Apple Tends to Do Right by Apps It Acquires (2024)

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yencabulator · 22h ago

I will not forgive Apple for Dark Sky. Trying to label all non-Apple users as "die-hard" is just silly. The author is hopelessly biased.

bitpush · 1d ago

This is revisionist history. Apple bought Siri, and it was seen as such a trailblazer - and now looks at its plight. Siri is the worst of all the assistants, and a textbook example of what not to do.

duxup · 1d ago

I don't see how "seen as a trailblazer" means that it must still be that way years later...

bigyabai · 1d ago

Given that digital assistants are the most popular they have ever been, it's not absurd to suggest Apple missed their AI on-ramp.

duxup · 1d ago

Digital assistants appear in Star Trek, but that doesn't mean any given one was going to succeed.

bigyabai · 22h ago

You'll note that Star Trek's digital assistants didn't struggle to set a timer.

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Apple Tends to Do Right by Apps It Acquires (2024)

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