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How the new Apple Invites app works, and when you want to use it
It's not a subscription, at least you're not paying a subscription solely for the use of this app. It's an added feature for iCloud+ users, which should be pretty much everyone at this point when the 5GB free tier is terrible.dewme said:
I don't see any hate here, it's just people expressing their current opinions for what appears at first glance to be a niche application tailored to a niche audience. As critical thinkers we always have the ability to change our opinions based on new information and feedback from actual users. I feel that Apple and many other companies in the same markets are grasping at way to generate excitement for mature products that are already at an amazing level of refinement. The promise of AI is generating a lot of buzz everywhere, but they're still pushing too hard on selling the technology rather than selling the real, consequential benefits that these ubiquitous extensions to our everyday life actually deliver. Every time I hear AI or Apple Intelligence I want to block it out because it's only the features and functionality that really matter. Some of the things that are being stitched together seam like they are demos or parlor tricks just to show off the technology, which in my mind makes them disposable toys. It's perfectly fine to question "Why did they bother building this?" and especially when it's a subscription.Wesley Hilliard said:Well, I'm not sure why there's so much hate, but I for one really like this app. It looks like it'll be a great repository for events over time. Scroll back to previous events and see the information, who attended, photos, and the Apple Music album.I like how it joins several Apple properties into one place, operates through iMessage and Mail, and utilizes Calendar, Weather, Apple Music, Contacts, and Photos. Pretty solid for a version one. I hope we get the ability to add events to our Apple Journal.
Why build it? I think it's a proof of concept like Freeform, Journal, and other apps Apple made in recent years to provide functions tied to its ecosystem while giving developers live examples of how to tie it all together. There's also the fact that other event planning tools are likely tied to Facebook events or suck up user data.
This didn't seem like an AI grab or anything, it's one feature of many that happens to include Image Playground.By hate, I mean "this sucks" and "it's horrible" and the general negative reception of the forum members that commented above me. It's their opinions and that's fine, I don't care that they don't like it, I was just surprised by the cynicism and urgency of that dislike in their commentary. And I don't think this is meant to be some kind of desperate attempt to improve the attractiveness of iPhone or a new bragging point during a conference call. It's not that serious.I think this could be a really neat app. I already put together a Super Bowl party invite and it's really slick. I like the idea of having a place where I can generate shared playlists and photo albums for specific events and people, all while giving others each access. It removes complications from a lot of aspects of this from the invite system to the features involved. Even the integration with Weather is a nice bonus.The negativity here was also surprising because I saw a lot of similar minded people on Bluesky, Mastodon, and other tech publications stating their excitement for the app. This is the only place I saw the outright negativity and rejection. That's all.
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How the new Apple Invites app works, and when you want to use it
Well, I'm not sure why there's so much hate, but I for one really like this app. It looks like it'll be a great repository for events over time. Scroll back to previous events and see the information, who attended, photos, and the Apple Music album.I like how it joins several Apple properties into one place, operates through iMessage and Mail, and utilizes Calendar, Weather, Apple Music, Contacts, and Photos. Pretty solid for a version one. I hope we get the ability to add events to our Apple Journal.
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Apple may be considering a restart of advertising on X
That's not what freedom of speech is.libertyandfree said:
Based on your comments I must assume you are of those “tolerant” liberals. Freedom of speech means you have the freedom to be offended,deal with it since it’s in the US Constitution.darbus69 said:not on X and will never go back, anyone who associates with the raciest moron that is the OrangeBobaFett (sorry BF) won’t see a penny or a glance from me…
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Apple may be considering a restart of advertising on X
I'm not sure because you're implying that trans women aren't women? Or am I misunderstanding you?yconner said:
I'm wondering if you actually read what I said, even if you change from one gender to another or in this case one sex to another there's still are two sexes, even if you're non-binary there are two sexes, even if you were born with components of both there are two sexes, so I'm really not sure what we are both debating here because I actually think we both agreeWesley Hilliard said:
This is where things get tricky, what you've attributed to opinion is actually well known scientific fact. Science shows that throughout human history, animal evolution, and every observation of sex versus gender, that transgender/transsexuality is actually something that exists all over the animal kingdom. In birds, amphibians, insects, and yes, even humans.yconner said:Wesley Hilliard said:
It's the truth. If there's anything here that is incorrect, please feel free to email us and let us know. X is a controversial platform and Musk is a controversial figure. Apple considering bringing back advertising to the platform is heavily dependent on what's going on with the platform and the owner. It is all relevant and not a "hit piece" or "political diatribe."Calvinator said:I thought Apple Insider was asking its posters to refrain from political commentary. Then comes this hit piece, ostensibly regarding Apple considering advertising on X, and quickly launching into political diatribe. Come on, you can do better.We don't shy away from the truth at AppleInsider. We hope our readers do the same.
Of course by politically neutral you mean left-wing, when you say anti-transgender views if you wanted to say the truth you could have said controversial views on transgender issues, it's not anti-transgender whatsoever to say a man is a man and a woman's is a woman, it's an opinion so fact doesn't come into this whatsoever, I suppose my point is that as much as I completely disagree with Elon Musk, I could provide you with several examples where appleInsider just gets it wrong politically, especially when it comes to cover the UK, that aside you guys do great work and I try to ignore the unconscious bias that you guys clearly haveFor example, there are cases where people are born intersex where they have attributes of both male and female sex organs. The idea that "there can only be two" excludes this entire group of people that definitely exist.
Doctors that feared that leaving a child born intersex would lead to social stigma and ostracism performed surgeries to assign them one sex or the other. Never giving that child a choice, and often, not even telling the parents it happened, and it still occurs today. Then if that child grows up feeling they are a gender that isn't represented by their sex, what do you call that?
Being transgender is quite rare (like less than a half of a percent) but it has existed in humanity since homo sapian took its first step. All these people have ever asked is to be allowed to exist. Science supports their existence. And science overwhelmingly states all they need is for us to accept them and call them by what they request, and let the doctors help them achieve their chosen presentation of that gender.
Calling trans people an opinion, an anomaly, or something that needs to be corrected is no different than saying vaccines cause autism. It is ignoring science, ignoring fact, and politicizing an entire group of people that just want to exist in peace.
There is only one group of people politicizing their existence, and it isn't the left.
Our "unconscious bias" as you call it is towards science, compassion, and in my case specifically, believing as a Christian that it is our job to love everyone and leave the judgment to God.
Your opinion is wrong. Facts prove that. Telling someone they are a man or a woman because it is your opinion changes nothing. That person is what they are because they know themselves, not because of some unnecessary binary modern society placed on sex.
The idea that there are only two genders and trans people don't exist is actually quite a new idea brought about by Christian puritan colonizers that erased most of the cultures around the world that believed otherwise. One of the first people targeted by Hitler in his rise to power were those that didn't conform with the puritan view of sex or gender. There's a reason why these "opinions" are tied to right wing politics and extremism.
But I'm glad you enjoy our writing even if you don't agree with the science or facts around trans issues. Being anti-trans is being anti-human and anti-science. It's quite simple.
I'm talking about separating gender from sex, that gender identity isn't tied to physical attributes. That man, woman, nonbinary, and everything in between are all valid identities. And if a person assigned female at birth realizes they are a male and transitions, then they are a man, full stop. Trans men are men. Trans women are women. Trans rights are human rights.
if you agree then we agree. It's not "left-wing" it's just common sense.
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Apple may be considering a restart of advertising on X
Large? Maybe. Growing? Doubtful, especially with millions going to Bluesky and Threads. Even if it is gaining users over time, I doubt it's made up for that loss yet, if it ever will.davgreg said:
I think that might be seen differently by many.Mike Wuerthele said:
There's no "political diatribe" in this piece, and it is, in fact, very neutral.Calvinator said:I thought Apple Insider was asking its posters to refrain from political commentary. Then comes this hit piece, ostensibly regarding Apple considering advertising on X, and quickly launching into political diatribe. Come on, you can do better.
The simple fact of the matter is that Apple is in business and X has a very large and growing worldwide audience.I don't see much of a future for X, especially if it's "barely breaking even."
