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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.

Somewhere a tailor is sad that people care more about what color their T-shirt is, rather than the type of weave and stitch pattern. But phones, like T-shirts, are now just commodities.

Re: WWDC 2024 [video]

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Preach. iOS 6 UI was peak iOS UI.

This. And then a coup happened inside Apple (the Apple maps debacle) to oust Scott Forstall.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Forstall#Departure_from_...

Reading his Wikipedia article, it seems like Cook made every misstep possible with Forstall. Does anyone honestly think Cook would still be CEO if he didn't have the massive momentum of iPhones behind him? Cook seems like he'll be considered this generation's Ballmer when all is said and done: a mediocre CEO that let massive advantages slip away and a board of directors that was too complacent to make the necessary changes to secure future growth.

Re: WWDC 2024 [video]

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I really wish they would switch these back to being live. It just adds a human element that cannot be captured with this crap. Steve stood up there in a black sweater and let the tech speak for itself. On these I'm stuck beholding the same class of high-income-Silicon-Valley-mid-40s where they are all kind of weirdly look and sound the same even though they are all trying so hard to have unique styles and they are al…

Agree, seeing is believing. You can use CGI to make anything you want when it's video.
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