Hacker News: masonwan

New comment by masonwan in "Android May Soon Restrict On-Device ADB"

masonwan — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 20:56:31 +0000

Apple did this since day one on 2007, no one bat an eye. If we want this to be fixed, IMO, we have to do this in politics.

New comment by masonwan in "Advertise in ChatGPT"

masonwan — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:26:29 +0000

Why would people still use ChatGPT?

It's barely free, not that reliable, not the most trustworthy, and now they are popping ads right on my face.

Either spending a good money on the best one, or using the open source models seem to be the future.

New comment by masonwan in "Previewing GPT‑5.6 Sol: a next-generation model"

masonwan — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 18:34:06 +0000

Guess it's just another price bump hidden behind output token speed.

New comment by masonwan in "Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads"

masonwan — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 14:39:38 +0000

When Apple made MacBook Neo with a reasonable, and then destroy it with the price...

New comment by masonwan in "GrapheneOS has been ported to Android 17"

masonwan — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:59:47 +0000

That's exactpy why I get Google Pixel phones.

Support expires? Upgrade to custom ROM Ads? Upgrade to custom ROM Want to use it as server? Upgrade to custom ROM.

If I would use Apple iPhone, these old phones would be trash very soon.

New comment by masonwan in "AWS Bedrock to require sharing data with Anthropic for Mythos and future models"

masonwan — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:45:04 +0000

Wonder why Anthropic wants all those data? Isn't it a good company?

New comment by masonwan in "German ruling declares Google liable for false answers in AI Overviews"

masonwan — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:41:56 +0000

I guess the same rules also applied to OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon?

New comment by masonwan in "Stop the Apple Music app from launching"

masonwan — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 22:03:18 +0000

Thanks for the solution! I've been bothered with this issue for ages.

Many times Apple Music also triggered by the Bluetooth devices which is super annoying.

Apple really needs to implement a way to remove Apple Music completely.

New comment by masonwan in "I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams"

masonwan — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 15:33:25 +0000

Apple News Ads just started in 2024. Maybe they are still learning how to battle the dark side of the Internet.

Use other platforms. Don't use Apple News. You could use an AI chatbot to find news for you. It has no ads, much easier to read, totally free, and tailored to your instructions.

New comment by masonwan in "Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help"

masonwan — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 18:59:13 +0000

That's probably why people should not live in the gated garden. Once they made a mistake, you will feel alien in the free world outside.

New comment by masonwan in "The EU made Apple adopt new Wi-Fi standards, and now Android can support AirDrop"

masonwan — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 16:47:38 +0000

Rally can't trust Apple making any standard. They always want to make more money than it is worth, and create demands which eventually causes monopoly and waste.