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I see a lot of comments where people are saying this is a killer blow to JAMF but almost every single org has a heterogeneous set of devices (PCs, Macs, iPhones, Androids, etc), so how will this work with that? Unless they support all types of devices why have yet another tool?
If I'm not wrong, I think this is the Fleetsmith acquisition that happened last year.
There’s a few headlines talking about backups - does apple finally have a cloud based time machine replacement? I’d be so excited to see that as a general consumer too.
I think that's unlikely to be a thing they're working on. You can get that from storing your files in iCloud already, and these days is there any good reason to back up the rest of your system? If I had to rebuild a system due to hardware failure the absolute last thing I'd want to do would be restore all the accumulated system cruft!
I started my own software consulting/contracting thing this summer and if my machine crashed, every hour I'm not working is costing me money. So setting up all my apps again to get a fresh start isn't worth it. With TimeMachine on my NAS, I just get the replacement computer and let it restore while I sleep. Then I'm good to go the next morning.
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> the shift to enterprise suggests they're out of ideas Pretty sure its just the way to profit off of all types of users, keep cash flow coming and grow the business. When their app store faces anti-trust, and everyone already has an iphone and the next igadget is 5 years away, how do you generate growth?
> When their app store faces anti-trust They have already faced the courts over the App Store. They won. > how do you generate growth? Through new devices eg. Watch, AirPods, AR/VR Headset. And most importantly through Services eg. AppleTV+, News+, Music+ You should look at Apples balance sheet. Far more diversified than most people realise.
They won, in america... for now. They have (a) a global business with other nations less inclined to side with them and (b) a likely chance of legislature targeted at them. The odds of a future decline in margins of the app store seem high. New laws in Korea and Japan are going to slowly erode the edges, and allow businesses to tests alternatives. The Epic trial may now allow link-out to payments with latest court docs. And EU is a big market that could easily turn against them with new laws.
> Through new devices
The best new devices can do now is replace existing ones people own, most people who want and can afford apple devices own them. New product catagories are a few years away.
> And most importantly through Services
Like the service they just launched, targeted at enterprise?
> You should look at Apples balance sheet. Far more diversified than most people realise.
I do financial analysis, and attend their earnings calls. You're right, it is very diverse, but the non-services revenues don't seem poised to see strong growth in next few years unless they launch a new (and successful) product category.
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> the shift to enterprise suggests they're out of ideas Pretty sure its just the way to profit off of all types of users, keep cash flow coming and grow the business. When their app store faces anti-trust, and everyone already has an iphone and the next igadget is 5 years away, how do you generate growth?
Agreed. They have been leaving a mountain of money on the table by not offering this, or a competitor for Google Workspace.
I think this is their obvious next move. They just launched iCloud email with custom domains for end users. That seems like an early battle-test for enterprise use cases.
They already have alternative software to google docs too, so it could be an easy business to set up.
I wish they had a better MDM for kids... All I want to do is ensure that NextDNS is installed/forced and that they can't remove it. Somehow, if you block store, block adding apps and block removing apps and hide the icons, kids still figure out how to remove the damn thing and the only thing you can do to block it is set a 1 minute time limit (why can't you set 0 minutes? wtf apple?) and hope they don't stay up until…
I still remember discovering a bug in the iphone parental controls where i could go to the amazon app, leave a comment for google.com, click it and open that in a webview, then open that into safari with restrictions disabled. How i discovered that, i have no idea. But there's always a way.
Later i just wasted my money on a crappy android phone and forced their hand.
Edit: please, please, parents do not do this to your child. Learn trust, have conversations, and let them explore. If you trust your child (truly trust them) and they know it (believe you, not just hear you say it) then they will mostly try to make good decisions. Controls will just be bad for your child in the long run, even if it makes parents job easier in short run. Once a child isn't in eg. middle school, you have to start letting them access tech on their own.
Smart play to focus on businesses with fewer than 500 employees, as those are the most likely to grow in the next 3-7 years into larger accounts, and they don't have the 12-18mo sales cycle and shennanigans of an enterprise. It's a strategic departure from being a consumer luxury product company, and the shift to enterprise suggests they're out of ideas, but at the rate they're losing consumer growth I'd say they've…
I would not say that. This is a long time coming for apple to finally acknowledge with actions that apple devices are used in an enterprise context for many, many companies and to start thinking about proper first class support for that use case. "Innovation" wise it's independent of their other efforts IMO.
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I figured, when my kids were a certain age, that if I took that route, they'd ALWAYS get around whatever control I put in front of them. Either at home, or at school or at a friends house. Told them there was stuff on the internet that could harm them, that there was stuff they could NOT unsee. They're 18 now, the results of the science experiment are still out, but they seem to have turned out okay.
As someone who grew up in an extremely religious (arguably "cult-ish") home. I can tell you that your approach to parenting leads to healthier children (at least mentally). Hiding children from facts of life (sex, death, drugs, abuse, alcohol, etc) does not in fact help them, it helps you (the parent). It makes parents feel good, but leaves children scarred and unprepared for when they will inevitably face those fact…
Smart play to focus on businesses with fewer than 500 employees, as those are the most likely to grow in the next 3-7 years into larger accounts, and they don't have the 12-18mo sales cycle and shennanigans of an enterprise. It's a strategic departure from being a consumer luxury product company, and the shift to enterprise suggests they're out of ideas, but at the rate they're losing consumer growth I'd say they've…