But they did lie and based their iPhone marketing on the lie. **** their grace. Anyone who has experienced the limited evolution of Siri should have known that Apple could not deliver on its AI promises in 2024 or 2025. I've seen no evidence that they can deliver in 2026 as well.
Me thinks you know not the meaning of political in my comment. T word isn’t allowed here now😏
What company doesn’t? If you don’t like the company and how they do business then quit buying their goods and services. JObs started this eons ago and everyone is still complaining.
What if he likes (like me) Apple's products but doesn't like (like me) Apple's anticompetitive behavior and unprecedented greed?
It's not even a promise; it's a lie. The feature will be delayed for at least 18 months when it's released, and will likely not be available for the iPhone 16 because of the 8 GB RAM instead of 12 GB in the 17.
I don’t belong to any cult to know the other meaning. Definetly not John Gruber cult of bitterness.
Yes, absolutely. I don’t think they should be promoting shoddy, half-baked software and basing their marketing campaigns around it. And when there’s no live demo, just a polished concept video, followed by a full-on ad campaign that later gets pulled, that’s not just a timeline slip. That’s calculated hype, especially when they're clearly trying to catch up in the AI race.
I understand the frustration with Siri — It is the worst Apple product experience I’ve had, largely because of its inconsistency, as well as Apple setting high expectations with Personalized Siri and then completely flubbing it. However, I’m not prepared to accuse them of lying because the people involved have earned my respect as serious professionals and decent human beings and I’m inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt. I know others feel different so I’m only speaking for myself.
Valid points that I completely agree with. You’ve just demonstrated that there’s a way to state disappointment with someone failing to meet a commitment without resorting to calling them a liar. An experienced writer like Gruber knows how to do this, but instead chose to accuse specific Apple leaders of lying. That is not factual. It’s opinion. And that opinion spoke volumes of what Gruber thinks about people he’s had a decades relationship with. Choosing not to grant Gruber the privilege of an 11th year of WWDC interviews was not petty — it was an act of self respect.
Please look at Federico Viticci’s criticism of Apple over the years — it’s been consistent and sometimes grating, but it never crossed the line to becoming personal or vulgar. Federico was granted a wwdc interview, Gruber wasn’t. Do the math.
Well said. And a great example of sticking to the facts and avoiding personal attacks while expressing a very critical perspective. Gruber could have done the same thing, but chose to cross the line and make it unnecessarily personal and ugly.
And he was granted a wwdc 25 interview. So, my math says criticism does not equal no interview.
