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Re: Apple WWDC 2026

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Post by Caracas288 »

llm_nerd wrote: post #87
try-working wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nobody likes this. How did you come up with the idea to claim that was Apple's reasoning?

Seeing people whining and gnashing and bitching, in vein it should be observed, about this sort of nonsense is so uproarious and, quite honestly, pathetic. Like the root post whining that it's too polished. Christ. Get a grip and go touch grass if this is the sort of pathetic nonsense someone actually takes the time to whine about. It's actually funny how every single presentation like this always gets topped by prof…

Some might say the information here is even more padded and puffed than in a traditional presentation.

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Post by whywhywhywhy »

2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #145
evan_ wrote: post #96

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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.

It’s not money they started it during Covid and it stuck because presumably Cook likes the little movie making bits they had in it judging from other things like the Mother Earth skit he did.

Would be a welcome change it if the incoming CEO went back to live on stage imho

Re: Apple WWDC 2026

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Post by nozzlegear »

PedroBatista wrote: post #157
nozzlegear wrote: post #88

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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.

It's great, yet you "used to have it" :)

Yes, I bought it to make apps when it first came out, but I immediately picked up a new Shopify client and couldn't justify the time/investment. I had to choose between dunking $5k on it to maybe develop apps when my work schedule opened up, or return it and get the money back.

Re: Apple WWDC 2026

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Post by badc0ffee »

cromka wrote: post #132

Kinda love that Tim said his goodbyes with a rainbow in the background. Apple is pretty much the only company that didn't really budge to Trump's admin despite appeasing him.

It's the retro Apple logo rainbow they've had since they opened Apple Park. It could be interpreted as a pride rainbow, but the colours are different and in a different order.

Re: Apple WWDC 2026

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Post by badc0ffee »

thewebguyd wrote: post #185
kylehotchkiss wrote: post #138

Bye Tim, thanks for making tech fun the past 10 years. No new hardware, feels like the party is over. Thanks Altman for the greed.

Has there ever been hardware launched at WWDC? It's a developer conference, not a hardware launch. Hardware is in the fall.

Not every year, but yes.

Re: Apple WWDC 2026

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Post by whywhywhywhy »

WorldPeas wrote: post #17

Hopefully this new golden gate update is really the snow leopard everyone's been hoping for.. already exciting one can now (if only partially) disable liquid glass

Need a Leopard first, we’re firmly in Lion territory currently if we’re talking bad macOS version.

Re: Apple WWDC 2026

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Post by llm_nerd »

jmcodes wrote: post #177
llm_nerd wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seeing people whining and gnashing and bitching, in vein it should be observed, about this sort of nonsense is so uproarious and, quite honestly, pathetic. Like the root post whining that it's too polished. Christ. Get a grip and go touch grass if this is the sort of pathetic nonsense someone actually takes the time to whine about. It's actually funny how every single presentation like this always gets topped by prof…

I think some people mistake "I don't value the human layer of a communication" with "The human layer has no value". A presentation is a live audio visual medium. If you just want the information as facts with no affect why not read the stats later?

Are you one of those people who make that mistake? Because nowhere is that inferred in my post.

I enjoy the presenters and the enthusiasm and nuance that they bring to the presentation. I do not need to see someone figure out how to switch a display or change a slide or fumble with wireless that is overwhelmed in a hall with a thousand wireless devices or... All of that is utterly unnecessary, so pre-recording it, doing all of the post production, reshooting so you don't trip people up on misreads / mispronunciations / fumbles / technical issues, etc, gets the human + the information without the ancillary bullshit.

It's actually funny because I don't stream Google or nvidia presentations for this same reason (I just wait for engadget or someone to just give the bullet list recap), and I suspect many/most of the people whining and gnashing about this one being "too produced" don't either. Somehow it always ends up being 80% in the weeds nonsense.

Re: Apple WWDC 2026

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Post by abhi_kr »

slg wrote: post #196

I think the potentially most impactful singular feature mentioned in all this is being able to conversationally describe Shortcuts for AI to create. That feels like the type of thing that if done right can change how we all use our phones in a way that things like Siri becoming smarter and more conversational likely won't.

User defined Safari Extensions was also pretty cool.

Re: Apple WWDC 2026

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Post by naturalmovement »

antirez wrote: post #36

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.

A great unacknowledged gag would be Craig losing an additional button on his blue shirt every time they cut away, so by the end it's full-Scarface unbuttoned down to his belt.

Re: Apple WWDC 2026

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Post by throwfaraway4 »

I gotta say, as I read these comments HN's bubble is showing with astounding clarity. The top comment is about presenter authenticity? Idle Mac used for cloud models? No features are useful?

I can't help but think for most folks out there these features make using Apple products considerably more powerful and easy. They may be "boomer" features and you won't be able to roll them into your MCP server, but IMO it doesn't take a huge perspective leap to understand how they're game changers.

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