When you implement a hardware handicap like this it's going to become ripe for abuse. I doubt Apple's goal is to censor recordings of police brutality. But they are setting a bad precedent that should be discouraged, it isn't their business or decision regarding where or how somebody uses their phone.
The confusing thing is, it isn't even their problem. What is the monetary incentive for Apple to even bother implementing this?
I had PayPal freeze my merchant account while I was registering it. I didn't even get to sell anything, because their broken, confusing interface made me fill out something wrong, and when I tried to correct it they froze the account. I believe every word of this article.
I've been hearing a lot about Stripe lately, but haven't used it yet.
In single player games you have NPCs (non-player characters) and in multiplayer games you have bots (again, computer controlled characters). For instance, Team Fortress 2 has bots and Half-Life 2 has NPCs.
The difference is, bots behave and mimic actual human beings. They are bound by the same rules, and have the same controls and range of motion as human players. It's hard to distinguish the difference at times, granted they're far from perfect.
NPCs on the other hand, seem to be this "dumb" AI the article is referencing. They are intentionally made this way to serve a simple, singular purpose. They are either scripted for dialogue or just peppered throughout the map as meat puppets.
Why is it that we aren't seeing the bot approach to AI implanted into single player games? Why aren't we facing opponents who have their own missions/agendas in single player games, who are bound to the same controls/restrictions/exploits as yourself?
The current AI approach is to place enemies in hiding positions who want nothing more than to fight you to the death, without any purpose or reason.
I want AI that wants to do something, like another player would, that isn't concerned with me in particular, that has it's own goals/rewards instead of just fighting me or spouting dialogue at me.