@gruber If, in 2011, you'd asked Steve Jobs to predict the future success of iPad and iPhone, would he have assumed iPad was #1 most wildly popular, and iPhone was #2?
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@gruber Is it wishful thinking to assume that Apple AR Glasses with Vision Pro-like capability are closer than we might think? (Say... 2028 not mid 2030s?)
What we know:
- Tim Cook is "hell bent" on AR glasses
- Meta has prototype AR glasses, so it's not sci-fi; you can build them (but cost $10k to build)
- iPhone was 5 years ahead of the competition
- Tim Cook is retiring soon (Jan 2027?)
Wouldn't he retire *after* AR glasses are ready if it's his focus ATM?
@gruber Has the corner radius issue in Tahoe been caused by Apple having to build a version of Tahoe that works with a touch screen?
@gruber I'm a Jonny-come-lately who has only ever heard The Talk Show as part of Daring Fireball. Is there anywhere I can go to listen to pre-2014 episodes?
I'd be fascinated to hear your take on Apple Vision Pro.
Particularly:
What happened to the no-adjective Apple Vision which presumably was planned from day 1? (The hit product that "everyone" loves?)
Is Apple in the same kind of trouble with Vision Pro that it experienced with the trashcan Mac Pro, AirPower and/or AI-powered Siri?
If rumours are right about the renewed focus on smart glasses - & Apple somehow can leapfrog the competition by 5 years - why release Vision Pro?
@gruber Another one for the "Tahoe is crap" column: Copy and paste is broken between Catalyst apps and regular. I keep copying information from WhatsApp and it fails to paste into a text document or email.
@gruber Cook is less hands on that Jobs, trusting the exec team to make final calls. Has he become too hands off, which is what lead the the blind spots w the catastrophic delay of Siri 2.0 + the UI degradation under Dye?
@gruber We got iOS 7 approx eight months after Forstall left Apple. Do you think Apple's OS 27 updates will fix mistakes from the Dye/Ive era?
@gruber Would love your view on this https://www.tumblr.com/likepete/804302218479157248/can-apple-solve-ipad-shortcomings-by-shipping-it?source=share
@gruber You discussed EU citizens voting differently recently on Dithering.
A super brief insight from Chat GPT:
The European Commission is the EU’s executive body (it proposes laws, enforces EU rules, and manages day-to-day policy). It is not directly elected by citizens.
The Commission President (often loosely called the “EU President”) is indirectly elected, with some democratic input.
It is not clear, IMO, how EU citizens could change their voting habits to enact any kind of change.