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  • Everyone is a loser in the Apple Intelligence race

    davidlewis54davidlewis54
    Thanks for a very good take on AI as it is, at present.  The initial view that AI is, in fact, not intelligent is what I have been saying, in these comment pages, since it became the thing of the day.  It is just the next level of what has gone before.  It is, of course, just a next-big-thing marketing strategy.

    Apple realised the same hence Apple Intelligence, rather than Artificial Intelligence.

    If AI can do things I can’t, don’t want to or will irritate me because it’s not user friendly to me then that’s fine.

    Absolutely, it should not steal human’s ideas and product and turn it into something else, particularly if it’s negative to a person, either as lost income from something they have produced or for salacious or offensive purposes.

    I imagine Apple will do what it normally does which is develop an idea and turn it into something useful.  This so often has given people the feeling Apple is behind until it produces an absolute game-changer.

    This has happened many times over the years and I am sure it will continue to do so.
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  • Don't expect cheaper iCloud storage as Apple wins another monopoly lawsuit

    davidlewis54davidlewis54
    The cost of iCloud seems very reasonable to me, bearing in mind what has been constructed to provide that service.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple goes to court to fight UK demand for iCloud encryption backdoor

    davidlewis54davidlewis54
    One of my reasons for buying Apple kit is the security it brings.  Not so that I can commit terrorist acts or abuse children but so I know my personal data is safe.

    If the UK government wants to see what is on my devices, it can ask me. If I refuse it can go to court for an order which forces me to release what the government wants to see. 

    If a backdoor is created, then it, effectively, creates a free-for-all.  There is no going back.

    It is, of course, abject nonsense that the government only wants to protect us from terrorists, they want control.  The UK has the highest amount of surveillance in the world already. 
    marklarkwatto_cobra

  • Microsoft blew $8.5 billion on Skype only to spend 14 years killing it

    davidlewis54davidlewis54
    Skype was a brilliant innovation and Microsoft effectively killed it off.  The problem I’ve had with MS software (basically Office with its various apps) is far too complicated for the average user who probably use about 1% of its capabilities. Sadly, of course, every office I’ve worked in uses Office, partly because every other office does too. 

    People build in all sorts of wholly unnecessary formatting into simple documents and, as they are passed around with other users adding more content and more different formatting the document just becomes unusable.

    Office is incredibly expensive but we’re saddled with it. I have it at home because I, effectively, have to but I paid hundreds of pounds for it and there has not been a single update.  This is because I don’t subscribe to 365.  Why should I?  If I’ve bought and paid for a product, why should I have to subscribe to updates as well?  Why should I have to provide all sorts of details to use the thing I’ve bought?  I know the answer, of course: a very nice revenue stream for MS.




    ronnwatto_cobra

  • EU's dominant music service wants Apple to be penalized for dominance

    davidlewis54davidlewis54
    As the headline says, if Spotify is the dominant provider in the EU so it can hardly complain about Apple Music dominance.

    We all have a choice which service we use so there’s no need for any external pressure.   If you want to build your company provide a reason why customers should buy from you.

    It’s just nonsense and noise and just another attempt by companies to blame Apple for their incompetence.
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