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  • iPhone 16e doesn't have MagSafe

    entropysentropys
    Missed it, but does it still have standby?

    could just put it in a magnetic case if it does.
    williamlondonwatto_cobra

  • Apple's Siri renovation is probably going to take longer than expected

    entropysentropys
    charlesn said:
    charlesn said:
    I am shocked... SHOCKED, I say! Who woulda thunk that after 15 years of Siri idiocy under Apple, Apple wasn't going to be able to fix it in 10 months? The WWDC announcement last year always seemed suspect--it was like we were being told that Siri, essentially held back in about third grade for the past decade and a half, was suddenly going to have a PhD by next April. Sounds like maybe not. 
    You would be even more shocked that Apple has been working on this for at least 3 years and not 10 months. 
    It's truly mind-boggling. Apple had a huge, years-long jump on the rest of the industry when it acquired Siri, Inc. in 2010. Alexa didn't debut until four years later, and its speed and capabilities left Siri in the dust, where Siri has remained ever since. Google Assistant wasn't until 2016, but it, too, has surpassed Siri. I'm all in on Apple everything except when it comes to a voice assistant, where I still rely on Echo Dots throughout my home. Alexa works with just about everything that can be voice-controlled while Siri works with a WHOLE lot less. Very hard to understand how or why Apple allowed this to happen. 
    "Very hard to understand how or why Apple allowed this to happen." => My hunch is this is what happens when you put maximizing shareholder as a priority over focusing on user experience and delighting the customer.
    Saint Jobs talking about Beleaguered Apple Computer:
    What happened at Apple, to be honest, over the years was the goal used to be to make the best computers in the world. And that was goal one. Goal two, we got from Hewlett-Packard actually which was "we have to make a profit". Because if we don't make a profit we can't do goal one. So, yeah, I mean we enjoyed making a profit, but the purpose of making a profit was so we can make the best computers in the world. Along the way somewhere those two got reversed. The goal is to make a lot of money and well, if we have to make some good computers well ok we'll do that... 'cause we can make a lot of money doing that. And, it's very subtle. It's very subtle at first, but it turns out it's everything. That one little subtle flip... takes 5 years to see it, but that one little subtle flip in 5 years means everything.
    muthuk_vanalingamAlex1N

  • How Apple Music stands firm amidst Spotify's Premium plan hikes

    entropysentropys
    Hung Apple Music at better value for premium customers will halo effect hardware purchases from just the right demographic
    watto_cobra

  • Sorry, Netflix support isn't coming to the Apple TV app

    entropysentropys
    dewme said:
    I know from personal experience that big companies can be disciples of the not-invented-here and we-need-total-control way of looking at competition. I’ve always believed that these approaches can ultimately become a hindrance and inhibitor to growth. The reason is that every company only has so many resources to devote to everything they want to go after. To use these resources to greatest effect you have to focus on investments that have the best margins and long term financial benefits. Focusing on the financial benefits should push you to leave some money on the table by not trying to do a particular thing yourself and taking advantage of an off the shelf or already established standard. You then retarget the resources that you would have spent to make that small money to an area that has greater potential for growth and differentiation, i.e., big money. Why companies continue to do a lot of this small money stuff probably has more to do with control and ego rather than the financial benefits they return versus the costs involved in doing them. 
    There will be some ambitious dweeb with a brand new MBA certificate on the wall that thinks they have all the answers and the confidence to bullshit their way. It seems there is some other exec who perhaps has a death wish that got the feature coded.  It guess we see who won.
    watto_cobra

  • M4 MacBook Air: What the rumors say to expect from the first new Mac of 2025

    entropysentropys
    Yes, the oled screen on this IPPM3 is nice, but seriously my old IPPM2 (or the current air) was great too. Not worth the price difference IMHO.
    and then consider these days a laptop is connected to a bigger main screen, well, why the need? I would prefer a lower price.
    dewme