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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: USB hubs, printers, Java, and more seemingly broken by macOS
 14.4 update
Date: 22 Mar 2024 02:24:42 GMT
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On 2024-03-21, Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
> On 2024-03-20 18:07, OrangeFish wrote:
>> On 2024-03-20 00:41, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>> On 2024-03-19, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> :(
>>>
>>> All of our USB hubs, printers, and more are working just fine with
>>> multiple different model Macs running 14.4. What are we doing wrong?
>>>
>>> Rather than being a gullible rube who blindly believes every
>>> sensational clickbait hit piece you read, you may want to consider
>>> that the people who post these articles have a monetary interest in
>>> making relatively small issues appear to be larger and more wide
>>> spread than they actually are - because getting more clicks
>>> literally makes them more money.
>> 
>> Ars Technica is fairly respectable.  The author of the article states
>> that his machine was not affected but others are affected (with links
>> to Apple and reddit).  For example, there is a long thread on this
>> problem at Apple: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255518397 . 
>> One person claims that a fix from Apple is coming in 14.4.1.
>
> Adding to JR's comment: announcements from AT or other sources are
> amplification.  If there are 2 or 3 reports of an issue, they report
> it and 10's of thousands (or millions) of people read it.  That
> doesn't make for 10's of thousands (or millions) of affected users.

But gullible rubs mistake it as a widespread issue, and resident trolls
latch onto it nonetheless.

> I've yet to see AT or the other similar sites (all of whom do add
> value to our pursuit of computer happiness) put out article headlines
> like:
>
>          Mac OS 14.x has been out for 96 hours and not a single issue
>          has been reported.

Negative Apple news gets the most clicks.

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