First Impressions of Photos for OS X: 'Vast Improvement' Over iPhoto

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Exactly and wow, that article really came timely.

All of this makes me quite sad.
It'll bite them, professionals have a lot of influence all around, they try to exchange us with celebrities, models and other weird promotions, stuff that "you know who" would have never aspired for.
And just because "you know who" said not to ponder about what he'd do, doesn't make Apple's current actions any less awful.

And what's sad about the celebrity endorsement model (besides how it is so fleeting) is just how utterly transparent it is, through all of those Samsung product endorsements of the past few years ... where it was quickly discovered that said celebrity made the tweet from their iPhone (instead of the smartphone they were 'endorsing'): it reveals itself immediately as duplicitous and merely about money.

...what I really don't like is this new focus on profits, holding back your own features and spreading them thin, rushing software out the door, upselling left and right, ... what they lose is the trust that Apple has the tradition of providing a complete out-of-the-box experience...

I can sell understand their interest in making money and don't begrudge them (too much) for it - - but Apple has repeatedly been shooting themselves in the foot when they then ship shoddy products that are an even poorer value to the consumer: the list of poor execution (Apple Maps, Final Cut X, iPhoto/Photos ... etc) is simply getting too long.

....hate to be so cynic about Apple and their little games make me spend much less on their products, because I just don't feel the magic anymore....I see more value in adding an SSD than getting a new Mac.

Exactly the crux of the challenge they face, and also precisely why I didn't jump on upgrading to Yosemite last year: the answer to the question of "..but how does this change benefit my workflow productivity?..." was simply not even close to compelling.

My iPhone 5 is quite mature by now and I'd be ready for a new one, but I'm holding out. At this point I'll just rock it till it dies or isn't compatible with the latest iOS anymore.

And similarly, of the six (6) iOS devices we have in the household right now, not only have none of them been upgraded to iOS 9 yet, I'm not even sure I see any compelling reason to do so. Maybe for ad blocking .. so just hat is this saying about Apple's clarity of message?