way superior in security to iOS - Droid's privacy sandbox is quite leaky.

I also use Windows and other platforms in my day-to-day (work-)life, and I find myself being quite a bit more inconvenienced by the constant time and effort that I have to invest to keep those systems and the personal and business information they contain reasonably protected.

This might sound like some dismissive handwaving from a random Apple fanboy, but I mean this sincerely and with all the respect in the world: I can understand how this could be a dealbreaker for some users or some use cases. Other platforms do exist that offer their users a little more freedom at the cost of quite a sizable chunk of peace of mind. Choose what works best for you.

Sorry if your arm gets tired.

I'm in network security and believer in the separation of church and state... er... code and data, users and computers. And in the Cynics First Law of Computing which states: If it's really important, don't put it on a computer.

 

[golfbravobravo]

I've never been an ATC'er and have never even played one on TV, but my guess is that if they hear the plane before seeing it that's a very bad thing.

Exactly the opposite is true. If they see it before hearing, that's a BIG problem.

 

[O8h7w]

Exactly the opposite is true. If they see it before hearing, that's a BIG problem.

...or a glider?

 

[cgb3]

I’m in the Apple podcast camp because I’ve submitted to the environment (podcast environment specifically, not music) but add BBC Sounds for exclusive content.

Apparently, you've never visited pornhub. BBC has an entirely different meaning.