hi everyone,
i´m getting more and more confused with the hole AI situation : from what one can read on the online articles 18.1 betas come with minor tweaks ( as expected) and 18.1 is mainly about the first batch of AI based crap.
Because if that is the case then the update is almost completely pointless for EU users ( or for anyone that does not speak English in general), right ?
Sure, there probably are bugfixes, ui tweaks and so on but if Apple doesn't give these users any visible incentive ... do you really think people are going to update ?
cheers
Lot more users outside of the EU than in it, so the 18.1 betas are for those who can utilize and test the features.
Once 18.1 is released to the masses, those users geo-locked in the EU can still upgrade to 18.1 but the AI stuff will be disabled.
Honestly, I think the whole reason they forked it off was so that they could test being able to properly restrict that stuff from users in the EU.
At some point soon they will fold in the items missing from 18.1, like slap apnea detection, into it but continue the AI fork so that they can not only advanced test the additional features but also make sure they can continue to restrict access from users in the EU.
It is what it is, but this is what happens when the govt gets overly heavy handed in tech.
Don't get me wrong.. I am thankful for some of the changes that the EU has forced on Apple. (Who knows how long they would’ve fought off the switch to USB-C if they weren’t forced.) But other things are just getting in the way over there I think.
Just my humble opinion.
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