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D. William
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@9to5Mac I hope paid AI stays a niche feature. I dread the possibility of computers one day requiring a subscription service to be useful. Hopefully NPUs improve fast enough that local compute remains feasible, at least on high end machines
“Free with ads” feels like something that’s grown in popularity this century with the rise of digital content, but come to think of it, that’s exactly how radio and broadcast TV operated nearly a century ago. It’s been the dominan t strategy since the dawn of home media
@thomasfuchs what’s even crazier is that the end of this year will put us halfway thru the 2020’s
@thomasfuchs the biggest issue I can think of the difference in process between handwritten and digital math. When doing math on paper, I don’t think in terms of one elaborate equation, but rather a sequence of steps. Instead of “POW(AVG(x1…xn),2)”, I think “sum these elements, then divide by the number of elements, then square the result”. I can obviously construct an equation when making spreadsheets or writing code, but I need to decompose it into its steps when doing the mental math.
For this to work the way I think, it needs to (1) spit out the answer immediately (2) allow me to use its generated answer in a subsequent equation. And when I say “immediately” I mean <0.5 sec. If I need to wait on my iPad to do the math, I’ll just use the calculator instead
@brandonhorst I’m really glad that Siri prompts you before redirecting your question to ChatGPT, since it gives me a clear distinction of which service is responding to me. Even still, I’m probably going to disable it (assuming I even can)
@thomasfuchs GUIs are just the CLI but slower and worse. I think you’d be surprised how many people are too intimidated by Excel to even open it. IDK how many people will actually use this, though. It seems like another one of Apple’s ideas that falls into the trap of being too limited for technical users’ needs and too niche for casual users to know/remember it exists
@SynAck @thomasfuchs I don’t believe a paid or freemium monetization strategy would be impossible, but if we suppose it is, that’s all the more reason to have it built into the OS. That way, the OS vendor can fund development without needing to directly monetize the product, the way Apple doesn’t charge for iMessage or FaceTime. This also has the benefit of a free, low-friction product pushing third parties upmarket, where they will be able sustain their business (albeit a smaller one) by charging customers.
Given the benefits of having a first party Recall feature, I think it’d be more productive using our energy to demand Microsoft make it private rather than to not do it at all
@thomasfuchs I wish people would be less concerned about whether products/features like Recall exist (because they’re inevitable) and how to design them in a private and secure manner. I’d rather have privacy conscious companies and employees developing this tech than leave the market wide open for MVPs thinking “we’ll worry about privacy and security concerns in version 2.0”
@SiteRelEnby @verge iPads don’t have vibration motors, so they don’t have haptic feedback. iPhones have had haptic feedback on the keyboard since iOS 16 or 17. I think it’s on by default, but I’m not positive