hmurchison

There's plenty of systems that purport to do the same 

Audessy 
Dirac 
REW - Room EQ Wizard 

People don't expect miracles in speakers at $299.   HomePod simply needs to 
support the Apple ecosystem,  improve Siri and offer voice recognition and it's 
likely most people would be happy. 

maciekskontakt said:

HomeKit will never win with Amazon Alexa solution unless Apple will start developing/enabling it for Android as well. Android is majority of devices on the market around the world and that will not change to Apple advantage. I would suggest stop locking ecosystem and at least enable major development on alternative platforms. Mark my words and see what happens in 2025.

There's not going to be any winners here.  No one company is going to own the home.   HomeKit is an abstraction layer not a protocol.   It's designed to sit atop underlaying protocols like Wifi or Bluetooth and allow single app control of devices that support multiple protocols.    HomeKit then has hooks into the system to enable support from Siri etc.  It makes no sense to attempt to take it to another platform. 

It's easy to see where we're going here.   Most of the large companies are members of the Thread Group. They are actively working on software and hardware enabling IEEE standard 802.15.4 low power IP networking.   This in conjunction with the vast channel improvements of Wifi 6 (via OFDMA) is going to enable strong encryption, low power IP addressable local and cloud access protocols that will support legacy protocol like Zigbee but give us more flexibility and integration into hardware.

Look at this list of partners. https://www.threadgroup.org/thread-group#OurMembers ;

I already know where these companies are going.   No one gives two shats about Amazon or Google or Apple as they're just cogs in the wheel,  the power of a network is in stability, encryption/security and interoperability.   

Thank Gawd!   Airpower was overrated.   Wireless charging is easy and cheap yet Apple Fanboys had this irrational fixation on Airpower like it was somehow magical.   Let's move on from an idea that wasn't that stellar in the first place. 

6502 said:

hmurchison said:

randominternetperson said:

hmurchison said:

StrangeDays said:

hmurchison said:

Oprah?  LOL.    Apple TV+ sounds like it's going to be trash. 

Honestly the Apple Credit Card was the most exciting announcement.  The rest of the stuff is stuff looks standard fare  B List Actors and Directors.  
Probably just save my money and watch it grow in the Apple Wallet app.  

Can you please pass the drugs you're smoking? These were some of the most famous, most bankable directors and performers and producers.

Do y'all even watch movies or do you just read about them.   The Force Awakens was TRASH.   That's that beauty of the fanbases of Trekkies and Star Wars fans.  You can deliver a dud and you'll still get the Mercy F*** from the fans.  It's the Franchises are bankable not these "insert a Director" B-Listers 

Please provide your A list directors and actors for our reference.

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A few of these I don't recognize, but I agree with the rest.

I didn't want the list to be too crazy big but thanks for the feedback.  I'd gladly pay for the + subscription if Apple was able to build a mashup of Vimeo/YouTube.   I've gotten more value out of YT videos than any broadcast.   What does this look like? 

1.  User generated content that is curated in the beginning until a base level of quality production and content can be established. 
2.  Ability to use Apple Music audio safely without copyright strikes. 
3.  Apple Pay Cash support of artists that deliver good products 
4. Final Cut Pro,  Garage Band and Logic Pro X direct export, Table of Content generation, Subtitles and more. 
5. Social features to allow commentary and links to other videos provided they aren't flagged to prevent. 
6.  Rather than the boring sidebar and columns of thumbnails each person would have many configuration options.  Pages could be arranged to highlight some comments,  podcasts, picture gallery and more.  Each channel would resemble a webpage with some consistent UI elements for navigation and control. 

Apple was born at the intersection of liberal arts and computer science.  They've lost their way a bit.  Apple has always been about pushing the creative envelopes and empowering "us all" not just the large content distributors. 

Metriacanthosaurus said:

When the hell are we going to get a product that lets you record to local NAS?

Damn these companies and their cloud subscriptions for every little thing. I don’t want to pay them to store my doorbell videos, and I don’t want them to have access to that footage period. I swear the only reason they even make these products at all is to try and sell the cloud storage. 

Yes. With cloud only option you are paying to be the product. There are good doorbell options that record to local storage.  Hikvision makes a few. Just search for ONVIF and Doorbell for multiple options. 

https://www.hikvision.com/en/Products/Video-Intercom/Wi-Fi-Door-Bell