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danox said:

godofbiscuitssf said:

melgross said:

Rogue01 said:

Will it be a live keynote, or another awful cringe-worthy video?  Maybe they will be apologizing for Apple Intelligence instead of trying to push out more half-baked features.  They already blundered with Siri, unless they try and do damage control and more promises of features that won't be ready with iOS 19.

I miss the days when Apple released new software and the features they previewed at WWDC were actually in the release version.  Instead all we get are 'coming soon' and then 'maybe next year'.  I stopped watching the videos because they were nothing more than reading press releases and spec sheets.

The videos are much better than the live presentations. Those tended to ramble and took much longer. Well, I remember that Apple was criticized for trying to get everything in the first release. Be more like Google and Microsoft people would say, and release features when they’re ready and don’t rush them out for an announcement.  Give me a break!

You are definitely in the minority on that one. Live with audience is the sweet spot.  You know those are as scripted and likely even more practiced (you don’t have multiple takes available) than the prerecorded ones.  And the feedback from the audience gives presenters an idea of what the relative interest levels are.  And that can carry forward through the year.   

And yet all the me-too, copycat companies are terrible at it. The most important thing in any presentation is to actually have something (a product) that is a step ahead of the competition, having that product is probably as important as the presentation introducing the iMac, OSX, iPod, iPhone, and the iPad all which were huge leaps forward at the time in comparison to the competition.

lotones said:

I'm especially flabbergasted why Americans are so hung up on what the EU demands. It is non of your business, but for some reason Americans think they are at the center of the world and the rest needs to adhere to their values. America is by far the most corrupt nation in the world, morally and financially, and we do not have to play by your rules. 
So far nothing of what the EU has demanded has impacted you in the US when using your phone or its software. 
Perhaps rather worry about the rapid dismantling of what is left of your democracy?

Really? My flabber is equally gasted that you think it's ok to force Apple, or any company, to design their products to work with other companies' products.

"• Apple must grant third-party device manufacturers access to specific iOS features to facilitate seamless integration. This includes functionalities such as notifications, background processes, and various wireless technologies (e.g., Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, NFC)."

Look, I am not anti-EU. This specific issue has nothing to do with App Store fees or steering. I could see the point of that. But it's not like you can't buy products that work with Apple's products. Do Apple's products work better with Apple products, with more features? Sure, and what's wrong with that? But forcing Apple to conform to every third party vendor, and their potential third party security risks, is just stupid. And why? Who is being harmed here? Apple's EU customers have not complained. Plenty of third party vendors already design their products to fit Apple's ecosystem. Those who are complaining just don't want to play by the rules, and why not? It's people who want to exploit Apple's customer base, but for *some reason* want to bypass Apple's protocols. Yeah... no. And I'm not at all buying the "interoperability" noise.