Wesley_Hilliard

domicinator said:

I'm not sure you're much of a fan of the platform at this point -- you seem about 3/4 of the way toward it being doomed, meaning you don't believe in it anymore. Also seems like most of the Appleinsider contributing staff also isn't that into Apple anymore. Getting pretty "The Verge" around here lately, and choosing this hill to die on as far as Vision Pro feels a little weak this early on.

zeus423 said:

Wesley_Hilliard said:

9secondkox2 said:

Wesley_Hilliard said:

I deleted a comment because it was going to become the talking point of this thread and create an argument around it. We're not going to tolerate posts that suggest there's an "invasion" or violent riots in LA. Take the propaganda elsewhere.

Actions of a few individuals capitalizing on chaos to loot are not the problem. Illegal actions by the United States President against protesting citizens is the problem. Going after people working at Home Depot or attending court about their impending citizenship is the problem. Zip tying children and hiding your badge while performing inhumane actions is the problem.

Suggesting otherwise is not only offensive and stupid, it's off topic. So unless you're here to talk about Apple boarding up an Apple Store after a looting, keep it to yourself.

Moderation is to keep things in order, not to try to manipulate a viewpoint and silence other views. If you are going to push the "CNN." 'CBS," and "ABC" talking points, then you should have the "Fox," 'Sky", and "BBC" talking points to balance. Otherwise you continue to turn this place into a leftists echo chamber.  unbelievable. 

Untruths are not a point of view, regardless of which outlets share them. I'm not following CNN, CBS, or ABC. I'm following people, human beings, journalists, those on the ground showing what's happening. I'm watching reality unfold, not some viewpoint shared through a news outlet mouthpiece without evidence.

Your post was the opposite of keeping order, so it was removed. Please refrain from discussing moderation decisions in a thread. Feel free to message me or email me.

I am 100% against any kind of censorship. If we can't see or read differing opinions, then that is censorship. There was a time in our country, long before any president with a T or a B beginning their names, that we could agree to disagree. We could argue and still be friends. People are just too polarized anymore and can't handle that someone else might have a different point of view. As soon as they do, they're wrong. They're censored. You are simply continuing this wrong practice, whether you think so or not.

snookie said:

What a dumb linkbait headline devoid of fact. Meanwhile some website called apple insider posted this. 

https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/06/04/no-surprise---iphone-ipad-anchor-apples-ecosystem

According to the June 4, 2025 Consumer Intelligence Research Partners report titled "Rethinking the Apple Ecosystem," Apple customers in the 12 months ending in the March 2025 quarter overwhelmingly favorediPhones and iPads over Macs.

• 94% own an iPhone
• 78% own an iPad
• Only 36% own a Mac
• Just 30% own all three

danvm said:

Wesley_Hilliard said:

danvm said:

Wesley_Hilliard said:

ChiIrishReed said:

Mike Wuerthele said:

ChiIrishReed said:

It’s time for Tim Cook to be fired. Steve Jobs would be and is rolling over in his grave. Nothing groundbreaking or innovative has happened under Cook’s watch. I’ve been an active apple fan since 2000. Apple intelligence last year (and Siri) was nothing but false promises and vaporware starting with WWDC 2024. Apple AI this year is still woefully behind any of its competitors. Apple’s tech is behind Android features that have been out for years on other phones (and yes I know those phones are less secure and have bloatware - but that doesn’t invalidate the point) and yet Apple is selling these as new and revolutionary software updates. Tim is too cautious and these promises of a new OS every year, except some features being available later in the year (just wait customer) in an  iOS update is nothing but lies and poor product development year after year. It’s not necessary. Gone are the days when Apple was innovative and the OS actually had every feature when it was released the first time, without promises for later. Same with the hardware. Incrementalism is not only boring, it’s costing Apple its edge. What is apple working on? 

Seven years ago, still evergreen.

https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/04/25/defending-tim-cook-why-apple-remains-in-good-hands

Let me pull a select quote.

"If Steve Jobs Was Still Alive"

"If Steve Jobs were alive today" are arguments are, by their very nature, specious and ridiculous. For one thing, they're based entirely on conjecture, as no one knows exactly how someone who has been dead for close to seven years would react to a unique situation arising today, much less the adherence to Moore's Law in iPhone processors that Intel has failed to deliver for the Mac. It's an argument that's impossible to prove and equally impossible to refute.

For another, these arguments implicitly invoke a fictitious, idealized version of Steve Jobs who always did everything right and never made mistakes or became embroiled in crises at Apple — one bearing virtually no resemblance to the actual Steve Jobs.

Ok. Delete the sentence about Steve Jobs and look at the rest of the comment. Where is the lie about Siri, about AI, about Apple being behind and promoting vaporware and not having anything complete issued at roll out time? 

Your comments read like a Samsung fan in a forum circa 2014. They're tired, old arguments that never prove true. Siri still works in its core competencies and sucks greatly at things outside of those, and Apple promised an update that didn't arrive. That's annoying, but it's one feature out of a dozen that shipped in 2024/2025. There was never vaporware, just hallucinating AI that had a higher-than-desired miss rate.

Google and OpenAI might be okay with 30% or greater fail rates, but not Apple. Apple's focus on incremental updates and products that actually enhance a user's life are what sets it apart. Cook's reluctance and ability to step back and rethink shows why he's an excellent CEO in a world where Humane and the Cybertruck exist.

I'd also love to know where Android is ahead, specifically. To my eye that OS has languished over the past six years or so in favor of announcing party tricks that never ship. Or is Google's graveyard of PR ploys a figment of my imagination?

And what was Apple doing in leaps and bounds before that it isn't doing now? Other than releasing a new product line twice a decade, where exactly has Apple ever moved fast, broke things, and came out ahead of the competition other than privacy and security? Apple is good because it is cautious. I don't understand people's drive to change that.

Could we say that Apple is also OK with the 30% fail rates of OpenAI, considering how they integrate ChatGPT with iOS 26? If it's so bad as you think, why Apple is integrating with it?  

Should Apple be concerned when Google tells you to put glue on pizza or when Amazon sells you a scam product? ChatGPT isn't an Apple product, it is a service heavily labeled as such that exists outside of Apple Intelligence. It is also siloed in a way that should keep hallucinations to a reasonable level. The chatbot isn't available when using ChatGPT via Siri; the session ends the second you close the active dialogue.

Though that doesn't mean the implementation is fool proof. Visual Intelligence via ChatGPT called Mario Kart World a fan-made game and didn't know what the Switch 2 was in the photo. 

Apple made an agreement to make Google Search the default engine in all Apple devices and also said Google Search was the best search engine.  

Apple CEO Tim Cook says this is the best search engine out there - Fast Company

I think they should be concerned when a service like Google Search, that they integrated in their devices, do not perform well. Apple also made partnership with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT in their devices becasue they think is the best AI service for their devices, even with the 30% failure rate you mentioned.  Are you saying that integrating ChatGPT was a mistake?