I agree, I watched 5 minutes of this year's talk (nearly all of which was advertising for "sponsors") and turned it off. He's just not for me. But obviously he has a large following. So more power to him.
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I agree, I watched 5 minutes of this year's talk (nearly all of which was advertising for "sponsors") and turned it off. He's just not for me. But obviously he has a large following. So more power to him.
Have you received the clout yet that you were chasing with this post?
I think performative posts like this are actually worse than using the word retarded.
Very off topic to the video posted.
Was not looking for clout, sorry. This actually happened, it’s called accountability. I have followed him for two decades and was disappointed to see this and shared that disappointment on a post relevant to him. The end.
Ok but he’s not wrong though. I agree with that sentiment completely. The fact he expressed it using a word that, for whatever reason, has made it on to the big bad list of forbidden slang lexicon is of little significance to me and I suspect probably many others as well.
Pretty ironic that a guy called 'Think Different' is telling people to throw away their own judgement and adopt a groupthink mentality.
It's actually an Apple reference, you know the company that inspired this very website? Perhaps check out this iconic spot to get more familiar.
If you like Apple, than maybe you are familiar with their stance on inclusivity, so maybe try getting with the times that, just because a lot of people share the same sentiment about outdated terms, it doesn't mean they subscribe to some 'groupthink mentality.'
I found the interview interesting and Craigs comments on their approach to sideloading and alternative app stores was enlightening. While I still believe in the iPhone being more open I gained a better understanding of his opinion on this and I think he was sincere.
I was looking forward to the show like every year so I was glad to see it back with some great guests as always
I was looking forward to the show like every year so I was glad to see it back with some great guests as always
Same. I hate politics of any kind as it’s just a low-brow form of religion. He’s so far up his own ass in so many respects I stopped reading him. Funny enough I got forwarded a link by someone that just “found him” and noped out again a paragraph in. He’s a terrible writer.
How about letting me move a photo to an album and not copy it. Where’s that question?
Here's a contrarian take: I thought the talk was delightful. Perfect for me, even. Apple wasn't putting itself out there for--and I wasn't looking for--hardball journalism right in the middle of WWDC. Apple wanted a softball approach to providing some very limited behind the scenes details and ideas around what they've been up to in software development for the past year, and that's exactly what they and I got. I am interested in this, but only vaguely, and have no software background. As just one example, listening to Craig talk about the pains they took to do what they think can be done to allow access to off-device AI while also protecting privacy was fascinating, and reassuring (to me). All in all, it seems to me that OS 18 and MacOS 15 are potentially the most exciting software development at Apple since OS X.
I can say I was disappointed in Apple's intransigence in admitting what a cluster_uck Siri has been and continues to be, and that Apple's entire userbase knows this, so they might as well admit it, but that Apple Intelligence will be different, and much much better. Perhaps they don't really think it will be, or they are not willing to risk increasing expectations.
I can say I was disappointed in Apple's intransigence in admitting what a cluster_uck Siri has been and continues to be, and that Apple's entire userbase knows this, so they might as well admit it, but that Apple Intelligence will be different, and much much better. Perhaps they don't really think it will be, or they are not willing to risk increasing expectations.
There are very few instances in which Apple will admit they are wrong or that something they created isn't washed in unicorn tears. They didn't even admit that Antennagate was a design flaw (and Gruber still maintains it was a hoax as far as I'm aware).
The last time in recent memory I can think of Apple actually admitting something was less than ideal was Apple Maps...back with iOS 6. They have never admitted Siri is useless...the best they'll do is every few years they'll say "we've made Siri even better" which is at least a tacit admission that it's horse **** at doing anything besides setting timers.
I just can’t get over what a creepy dude Gruber comes across as.
Uptight about total nonsense imo
Gruber is just Gruber. He tends to ramble live and on his podcast. He's not a professional host and he tends to assume his personal opinion is always shared universally.
He did an interview with Susan Kare years ago and made her uncomfortable by interjecting his opinion about the lack of women in technology and the finance industry.
It was really awkward, but she handled it well.
He did an interview with Susan Kare years ago and made her uncomfortable by interjecting his opinion about the lack of women in technology and the finance industry.
It was really awkward, but she handled it well.