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Live From WWDC 2018: Coverage of Apple's Keynote with iOS 12, macOS 10.14, and More

I had been tempted to paste a snarky comment about how excited I am that stocks is coming to the Mac. It actually makes a bit of sense as a test bed for iOS on the Mac now though
 
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GregJohn said:
seriously?
they actually made big updates.
more importantly laid out the groundwork for thenext few years
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I understand VR and the future groundwork, but what was the huge update we can use in September? None. You understand how crappy the macOS APIs are? Now we wait for 2019?
 
Reading through this now:
  • AR - Nothing really new, works pretty much as Android has had for a while now, albeit using third party apps.
  • Photos - Search - same as I have been using with Google Photos for years now. Sharing suggestions - Google Photos has had this for a while. Proactive suggestions - again same as Google Photos
  • Siri - Ability to have any app expose shortcuts - Google Assistant, Amazon Assistant and Bixby all have this ability already. Create own shortcuts - Bixby already has this, Google Assitant and Amazon Assistant to a lesser degree.
  • iBooks/Apple Books - Nothing that Kindle and Audible don't already have a lock on
  • Apple News - Similar apps on Android, just nothing exciting.
  • Carplay supporting third party navigation - Android's equivalent has done this for a while now.
  • Do Not Disturb with no notifications - A feature that Android has had for years now.
  • App Limits - That is new, not sure how useful it is (especially since it can be bypassed), but it at least is unique.
  • Animoji - This has been on SnapChat for ages, it is just building it into the OS and some manufacturers like Samsung have done similar things
  • Group Face Time sounds an awful lot like Google Hangouts (or whatever it is called this week) to me.
  • Apple Watch - I can't really say one way or the other, I hate wearing stuff on my wrist.
  • Apple TV 4k - Dolby Atmos support is just catching up to Amazon and Roku
  • Desktop changing from morning to night - while cool, not really new, there have been plenty of options to do this and not really that useful.
  • Video Screen Capture - nice to have built in, but my guess is the third party apps that have done this will continue to be better.
  • Blocking data tracking - This should have been done from day one
So really, not much new or exciting here, Apple needs to get back to being the ones to shock the world with new ideas or at least improve on existing ones so dramatically that no one can believe they didn't think of the improvements first. I mean, after all the iPhone was not the world's first Smart Phone, Apple just made it better than everyone else, yes there were some bumps along the way, but they got there. The problem is once they got there, they stayed there while others came in and did it better and it is looking like this will be trend for Apple. At this rate, I can't see Apple having any more staying power than Windows and I don't think the outlook looks good for Windows at present.
 
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