How did you come to this conclusion from Apple asking for feedback and giving out likely meaningless points for it?
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Apple Intelligence Beta Users Invited to 'Rate Your Experiences' and Earn Points
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I love that they're including this kind of feedback functionality, but based on my experience with Apple Intelligence so far, they're not going to love what I have to say (that new border animation is super nice though).
That’s exactly what a beta is for. Companies want to know what‘s good and what isn’t so good. If they get a lot of feedback that some feature stinks, they’ll revise it in some way. I’m not impressed myself with Mail priorities, but maybe feedback on that will get Apple to de-emphasize those.
Like people might want to contribute to improving it, and get their score high. Not sure what's confusing.
"Well it's money that's made just for the park... And it works just like regular money, but it's, er..."fun"."
One of the greatest episodes. Pure gold!
But yeah, let's see what we can get for the points earned.
Mac memory upgrade. Instead of 8GB -> 16GB being a $200 upgrade, you'll get $10 off for every 1000 points with max discount of $50
You must not have read these articles. No Apple Intelligence in Europe or China (and who knows what other markets) when iPhone 16 and iOS 18 are released in less than 2 months time.
- Apple Intelligence Features Not Coming to European Union at Launch
- Apple Seeks AI Partner for Apple Intelligence in China
Apple Intelligence not even ready for a September roll out in the U.S. when iPhone 16 and iOS 18 are released, so they're being delayed until October.
- Report: Apple Intelligence Delayed to iOS 18.1 in October
Other Apple Intelligence features not ready until 2025.
- iOS 18: These Apple Intelligence Features Won't Be Ready Until 2025
Why the delays? Probably because...
- How Apple Fell Behind in the AI Arms Race
You can flag something as positive by giving it a "Thumbs Up"
In the new section, users are asked to "thumbs up" or "thumbs down" recent generated content to indicate their level of satisfaction with the results. If the "experience" shown was not good, users are invited to optionally offer more details for submission to Apple. This can be done by choosing from pre-defined feedback presented as a checkmark list, and by providing additional typed information for context.
Such reaches. Apple was fairly clear that some features wouldn’t be day 1 iOS 18 with new hardware.
Indeed, bought a 16gb DDR4 sodimm for my Synology a few days ago for $33...
I paid A LOT more than when I specced my Air from 8gb to 16gb.
Thanks for giving Apple feedback. I'm sure it will be appreciated, and for sure doesn't need to be loved if the feedback is helpful/useful.
That's what Beta testing is about. It's not supposed to be ready for release yet. User feedback is needed.
I'm curious... what did you have to say about it?
You will be able to turn the AI off with a regular ON/OFF switch. 🖐️
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I don't discount the articles, but I'm unclear what relation they have to the question I asked that poster. Most Apple news posted on this site is met with such hostility and negativity that it becomes miserable to read it.
You want me to believe that the reason some AI features are not being made available on day 1 and are being pushed out to 2025 is not because Apple is behind on AI? 🤣
Oh, I know... Apple doesn't want to roll out all their AI features at once so as to not overwhelm and confuse the user with all the new iOS 18 features. 😂
I haven't heard about this new business strategy where a company delays a new product launch even though it's ready.
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What are the points for? Why put it in the headline of the article if you're not going to explain it lmao. Am I crazy?
Because Apple hasn’t explained what the points are for. If Apple hasn’t said if the points are for anything, how would the writer of the article have that information?
The reading comprehension on this site is routinely the worst of any I visit. It's insane.
Closely related to "Shill Points" earned by YouTube influencers pumping everything Apple dumps out