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Movie theaters, studios react to potential “Theater Mode” in upcoming iOS update
Polygon ^ | January 5th, 2017 | Julia Alexander

Posted on 01/06/2017 1:54:39 AM PST by Ciaphas Cain

To say that film Twitter, as it has become to be known, lost its collective mind when a rumor began circulating that the newest iOS update would have a “Theater Mode,” is an understatement.

The rumor started with a tweet from Sonny Dickson, a contributor to Forbes who has broken Apple news in the past. Dickson said that in iOS update 10.3, a “Theater Mode” would be added that could be accessed from clicking on a “popcorn-shaped Control Center icon.” Dickson didn’t allude to what the mode would do, but in 2012, Apple patented technology that would “disable noise and/or light emanating from wireless devices (such as at a movie theater),” according to Collider.

The idea that Apple was developing a mode that would make it easier for people to text in a theater has caught the ire of many, but none more so than theater chains like the Alamo Drafthouse. The Alamo, which already has a strict, “If you take your phone out to text, we’ll kick you out of the movie” code in effect, is particularly upset.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: apple; ios; iphone; technology
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To: Ciaphas Cain

I’ll tell you what distracted me the last time I went to the movies. The slob two seats down from me with the monster sized tub of popcorn CRUNCH CRUNCH CHRUNCHING for an hour. Took all my self control to not dump it on his head.


21 posted on 01/06/2017 8:17:57 AM PST by jalisco555 ("In a Time of Universal Deceit Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act" - George Orwell)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

Most of the big chains already have a “theater mode” app, use it to silence your phone and get coupons for popcorn.


22 posted on 01/06/2017 8:22:42 AM PST by discostu (Alright you primative screwheads, listen up!)
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To: exDemMom

Because it doesn’t shutdown the phone, it just makes it run quietly and dimly. So people can use the phone to record the movie more surreptitiously. Yeah they talk about texting, but that’s just because they don’t want to accuse all Apple users of being bootleggers.


23 posted on 01/06/2017 8:24:10 AM PST by discostu (Alright you primative screwheads, listen up!)
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