Didn't the article kind of allude to the fact that the wrong search results might be the most profitable? I mean, it makes sense to me that Google is promoting the worst websites, since they contain the most Google ads...

I'm sure Google employees are well aware of the issues.

I thought the donations would have been much larger than this. So at best they can re-claim a million or two?

In a case where billions are missing.

I still use my iPhone 5S as a webcam for my Mac Mini, and occasionally as an alarm clock / timer.

A somewhat flawed filtering method, since engineers don't have to belive in the technology that they are working on. But I totally understand your point of view as well.

I encourage you to also read previous discussion from 3 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21699011

Cool, but glitches like crazy on Safari :(

Also glitches like crazy on Chrome for iOS.

That's because Chrome for iOS uses Safari under the well... chrome.

SIG did not do an excellent job with the tech, that's for sure, but his point is still valid, that poor implementations of it causes further issues. Also, SIG is quite slow with new features, so companies start adding their own stuff on top of it. With Apple, things like sharing BT pairings over iCloud comes to mind, which is kind of a weird hack. They also do some non-standard switching between LE and Classic on the go.

Shameless plug here, but I want to mention the free alternative https://webcamplus.app for Mac/iOS. (It is a personal project of mine).

Does it support portrait mode?

No, unfortunately I have not added that feature yet, but it is on the list.

https://webcamplus.app has been my pet project for the past two years. It's a webcam app for iOS/macOS. The site itself is just a simple static HTML page hosted on GitHub Pages. The app download image is hosted within a GitHub release. Some basic CSS to handle dark mode, just for fun :)

Honestly, unless you are working with GPU heavy tasks, I would say that both are overkill. I use a Mac Mini M1 16GB and it is more than meets all my software development needs. I mainly work with XCode (iOS), Android Studio (Android), and Visual Studio (.NET).

I really don't think the Max would be worth it over the Pro.

Same. A mini for my work needs and an Air for personal and when I travel. The former handles everything that I sent its way so far including docker containers. I don’t really see the appeal of the max unless you’re into cpu or gpu-heavy tasks.