If you haven’t figured it out by now everything is heading to subscription based services.
Our data will be safe. If you’re not an Apple user, then why even bother to comment? I’d rather use an IPhone as all other brands/phones are spy devices.
Homepod Mini or top version of AppleTV w Ethernet/128GB and devices certified with Homekit.
So tired of reading these investor quotes. It’s a site for technology not greedy capitalists.
Thank you for confirming my original statement. Do you run databases on your mac? Do you have your mac process 1000s of email per day? Do you try to compile new software using Apple tools, but get crashes multiple times per day? Do you have to clear caches every hour because they get corrupted? Do you have bugs that were filed over 10+ years ago that are still present and unaddressed? Do you use Apple supported and WWDC mentioned 3rd party software like Vapor, that will not compile the documentation using Apple tools for at least the last year? Do you read any of the major 3rd party developer blogs about how bad Apple APIs are? Do you have your internet drop out and Safari freeze multiple times per day?
The EU knowing they're powerless to stop it. Apple and Open AI are based in California.I'm just trying to imagine the reaction inside the EU to this forthcoming announcement.
Gross margin means almost nothing until you also subtract operating expenses, which leaves net profit. There's a big difference in a company's financial picture between gross and net.
Where is the evidence that Apple "tied in" with Google AI? It's just a Bloomberg rumor, much like Chinese spyware.
Not sure where the $20 comes from. I didn't put a figure on it. To be honest, I'm not a fan of all this intrusive AI. Even with Apple's privacy, I would need to see some very compelling benefits and use-cases which I make use of frequently, and not just as a gimmick, for this to be considered useful to me. I can't imagine what that would be to make me want to pay even a few dollars, let alone $20. I'm not against charging, I think it's probably a good, limiting thing, but it shouldn't be huge. It should probably be built into existing subscriptions. Guess we'll have to wait and see how it shapes up.
Well… since the iPhones are much more expensive than what the competition is offering, it’s justified and necessary to offer these services freely to stay relative in the market.
“…for the rest of us.”
Apple eventually plans to turn some of its artificial intelligence features into paid services, similar to iCloud+ subscriptions, according to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman.
Writing in his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman said that while Apple Intelligence will be free to start, Apple's long-term plan is to launch something like "Apple Intelligence+," with extra features that users pay monthly fees to access.
Making its own AI features another services revenue stream should allow Apple to compensate for the slowing pace of hardware upgrades and make the company less reliant on hardware tweaks to drive its business, argues Gurman.
Apple is also expected to receive a cut of revenue whenever a user signs up to features offered by its AI partners, such as ChatGPT provided by OpenAI. Gurman says he expects Apple to agree a deal with Google and Anthropic to offer their AI services through its devices, with the former expected to be announced when Apple Intelligence launches in the fall as part of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia.
Bloomberg previously reported that Apple has turned down an AI partnership with Facebook parent company Meta due to privacy concerns. Meanwhile, Apple is said to be seeking partnerships for the Chinese market, where ChatGPT and other similar AI services are not available.
Article Link: Some Apple Intelligence Features Likely to Require Paid Subscription
This is not about iOS 18 features. The article is talking about possible extra charges for potential extra features in some undefined future. Seems a pretty good bet, given how vague that is.
If Apple does a contract with Google like they did with OpenAI, then, yes, you can feel good about your data. The OpenAI contract stipulates that OpenAI cannot store your data or use it for training. They have a delete it once the request is done. Apple has audit rights to verify compliance. Apple is also masking your IP address on requests. That’s pretty good protection and sets the bar for other AI partners. It is likely why an arrangement with Facebook never went anywhere.
Oh $20 was just an arbitrary figure that I felt would be well over the amount that it should be. But I’m actually hoping they don’t roll it into existing subscriptions because I want to pay only for that and not also for Apple Music or fitness or anything else. Kind of like I have to pay for the golf channel, a channel I never watch, on cable just to be able to finance HGTV for example. I actually think $2.99 would be a fair price if there really is a substantial advance in what Siri can do, and as you say, it has to be something that is useful to me.
Of course it will. It’s just like a search engine. The next time you ask something they will give you an ad response
I mean that’s funny if it’s sarcastic. Customer experience is prioritized when it dovetails with shareholder expectations, otherwise it is not. This is for any publicly traded company after all. It should not be a surprise and we should not expect different behavior given the incentive structure.
