They aren't the same thing, but something can be bad because it's underbaked, and it is.
WWDC24: Action packed.
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3999€ in Germany. Actually crazy. I bet the "cheaper" version is going to still be 2k or something.
I guess it's the equivalent of being a port beggar. If it's available on the platforms you care to use it on, it's probably fine. I'm begging for journalling on iPad, but don't particularly see the issue with a password app not being on a platform I don't use.
Well that probably puts it somewhere around 5999.99 CAD, which means it costs more than the worth of my vehicle at this point, which… lmfao.
Just checked. $4999.99. Canadians are getting a "deal" apparently.
A password manager isn't a very good password manager if you can't get your passwords from every major (or just every) OS. It's a service, not a game, they're in fact- different things.
Multi-platform support is great but I suspect the many Apple-only users would rather that Apple did bother, even without Android support. We will have to agree to disagree on this one.
It should be cross platform but I imagine it's still a useful tool for most iPhone users who don't have Android devices And won't care that there is no Android support.
Apple-only users would be happy if HomeKit didn't support Matter, but HomeKit would also be gutter trash if it didn't! I'm sure there's Apple TV users that would be fine if TV+ wasn't usable everywhere but they're also wrong.
But again, context is key. It's a service that's available everywhere I need it to be, which makes it fine for me. It's not where you want it to me, which makes it a poor option for you. Fitness+ not being available in every country doesn't make it a piss poor service. It's a perfectly fine service where it's available, it's just not an option everywhere. Exactly like this service.
I know everyone on this site has a hate boner for AI, but I'm excited about using the features in my workflow, and even my personal use. Good stuff here, and my 15 Pro continues to be my favorite phone ever (though I regret going with blue instead of the titanium color)
Again, TV+ being locked to iOS, iPadOS, and TV OS would make Apple TV+ a crap service.
I'm all for apps being available everywhere. More TV+ subs means more TV+ budget. That has a benefit to me, and therefore I care.
It doesn't affect the quality of Fitness+ in my day to day usage if someone somewhere else can't use it. That's like saying an e-bike unavailable in Canada is a shit e-bike when it could be a perfectly adequate, or even market leading, e-bike in the countries it's sold in. We don't have to discuss this further though if pedantry is your focus.
Wow, the fact my 14 Pro is now not even considered for an update like AI, well that's a take. I'll just stay here I guess. I'm not buying a new phone for an AI feature. Would have liked to try it….
E-Bikes are also products and not a password "service" barring you from accessing your passwords. It's a service, like Apple TV+.
It would make it a non-competitive paid service. The reason Apple Music and Apple TV+ are on non-Apple devices is that Apple wants to sell more subscriptions to them. Passwords is a free service, so the only commercial benefit of making it cross-platform is as an onramp to capture users from elsewhere.
I agree with you that Apple should put this on Android. But the simplest answer to why Apple does anything is user acquisition and engagement. If Apple can get someone and hook them into staying, they will. And I say that as someone who is firmly hooked.
Barring you from accessing your passwords, apparently. My access would apparently be completely unhindered. So I have no reason to think it's a poor product.
Pokémon go still works on 18 if anyone else is severely impatient like me yet still plays pogo also like me. I know a couple years ago the beta broke the game so it always makes me a little nervous.
It... bars you from accessing your passwords across other devices too, and is thus bad. It bars everyone from accessing their passwords on any other device. Apple TV+ would be worse if it wasn't accessible on most/all devices too even if it's on devices I use right now because now I wouldn't be able to use it elsewhere.
A live AI talk is happening now with Apple execs. Not being filmed but The Verge is live blogging it.
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www.theverge.com
Live from WWDC with Apple’s AI leaders
John Giannandrea and Craig Federighi are onstage talking all things Apple Intelligence.
www.theverge.com
A live AI talk is happening now with Apple execs. Not being filmed but The Verge is live blogging it.
Live from WWDC with Apple’s AI leaders
John Giannandrea and Craig Federighi are onstage talking all things Apple Intelligence.
Oh this is an interesting talk. Also they talked about the data they trained their AI on:
Really hoping they eventually unbundle Passwords from the Windows iCloud app (just so I can possibly drop another software sub). Something so frequently used requires direct access, not buried within another app. Too used to 1Password's global hotkey.
completely missed this part of the presentation, handy if you use the action button for camera/flashlight
speaking of Action Button, its obvious they're kneecapping its functionality because of iPhone 16's rumoured camera button. There's no reason it shouldn't be able to open the camera app and immediately take a photo/video in one press
completely missed this part of the presentation, handy if you use the action button for camera/flashlight
speaking of Action Button, its obvious they're kneecapping its functionality because of iPhone 16's rumoured camera button. There's no reason it shouldn't be able to open the camera app and immediately take a photo/video in one press
Yeah, they said that stuff would be coming later. The Developer Preview is traditionally for devs to test their apps against to see if anything is broken and then start implementing new features.
That's very intriguing and shows they put a lot of thought and expertise into this (unlike some others... looking directly at you Microsoft).
I'm really looking forward to that white paper.
Glad to see hackintosh survive for another year. Other than that, not really interested in anything else.
The base model of the vision pro is 599,800 yen lol. That's almost the cost of what I paid for my macbook m3 max with 64 gb of ram.
The base model of the vision pro is 599,800 yen lol. That's almost the cost of what I paid for my macbook m3 max with 64 gb of ram.
The one big ML feature I really want to see added to iOS is the ability to pick the best facial expression from a bunch of group photos to have one combined photo where everyone is looking at the camera/smiling/etc.
Does he just plan on abandoning the Tesla and Twitter app because of a hissy fitToddler throwing a hissy fit over here.
Lol
The AI stuff seemed interesting, and being able to type to Siri seems like it could be super useful for getting stuff done on Mac/iPad that would have taken several steps before.
The text generation/summarisation is terrifying though. How long before companies just become LLMs emailing each other back and forth...
The text generation/summarisation is terrifying though. How long before companies just become LLMs emailing each other back and forth...
I know you are trolling with this, but it's really the stupidest "lack of feature" people complain about. A database software for managing music makes much more sense for a library, and who in the year of 2024isn't streaming music? If you aren't, you have a large collection where you need a way to sort all the associated metadata anyway to find it anyway, especially when people who have large collections are getting devices with at least 128gb of storage.
There's no practical need for such a feature in 2024, and arguably it was a bad and dumb method for music back in 2004 as well.
I hope eventually we get more precise terms than "a wide amount" and "a large amount". That phrasing leaves open the possibility that the majority of the training was done on stolen materials.
Gonna be honest here: nobody I've asked believes all those Siri prompts will ever work as advertised when the current iteration in any language different than English (US) barely has the functionality of the Android's assistant from 10 years ago, and some generative AI garbage (the kind that recommends eating rocks or glueing your cheese to your pizza) will not magically fix that.
? I don't know what's difficult about searching through a folder named after the album? Most of the metadata is stored in each song anyway. I'll take that as a no to my question.
truly the GOAT OS update on iPhone, and love some of the Mac stuff even if overdue. Crowd pleasers and bangers left and right. Me want now.