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Apple's Craig Federighi Talks iOS 15 and macOS Monterey With YouTubers
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Exactly... almost all of the Apple tech youtube community turned on them after WWDC.... maybe they will pay attention and that is a wake up call.
Well, it seems you also believe the iPad is severely lacking, right?
Not really worth watching them. These guys obviously want to be prestiged by Apple. Basic stuff that everybody knows. Nobody put Craig to the test.
I don't know what you're talking about. There is split screen, there are interactive widgets, and the multitasking improvements are great.
One of the biggest issues with iPadOS was, IMHO, tackled this week.
I don't think they screen questions, but there is an understanding that if you ask questions they're not into, you're not gonna get meaningful answers, and you risk not being permitted another interview.
It is a PR interview. They're not public figures who want to win re-election.
These are becoming the equivalent of softball political interviews. Never any push back in fear of being dethroned by Apple as an “elite influencer”
We don't need Apple to generate responses that don't answer the question.
Just because we can implement a feature doesn't mean it's the right decision to do so. We could make an OS that uses more resources, but think our customers are going to be surprised how well the free iPad OS update runs on their existing devices.
There are a lot of ways to implement multitasking features, but we don't think anyone has gotten it perfect yet. Our newest OS's build on what we have learned from previous releases, and we think it will be the most intuitive OS release ever.
While the code-base may be similar how people use the devices differ significantly. We wanted to ensure features were implemented for the device they would be used on. We know people are eager to use features they are familiar with on iPhone with their iPad, and we are excited to see what amazing things developers create with the new OS tools.
At Apple we constantly ask ourselves, what can we add to this market? If we can't do better than what already exists then we don't release anything. Right now there are a lot of really well-designed iPad OS calculator apps.
The concept of the computer has changed a lot since the iPad first launched.
Thunderbolt is a magical technology that for many is the evolution of what USB hoped to accomplish. We work with hundreds of hardware partners to build devices that work best with Apple hardware. Compared to other protocols Thunderbolt is still relatively bleeding edge, and as a result hardware manufacturers are still learning how to get the most out of their products. We believe Thunderbolt is a gamechanger and are proud it's currently available on so many Apple Devices.
I don't think the interviews imply there is something wrong with the software. Apple has been doing interviews for years. This is an excellent way to get free publicity for Apple and at the same time, possibly gain new Apple users.
If you look at all these videos, it's Apple that recorded the interview with some special Facetime software (or maybe thats what Facetime in Monterery looks like, no clue). There's a "ME" icon under Craig so I suppose they had the upper hand there.
Perhaps somebody should have asked him the following…
1: Why are you purposely restricting some features in Monterey for people still on Intel machines. I know somebody who has spent £30k only months ago on a Mac Pro for work. What possible reason could there be to restrict? The Mac Pro processors and gpus are more than powerful to do what the Apple silicon can for them features.
2: Why do they keep quoting the line “we just want to build the best things” when they don’t allow an Apple Watch to sync with an iPad or Mac so people that don’t use a phone very much, can still have a cellular watch.
3: Why do they charge such obscene amounts of money for ram? They don’t allow people to add it themselves on Apple silicon. Blatantly ripping people off by putting in 8GB, when they know most will want more, is just a crap move.
4: Why are we still stuck with low res webcams? There is not a single excuse for doing this apart from cheaping out and maximising profit. They could easily put an iPhone 12 Pro Max front facing camera in and I bet it wouldn’t cost that much more money due to economies of scale as they must buy millions of them for the phones.
5: Why do they keep on bringing a new operating system for the Mac, phone, iPad, tv etc every year? Just in the music industry alone, I know lots of producers that are on 3/4yr old os’s as plugins take a long time to update. Catalina was an abomination for compatibility. Big sur hasn’t been much better. Just change to every 2yrs and give people a chance to actually enjoy the new os.
1: Why are you purposely restricting some features in Monterey for people still on Intel machines. I know somebody who has spent £30k only months ago on a Mac Pro for work. What possible reason could there be to restrict? The Mac Pro processors and gpus are more than powerful to do what the Apple silicon can for them features.
2: Why do they keep quoting the line “we just want to build the best things” when they don’t allow an Apple Watch to sync with an iPad or Mac so people that don’t use a phone very much, can still have a cellular watch.
3: Why do they charge such obscene amounts of money for ram? They don’t allow people to add it themselves on Apple silicon. Blatantly ripping people off by putting in 8GB, when they know most will want more, is just a crap move.
4: Why are we still stuck with low res webcams? There is not a single excuse for doing this apart from cheaping out and maximising profit. They could easily put an iPhone 12 Pro Max front facing camera in and I bet it wouldn’t cost that much more money due to economies of scale as they must buy millions of them for the phones.
5: Why do they keep on bringing a new operating system for the Mac, phone, iPad, tv etc every year? Just in the music industry alone, I know lots of producers that are on 3/4yr old os’s as plugins take a long time to update. Catalina was an abomination for compatibility. Big sur hasn’t been much better. Just change to every 2yrs and give people a chance to actually enjoy the new os.
If anyone suddenly became an Apple user because of these interviews, they could possibly be the most gullible people on the planet.
A step of many to get to the goal. You you don't see or think these things are unnecessary, that doesn't mean they are.
Did anyone notice Federighi had to push the AirPods Pro in a couple times? Would really bug me to have to do that all the time.
thats the reason i've never considered paying $200 for wireless ear buds.....
I could never get their original wired ear buds to stay in my ears
Craig also spoke to a Japanese YouTuber, and you get to hear him speak Japanese
I think it's more of not knowing the history of MacOS that puts them at a disadvantage. I'm guessing most of these YouTubers haven't been around for more than 5 WWDC's.
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I have to do that when I wear my AirPods Pro after the first time or when my ears are sWeaty
Spot on! Context matters. And nice that Federighi spent some time with casual/not-well-known YouTube hosts.
Funny seeing some here believe the above casual YouTube hosts should be adopting a Mike Wallace hard-hitting approach to interviewing an adversary intent on hiding some kind of illegal behavior, slinging what they perceive are aspects about how iOS (in their opinion) is severely lacking, trying to snare Federighi in a gotcha moment.
Yeah, that's going to work out really well.
Craig should be the CEO. He has great presentation and social skills, seems friendly and approachable to everyone, and has an infectiously positive attitude.
No surprises on the questions as they know they want to keep getting those hand outs
Still Craig is awesome though
Still Craig is awesome though
Pretty much. I keep seeing people mentioning mkhbhd or something. Never heard of this guy. Couldn’t find anything written by him. So had to force myself to watch YouTube of all things for a few minutes. I don’t get it. Looks like a kid. Has no professional experience. Why would anyone take this guy, his idiot reviews or his thoughts seriously? He’s clueless. It’s a sad state to see anyone following these idiots on YouTube.