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I think the implication is iOS 26 is junk. Kind of a weird way of saying it instead of just saying it, but I guess it’s unique.
What he’s forgetting is it’s a beta. It’s only for testing purposes and not for regular use.
Can't really judge it on a beta as its far from finished and the design is constantly changing at the moment.
No one ships Betas. That’s the whole point.
Classic clip. Still hits hard, especially with some of the stuff we’re seeing in recent iOS builds.
Beta shouldn't change between releases. It should gain stability and speed. We should be pointing out areas where improvements can be made, not pointing out such fundamental system flaws as notification clarity. Screen 0, the first screen before entering the Springboard! It's a joke.
Also Steve Jobs: Here’s a sock for your iPod.
iPod Socks were fun. iPods were fun. Apple was fun. Nowadays we're anticipating yet another pale shade of brown on the next iPhone and we're all excited for some reason.
That’s called nostalgia. We all suffer from it
I get it and I’m not trying to be a rude but the man has been dead for 14 yrs. Who cares what his thoughts would be. The company has moved on but the sheep have not. Companies change philosophies, directions etc. people don’t like Tim Cook but the board sure does and that’s all that matters.
Of course, there's nostalgia involved, but that's not all. Companies adopt the leader's personality, and that personality emanates down to the lower levels of the organization. The current CEO seems withdrawn, cautious. This isn't Jobs' Apple with its pirate flag. It's the Apple of convenient numbers and green spreadsheets.
Sometimes it’s hard to move on when you remember “the good old days”. It always looks better looking back than it looked when you were living it.
Why do you think Tim is withdrawn and cautious? Under his leadership Apple has released many innovative products. Apple Watch, AirPods, AirTag, Apple Pay, Apple Music, Apple Card.
Lesser successful products include HomePod, AVP (Too new to tell), Apple TV.
Steve Jobs had his own caution when it comes to releasing products. He didn’t even want to release the iPad.
The Apple Watch was still Ive's creation. Tim merely monetized it effectively, though we'll never know how the original model would have developed. AirPods, AirTag, Apple Pay, Apple Music, Apple Card—note that the products and services you mentioned are merely extensions of existing solutions and a way to generate additional monetization (which isn't a bad thing). ApplePay is the only example of technology that actually works reliably (probably because it involves numbers). Apple Music is still a weak service. Sure, it does what it's supposed to do, but it lacks life; I have no desire to surf and discover new artists. And AirTags? Neither the first, nor the last, nor the only one. And we can argue that technology has hit a wall in many areas, that it's matured, and that it's difficult to come up with something new. Agreed, but that doesn't mean it's not worth trying. I look at Nothing, Android, and Samsung, and I see that they're trying and doing something.
it took four years for the iPod to come in any color that wasn’t white, and during his entire time at Apple Steve only released iPhones in black-and-white.
he also charged extra for a black MacBook that was only available for about a year and a half, and products like the MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and the Intel iMac came in one color, silver, silver, and more silver.
as for software, under Jobs we saw the disastrous over two years delayed launch of Chita, the not much better Puma, and bug riddled releases like leopard and iPhone OS 2.0 and iOS 4.
we also had absolutely confusing moves like the iPod shuffle without any buttons, the $300 first generation Apple TV, the iPod Hifi and the G4 Cube.
not to mention more under the radar things like the launch of iMovie 2008 or Final Cut Pro X.
no matter the CEO, apple tries things, some succeed, some don’t. even John Sculley oversaw the first golden age of the Mac between 1989 and 1991, where System 7 and the first PowerBooks were launched.
Sure, but I'll keep defending iPod Socks until the end of time.
Here's an pic of my old *fun* iPod collection with Socks included:
Snug fit, very cute:
This doesn’t take away from the fact that it came out under Tim Cook. Do you think Steve Jobs personally designed everything that came out under his leadership? He had many people working for him.
I disagree with this. How are AirTags and extension of an existing solution? What solution did they extend? Sure there were trackers before AirTags just like they were touchscreen phones before the iPhone. Just like the iPhone, made the touchscreen phone popular, AirTag made trackers popular.
I don’t see how any of the other examples I mentioned are unreliable
This sounds like a personal dislike rather than an objective opinion. I personally prefer Spotify when it comes to the playlist, but Apple Music is popular.
You’re absolutely right. Neither was the iPhone.
I also agree with this. Technology has hit a wall when it comes to the smart phone. We’ve had improvements but pretty much since the iPhone X, it’s the same thing.
What exactly is Samsung or nothing trying? There’s a difference between new technology and throwing 💩 against the wall. It’s not uncommon for android phone manufacturers like Samsung and Google to throw 💩 against the wall to see if it sticks. Google did this by adding radar to their phone. It didn’t stick.
When it comes to sticking, I think the folding phone concept might stick. As usual someone else will release it first then Apple will perfect it, releasing at a later date. Even then, I don’t think that’s a major upgrade. It just means you have a tablet in your pocket. It’s the same thing on a larger screen.
I miss Steve, but folks forget it wasn’t all peaches under Steve.
Totally agreed.
This is a farce, sooooo many legibility issues that never needed to exist. Sooooooooo many new glitches because of a change that not only doesn’t serve a functional purpose, but is also being reworked fundamentally 2 months before release.
No matter how good it is in the end, the process is flawed.
Uh, didn’t the first Apple TV release in early 2007 and gen 2 in 2010?
Ahh yes everyone knows Steve Jobs never once made bad decisions or authorized poor choices.
The Apple III was an incredible success, the G4 Cube never had any issues of any sort, 10.0 and 10.6 were perfect releases day 1, iOS 3.0 had zero issues on the 3G, there was never a mistake with the iPhone 4 and its signal, MobileMe was industry leading, Ping is still one of the largest social networks….shall we go on?
The Apple III was an incredible success, the G4 Cube never had any issues of any sort, 10.0 and 10.6 were perfect releases day 1, iOS 3.0 had zero issues on the 3G, there was never a mistake with the iPhone 4 and its signal, MobileMe was industry leading, Ping is still one of the largest social networks….shall we go on?
It's like music from the 80s, you forget the bad and just remember the good. And you can still prefer it to today's.
