Apple shuffles AI executive ranks in bid to turn around Siri

Post by Dylan16807 » Fri, Mar 21, 2025, 10:00 PM UTC

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> So what? Why should that bother Apple so much? They sold the mouse. Who cares how the user uses it? A user who chooses to use their mouse while plugged in does not in any way affect the mouse's manufacturer. If the user has a worse experience, that's a lose/lose situation. Of course they should care about things that affect the experience. > My Apple keyboard lets me use it while it's plugged in, and the world hasn…

How is using a peripheral while plugged in a worse experience? It's a better experience: I've had many more problems with wireless peripherals than wired ones. Bluetooth disconnecting randomly, batteries discharging while I'm working. Wireless is a worse experience in almost all ways. If you make a wireless peripheral and everyone keeps using it while plugged in, the solution is not to force them to use it wirelessly…

Post by Dylan16807 » Fri, Mar 21, 2025, 10:13 PM UTC

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I've never heard from anyone who likes the Apple Mouse enough to use it, but doesn't like the charging from the bottom. It's frequently cited as a 'flaw' by those who don't use it, this has become a bit of conventional wisdom. In reality it's a non-issue. I have heard from a whole lot of people who don't like the Apple Mouse. I don't like that mouse. But it isn't because of the charge port. It's an uncomfortable shap…

>It's frequently cited as a 'flaw' by those who don't use it Maybe without this flaw they would use it.

Post by cma » Fri, Mar 21, 2025, 10:32 PM UTC

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My Google Maps experience has gone downhill over the past two years. It has gotten bad enough that I started using Apple Maps. I was blown away by the difference, not just from how far they have come along since launch, but that how the navigation gives directions in a way that matters to me while I am driving. I don't know why Siri has had a bad user experience, but if there is one company that can do a better job a…

I find Apple Maps to be a much more pleasant app to use, though that's at least partially down to it being permitted to do things Google aren't on iOS (nav on the lock screen, syncing with the Watch etc.) In my experience it also has more accurate lane guidance and, as you say, better delivery of audible driving directions ("go through these lights then, at the roundabout, take the first exit"). Google Maps also has…

Post by ryandrake » Fri, Mar 21, 2025, 10:53 PM UTC

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How is using a peripheral while plugged in a worse experience? It's a better experience: I've had many more problems with wireless peripherals than wired ones. Bluetooth disconnecting randomly, batteries discharging while I'm working. Wireless is a worse experience in almost all ways. If you make a wireless peripheral and everyone keeps using it while plugged in, the solution is not to force them to use it wirelessly…

This is about charging, not how it sends data. And the batteries last a long time for this particular device, so there's minimal downside to unplugging. The downside to staying plugged in is there's a cable dragging around that makes the experience of moving the mouse a little bit worse all the time. A user has to be thinking about something to make a choice. Depending on the user to think about all these little aspe…

Post by paulddraper » Fri, Mar 21, 2025, 11:08 PM UTC

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Big Company Experience means you can thrive Roman style bureaucratic power plays, not actually build things. It does take a different kind of person to bootstrap something out of a garage into a company, and then continue that fledgling company to the next phase, but instead of going BCE, they should be tapping back into the Founder Energy, not the BCE people.

I'm not a Big Company person or a Founder. From my perspective, it's the "continue to the next phase" that is the whole problem. Not everything needs to be expanded to it's logical extreme. I've worked in a lot of places, and the ideal employer is probably one who is in the middle, and planning on staying there. The concept of "grow until you've eaten everybody" is sickening, and tiring. Especially for your non-C-sui…