Apple is crossing a Steve Jobs red line

Post by inemesitaffia » Sat, Nov 08, 2025, 3:06 PM UTC

muragekibicho wrote: post #338

kwertyoowiyop wrote: post #335

The “Guides We Love” feature in Apple Maps is my a great example of this. When I first saw it I was appalled by its complete uselessness. It’s hard to understand how an Apple team could have created and actually shipped such a waste of space. Edit: deleted a couple of company references that weren’t needed to make my point.

I googled Taboola and Outbrain. I bet you used 'Taboola or Outbrain' in the pejorative but I can't tell exactly what's wrong with the two companies lol.

Post by raw_anon_1111 » Sat, Nov 08, 2025, 3:13 PM UTC

ethmarks wrote: post #292

raw_anon_1111 wrote: post #279

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What’s the average price of a laptop? Hint: it’s much less than $1000. Do you think that people are going to start buying more expensive laptops? For the iPad, how have the convertible Windows Surfaces been doing? You really don’t see a problem with creating a “token router”? He also wants to create a distributed CDN where every computer is a node - ignoring the fact that most people have asymmetric internet access w…

I do think that people will buy more expensive laptops if they are higher quality. People spend multiple thousands of dollars on laptops, especially if they are powerful. I own a Windows Surface. I personally find it very convenient, although I'll concede this point if you say the economics aren't working out. I don't see the problem with creating a token router. Openrouter exists and seems to be doing fine. I'd love…

Post by someguyiguess » Sat, Nov 08, 2025, 3:25 PM UTC

b112 wrote: post #297

randycupertino wrote: post #247

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> This is how Amazon is too with the movies and tv shows you bought. There's no way to search your owned library anymore. You just have to page through it to find what you want. And your library is hidden away behind a tiny little unlabeled icon in the upper right corner. This happened with (amazon owned) audible now too. When you try to search your own library instead it shows you books for sale. Even if you search…

I pirated a lot when I was younger. Downloaded movies, books especially. Back then, ebooks were barely a thing(early 2000s), and scanned/OCR copies were the only way to get most books to read on a device. I even contacted a few authors and sent them money directly via paypal. But then the market matured. I bought what I could on Amazon. Exported to epub to read as I pleased. Then the Kindle app became horrendous. Now…

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Nov 08, 2025, 3:26 PM UTC

sugarpimpdorsey wrote: post #177

strictnein wrote: post #95

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This is how Amazon is too with the movies and tv shows you bought. There's no way to search your owned library anymore. You just have to page through it to find what you want. And your library is hidden away behind a tiny little unlabeled icon in the upper right corner. And, to make matters worse, you have things like the Charlie Brown Halloween Special, which Apple now owns the rights to. You cannot in any way searc…

> you have things like the Charlie Brown Halloween Special People made fun of me for continuing to hoard physical media all these years. I predicted this hellscape might come one day. Man I love being right.

Post by Ylpertnodi » Sat, Nov 08, 2025, 3:40 PM UTC

etempleton wrote: post #306

These moves are the dumbest thing Apple can do for the long- term. It is one of the few differentiators they have between Android and Windows. The App Store ads are one thing, it is a store after all, but adding ads to a core OS functionality like Maps is clear degradation of service. When people spend 1 to 2 grand on a premium phone they don’t expect to see ads, ever.