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I have a generation one 4K.  It’s definitely getting long in the tooth.  Lots of issues syncing to the phone remote, apps hanging, errors, interface, lag, frequent restarts, etc.  So I may consider updating no matter what the specs at this point.   It’s still the best streaming box. 

From what I understand,  I find it extremely difficult to believe Apple will win this. It seems to be more of an intimidation tactic to shut him up. Unless they can prove he knowingly, accessed trade secrets in an unlawful way, they would have a very difficult time at trial, I think. But the point is, they have unlimited resources and he does not.  So he really can’t win.   

I don’t know a lot of people who are calling for Cook’s ouster. Then again, I’m not emotionally invested in it. I will say that Apple Intelligence is a massive failure so far. Siri has not kept up and it’s still frustrating to use to this day. But there’s no taking away the success Apple has had across the board.  Tim obviously doesn’t have Steve Jobs’ charisma or salesmanship/reality distortion field. But he’s unquestionably a better CEO for most of the skills that are required for that job at this time. Steve Jobs was perfect to come back to the company in 1997 and rescue it from near bankruptcy. Over the next 14 years, he built it into a juggernaut. And now Tim Cook has made Apple essentially the most successful company in the history of the world.  Obviously, he’s not going anywhere. 

Wesley_Hilliard said:

discountopinion said:

A better partner for Apple would be xAi with Grok. They currently appear to be iterating faster than the rest and also have a lower user base than the rest which may mean that they are more open for the massive distribution that Apple could offer.

Yeah, no. I don't see Apple working with X on anything here. It reluctantly brought back advertising to avoid additional pressure and lawsuits from the current administration. I understand there are fans of xAi that seem to ignore its psychopath leader, but I doubt Apple could trust it with anything.

Would xAi really agree to something that required it to respect user privacy and not absorb data from queries? They'd likely just break whatever promise they make and take in user data on purpose, and when they're caught, call it a "bug." It's Musk's entire playbook.

If people want to hang out at the Nazi bar and use the Nazi-endorsed AI platform, by all means, but let's be realistic here. Apple isn't touching that politically charged garbage with a ten foot pole. I mean, how can anyone take it seriously when Musk says Grok is broken when it tells the truth, asserting he's going to have it fixed so it doesn't tell the truth again later?

Just disgusting incompetence Apple needs to avoid.

I've followed this post, and what interests me is not only the content, but that it got 9 likes.   I don't engage in politics much on these forums anymore.  That said, the comments about X being a "Nazi-endorsed AI platform" were really something.   It got me thinking: 

Do people actually believe that Elon Musk is a Nazi? That he did a Hitler salute?  Or that the current admin is Nazi-esque?  Or are you just trolling here? I'm honestly asking. 

Having used Grok and ChatGPT, I can say I prefer Grok.  I've been playing with it for a while now.  No argument that it gets things wrong, of course.  A few weeks ago, I asked it a closed-end question on a subject with political implications.  The question was to quantify something....I don't recall what it was.  But it was merely a "how many X" type thing.  Grok went off on this tangent and editorialized about the political dimension of the issue.  It kept making subjective claims, and kept backing off and recalibrating when challenged.  I finally dropped a bunker buster on it, calling Grok out directly for its behavior.  I told my robot friend (what I call it) it was simply asked a factual question, but it did all of the aforementioned things.  The funny thing is....Grok surrendered.  It told me I was right and did the AI version of "man, things got crazy back there...I shouldn't have done that."   

As a conservative, who doesn’t share the views of most members in this thread, I have to say I don’t see any problem with AppleInsider covering this.