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Re: WWDC 2024 [video]

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Post by kube-system »

doctorpangloss wrote: post #26
jadbox wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm also feel Apple announced a bunch of feature that doesn't make the platform more useful in any general way. Like, I don't NEED iOS to pick my watch background photo or recolor my icons.

On the contrary these aesthetic things are what like 99% of people actually want.

Android has long had more aesthetic customization, but I doubt a statistically significant number of people make buying decisions based on it.

They are features people use, but they're refinements rather than significant advancements. I think the root of the situation here is that smartphones are mostly feature-complete.

Re: WWDC 2024 [video]

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Post by markatkinson »

vundercind wrote: post #27

I like how fast they turned “ha ha, at least they have a sense of humor about how stupid it is that it’s taken this long to get Calculator on iPad” into “…oh my” when Pencil entered the picture. Good that it delivers something really nice and isn’t just finally getting the damn thing on iPad.

Yea I was tempted to make a joke that it took them 14 years (still ridiculous), but the new calculator app actually looks really impressive, and potentially will make learning math a lot more fun.

Re: WWDC 2024 [video]

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Post by cube2222 »

markatkinson wrote: post #25

This feels like a parody of itself at times. I really wish they'd make these less cringeworthy so I could actually sit through the whole thing.

I'm quite sure (and hope) that in many cases - at least in this year's WWDC keynote - it was in fact intentionally a parody of itself.

A bunch of these were really on the nose.

Re: WWDC 2024 [video]

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Post by BillyTheKing »

and once again - another year with a great iPad Hardware wise but essentially unusable for coding tasks software wise.. Would love a reason to buy one and use as a travel coding machine but without local support it remains a non-starter

Re: WWDC 2024 [video]

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Post by dmix »

cube2222 wrote: post #34
markatkinson wrote: post #25

This feels like a parody of itself at times. I really wish they'd make these less cringeworthy so I could actually sit through the whole thing.

I'm quite sure (and hope) that in many cases - at least in this year's WWDC keynote - it was in fact intentionally a parody of itself. A bunch of these were really on the nose.

Yeah it seems kinda meta and extra chippy than I remember it

Re: WWDC 2024 [video]

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Post by cgearhart »

vundercind wrote: post #27

I like how fast they turned “ha ha, at least they have a sense of humor about how stupid it is that it’s taken this long to get Calculator on iPad” into “…oh my” when Pencil entered the picture. Good that it delivers something really nice and isn’t just finally getting the damn thing on iPad.

Seems like they waited until they could do what Craig said of an iPad calculator app in 2020, “There’s some things that we have not done because we would want to do something really distinctly great in that space,” the Apple VP explained. “We want to do it when we can do it really, really well. And we honestly just haven’t gotten around to doing it great.”

https://apple.news/Avb5yX1lORG2uYmyWAB8VsA

Re: WWDC 2024 [video]

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Post by dvfjsdhgfv »

doctorpangloss wrote: post #26
jadbox wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm also feel Apple announced a bunch of feature that doesn't make the platform more useful in any general way. Like, I don't NEED iOS to pick my watch background photo or recolor my icons.

On the contrary these aesthetic things are what like 99% of people actually want.

I'm sorry for a personal off-topic rant, but if true this just makes me sad.

Re: WWDC 2024 [video]

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Post by moscoe »

markatkinson wrote: post #25

This feels like a parody of itself at times. I really wish they'd make these less cringeworthy so I could actually sit through the whole thing.

Remember when WWDC was actually cool/fun? The dad jokes and over the top marketing BS is truly insufferable at this point.

Apple is definitely in its Balmer era. Give us something to get excited about, the presenters aren’t even excited about what they’re presenting.

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