Comment by macintux
3 months ago
I really hope Apple watches what Google and Microsoft are doing with AI, specifically shoving it into their customers' workflow without invitation, and steers far away from that path.
3 months ago
I really hope Apple watches what Google and Microsoft are doing with AI, specifically shoving it into their customers' workflow without invitation, and steers far away from that path.
Apple? The company that has built its entire brand and product lines around "we know what's best for you and if you don't like the way we've done it, you're wrong"?
Yes. We expect the company that prides itself on having taste to avoid doing tasteless things.
Apple hasn't had good taste in probably a decade and a half now. Their recent UI redesign solidifies it.
I recently switched to Apple Music.
Found a U2 album in my library. Familiar anyone?
The tastelessness has been creeping in
Tastes differ.
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You’re not wrong but so far they’re one of the only major companies in their cohort that isn’t shoving AI down our throats/integrating it into literally everything and begging us to use it with some embarrassing corporate plea.
Opting out of Siri is incredibly easy and there are no major features i care about that decision locks me out of. I think it has some impacts on CarPlay but it’s never stopped me from being able to put on music for my kids or whatever.
Frankly I forget I’ve opted out all the time because they never bug me to start using it.
I hear you on this. All I hear is how behind Apple is with AI. More and more I'm feeling like thats a feature not a bug.
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We’ve all grown out of that cliche. Literally every OS is opinionated.
Every OS is opinionated, that doesn’t mean they all automatically equally good or bad. Individual implementation choices matter.
Some show you ads in the start menu, others don't.
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Apple is not the answer. If you want to escape AI, you need a modular Linux distro like Arch or Debian on your computer, and GrapheneOS on your phone.
It's not a question of escaping AI. It's a question of whether it's integrated in such a way that it works for you, or against you.
The blog post sounds like Google is actively making AI work against their users.
> It's a question of whether it's integrated in such a way that it works for you, or against you.
Google, Apple, and Microsoft won't give you such control. It's going to be AI on terms terms and for their own benefit.
They'll not only do it, but they'll also wrap it in a huge fat rounded border
Given that Apple recently started putting ads in Maps, I have no faith in them anymore.
I was a littLe annoyed by that, too, but mostly because there isn't an option to pay for an ad-free experience.
You already overpay the iphones, what more you want to pay ?
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Don't worry, Apple has been watching for a decade plus. And it seems they will continue just watching
Looking at the next iOS rumors, I think it's inevitable.
Looking at the way the stock market rewards companies that brainlessly shove AI into everything under the sun, I know it's inevitable.
Let’s wait and see how those three big IPOs go first…
That will presumably be a temporary phenomenon.
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