Actually Google I/O tickets are done by lottery as well. They have been for about 4 or 5 years now.
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Apple Announces WWDC 2017 Takes Place June 5-9 in San Jose
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Actually Google I/O tickets are done by lottery as well. They have been for about 4 or 5 years now.
Honestly, reads like "...and so today we are ditching "i" products and launching a new communal line. Our first product, "kumbaya," the world's first LSD for LCDs. It's truly magical.
Looks to me more like a political statement with all the diversity stuff.
No doubt tech geeks that would come to SF for alt conferences and events are bummed. John Gruber said the last time WWDC was in San Jose it was boring.
Heck, we'll be lucky if we get 2016 iMacs by then. I don't expect the 2017 models until 2018.
It's a week long event if I remember correctly. Also there is alot more than the opening keynote that most of us will watch online.
This is from Apples WWDC invite:
n addition to the keynote address, get-togethers, sessions and labs for developers, Apple is working with the city of San Jose and local businesses to celebrate the return of WWDC with very special experiences around San Jose throughout the week.
Wouldn't surprise me if they throw up some stages and invite a bunch of hip artists and say the whole thing is an Apple Music / Beats1 collaboration.
We're going to see an iOS 11 preview but they won't show things for the next iPhone so the interesting version will be 11.2 probably. Or they throw in alot of new stuff for iPad and it is still interesting..
It's all the people waiting in vain for an updated Mac Pro…
Not as much as you'd think. You'd be surprised how expensive it is to rent a facility, pay people to manage the events and cook/serve/cleanup. Then you have the special activities these types of events do and the free swag and food. Add in the time lost having employees go and do sessions or help. It probably barely pays for itself with just a bit left over.
To put things in perspective:
Apple is for the birds!
if we believe some posters on MR.
Guys you heard it here first ...
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Advanced screening to Planet of the Apps
No, it's an average/typical cost for a developer conference. In fact, I'd call it a bit on the cheaper side.
If Apple truly believed in an event that moved the world forward, the WWDC conference would be 95% subsidized by Apple (i.e. almost free to attend) and all places would be merit based for the most promising developers to attend just like the best academic conferences are organized. Purely this is a cash making and hysteria inducing event for Apple. Each year they have become less technical and more like fairly floss, high in sugar.
That is total idealistic baloney. If car makers truly believed that their vehicles are awesome they should subsidize it 95%. If doctors really believed they are making a difference they should only charge 5%. If you believe you're making a difference in the world you should ask for 5% of what you would ask for in compensation.
You are completely wrong on every account.
Business people need approvals from their company to spend the money to go. They need to book hotel rooms and flights. All this takes time.
A ticket to a concert is $100 for 4 hours. This event is 8 hours a day for 5 days. Equivalent to 10 'concerts' in length. Plus you get access to the smartest people in Apple that you wouldn't get access to in any other way. And these people can personally help you sell an app you created, making you thousands of dollars, where without their help in understanding what is wrong, you might languish for another month figuring it out yourself without help.
You don't have a clue as to what this event is, so you knee-jerk and that's why you think it's overpriced and a profit maker for Apple.