The ad business is lucrative, but it's effectively capped at 1-1.5% the world's GDP (and has been every year since 1925).Apple trying to create their own search engine so they can collect user data and eventually show users ads. I see what you're up to.
Apple has realized how lucrative the ad business can be
it's youis it me or is Siri suggestions and search on iPhone getting Worse?
I mean if I type in MAIL the top hit is (Peter - Private Mail). Peter stoped working in my company about 2 years ago and I have not even looked at his contact since that time.
Also WHY is Apple Music starting every time I tap play on my AirPods ???
I have not used Apple Music in let's say 5 years (not on purpose that is).
So I have my Mofibo /storrytell app open, I Pause it then 5 min later in the hope it will resume when I Press the headphone, Apple Music starts..... it's about a 50/50 chance I get Apple Music, an app I have not opened in 5 years and then the other option the app I HAVE open and I use for about 2 hours EVERY day, and is just on pause... how hard can that be ?
or is it Apple trying to force me into Apple Music until I buy - if so I hope the thet sued in the EU, for favouring their own app. (that is not even a competitor to MOFIBO , that is only audiobooks)
Tim Cook is this super-boring, ultra-competent guy you trust to keep the business running in the best possible shape, and that just doesn't make for exciting tech-related news, so of course the media has to try and spin things in the worst possible light somehow in a bid to generate clicks and views.I find it pretty funny that for all the people complaining about how Tim Cook does his job, Apple seems the most stable of its peers. Some are going to say that it’s because they act like a monopoly. Well, Google gets labeled as a monopoly. Microsoft is just as big and is entrenched. They all have varying degrees of issues.
This stuff is hard and no matter what, imperfect. Jobs, “the product genius”, was imperfect as well. Apple will need to do what it needs to do to keep the business stable.
Ultimately, I could care less about these companies. I’m more concerned with the employees getting laid off right before the holidays. Apple isn’t doing it, so that’s a good sign in my book.
It’s funny that when Apple didn’t have a search engine, people were pushing for Apple to develop one to give users an alternative to Google.
Now that news breaks of Apple reportedly trying to do so, they are accused of wanting to farm our user data for themselves.
Apple just can’t win, and it goes back to my burgeoning theory about how, as Apple goes on to be more and more successful, the haters are shifting their narrative from how Apple is doomed at the hands of countless android OEMS and shrinking market share, to blasting Apple for presumably being too rich and greedy.
Anything to avoid admitting they were wrong all along, and anything to avoid giving Apple the proper credit where credit is due.
There were calls for Apple to acquire DuckDuckGo a while back. Maybe the people didn't realise that it was essentially a white-label Bing.This may just be my ignorance, but was there ever a real broad push for Apple to develop a search engine? Again, I might be wrong but this sounds like a niche priority to me.
Who knows, maybe Apple search would not be monetised at all. Maybe they find a better balance between privacy and tailored ads. Maybe not.
That's the issue. I find that a lot of the criticism here to be hating on Apple for the sake of being a contrarian, rather than for the sake of being right. And then they end up being wrong as a result. And rather than admit this, they instead choose to double down.I'm not sure we really need to paint Apple as the victim here either. Every successful company will have actual 'haters,' but that doesn't mean that there isn't legitimate criticism to be made of even commercially very successful decisions.
I see it as the difference between a fact and an opinion.Also, Apple is of course a business, but that doesn't mean that we as consumers therefore need to give them "proper credit" for decisions that limit our choices to the benefit of Apple's revenue. I understand why they do it, but I don't see why I should celebrate it.
There were calls for Apple to acquire DuckDuckGo a while back. Maybe the people didn't realise that it was essentially a white-label Bing.
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There is precedence in the form of a subscription-based search engine service, but I am not sure how popular it will be with Apple Users, though I suppose Apple could always roll it into Apple One.
That's the issue. I find that a lot of the criticism here to be hating on Apple for the sake of being a contrarian, rather than for the sake of being right. And then they end up being wrong as a result. And rather than admit this, they instead choose to double down.
I see it as the difference between a fact and an opinion.
For example, it's one thing to be unhappy over recent price hikes to Apple Music and TV+. But I also feel there is value in analysing why Apple is doing so for our own learning, rather than automatically writing everything off as "Because Apple is greedy" or making the same old tired argument that "Apple can afford to subsidise these price hikes with so much money in the bank, therefore they should do so".
I feel it's disingenuous. These are very superficial comments that frankly add little of value to the current discussion, and when everyone starts parroting the same refrain, you end up with one giant echo chamber. This basically sums up the bulk of comments here, and frankly, I do find it disappointing and frustrating.
Hate on Apple all they want. At least hate right.
The Wall Street pathology is destroying everything that was ever anything more than a cattle ranch for human meat.Another hint that Apple desperately wants to join the ad business?
If so, sad times for Apple...
It’s cancer.Apple trying to create their own search engine so they can collect user data and eventually show users ads. I see what you're up to.
Apple has realized how lucrative the ad business can be
Unfortunately, it’s unlikely for any future leadership to be immune to Wall Street pathology. This is systemic cultural disease.That is what happens when the guy in charge only cares about money and hardware supply.
The person in charge should be tech aware and understand the software supply chain. Clearly that does not exist at Apple. With services becoming more important it is time for a change.
It’s not Apple that’s doomed. At least not in this context or immediately.OMG...the sky is falling. Again, according to the experts here. Will Apple survive? Keep your pearls nearby. The Apple is doomed tsunami is coming!
Why would you want Apple to further dilute their engineering, development, testing, and quality assurance resources??Apple is already in the ad business in other ways. They are also essentially already is in the search ad business by the $15+ billion deal they have with Google. I'd rather see Apple have its own successful search engine than simply be the (default) vehicle that pushes Apple users to Google search.
I know what you meant, and good for apple they can collect on a default that can be changed and that imo happen anyway even without the transaction.
Why would you want Apple to further dilute their engineering, development, testing, and quality assurance resources??
This seems to be a pattern with Apple, doesn’t it? They want to own or claim invention of a thing (even if it’s something they’ve merely acquired), but not spend money investing actual work into said things (whether bought or created at Apple). They want to convince customers to buy the same product again & again every year, but they don’t seem to understand that this is a nonsensical/unsustainable ideology… a mentality which most of capitalists today seems to be trapped within.It's kind of sad how Apple buys these companies and then essentially lets the tech die on the vine, as evidenced by how many of the employees leave Apple soon after.
Which doesn’t make it smart. We are watching group-think, en mass, with most corporations. End stage capitalism; just like humanity destroying the environment it depends on for life.You don't, Apple do.
I don’t find Finder/Spotlight search to suck. The only criticism I have is that it doesn’t index system folders. A simple checkbox for “include system folders” would be nice for tech people, but it’s irrelevant and is added complexity for general users, and I agree with serving general users before techs.Apple search generally sucks:
Spotlight search sucks
Finder search sucks
Siri search sucks
Apple Music search sucks
AppStore search sucks
Network Share search sucks
What's left to suck?
When I search for files, I simply open the terminal and use "find ./ -iname '*filename*'" command, it's at least reliable.
True, each of us can have a different viewpoint. But it’s my opinion that when faced with a choice of search engine the dominant one would be chosen anyway.Some people feel "good for Apple" while others are disappointed that Apple has chosen to continue to make money off of pushing Safari users to Google, and contribute to Google's dominance in the search market.
It wouldn’t matter based on the above graphic. So they might as well get paid anyway.Instead of, say, taking a stand against Google's dominance and business model by making a more privacy friendly search engine the default.
Sure, but why should they? It’s not like apple is locking out any competition.Of course, that would mean having to give up many billion$.
Apparently Steve Jobs did. Mostly denial.Similar as "We are not planning of making a tablet" (circa 2003-2005) - I mean what kind of CEO publicly talks about future product plans or secret testing in such competitive market.
Yes, there are advantages as long as that one company respects me.You don't, Apple do.
I don’t care that they’re “behind” in any of this. I’m annoyed that they worsen their existing products by wasting resources on these things. It’s called “diworsification”.so Apple is behind on the apple car.
Apple is behind on AR/VR headset.
Apple is behind on search
Apple is behind on <your favorite thing here>
Apple is doomed ...
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Examples?This is such a welcome improvement. I’m all for a truly privacy focused search engine. Growing tired of hearing all these “privacy” search engines getting caught red handed.