This has always been a huge part of the problem with Apple's strategy here -- you're asking app developers to become faceless back-end processors for information to be mined by Siri. If the future of phones is using AI assistants, then the future of apps is to be grist for the mill. Hard to envision a lot of app developers being willing to work extra hard to be fed into the wood chipper.
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Steve Troughton-Smith (@stroughtonsmith@mastodon.social)
Delayed or not, Apple’s proposed Intents-based Apple Intelligence features require a ton of buy-in from developers for it to be of any real use, ...
Just posted on Six Colors: Apple delays some anticipated Apple Intelligence features
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Apple delays some anticipated Apple Intelligence features
Craig Federighi shows off the Semantic Index in June 2024. As reported by John Gruber, Apple announced on Friday that some of its most anticipated ...
A new episode of Downstream is live! Super Bowl streaming, NFL dreams, and TV picks from us and listeners. (Downstream+ subscribers also get: Seeking "Paradise" on broadcast TV, Netflix taunts Apple TV users, and a SNL50 triumph.)
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Downstream #89: Time Has No Meaning Anymore - Relay
Super Bowl streaming, NFL dreams, and TV picks from us and listeners. (Downstream+ subscribers also get: Seeking "Paradise" on broadcast TV, Netfli...
I loved this book as a kid and bought a used copy when it came up here a few months ago. It's really amazing.
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Michael Whelan (@MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art)
Attached: 3 images In today's newsletter, OUR UNIVERSE: Part One...the story of a coffee table astronomy book that sold 2.5 million copies. This...
Actual question was, "Jason is it a coincidence that this antifascist film is this week's selection?" No it is not.
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The Incomparable (@incomparable@zeppelin.flights)
Going live with Pan's Labyrinth! https://theincomparable.com/live
There aren't so many silly, fun Mac apps like this these days. (There used to be a ton, back in the 80s and 90s.) Festivitas! by @npub1hy8j...75kk
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Festivitas hangs holiday lights on your Mac
Developer Simon Støvring (Scriptable, Runestone) has just released a fun new app for the holidays called Festivitas: Festivitas automatically adds...
If only they had any alternative distribution avenue for their app, like on the Mac.
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Sarah Perez 💙 (@Sarahp@mastodon.social)
TV Time points to Apple’s ‘significant power’ over developers after being removed from App Store https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/20/tv-time-po...
Enough is enough. It's time for the era of exclusive app stores and tight control to end. Apple has already solved this problem. The Mac is the way forward.
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The App Store era must end, and the Mac is the model
Personal computers started out simple. So simple that you could just type in programs and run them, save them, and even give them to your friends. ...
Not the most exciting sticker, but I'll take it! image