Most tech in smartphones and dumb phones had the genesis somewhere else in the past. Apple didn’t invent the finger print reader, but they took that invention to a new level of innovation.
Many car customers buy the same car year after year with minor fascia changes. But we all know the phone and cars are not exactly the same and therefore it’s not the same product.
It may stop being sustainable in decades, true.
How would you see the system change?
Yes and there are trickle down benefits.
I only use Apple Maps for mapping. It works out. When I need to, I add things they’re missing, like the rail trail trailhead on my recent walk.
Example of his focus and “saying no” to things so he can say “yes” to the things that matter.
Apple needs a “Consistency Czar”. For many reasons. UI and app behavior especially. I’m REALLY resisting the urge to do a bulleted list right this moment.
I’ve been saying this for years and people just say I’m “a hater”. Nope; I’m a saddened lover.
It’s not about “which brand is superior” anymore. It’s about which brand is the least bad (or which company is the least evil). Apple still “wins” that sad little contest.
What’s left to do but swear at tech? We can’t generate better behavior by punishing it physically or by buying a “better” product; certainly not by sharing feedback with the mindless corporations selling the few (and non-distinctive) options thrust at us.Siri not listening when I say "Hey Siri" is the only part of Siri I don't have an issue with.
<rant> I have a HomePod ins reach bedroom of my house, and a set of HomeKit capable lights. They all have the name "Lights" and all rooms except my own, I can say "Turn on the lights in here" and Siri does it. But in my room, when I say "turn on the lights in here" she just responds "What room would you like to turn the lights on?" and lists all the rooms expect my room.I also found out that she does not like being cussed at and "doesn't respond to that language" </rant>
They’re just the least evil option. In an industry growing rapidly more evil, that’s not saying much.
Yes. Though I care in as much as hating that Apple wastes resources on disworsification of their product lineup.
In other words, the cancer of advertising ruined a search tool by making it into an advertising product.
Partially. I do think the siloed engineering and acquired tech is part of the issue.
There are, literally, billions of people that have never touched an Apple device. Apple biggest goal has to be to convince folks that have NEVER bought an Apple product to buy one (because the market of “people that have never bought an Apple product” has a huge upside).
Apple still makes great hardware but the software is subpar. Android has surpassed them in every possible way except privacy which is why I use Apple. But even in privacy it seems Apple is going the google’s way with all the ad business they are pushing lately. So once privacy is gone there’s really no reason to use Apple.
I would definitely use an Apple search engine focusing on privacy.
Apple’s platform of “privacy” is dubious.
gizmodo.com
I’m okay with this, as long as my data doesn’t go anywhere outside of apple. It’s not like apple doesn’t know what apps you downloaded.Apple’s platform of “privacy” is dubious.
Apple Is Tracking You Even When Its Own Privacy Settings Say It’s Not, New Research Says
An independent test suggests Apple collects data about you and your phone when its own settings promise to “disable the sharing of Device Analytics altogether.”
If all Apple’s ads are doing are showing an ad for a spreadsheet app because someone’s searching for spreadsheet apps, that’s fine. The ad being shown is not based on a detailed user history that has been built and maintained over weeks. It’s just a dumb “Oh, searching for pet apps? Some companies have paid me some money to show you these other pet apps you might like”.