What do you want to see from AppleInsider in 2024?
Hey everybody 👋
We're coming to the end of 2023, and as such I thought it would be instructive to solicit some input from everybody out there. As forums users you represent some of our most dedicated (and long-time) readers, and we are most interested in hearing what you have to say. It's no secret that things like Google's push into generative AI search results, the wobbly state of social media, and general consolidation and infulencer-ization of the publishing space (the internet as a whole, really) continue to be or will be challenges for an organized independent publication like ours -- that said, everybody here believes at our core that the best way to withstand bumps in the road is to just do the best job serving our audience (and the larger Apple-focused audience as a whole) as we possibly can. At the end of the day, the quality of the end product is what matters most.
Which is where y'all come in.
We're not going to make any commitments here, and there's always a push/pull between business interests and ideal solutions, but if those who care would be kind enough to leave a comment on this thread about what you'd like to see us address in the new year, let us know what we're doing well, let us know what you think what we're not doing well, what you think we should be doing differently, etc. that would be incredibly helpful as we evaluate our roadmaps for the new year, and really help us prioritize efforts. Even if you don't get a direct reply, please know that we will be watching and reading this thread and it will make a difference.
A preemptive and massive thank-you to everybody who contributes to this thread, and from everybody on the team: We are humbled and grateful that you continue to choose and read AppleInsider. We been around for nearly 30 years (*gulp*), and the plan is to continue to be here for at least another 30
Have a happy holiday season everybody!
We're coming to the end of 2023, and as such I thought it would be instructive to solicit some input from everybody out there. As forums users you represent some of our most dedicated (and long-time) readers, and we are most interested in hearing what you have to say. It's no secret that things like Google's push into generative AI search results, the wobbly state of social media, and general consolidation and infulencer-ization of the publishing space (the internet as a whole, really) continue to be or will be challenges for an organized independent publication like ours -- that said, everybody here believes at our core that the best way to withstand bumps in the road is to just do the best job serving our audience (and the larger Apple-focused audience as a whole) as we possibly can. At the end of the day, the quality of the end product is what matters most.
Which is where y'all come in.
We're not going to make any commitments here, and there's always a push/pull between business interests and ideal solutions, but if those who care would be kind enough to leave a comment on this thread about what you'd like to see us address in the new year, let us know what we're doing well, let us know what you think what we're not doing well, what you think we should be doing differently, etc. that would be incredibly helpful as we evaluate our roadmaps for the new year, and really help us prioritize efforts. Even if you don't get a direct reply, please know that we will be watching and reading this thread and it will make a difference.
A preemptive and massive thank-you to everybody who contributes to this thread, and from everybody on the team: We are humbled and grateful that you continue to choose and read AppleInsider. We been around for nearly 30 years (*gulp*), and the plan is to continue to be here for at least another 30
Have a happy holiday season everybody!
Comments
I like most of the more in-depth articles you periodically provide concerning both Apple-centric and general industry events, along with developing technologies from competitors and partners, and how they might relate to future Apple products and services. I wouldn't complain about at least monthly articles, more if you have the staff, where you step beyond the news reporting and dig deep into the way/how/where things are heading, or should. Outside of that, I don't believe I have any suggestions.
Kudos for the job you've done this year!
I understand that some writers may be a little OTT with the 'pro Apple, anti everything else' stuff but again, the balance seems reasonable. On the other side, there are opinion pieces that criticise certain Apple products/decisions and don't seem to worry about how Apple might take things. That's good to see.
Personally, I'm no big fan of DED's style but I do remember one particularly good USB-C article that I think he wrote (I might be mistaken) explaining the myriad of things to take into account when using the cables. Frankly excellent, I thought and very helpful. Those kinds of articles are five star content so anything in that line is nice.
News content is fine. Editorial pieces, fine. Product reviews, fine. Live summaries, fine. 'Time to publication' from when news or products hit. Excellent. Updates to those stories when needed. Excellent, too. Reviews, hands on etc all fine. I have no issues with ad content either.
I don't normally have time to watch video content so I can't really speak about that..
If I do have a 'sensation' of something maybe it's less camera focused comparisons but that might just be a sensation.
Maybe I'm just easy to please! It's also true I might be slightly less demanding because I appreciate the time and effort it takes from - everyone - just to make things happen, especially when perhaps many times it's just for the love of doing it.
So, well done and Happy Christmas & New Year!
I'd like to see Articles contain links, at the end say, to recent other articles of the same topic.
Especially when there is a direct follow-on. Even going as far as making the new story one continuous forum post from the old one sometimes.
It would be interesting to link the last half-dozen claims from various analyses and pundits so it becomes clear when they are shoot-gunning ideas out with little information.
I think this coming year will establish what Apple has in mind for the refresh/redesign cadence of Mac silicon, and how it relates to shipping products. I don't think this is well understood, and a lot of assumptions are floating around. Anandtech does a good job of summarizing and explaining the industry press releases and investor Q&A, but they don't try to put it into perspective with regard to Apple's product lines, nor do they really try to characterize the TSMC-Apple alliance, which is, IMHO, the defining story of the past decade of the semiconductor industry, and likely that of the next decade as well.
One approach would be to try to get a better sense of what TSMC is doing overall, in its partnership with Apple, and with its "3DFabric Alliance." Your story of the Arizona investment with Amkor Technology didn't provide that perspective, nor did anyone else's, as far as I am aware (i.e., not very far). Amkor is a member of the 3DFabric Alliance, listed under OSAT (Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test), which includes "advanced packaging." It probably wasn't a coincidence that Apple let cameras into one of its own testing facilities the same week they announced that investment.
That brings me to another possibly big story for 2024 -- the M3 Ultra. Another thing mentioned in the most recent 3DFabric Alliance press release is a tenfold increase in substrate performance. TSMC has at least two packaging technologies that use substrate, CoWoS (basically chiplets) and InFO_oS (what Apple uses for UltraFusion). I don't know if the breakthrough in substrate programming applies to the latter, but if it does, it could be a big deal.
https://pr.tsmc.com/english/news/3070
https://3dfabric.tsmc.com/english/dedicatedFoundry/technology/InFO.htm
https://www.anandtech.com/show/17626/tsmc-forms-3dfabric-alliance-to-accelerate-development-of-25d-3d-chiplet-products
— Daniel Eran-Dilger 🙏
— Chip Loder 🙏
Reading any of the pieces these two guys have written, gives one an immediate feeling of “how am I able to access this for free?”
Also, following Apple’s Mother Nature—featuring “Henry David Thoreau”—a very critical piece by an AI-staff writer (I can’t remember who it was), is appreciated for its honesty: “this is what I mean about the subject, and these are my reasons”.
—I myself disagree vehemently with the fella, but the piece—nonetheless—contributed by challenging my own beliefs, which is how public debate becomes qualified and relevant.
if you have examples of where this isn’t true, that would be helpful. We appreciate the chance to do better if there’s something we can improve.
My time and $$ are well spent here. I plan to be here for quite a while, too.
Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas everyone!
On that note, I noticed we haven't been including our rumor scores in our RSS feeds... we do now
Editorial staff is firewalled from the monetization team.
I can say for sure that you should to avoid the political stuff because that just makes people (like me) upset. And I know I shouldn’t get upset even if I agree. Just bringing it up is not good. Better to say nothing. I should take my own advice.