To me, the main thing Apple needed to fix this WWDC was their relationship with developers, and this keynote suggests they think otherwise.
@jamesthomson I'm no developer, but a simple “We hear you…” would go a long way.
@jamesthomson But the App Store reviews, James? So positive!
@dnanian @jamesthomson There are so many good apps out there and they picked the few that are already promoted all the time. Well…
@nico42 @dnanian @jamesthomson It's the apps that put a lot of money on App Store search ads.
@jamesthomson I feel like the changes they could/should be making there were never going to be in the keynote anyway
@BenRiceM Yeah, but maybe at least dial down the smugness a notch.
@jamesthomson @BenRiceM If any changes are going to be announced, like lower fees, wouldn't that be done in the State of the Platform talk?
@jamesthomson @BenRiceM They didn't turn it down during the butterfly keyboard era, or when the Mac roundtable was held.
Even with the huge redesign, Apple is just the same, exactly when we hoped for some change.
@jamesthomson Wonder if they'll address that more directly at SOTU, since the keynote is entirely a marketing event 🤔

@josh @jamesthomson That's my hope, actually. I'll reserve my judgment until then

A little "we hear you" nod during key note would've been nice, tho

@jamesthomson WWDC Keynote is always a weird mix of consumer and developer. Unlikely, but State of the Union perhaps?
@mar_kelp @jamesthomson when they show iMessage backgrounds in the keynote of a developer conference, I wonder if they have anything to show in general…
Never understood why all that should be relevant for developers. Why is that the keynote? Could be a video released a day before - maybe without the API-stuff - and then they could use keynote and SOTU for actual developer stuff.
@jamesthomson You won't give them six out of five stars?
@jamesthomson its a six out of five stars, nothing to see/fix here ...
@jamesthomson i rate this toot 6 out of 5 stars

@jamesthomson @timo They give you:
- access to local LLM and secure AI Cloud
- completely new window and multitasking to iPad
- api to integrate in spotlight
- a funny App Store Song 🤪

What else you need? 🤭