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Tim Cook Talks iPhone Security, His Favorite New Features, and Deleting Stock iOS Apps
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I can only see a very small default apps that could be deleted without "breaking" the iOS experience.
Tips being one of them.
but Stocks, weather, etc. though maybe not used everyday, are useful to Siri if asking a question. I am sure the added ability to track certain stocks or cities makes those apps worthy. Perhaps if you could set certain Stocks/Cities within Settings and simply call upon Siri to find the info, they could remove such default apps but not too sure how many would be delete-able.
Tips being one of them.
but Stocks, weather, etc. though maybe not used everyday, are useful to Siri if asking a question. I am sure the added ability to track certain stocks or cities makes those apps worthy. Perhaps if you could set certain Stocks/Cities within Settings and simply call upon Siri to find the info, they could remove such default apps but not too sure how many would be delete-able.
You're right. We are arguing the same basic point. Bolded: Respectfully, you weren't discussing any apps in particular at all (read your own post). The only app you mentioned was the fictitious "Wireless" app. Instead of that "app", you could have used the actual apps you mentioned in subsequent posts. In retrospect, I'm probably being a bit of a pendant. Apologies. I just have a wild, some would say unreasonable
, hair about hyperbole. That's a me issue.
They can certainly hide it, like the nike plus app in older phones, which appears only when you toggle it on in the settings.
Imo, if that's the way you felt, I don't see anything wrong with it. If Apple allowed it's deletion, I'm pretty sure they'd provide an avenue for it to be re-downloaded. Below is an example of someone who actually does feel that way.
No need to delete the apps if they are connected to some other app.
Just allow an option to hide the icon, and openup the real estate !
Just allow an option to hide the icon, and openup the real estate !
Sure, it's a little hyperbolic, but I don't disagree that as a tech: it might actually reach critical mass (vs. being relegated to a extremely niche userbase ...), become 2nd nature to anyone shooting and sharing photos, get widespread adoption across major media sharing mechanisms (FB, Twitter, Instagram), and have the _potential_ to be unique in terms of its scope.
Side note: nice job on the app!
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Deleting stock apps, .. i think Tim handles this response well.
i.e. if u were able to remove "contacts", any app which wants to use the contacts list would then "break" because the app is no longer there..
I think everyone would want to remove newsstand..
This is allot better than a work-around "lets create a folder we will never use again to put all our junk into"
It will be like my wardrobe at home... (opps... quick edit)
i.e. if u were able to remove "contacts", any app which wants to use the contacts list would then "break" because the app is no longer there..
I think everyone would want to remove newsstand..
This is allot better than a work-around "lets create a folder we will never use again to put all our junk into"
It will be like my wardrobe at home... (opps... quick edit)
Dear Mr. Cook,
If you or your immediate staff should happen upon this reply, probably every iPhone / iPad owner here at Mac Rumors has at least one unused and default Apple app tucked away in a folder to hide it from sight. The best software developer in the world is unable to let users delete apps without issue? C'mon.
Sincerely,
I think I speak for everybody
If you or your immediate staff should happen upon this reply, probably every iPhone / iPad owner here at Mac Rumors has at least one unused and default Apple app tucked away in a folder to hide it from sight. The best software developer in the world is unable to let users delete apps without issue? C'mon.
Sincerely,
I think I speak for everybody
when people attending the presentatin saw that iPhone still starts at pathetic 16 Gb should have whistled and shamed Apple for this, but ....
Apple needs to see a middle finger very soon to get back to planet earth.
...and laugh at the complainers who complain about the complainers complaining who gets the attention.
[1] Privacy - How about permanently deleting cookies and internet data - every time I log into Facebook the damn thing lags (gathering data?) but when I delete data then it works quickly. [2] And I should not have to confirm to turn off privacy - when I select privacy off, I mean OFF. [3] Tim, you say you want to make the experience less annoying so how about NOT TREATING US LIKE WE HAVE ALZHEIMERS - stop reminding us that data is turned off for settings or iBooks or whatever! [4] For the sake of elegance, how about creating a different adult user class that does not want things like game center and being notified when someone online picks their nose - just make it so when a new IOS comes out we can deselect crap apps we do not want. [5] Give us back the elegant, simplified Photo on the phone. I can't find anything now with albums and events and years etc... Can I get an AMEN?
Tim also promised we would be able to consolidate Apple IDs and we all know that never happened, so don't get your hopes up...
Begs the question if TC thinks we Apple product fans are idiots. iOS 7 was a major overhaul and certainly at that stage of the App Store the Stock App, et al., was stale and eclipsed by 3rd party ones. That was a perfect time to unhook them from the system.
But look at Newsstand. It was a fairly old app and Apple seemed to flick it off the OS rather easily in iOS 9. All the news apps like WSJ that used to be pinned to Newsstand came right out of the folder and Newsstand went poof. Is TC saying that Stocks is so embedded into the system in can't easily be unhooked without pulling down other parts of the OS? If so seems like bad coding, but I'm not a coder. And apps like Weather... OK I get that but certainly the OS could pull the data in the background w/o need for the app.
Just seems like TC is trying to piss on us and tell us it's raining.
But look at Newsstand. It was a fairly old app and Apple seemed to flick it off the OS rather easily in iOS 9. All the news apps like WSJ that used to be pinned to Newsstand came right out of the folder and Newsstand went poof. Is TC saying that Stocks is so embedded into the system in can't easily be unhooked without pulling down other parts of the OS? If so seems like bad coding, but I'm not a coder. And apps like Weather... OK I get that but certainly the OS could pull the data in the background w/o need for the app.
Just seems like TC is trying to piss on us and tell us it's raining.
Sure, it's a little hyperbolic, but I don't disagree that as a tech: it might actually reach critical mass (vs. being relegated to a extremely niche userbase ...), become 2nd nature to anyone shooting and sharing photos, get widespread adoption across major media sharing mechanisms (FB, Twitter, Instagram), and have the _potential_ to be unique in terms of its scope.
Side note: nice job on the app!
Yeah, I don't think the idea came from Nikon also, it's an obvious idea.
Thanks.