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  • Apple is right to ditch folding iPad plans in favor of the iPhone Fold

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    Honestly they should just ditch both...folding phones is such a gimmick. Unless they can provide actual value to it folding that isn't a gimmick I just don't see the point. Focus on doing something of actual value for future phones. 
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  • Apple plans low-cost MacBook based on iPhone processor

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    Seems like they could just put an M1 in it if they wanted a cheaper Mac....What I don't want to see if Apple start this race to the bottom with "cheap" devices. Apple is a premium brand and should be treated as such. They may be pricing some people out but that's just how it goes. I can't afford a BMW or Mercedes Benz but that doesn't mean they should be making $25,000 BMW's or Mercedes Benz's. It just cheapens the brand in the end. 

    That being said if they can keep quality up and use some older SoC's such as the M1 then why not? They make a $500 Mac mini that seems to be good quality however making a $500 Mac mini is a lot different than making a $500-600 MacBook as it has a keyboard/mouse, and screen. 

    I could see this being popular in K-12/College education. Sorta like the eMac of its time, only a laptop instead of a desktop. 
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  • Apple just bought another Bay Area campus for $350 million

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    MassiveAttack said:
    bonobob said:
    MassiveAttack said:
    Apple should build data centers as Apple has committed. 

    Apple should build data centers centers when they need them. 
    I am sure they are going to need them since they want to strive for on-device AI. 
    But..Yeah..Apple is always late.

    Very bone headed comment since they're specifically working to achieve "on device" AI. The entire purpose of what they're working on is avoiding using servers for AI.

    And I'm so sick and tired of hearing Apple is always late to things. Who friggin' cares who did something first. First doesn't mean anything if it's a shit product (which is usually is because you rushed it to market just to say I'm first). It doesn't matter who did it first, it matters who did it better in the end. 
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  • If you were underwhelmed by WWDC 2025, you're not alone

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    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? 
    I love asking this question when someone says Tim Cook needs to be fired...then who would be a better CEO for the biggest tech company in the world? Who would do a better job? I asked this every single time someone says Tim needs to be fired and nobody ever responds to this. And don't give me this BS response of well anyone would be better than Tim Cook either. 

    And saying that nothing innovative under Tim has happened is absolutely untrue. Not even remotely true. And people seem to forget the days when Apple did very incremental updates to its Mac lineup back in the G3 and G4 days (even the G5 days for that matter), with sometimes the outgoing model being faster than the new model. And it's not like there weren't failures under Steve Jobs but I guess people want to forget about that. 
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  • If you were underwhelmed by WWDC 2025, you're not alone

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    randominternetperson said:
    No offense, but are you a developer?  It's a developer conference where developers are introduced to new capabilities introduced in the new OSes.

    You can't judge a conference by its keynote.

    It's possible that the conference is ultimately "underwhelming," but its the conference attendees who will decide that.

    And it's day 2 of a 5-day conference!
    I agree and I also think people have unrealistic expectations too. They have these ideas in their heads of what they think Apple should do and when Apple doesn't do it then everything announced is worthless and the Keynote is underwhelming. 
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