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That’s because Apple is not in the business aid harvesting people’s data to drive their overpriced AI investments.
Despite the niche use cases, the whole thing feels very much like a “fake it and hope you make it” situation.
It's not able to get to know the user with all the personal data it will already suck up?
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I never use ANY of Apple Intelligence that is on offer to me because it’s not intuitive and some available features are a complete joke (such as emoji or drawings) but I use chat GPT daily for work and personal use. I tried Gemini and meta on what’s app also … it’s painful to see Apple floating like this and can’t understand how such tech superpower is not doing anything … One day it will join the Sony the IBM league if Tim is still in place …
Hate to break it to you, Meta, but the endless flood of cute animal vids and crap ads on Facebook isn’t what I’d call personal.
Calling Apple "not cool anymore" misses the bigger picture of what real innovation and cultural influence look like today. Apple isn’t about chasing trends—it’s about setting them. It didn’t just create popular products; it redefined entire industries. The iPhone transformed communication. The Apple Watch dominates the smartwatch market. AirPods changed how we think about wireless audio. And the M-series chips are so ahead of the curve, even competitors are scrambling to catch up.
"Cool" isn’t just flashy launches or gimmicks—it’s long-term relevance, design that resonates, and tech that feels effortless. Apple still has that. Its ecosystem is unmatched, its brand loyalty is the envy of the industry, and its hardware-software integration is second to none. If that’s not cool, then the word’s lost all meaning.
Actually TALKING to tech? No thanks. I can hardly get myself to answer the phone when someone actually dares to call me
Apple's "Mother Nature" ads would like to have a word with you.
Most users don’t even realise that they need to ask themselves that question, let alone ask it.
i don't understand why the integration in apps like whatsapp don't have files/photos . just text
am I doing something wrong? the app can only be used if you have meta rayban glasses ? not just as a basic LLM?
i can only configure a device (which I don't have)
i can only configure a device (which I don't have)
For everyone in here blindly believing Apple is so private, I’m just shaking my head.
Apple is just another corporation, they use slogans to attract people, they are after only one thing no matter what:
m o n e y.
Privacy is a fundamental human right, we are carbon neutral, we are inclusive, so on and on. Ridiculous statements.
If they were so green, shut down iPhone manufacturing lines in China and India where pollution is not even a topic and where if a factory worker dies they throw him at the back of the factory and move on.
Stop shipping million of devices via air.
Shut down energy hungry data centers.
Don’t bend over backwards to the UK government.
Give us usb C charging on all devices before the European Union forces you to do so, so we don’t have trillion of cables to buy.
Include the charging brick in your box for free, if requested at the checkout by the customer, so the customer doesn’t have to buy one on Amazon, coming with a different currier that pollutes twice for the same smartphone.
If I break one AirPod let me buy a single replacement.
If I want to repair my MacBook let me do it myself at home.
The list can go on for a lot longer.
Google also started talking about their focus on privacy since they have taken notice that it worked well for Apple.
Why don’t you all trust Google too with your data?
People waiting for Apple to have privacy focused AI, it’s just another bs that Apple has thrown around to justify the fact they are immensely behind and make people think this way: oh I’m happy to wait for Apple, it takes longer to make it private and secure for their customers.
They lost the plot completely, with Federighi trying chat gpt almost a year after launch and saying he found it interesting. Unbelievable, i could understand if that statement came from my grandfather, not from the person leading Apple Software, paid million of dollars to come up with memojis and a calculator app for iPad after a decade.
macOS has never been worse, iOS is falling apart too, they have more bugs that apps in their software nowadays.
They advertise features that don’t even work properly. It’s absolutely pathetic.
The only focus is on emojis and rubbish to attract kids and teenagers to their ecosystem, so they get sucked in and stuck with it for many years to come.
Apple has completely lost it. They are not leading the tech sector any longer and they are falling behind in many key areas.
The only good thing they did in the last decade and a half is Apple silicon.
I’d happily trade that in and get an intel core duo if that means being able to run Snow Leopard on it.
Apple is just another corporation, they use slogans to attract people, they are after only one thing no matter what:
m o n e y.
Privacy is a fundamental human right, we are carbon neutral, we are inclusive, so on and on. Ridiculous statements.
If they were so green, shut down iPhone manufacturing lines in China and India where pollution is not even a topic and where if a factory worker dies they throw him at the back of the factory and move on.
Stop shipping million of devices via air.
Shut down energy hungry data centers.
Don’t bend over backwards to the UK government.
Give us usb C charging on all devices before the European Union forces you to do so, so we don’t have trillion of cables to buy.
Include the charging brick in your box for free, if requested at the checkout by the customer, so the customer doesn’t have to buy one on Amazon, coming with a different currier that pollutes twice for the same smartphone.
If I break one AirPod let me buy a single replacement.
If I want to repair my MacBook let me do it myself at home.
The list can go on for a lot longer.
Google also started talking about their focus on privacy since they have taken notice that it worked well for Apple.
Why don’t you all trust Google too with your data?
People waiting for Apple to have privacy focused AI, it’s just another bs that Apple has thrown around to justify the fact they are immensely behind and make people think this way: oh I’m happy to wait for Apple, it takes longer to make it private and secure for their customers.
They lost the plot completely, with Federighi trying chat gpt almost a year after launch and saying he found it interesting. Unbelievable, i could understand if that statement came from my grandfather, not from the person leading Apple Software, paid million of dollars to come up with memojis and a calculator app for iPad after a decade.
macOS has never been worse, iOS is falling apart too, they have more bugs that apps in their software nowadays.
They advertise features that don’t even work properly. It’s absolutely pathetic.
The only focus is on emojis and rubbish to attract kids and teenagers to their ecosystem, so they get sucked in and stuck with it for many years to come.
Apple has completely lost it. They are not leading the tech sector any longer and they are falling behind in many key areas.
The only good thing they did in the last decade and a half is Apple silicon.
I’d happily trade that in and get an intel core duo if that means being able to run Snow Leopard on it.
Voice commands to machines have been around for two decades or so, but I still find that voice should be reserved for conversations with humans or animals, even if talking is much easier than typing. A future where most talking is done to machines instead of people is quite dystopian. Instead of telling the TV to increase the volume, I prefer the volume button on the remote control.
Text also feels much more exact than voice. Text does not confuse words that sound similar and the existence of a comma can often make a big difference. Text also allows me to insert links. How is that done with voice? Text also allows be to choose my reading speed. Voice is almost always either too fast or to slow.
Voice can also be misused to identify people. Your voice is unique among billions. Like a fingerprint. That does not just include the general sound of your voice, but also the pacing of certain words. I think fingerprinting voice is easier than fingerprinting a typing pattern.
Text also feels much more exact than voice. Text does not confuse words that sound similar and the existence of a comma can often make a big difference. Text also allows me to insert links. How is that done with voice? Text also allows be to choose my reading speed. Voice is almost always either too fast or to slow.
Voice can also be misused to identify people. Your voice is unique among billions. Like a fingerprint. That does not just include the general sound of your voice, but also the pacing of certain words. I think fingerprinting voice is easier than fingerprinting a typing pattern.
Some people must be, otherwise companies would not be spending the money on them., Just think the cost to keep these AIs running and the energy they use.
People use them to make little action figures in packets of people for some strange reason, the amount of energy to do that is enormous.
do we really need as many AI services as we have got? I don't touch any of them, I have no need for them
I don't mind using voice commands for some things, like asking Alexa to turn the lights on or off, or to play some music, even asking it a question. But using it to type something, nah.
I remember years ago, I had software called IBM Via voice, I had to speak like a robot and tell it I wanted a new line, to insert a comma and everything. I also had a copy of Dragon naturally speaking, which was better, but still not great.
While voice dictation have got a lot better, I still prefer to use the keyboard.
Let be honest. We can not say Apple strategy has been bit success so far but all those third party sollutions we can see are, if I am wrong correct me, server based while Apple is trying to build private on device and it is not that same level of challenge.
Clear example is image removal tool. Apple simply remove object while other tool in fact recreate image.
What I would criticize Apple for is their RAM policy in past.
I was readind articke where they mentioned articles bellow showing that AI can not distinguish truth, so it can not think. My experience is similar. Any more logical problem is still big challenge.