how do you propose removing it?

there are two options, 1) using a smaller,shittier camera, or 2) making an extremely thick phone. neither option is very “apple”, especially for a flagship model.

considering the vast majority of people use phone cases and will never notice the bump anyway, i think this whole thing is blown way out of proportion.

are we really going to start counting who stole what in all smartphone design.

then they would have presentd as Micron, not Crucial.

This is not even close to being a general solution. Lots of places do not have water loop radiators and it is not an easy retrofit at all. Lots of people cannot even afford additional insulation for their domicile. Telling the average person “don’t be a wuss” is not a viable strategy to get them on board with supporting green energy.

Also heat pumps are the most efficient form of heating we have. They work best at a constant low/mid level, not completely shutting off for half a day and having to work extra hard to catch up in the morning.

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deal with the fact that we’ll have power outages during sleeping hours.

let me guess, you live somewhere winter doesn’t exist.

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The OS is still unstable

sounds like you have a shitty TV. I have had 3 smart TVs of different brands and price range going back 10 years and I can’t think of a single time I’ve noticed any OS issues, because I literally never use the OS.

tries to apply a bunch of filters that need to be disabled

This has nothing to do with smart features, any decent TV should have image processing options. You will have better picture and motion quality (especially on LCD/OLED) with a properly configured TV than you will with a TV/monitor without any of it. Sure lots of options are not needed, but I wouldn’t say having options for how to do that is a bad thing.

has extreme lag unless gaming mode is being used

Yes, if you want zero lag, you turn on gaming mode. I’m not even sure what your complaint is here other than “having options is bad”.

and has stupid UI decisions like putting the audio level exactly where the subtitles usually are so that changing audio will obfuscate them.

Also has nothing to do with the “smart” functions, the exact same thing could happen with a poorly designed dumb TV or monitor as well.

Once every 24h I‘m also getting a warning that the tv is not connected to the internet, despite network connectivity being explicitly disabled.

again, this is not a thing for most smart TVs, you just have a shitty one.

at that point why even use AI at all instead of some other basic filler assets?

Probably but with all the idiots fueled by sunken costs and desperate to prove they were right to invest, it could still last a long time.

not necessarily with hardware though. now they are flush with investments and have holes burning in their pockets. everyone is trying to get in on the first stage of AI datacenters.

they may artificially extend the bubble, but rapid hardware expansion/refreshing will be the first thing to slow down or stop when they see it’s not providing value.

it’s not that complicated, just get a smart TV and don’t connect it to your network. quite easy to never use any of the built in apps if you only use your own inputs sources.

if you’re using a dedicated media box anyway, a smart TV not connected to your network is basically the same as a dumb monitor.

sure, there are gray areas, and apple does keep them somewhat in check. but also if you’re willingly installing facebook you should know that your privacy is already heavily compromised.

there’s a difference between malware and junk. ios is pretty much malware free. and i’m not sure you want apple deciding what is “junk” and what isn’t.

I think the movie Signs gets over scrutinized for the climax where they realize water kills the aliens. Sure, it would be stupid for aliens to invade a planet absolutely crammed full of a substance that’s so dangerous to them, at least without some kind of basic moisture protection. MNS should have probably spent some time finessing that part of the story to make more logical sense.

However, even with that issue, I still love it. The actors are all great, dialog is funny, mystery unfolds nicely, and the theme is well constructed.

One detail i really liked that took a few watches to notice is that the Dad called a family doctor to treat their sick dog. Later you see a brief hint that the guy who killed his wife is the town vet.

or… maybe it wasn’t designed at all. maybe it is just a natural artefact of all big tech companies wanting to control the next big thing.

not judging by the absolute tirefire that is tiktok.

then you get unwanted chinese tech.

the liquid glass is not as bad now and you can pretty much disable it if you want.