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I think it's a good message, sometimes things in society do need to change. But it's not a good message for young people. Because some things that seem stupid, outmoded or arbitrary to young people actually aren't, they just haven't had enough life experience yet to see why those things are needed, and revolutions by the young tend to throw out the baby with the bathwater.

But for people like Cook with a lifetime of judgment to draw on, and an ability to see what things are fine and what things could do with tweaking, and how not to throw out the baby, it's a good message. It's more something he should say to himself in the mirror rather than deliver at a graduation.

Also, every thread seems to have a Siri-bashing post these days. Remember where machine learning came from, it arose out of big data, so it was kind of inevitable that Google (*the* big data company) would quickly take the lead in this area. The fact that Siri is behind does not necessarily mean Apple execs did a bad job.

I agree with 6-core CPU in the 15", improved keyboard, out with Touch Bar and 32GB RAM.

I do think that Face ID is a better login method for computers than phones, since you always look at the screen on a computer, but not always on a phone. So it would be a good fit for the form factor.

HDR has the same feel as 3D TVs from a few years ago to me. That is, something companies are pushing despite consumers not really wanting it.

Some other things that would be good in the 15":

- variable/high  refresh rate screen (like the iPad Pro)

- T2 security chip (like the iMac Pro)

- 4K movie streaming capability (like Apple TV)

- Mobile Vega graphics 

- 1080p webcam

- Put 1 HDMI port (for corporate projectors) and 1 USB-A port (for simple practicality) back in