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Siri Offers Witty Responses to Users Asking About WWDC Announcements

I don't know why people get excited for WWDC anymore.

Back when Apple used to release info about new iPhone's coming in June (before they moved it to Oct and Sep), it was an exciting event to look forward to. Now with Tim Cook's Apple and the combination of just some minor software tweaks, this event is barely exciting at all.
 
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Benjamin Frost said:
Hey Siri, "What's coming at WWDC?"

"Tim Cook is announcing his resignation. Let the celebrations begin!"
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Yeah, yeah... we get it: to you Tim Cook sucks; Steve Jobs was infallible.
Well, maybe not "infallible"; because he DID hand pick Tim & presumably groomed him a bit at some point during the 13 years that he worked there.
I'm sure you have some other ideas of Apple employees that have longevity with the company, understand the culture, knew & were mentored by Steve, and have the respect of the other senior staff, to put forth that would be an even better CEO, yeah??
 
Mactendo said:
Phil Schiller could be a good replacement.
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Unfortunately, the COO is usually the person that is next in line to be CEO, and the guy is Jeff Williams who tagged along with Cook to Asia recently. Not sure about Phil. He does'nt seem to be the right guy to run Apple and is too much of a defensive loud mouth.

I don't think any of the VPs are right, except for Craig who comes close ( might not be perfect but at least he's far better in engaging the audience in keynotes and doesn't screw around on stage like Cue ).

Musk is not the answer and would be too busy running Tesla. Clamoring to buy Tesla out isn't the answer as it shows weakness. It would have to be someone else from the outside to put on jackboots to kick their behinds to get moving.
 
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American Hero said:
I don't know why people get excited for WWDC anymore.

Back when Apple used to release info about new iPhone's coming in June (before they moved it to Oct and Sep), it was an exciting event to look forward to. Now with Tim Cook's Apple and the combination of just some minor software tweaks, this event is barely exciting at all.
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People are still excited about WWDC because they still believe that WWDC announcements will magically solve all their problems that they have with Apple devices and services. That's nothing more than magical thinking but you can't blame them because that's exactly how Apple wants you to see these events as.
 
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Tycho24 said:
Yeah, yeah... we get it: to you Tim Cook sucks; Steve Jobs was infallible.
Well, maybe not "infallible"; because he DID hand pick Tim & presumably groomed him a bit at some point during the 13 years that he worked there.
I'm sure you have some other ideas of Apple employees that have longevity with the company, understand the culture, knew & were mentored by Steve, and have the respect of the other senior staff, to put forth that would be an even better CEO, yeah??
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I have no rose-tinted view of Jobs. I think that his biggest mistake was choosing Tim Cook as CEO. His one major weakness was the fact that Apple was his baby, and he couldn't pass it to anyone else. Steve was the natural leader of Apple. Cook is but a shadow of a leader. He has no interest in products, and he has no passion or expertise in the fields that matter to Apple. This is why he is going down the fashion/celebrity route and milking margins for all they're worth. His Apple is nothing to do with Steve Jobs; he may as well rename it BlandSuperficialFashionThug Conglomerate and be done with it.
 
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Benjamin Frost said:
I have no rose-tinted view of Jobs. I think that his biggest mistake was choosing Tim Cook as CEO. His one major weakness was the fact that Apple was his baby, and he couldn't pass it to anyone else. Steve was the natural leader of Apple. Cook is but a shadow of a leader. He has no interest in products, and he has no passion or expertise in the fields that matter to Apple. This is why he is going down the fashion/celebrity route and milking margins for all they're worth. His Apple is nothing to do with Steve Jobs; he may as well rename it BlandSuperficialFashionThug Conglomerate and be done with it.
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I have to say I disagree, Tim Cook has grown Apple further, if Apple was dying and on it's last legs like it was under John Scully all those years ago, you would have a good point. Under Tim Cook we as consumers are getting more choice, and I for one think that's a good thing. I have and use Apple products daily and they are just as reliable and just as great as when Steve Jobs was around. Have Apple made mistakes? Of course they have, no company is perfect but I don't see the problem with Tim Cook.
 
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Unfortunately, the COO is usually the person that is next in line to be CEO, and the guy is Jeff Williams who tagged along with Cook to Asia recently. Not sure about Phil. He does'nt seem to be the right guy to run Apple and is too much of a defensive loud mouth.

I don't think any of the VPs are right, except for Craig who comes close ( might not be perfect but at least he's far better in engaging the audience in keynotes and doesn't screw around on stage like Cue ).

Musk is not the answer and would be too busy running Tesla. Clamoring to buy Tesla out isn't the answer as it shows weakness. It would have to be someone else from the outside to put on jackboots to kick their behinds to get moving.
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Craig seems to be beloved for his looks, but Apple needs a guy with a vision, a work horse. Schiller is the closest to that than anyone else. Scott Forstall would've been the best choice if he was still avilable.

I also don't believe in the idea of inviting Musk or buying Tesla. He's a different guy with different vision and ambitions. He wants to change the world in major way, to launch rockets and fly to Mars, he won't be interested in phones and notebooks.
 
Would be funny if she said, "We have some amazing Coach bands for the watch coming out and the same looking macbook pros. No they will not be available in gold."
 
My only hope is that macOS and iOS 10 are improvements over the current versions. I'm at a point where I don't trust Apple enough to update any of my devices, so I just want them to release one final good OS so I can update my devices to that and then never update again.
 
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Tycho24 said:
Yeah, yeah... we get it: to you Tim Cook sucks; Steve Jobs was infallible.
Well, maybe not "infallible"; because he DID hand pick Tim & presumably groomed him a bit at some point during the 13 years that he worked there.
I'm sure you have some other ideas of Apple employees that have longevity with the company, understand the culture, knew & were mentored by Steve, and have the respect of the other senior staff, to put forth that would be an even better CEO, yeah??
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Tim Cook, on paper, was a logical successor to Jobs. However, in reality, he hasn't performed in the realm of new and innovative products. His financial stewardship, thus far, has been solid. But even that will start going away if he doesn't push the designers to create greatness. They have the talent. They're just lacking the motivation due to the good revenue flow.
 
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Tim Cook, on paper, was a logical successor to Jobs. However, in reality, he hasn't performed in the realm of new and innovative products. His financial stewardship, thus far, has been solid. But even that will start going away if he doesn't push the designers to create greatness. They have the talent. They're just lacking the motivation due to the good revenue flow.
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I love that Apple is doing well, but in many ways I miss Apple the company and culture from up through 2010ish (give or take a few years). The excitement, growth, Apple doing awesome stuff just to be awesome. Apple is awesome, and I still get really excited but just not the same excitement in the air.
 
WWDC will be exciting for me only if they announce new Macbooks, tbh. If they'll talk 2 hours about software, i'll get bored no matter what 'amazing' improvements they introduce...
 
TheRainKing said:
My only hope is that macOS and iOS 10 are improvements over the current versions. I'm at a point where I don't trust Apple enough to update any of my devices, so I just want them to release one final good OS so I can update my devices to that and then never update again.
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Spot on video clip.

Steve Jobs was a product person. Cook is not a product person, and that is what is rotting Apple.
 
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bighype said:
Spewing out silly jokes is all that Siri's good for.

Google's AI is running circles (and beating Go champions) around Siri.

While Google was buying DeepMind AI, Tim Cook and Eddy Cue were buying BEATS urban fashion brand and made billionaires out of bunch of rappers.

Apple's run by morons.
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While Apple was buying Beats, Google was buying Motorola, Boston Dynamics, Nest and Dropcam, and on each of them you can arguably write a book about what NOT to do in business.

Oh, and your comment could look very, very funny some days from now.
 
Dave245 said:
I have to say I disagree, Tim Cook has grown Apple further,
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Hilarious. Anyone could have progressed Apple further.

You could've had a 13 year old as CEO with little ambition towards tech, and Apple would've still grown at a heavy pace for five years. The products Steve brought to the table at Apple (iPad, iPhone, and the MacBook Air) were going to grow no matter what as those products were still relatively infant back then.

Tim Cook is a clown who's over his head at Apple, he's about as stale as Obama is right now.

The iPhone was a combination of pretty much non-existent technologies combined into something to make a great product. What Tim Cook has done is taken technology that already exists, and has made an Apple version of it... Such as Apple Pay and Apple Watch. Five years, and he's overseen three failures... Apple Watch, Apple Pay, and Apple Music. Nothing new under Tim Cook has been successful, and no, don't say the iPhone SE, in which the iPhone is a Steve Jobs invention.
 
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nortofthe13th said:
Exactly! People need to open their eyes and realize that Siri actually does a ton of really awesome stuff! And I'd add a few more I use every day: reading texts, weather, timers, alarms, movie info and HomeKit for my lights! Not to mention you can now choose three different high quality accents in male or female for english, without changing the recognition accent. I welcome more skills and even more consistent operation, but currently it's still fantastic!
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I'm sorry, I don't understand really awesome stuff.
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rdlink said:
Talk to me when Cortana can unlock my front door, turn my lights on and off, set my thermostat, close my garage door and run my ceiling fans.
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I'm sorry, I don't understand. Would you like me to search the web?
 
American Hero said:
Hilarious. Anyone could have progressed Apple further.

You could've had a 13 year old as CEO with little ambition towards tech, and Apple would've still grown at a heavy pace for five years. The products Steve brought to the table at Apple (iPad, iPhone, and the MacBook Air) were going to grow no matter what as those products were still relatively infant back then.

Tim Cook is a clown who's over his head at Apple, he's about as stale as Obama is right now.

The iPhone was a combination of pretty much non-existent technologies combined into something to make a great product. What Tim Cook has done is taken technology that already exists, and has made an Apple version of it... Such as Apple Pay and Apple Watch. Five years, and he's overseen three failures... Apple Watch, Apple Pay, and Apple Music. Nothing new under Tim Cook has been successful, and no, don't say the iPhone SE, in which the iPhone is a Steve Jobs invention.
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It wasn't just Steve Jobs who worked on those products, don't get me wrong I'm not having a go at the man, he did some great work, but don't forget Johnny I've is just as brilliant, and he's still at Apple.
Tim Cook is not Steve Jobs, I fear you (and other people) are holding him to be the same.

So you think that Apple Pay, Apple Watch and Apple Music are all failures? That may be your opinion and that's fine, everyone is entitled to one, it is a democracy after all :) but it's far from a fact.

I've just started using Apple Pay and it is really useful (it will be even better when shops remove the £30 limit). Apple Watch yes I own one, I use it daily when I go running and it's helpful for notifications, is it a product that I can't live without? No, but that doesn't make it a failure. And Apple Music, again something I use daily, I love music, I especially like being able to download the tracks to my iPhone for offline listening.
I don't see how they are all failure's, maybe I'm missing something here :(
 
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palmerc said:
The real problem with Siri is that after spending several hours on the Mac at work you get in the keyboard and mouse mindset and catch yourself doing something inefficiently out of habit. This happens to me on the Apple TV all the time.
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Even if not directly about Siri, I feel the same way when i am quickly switching between environments (home, work), platforms and tools (desktop or phone)
Thank you for sharing
 
AppleScruff1 said:
I'm sorry, I don't understand. Would you like me to search the web?
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I suppose that's intended to be some sort of an attempt to be funny? Via HomeKit Siri does all of those things for me multiple times a day. I also use Siri for directions, making phone calls, discovering and launching music, gaining knowledge of weather, getting sports scores and myriad other things, both while walking and using CarPlay. Siri tells me what time my meetings are, and where they're located. I also use Siri to launch workouts, navigate Apple TV, etc.

I know that Siri can be better, and I believe it will be better. But the implication that Siri currently is just some half baked gimmick is nothing more than ignorant FUD.
 
maxsix said:
The general concensus amongst developers suggests that WWDC is likely to be quite boring this year. I have attended each year and see no reason to believe otherwise. It's the first year I'd rather do something else.
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No Mac's then? I've been thinking it might be a good one this year, Apple are using the Bill Graham Civic, the big building they usually only use for big events in the past. Also Phil Schiller said they reason they announced the change in app policy for developers because "we are doing something different this year, we've got a bunch of App Store/developer related announcements for WWD next week, but frankly, we've got a busy enough keynote that we decided were not going to cover those in the keynote. And rather, just cover them in the afternoon and throughout the week. Were talking to people today for news tomorrow about those things, in advance of WWDC, and then developers can come and be ready for sessions about these things, with knowledge about them before the conference. We haven't done this before, but we figured, what the heck, let's give it a try" that's quite interesting, doesn't mean we will see anything major tho.
 
Siri is not up to task. Around 60% of the time using voice recognition, it does understand the words dictated to it for a search. Then it get confuse! Total waste of time!
 
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