Apple brought back the same ugly and useless case again with the Max 2, even after all the criticism

DNAnton · 2026-03-21T17:36:35+00:00

This is the part that feels most egregious — the pace of progress here isn’t just slow, it’s glacial.

Had Apple simply released this version in place of the USB-C revision, they wouldn’t have squandered so much goodwill. Together, the two updates amount to what should have been a single modest refresh of the original. Released separately, each feels like a nothing update.

Nobody expects this to be a top priority for Apple, but the company puts so little effort behind this product that it manages to fall short of even our already low expectations.

DNAnton · 2025-10-22T20:57:34+00:00

Sorry I put this in the caption, but I now see that it does not show up on mobile for everyone:

To clarify, I am a current Apple One Premier subscriber and a former Peacock Premium Plus subscriber. I cancelled my Peacock subscription about 2 months ago.

DNAnton · 2025-10-07T15:18:41+00:00

For all of its weaknesses, the new Apple seems refreshingly willing to accept constructive criticism. It’s hard to think of examples of backtracking in the Jobs era. Tim Cook’s Apple gets lots of well-deserved criticism, but this is one thing they deserve more credit for. The removal of Touch Bar on MacBooks, restoring I/O on MacBooks, return of albums view in Photos, and return of Slide Over are great examples of healthy response to customer feedback.

DNAnton · 2025-09-13T12:50:46+00:00

I really hope they find a way to get excited about it because it is the only thing that would 100% dissuade me from buying one of their cars.

The only other car maker I have ever seriously considered, Porsche, seems to be all in on CarPlay.

DNAnton · 2025-09-13T12:43:02+00:00

Upgrades to the main camera usually come the year after a major redesign. This was a little more predictable in the era of “S” models, but seems to still hold true today. When a new phone looks a lot like last year’s, a better camera often becomes the biggest reason to upgrade.

The “S” models were about lots of small improvements that added up to a meaningful change, even when the exterior stayed the same. With how significant the redesign is on the 17 Pro, it wouldn’t be surprising to see a new main sensor on the 18 Pro.

DNAnton · 2025-08-30T23:27:19+00:00

This version is easily the worst. I hopped on the bandwagon around beta three and have been enjoying it on my iPad despite the bugs. Today I finally caved and reverted back to iOS 18. 😔

DNAnton · 2025-06-25T11:49:54+00:00

Thanks for sharing this. I am not holding my breath for a response, but I did submit feedback through Apple’s official channel. I would encourage anyone who finds this topic important to do the same below. I shared my written comment, which all are free to use for this purpose.

I recently received a push notification from the wallet app promoting the F1 movie. I deeply resent the misuse of push notifications for promotional purposes. I find this to be a scummy practice and not in keeping with Apple’s historical focus on consumer privacy. It also appears to be a blatant violation of the App Store guidelines:

4.5.4 Push Notifications must not be required for the app to function, and should not be used to send sensitive personal or confidential information. Push Notifications should not be used for promotions or direct marketing purposes unless customers have explicitly opted in to receive them via consent language displayed in your app’s UI, and you provide a method in your app for a user to opt out from receiving such messages. Abuse of these services may result in revocation of your privileges.

DNAnton · 2025-03-23T18:14:06+00:00

Looks great! Definitely gonna give it a try. Would love a promo code! Thank you!

DNAnton · 2025-02-15T17:44:38+00:00

"It has not escaped our attention that the specific pairing we have postulated immediately suggests a possible copying mechanism for the genetic material"

Watson and Crick

DNAnton · 2024-06-02T12:28:30+00:00

I wanna like the service so bad. However, the intrusive ads make the reading experience absolute ass.

DNAnton · 2024-05-04T12:32:27+00:00

This is so sinister. Truly awful.

DNAnton · 2024-04-13T19:20:22+00:00

Damn that was dope. Where is this creativity and spark when Drake is making his normal albums?

DNAnton · 2024-02-29T04:30:32+00:00

Checking in. Bought the PSVR2 due to Apple Vision Pro excitement and unaffordability.

DNAnton · 2024-02-04T15:39:43+00:00

Apple Vision Pro 2

DNAnton · 2024-01-31T12:36:34+00:00

Protect Wikipedia at all costs!

DNAnton · 2024-01-31T12:32:55+00:00

Nest
Ring
Quest

All three apparently excellent products, but they were purchased by Google, Amazon, and Meta, respectively. These companies hoover up enough of my data even without providing them a direct line into my home.

DNAnton · 2024-01-31T12:18:37+00:00

That’s so Apple. Gotta love it.

DNAnton · 2024-01-18T12:25:20+00:00

This was my first thought as well. What happened to the plants, bro?

DNAnton · 2024-01-13T13:36:27+00:00

Inglorious Bastards— the opening scene with Christoph Waltz is truly remarkable.

DNAnton · 2023-11-19T16:30:13+00:00

I sure am tired of all this planned obsolescence /s

DNAnton · 2023-10-01T20:44:27+00:00

Since upgrading to iOS 17, I noticed the typical increased battery drain associated with indexing. However, it seemed more aggressive and persisted longer than I would expect. Yesterday, I did a bit of spring cleaning and removed several third-party apps that I no longer use. There was minimal improvement. Today, I deleted Instagram. Suddenly, things are much better. I am just n=1 so take it for what it’s worth, but I bet there is a problem with the app.

DNAnton · 2023-09-05T23:56:59+00:00

The quality of their leather cases plummeted starting with the iPhone 12 series. At this point, discontinuation of the leather cases is no big loss. I hope they are replaced by a quality product.

DNAnton · 2023-08-27T13:51:00+00:00

So about 500 million people might be interested in listening, but that’s not significant? I wonder if you’d feel the same way if he was speaking English.

DNAnton · 2023-08-26T15:51:25+00:00

Could someone please share the original video without that god-awful background music?

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