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I know sports betting has become a bigger and bigger part of watching sports. But as an activity that can become harmful to certain people, I find it very un-Apple like to have prioritized this information in what is otherwise a fairly mediocre app when compared to, say, ESPN.
Not really. The basic betting line indicating which team is favored has been apart of box scores long before betting was widespread or accessible in the US.
I would find it pretty shocking if Apple started displaying individual player betting lines, parlays, etc. The stuff that has propagated into broadcasts with the growth of sports betting.
But which team is favored seems pretty basic information that is interesting even if I don't care about betting.
Anything mentioning the store will show plenty of productivity apps or something similarly positive. I'm also very surprised by this move.
I find Apple to be an incredibly cynical company. They are cynical towards their users (donglebook back when USB-c was hardly adopted, the whole "you're holding it wrong" saga etc etc). They are even more cynical towards the developers on their platform, no need to waste words on that after the recent malicious compliance of EU laws etc
But this is a first, someone complaining that Apple used an industry standard too early.
No, but I don't presume they are purely guilty/cynical if there also might be good reasons for the changes they are making. Also, presuming Apple as a company has perfect knowledge and will not ever make a mistake is not realistic. There are things like unintended consequences, of which they also fixed a lot.
Apple Sports keeps fans up to date on the following leagues currently in season:
MLS
NBA
NCAA basketball (men’s and women’s)
NHL
Bundesliga
LaLiga
Liga MX
Ligue 1
Premier League
Serie A
Additional leagues will become available on Apple Sports over time, including MLB, NFL, NCAAF, NWSL, and WNBA for their upcoming seasons.
No word on tennis yet.
I need a service that curates highlights of the sports and teams and players I care about, presented in a way that shares no spoilers, so I can catch up when I can.
As is usual this gap in copyrighted content is filled by unsanctioned channels.
Same as with the 3.5mm jack on the iPhone.
They, of course, would then sell adapters at a premium because why not.
But of course, it's all about the few bucks Apple earns on a sub $10 adapter.
Just like Apple removed HDD support and that's why we all use SSDs now. Or how they removed DVD-ROM and that's why we use portable flash memory. And PS/2 peripherals in favor of USB ones.
Oh wait... Seems like I'm wrong, all of those happened organically! Huh...
Apple created the problems (USB-A and 3.5mm removals) and sold the solutions (dongles and adapters at a huge premium, and of course their Bluetooth earbuds).
Just look at adapter/airpods sales figures and the money Apple made post removal of those. I suppose you think Apple is above such business practices because they're some elegant, high brow company. But they're not, they're just a company.
In fact, that slimming of the macbook came back to bite them in the ass due to inappropriate heating for the Intel cpus at the time. All the macbooks between 2018 and the first M1 were just expensive, overheating garbage.
You had to put the 2019 macbook pros in the freezer so that they reached their advertised performance.
As far as phones, now most premium phones come without a headphone jack. But most people aren’t walking around with cords hanging from their phones anyway - they use Bluetooth headsets
Of course the vision behind removing the 3,5mm port was of a wireless future (and after untangling my Earpods for the 100th time I agree). There was a simple dongle sold and you can still buy Earpods with Lightning or USB-C port if you want wired. It's not like you are forced in any way to wear Airpods, other Bluetooth or USB-C headphones work fine. Airpods just happened to be a succesful fashion item. Removing the port allows for a bit more battery (yeah, I know they didn't use the space on the iPhone 7) and simplifies the design a bit (no DA converter needed, one less port that can break, no support calls from people who plug in an old Nokia 3,5mm cable thats wired different). While the gains are mostly for Apple I don't see simplifying something so less things can go wrong as inherently evil. If they really wanted to be evil they would have supported only Airpods.
Ps. I've used the 2019 MacBook pro that liked to spin up its fans but had no real issues with performance. Keyboard was okay too ;)