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Re: John Ternus to become Apple CEO

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> Apple software is terrible The Vision Pro software team did an incredible job. Its software is more impressive than its hardware.

Did they? Why don’t I see people using this product while driving, or even walking down the street?

Because the HW is bad and pricing is bad. Not because SW is bad.

Re: John Ternus to become Apple CEO

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Tim Cook’s experience in logistics built Apple into the global hegemon it is today. I hope John Ternus’s experience with hardware can kick off a renaissance in both Apple hardware and software design. Mind you, Apple hardware is already amazing, but hopefully it can be even better with Ternus at the helm. Apple software is terrible, and hopefully Ternus can turn that around. I’m also hoping, without any evidence, tha…

Cook was a steward of Apple as an offshored manufacturing behemoth. I'm looking forward to where this reset goes. Hopefully better and American made products. The privacy focus is why Apple is dominant today, keep that up.

So you're looking forward to a $2000 iPhone 18e?

Re: John Ternus to become Apple CEO

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> Apple software is terrible I killed a Finder process that was at 1.2 G ram consumed today...

I wish I could get my Chrome memory footprint so low

Oh I also killed my Teams Chrome tab at the same time. But it was only 1 G :)

Re: John Ternus to become Apple CEO

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I've been critical of Cook at times because I feel his vision was a business vision more than the kind of futurism I felt from Jobs. Cook was the ultimate bean counter, hyper-optimizing Apple from a financial and operational perspective. I felt like he took less risks and was mostly squeezing every single advantage that Apple had to its limit.

But I cannot argue with the results the man achieved. Especially the transition to A-series and then M-series chips has been an incredible success. Perhaps the biggest flop was the Apple Vision Pro, but it is hard to really call him out on that since it wasn't that Apple lost a battle, it was that the product category just hasn't caught on (yet). Siri is another place where Apple has lagged but they could very easily catch up with the massive interest in local AI on the mac minis.

I think it will be difficult to look back on his legacy without giving him a large share of credit for Apple's continued success.

Re: John Ternus to become Apple CEO

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Tim Cook’s experience in logistics built Apple into the global hegemon it is today. I hope John Ternus’s experience with hardware can kick off a renaissance in both Apple hardware and software design. Mind you, Apple hardware is already amazing, but hopefully it can be even better with Ternus at the helm. Apple software is terrible, and hopefully Ternus can turn that around. I’m also hoping, without any evidence, tha…

Apple’s software is the best in the non-free software world compared to Google's or Microsoft's, IMO. But that doesn't mean it can't be better.

Apple could use a fresh approach to their software release cycles. I wish i could talk to someone at apple on this.

Re: John Ternus to become Apple CEO

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Tim Cook’s experience in logistics built Apple into the global hegemon it is today. I hope John Ternus’s experience with hardware can kick off a renaissance in both Apple hardware and software design. Mind you, Apple hardware is already amazing, but hopefully it can be even better with Ternus at the helm. Apple software is terrible, and hopefully Ternus can turn that around. I’m also hoping, without any evidence, tha…

Apple’s software is the best in the non-free software world compared to Google's or Microsoft's, IMO. But that doesn't mean it can't be better.

I have not found this to be true for the software side of things.

- Apple Music's UI/UX is quite rough on MacOS.

- Trying to use my iPhone to type a long password on my Apple TV is hit-or-miss.

- For some reason trying to view a password using Keychain requires you to enter your credentials twice, every time, for as long as I can remember.

Re: John Ternus to become Apple CEO

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post #232

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> Apple software is terrible The Vision Pro software team did an incredible job. Its software is more impressive than its hardware.

Did they? Why don’t I see people using this product while driving, or even walking down the street?

Because it costs thirty five hundred American dollars?

Re: John Ternus to become Apple CEO

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I think Tim Cook took Steve Job's vision and really took it to the moon. If you think about the last 15 years, Apple has really become the biggest possible version of itself without losing its values. Tech in general has changed quite a bit though. I don't know how Steve Jobs would have reacted to AI, and I don't know where tech itself would be if Jobs were still around. But I do think the next evolution is due and y…

Hacker News? More like MBA news.

I'm not just being snarky — I don't think it's reasonable to say the profit-maximizing service-oriented Apple is the best possible version of itself without losing its values of personal computing and individual empowerment.

Re: John Ternus to become Apple CEO

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Apple’s software is the best in the non-free software world compared to Google's or Microsoft's, IMO. But that doesn't mean it can't be better.

As a cross platform developer, MacOS is far buggier than Linux or Windows in my experience.

you mean `bugs i have as developer` or bugs reported by users of your xplat app?

Re: John Ternus to become Apple CEO

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Apple’s software is the best in the non-free software world compared to Google's or Microsoft's, IMO. But that doesn't mean it can't be better.

Android and Windows are better than iOS and macOS in many non-trivial ways. They have their own problems too, but as a user of all of them I don't prefer the Apple software. Apple's hardware, on the other hand, is clearly superior.

what is most non trivial way example?
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