slurpy

What the fuck did Apple do to him? Why is he so vitriolic against them? ATV+ has shown itself to have better image quality/sound than pretty much every other streaming service out there, so that's the context he should be considering. Attacking it by comparing it so theatres is just absurd. What's the point of that comparison, and why attack Apple for it? Not Apple's fault that theatres were shut down. What a weird and misguided attack target. Also, he got paid millions for his role, so he should STFU already and take solace in that. 

riss said:

Tim Cook has hardly any right to take credit for it - he couldn’t even sell it himself during Keynote. This is a direct result of PA Semi acquisition by Apple back in 2008 that was decided by Steve. Plus he also mentioned during Intel transition keynote what OS X life expectancy was back in 2005 (22:55 into WWDC 2005). All of these pieces now came together, the only thing Cook can take credit for is balance sheet and supply chain Apple has today. Product wise this is probably last act from Steve and his ‘skating where the puck is going to be’ mindset

What a fucked up post. Even in WWDC 2020, 10 years after SJ's resignation/death, you can't even give Tim Cook a shred of credit for Apple's roadmap. Some of you have such an irrational and vitriolic hatred of Tim Cook, that you can't stand to admit that he's been doing an absolutely remarkable job the last decade after taking the helm. Apple's trajectory could have taken a MUCh different course. There have been millions of product and strategy decisions taken since SJ left, and all of them have contributed to the success of today's Apple. Stop trying to minimize and belittle the contributions of all those at Apple, especially TC, who have done incredible work by pushing Apple forward and innovating their asses off in fundamental areas that actually matter. SJ has gotten more than enough credit for what he accomplished, 10 years after he's gone, you can bear to give credit to those people who have worked their asses off in bringing you today's products. Apple today is a substantially different, and BETTER company then when SJ was around. Obviously he laid all the groundwork, but if the company had poor leadership this could have gone down the drain very, very quickly. So yes- TC and his team have EVERY right to take credit for the upcoming transition. 100% of it was planned and executed under their watch. 

The reality is that Apple is the ONLY company with a chance in hell to make a device like this even mildly popular. A face thing is so much more complicated and has more social stigma than anything in the pocket, wrist, etc. Apple needs to make a strong enough argument through features, usability, and design, in order to convince people that they want this. That's a tall order, but  I think Apple is capable of that. 

PDRPRTS said:

Been having this feeling that the new ARM Mac is the beginning of the end of the Mac as we know it and this story kind of settles it - for me - as the only way this news isnt an absolute disaster. Im thinking the new Mac is not a Mac at all. The new ARM Macs may actually be iPad-laptops gradually dropping the Mac-as-we-know-it - meaning the 'macOS'. As soon as Apple guarantees major software franchises on a new 'MacPad', it has no reason to evolve the macOS layer of OS X. What we now know as Mac may be about to go the "System 9" way (Catalina does feel as clunky as System 8). Apple would be dropping a lot, but it has dropped optical-drives, audio-jacks, Motorola, IBM, beige, etc before.. each deemed as crazy as impossible at the time.. but that is Apple - it would be dropping the mouse-based GUI !! it helped champion all these years.

Every single line of your post is insane. But the "Catalina feels as clunky as System 8" takes the absolute cake. Good job. Anyway, Steam VR is a niche within a niche. The people who used this on a mac are statistically negligible. This story does not "mean" anything, and no conclusions can be drawn from it.

My #1 request is quoting. Sometimes people send multiple unrelated things in a row. And yes, editing would be nice. Even if it was limited to like 10s after you sent the message, since you almost always notice right after sending.