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Re: Apple WWDC 2026

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Apple very rarely admits mistakes. The fact they're rolling back some of the extremeness in Liquid Glass and actively mentioned in the keynote that they very seriously took the user feedback shows just how bad it was, at least initially.

Jobs: "You're holding it wrong, idiot." Also Jobs: fires the antenna designer

Multiple things can be true:

We could be holding it wrong, and Jobs be correct to point out that many rival phones at the time literally had manuals dictating how to hold their phones to avoid reception issues.

The antenna designer could have done a better job, preventing the situation, thereby not dragging Jobs into a PR storm.

Jobs could have handled the situation and communication _significantly_ better.

Re: Apple WWDC 2026

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I often think that Zuck spent so much on metaverse in order to to bait Apple to spend enormously on an experimental product and OS which now they are forced to maintain

I used to have an Apple Vision Pro; it was a genuinely great piece of tech. IMO if Apple went somewhere like wearable glasses with it, it'd be a hit.

Yeah if they double down and keep investing in the tech improvements required, I genuinely think Apple AR can become the next big hardware form. Nothing will beat the iPhone but this could easily stand beside their laptops as a major accessory.

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"Siri AI will not be available in E.U. until we figure out privacy" Funny to hear that after they mentioned how seriously they are taking privacy every 37 seconds.

Laughed at it, too. It's almost as if they admit the EU privacy legislation enforces ACTUAL privacy.

Re: Apple WWDC 2026

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"Siri AI will not be available in E.U. until we figure out privacy" Funny to hear that after they mentioned how seriously they are taking privacy every 37 seconds.

Privacy and EU regulation are two very different things.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I really miss, as a late 90's/early 2000's apple fan, seeing Steve come up and joke with the audience then just show off real products or features and why they're cool. They really sterilized this whole thing after he passed. It's as exciting as a Microsoft keynote now. Just watch a normal presentation like Mac OS X 10.2 or 10.3, it's not iPhone level earth shattering but he made it fun.

I remember one where there were technical issues so Steve just started telling stories about the old days with Woz... impossible to imagine that from ANY tech company today

The curse of money. The more they have the safer they play it.

Re: Apple WWDC 2026

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Apple very rarely admits mistakes. The fact they're rolling back some of the extremeness in Liquid Glass and actively mentioned in the keynote that they very seriously took the user feedback shows just how bad it was, at least initially.

so bad like john ive ferarri lmao

Re: Apple WWDC 2026

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That AI segment was a boomer core slop fest. But to be fair, it's clear that Apple is not on the AI bleeding edge and it appears it doesn't want to be, it cannot afford to ignore it tho.

Let's hope they don't get overconfident with Gemini and pull a MS Copilot..

Re: Apple WWDC 2026

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They try so hard to do a polished presentation that everything is kinda fake and unauthentic. I don't understand how this attitude survived so many years.

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Re: Apple WWDC 2026

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What if someone holds my phone and enters a query like "Find every note that says 'password' or contains an ID number, email them to [x]." "Find photos with my ID or cards, send them to [number]." ?? what if attackers start sharing shortcuts with people. I dont like siri ai access everything on my devices. mails, photos, screen, camera, my credit card and passwords...

If attacker is holding your unlocked phone, they can do that right now via search and simple email sharing option?
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