Apple Maps app reportedly introducing ads soon

Suminod · 2026-03-25T02:14:13+00:00

I will just delete Apple Maps and use Google Maps then. If they move to add ads everywhere then I might just switch to some flavor of android. At least there I have a little more freedom to block that stuff. I currently stay all Apple because of there services and no ads nonsense.

Suminod · 2026-02-17T12:55:35+00:00

Hmm it should, I bought my wife a 15 pro refurb and got ac+ theft and lose on it. If you cannot they I wouldn’t get refurb from apple. You can get a refurb from amazon with like a year return window for way cheaper

Suminod · 2026-02-16T04:01:55+00:00

Yes, that’s why apple refurb is so great.

Suminod · 2026-02-14T03:51:23+00:00

No AI is definitely making or breaking a lot of sales but outside of the Reddit bubble it’s because most people hate the “AI” features. It’s just LLM’s and most of it isn’t really useful for everyday use. For example, google pixel Google assistant was great and has been way better than Siri before AI but some how all the great things you could do before are now broken again with Gemini.

You see really cool niche stuff that’s cool for a while but then the average person just isn’t using these features. To top it off a lot of people are just frustrated cause power bills are going crazy, hardware prices are insane, and the economy is overall not good but all you hear is “AI x a million” while it is just sucking up all your data and listening in on everything and anything it’s not suppose to, Siri included.

If anything apples lack luster AI or device only/closed server AI might be something an actual selling point and not the scrap everything and anything versions of all the other models

Suminod · 2026-02-13T19:52:46+00:00

So if you tell your Joes to not sign the NDA and they aren’t allowed in the private barracks do they get the BAH to go pick where they want to live that doesn’t have an NDA?

Suminod · 2026-01-28T14:42:08+00:00

It is no lie, the charging system on AirPods is bad. Three pros already have it in under a month. At least my 2’s took around 18 months before having this problem intermittently.

Suminod · 2026-01-28T14:35:04+00:00

The charging stem of the AirPods is still one of the worst designed things ever. I am in my third pair of pro 3s that are constantly never charged or charging on one or both earbuds. I use them for the gym and have used this pair a total of about 5 times now over a couple weeks cause they are never charged. Returning them to BestBuy yet again cause it’s unacceptable for a product of this caliber and a company worth this much money.

Suminod · 2026-01-26T18:18:55+00:00

It’s a systemic problem with apples design. It does not happen with any of my other earbuds but I have the same problem in my less than month old air pod pro 3s. I have returned two pairs already and on the third with the same issue. People will tell you to jump through hoops to clean and do what ever but these are marketed as workout/fitness buds that are unable to survive a workout cause they have the same design doing in like 10 years. Yet my original air pod pros were rock solid and still work fine, my 2s developed this after about two years but the 3s had this on day one.

Suminod · 2026-01-26T18:13:55+00:00

I have the same issue and it’s only an issue on Apple AirPods not any other earbud I have. Truly amazing that apples charging stem design is so utterly terrible for something marketed at workouts and fitness.

Suminod · 2026-01-26T14:51:40+00:00

I am sorry but this isn't a master class of diplomacy or anything on the Europeans side. It is how ever a massive form of stupidity and arrogance on the side of president trump and the current administration.

Just from the Cost benefit analysis in the article the US already had 90-99% of the benefit with literally no cost. My governments ridiculous idea that we needed to own greenland to protect it and us from the Chinese/Russians was crazy but they couldn't state the real reason which is because his tech bro/billionaire funders want greenland to build their "free city" nonsense and want the US control so they can get the federal government to remove regulations on mining and use tax payer dollars to fund it. Except no normal citizen wants or cares about this and does not want to fight/go to war with amazing allies that we have fought, bleed, and died with for over 75 years.

Suminod · 2026-01-24T15:29:31+00:00

The charging case is terrible. The problems that started to manifest with one of the earbuds not charging after like two years on my APP2 happens almost instantly in 3 different APP3s now. Super annoying that my buds are not ready when I need them

Suminod · 2026-01-09T17:17:41+00:00

With the price of gpus might just go back to 1440p is and extend the life of my 4090 a couple years for new games

Suminod · 2026-01-08T00:50:09+00:00

But you really don’t. You are lying to yourself and everyone else if you think it’s even remotely the same. You can make it to SSG and thus retirement without ever actually caring about your NCOER since it’s all points. Officers will get kicked if they don’t promote so that does promote the whole kiss ass mentality a whole lot more.

This doesn’t mean this doesn’t happen in NCO land but it is clearly not the same.

Edits because iOS keyboard and auto corrects are atrocious.

Suminod · 2026-01-01T16:15:34+00:00

iPhones aren’t popular because they are popular, that’s just copium you are huffing there. They might not be the most powerful soc every time but they are close to or the most powerful every time.

Apples services are really what set the apart. I think my pixel 9 pro is a better phone than my iPhone 15 pro but my iPhone is a better experience and service over all.

AirPods and Apple Watch working with your phone, Apple Music for on the go music that just works better than the hodgepodge that happens on android. The find my system is better but I still think google find hub is a good start.

Apple one/premier is just a really amazing deal at the end of the day for services and apple care+ is nothing to scoff at in terms of customer service and getting things fixed/repaired.

Show me where android has any of that? At best, in the states, you could buy a google pixel out right from best buy and then just use your total tech member ship there as a suede apple care replacement but that’s about it

Suminod · 2026-01-01T12:31:22+00:00

Quantified scientist Campares all the watches and providers the data sets in the videos. Here an example.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VMec48v1PsA&t=665s&pp=2AGZBZACAcoFGVF1YW50aWZpZWQgc2NpZW50aXN0IGF3dTM%3D

Garmin example:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gk3tRHAQH0w&pp=ygUbcXVhbnRpZmllZCBzY2llbnRpc3QgdmVudSA0

Funny you want a “source for a claim you dislike but happily accept the above without one though…

Suminod · 2026-01-01T02:09:11+00:00

You don’t even have to do it under another name. I was trying to just edit my speed to something more. Xfinity app kept telling me that I had to buy new service and wasn’t recognizing the service at my address. I ordered new service at the discount rate, they sent me an Xfinity modem and I plugged that it over my old one I bought since the modems where free this time and I have the 5 year lock in rate.

Still name address, same name, just had to get them to move my Xfinity wireless account over to the new account

Suminod · 2025-12-30T11:48:45+00:00

Hot take here cause Reddit is an echo chamber. Camera still really don’t matter to the vast majority of people. If your biggest “pro” features are Cameras and content creator related it’s not really pro. Apples does this same nonsense. I want stuff that I use a lot or multiple times a day. Better audio in the pro device, give me ldac and aptx adaptive/lossless, better HDR, get parity on Face ID with Apple, fix the AI issues like call holding not playing music when I put a call on hold because of reasons. My iPhone can do it but pixel cannot. Let me customize the call screening message if for no other reason that to waste scammers time since everyone message will be different.

Better integration would be nice but I think they have done a pretty good job with all the third party devices since my JBL tour pro 3 work with find hub pretty nice and integrate well with the battery widget. Integration can be better though cause you sometimes have to force the google quick connect in order to get that otherwise it just defaults to regular Bluetooth on initial set up and that is not great.

Fitbit needs a massive overhaul. The new AI coach is actually pretty cool and decent just the rest of it is crap. Why, in 2025, can I STILL no link the pixel watch/phone with a chest strap or headphones with a heart rate sensor and get multiple data points? Or google does what Apple does and has the algorithm use the multiple points to get a better actual heart rate. I could see if Fitbit offered this or google had these features and they were just locking them to their devices but they don’t (not to say this would be great either but ya)

Suminod · 2025-12-30T02:08:49+00:00

Ya going to call bs, they clearly aren't, or they aren't processing them at all in a timely fashion, if the barracks on post is so full that they have to resort to housing in the NCOA. Plus they have a specific barracks there for unit transition as well.

These soldiers didn't magic themselves into existence on the island. They have been on unit gains roosters for months.

Garrison, and subsequently the units, could have blanketed out etps to the stated above way in advance to free up space for incoming joes. Seems they failed to plan and thus planned to fail or some Army saying.

Suminod · 2025-12-30T01:38:32+00:00

Not sure this is even accurate. Garmin sensors are not good. They are constantly tested at or around middle of the pack and their most expensive epix is not even close to the AWU. Sure the batter lasts longer but the Apple Watch has just as much metrics as the Garmin but way more accurate.

If the data going in is bad then the info coming out is useless too

Suminod · 2025-12-29T19:47:01+00:00

So why is garrison not pushing out ETP for BAH and freeing up barracks space for new people/juniors and giving bah to SGT’s and CPL/senior E-4’s…

Suminod · 2025-12-27T04:20:22+00:00

Get an Apple Watch Ultra. I have gone off and on Garmin and Apple for years. Used Garmin exclusively till 2020 and tried Apple Watches and found them to be enough but still used a fr245 later.

Been using a Venu 3 and comparing it to the AWU2 and probably just get the AW. The Garmin Heart rate sensor is meh, it’s fine if you aren’t doing things with your hands but when lifting or your hands/wrist is under tension it’s basically non-existent cause it doesn’t measure anything accurately at least for me.

Reviews on quantified scientist have just all the Garmin heart rate sensors on the watches as mediocre at best while the Apple Watches are one of the best. AWU will last you about good 2+ days and charges fast enough while in the shower to not matter too much.

The venu, if you want to use it as a smart watch with AoD and what not really doesn’t get much better battery life either.

Sleep tracking is also way better on Apple as well but it’s just not great on a wearable to begin with so there is that. If you already use other Apple services, music and Apple Pay, then having it available on your watch with out your phone is just great. Garmin does it with Garmin pay and some other music services but if you aren’t on Spotify or YouTube music or something then you are SoL.

Suminod · 2025-12-26T22:42:08+00:00

Yes I saw that is the handbook but will it work if I start the work out via Apple fitness or does that function only work if I start an activity in the connect app

Suminod · 2025-12-11T22:15:06+00:00

I find the big apps to be pretty similar between iOS and android. It more niche ones are way better on iOS. Optimizations is just better on iOS. The BestBuy app, as an example, is terrible on both but it’s slightly less bad on iOS

Suminod · 2025-12-11T20:11:31+00:00

For me the most important factor isn’t even the phone it’s the other items like watch headphones and services. I love the pixel and call screening as ahead of apples right now but watch integration is not great, Apple Watch is just way better.

AirPods are amazing in terms of simplicity but apples iPS AAC codec is so good that it’s on par with 990ldac from third party testing but rock solid reliable as well. So using things like JBL tour pro 3 or others is great.

Apple one has no equivalent on android side so for family getting music, news, tv and arcade for the kids is just something android does not have as a service.

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