Wwdc Thoughts
- Virtualization technologies (like running Linux and Docker) improvements are cool
- Foundation TV show - exciting
- Running iOS and iPadOS apps locally on the new Mac Silicon didn’t get as much attention as I thought it would
- Not too impressed with the Mac OS changes - design changes didn’t stick with me, and they’re trying to make everything even more “simple” and “minimalist”, but if Apple breaks stuff or make things more inconvenient along the way I’m going to be super mad.
- Really happy with iOS widgets, seems like that’s going to be an interesting feature.
- It’s pretty stupid that they’re making this brand new app library thing because they realize that their current UI for sorting apps is fucking pathetic, instead of just fixing their UI. Lol.
- They’re taking every opportunity to expand their Neural Engine - whether it’s for optimizing battery life, detecting when you’re washing your hands or dancing with Apple Watch, detecting when and how you’re sleeping, etc. I guess it’s the field with the most potential for “innovation”.
- I would probably care about the Messages changes if I talked to more people, but I don’t, so it’s not too relevant to me.
- The AirPods feature where it automatically changes from your phone to iPad to Mac as you shift between devices is pretty cool, I’m kind of jealous of that.
- The surround sound AirPods thing is the type of thing where Apple puts in a shit ton of development but people don’t even care about it. I really don’t see a world where that feature is even slightly relevant for most people.
- I’m a fan of the changes where incoming calls / Siri don’t take up the whole screen. In general, better multitasking capabilities are good. Also a fan of the Picture in a Picture thing coming to iOS.
- Take a shot for each time they called something “incredibly fluid”
- The CarPlay = car keys thing is pretty cool. But what are you going to do if you lose your phone, especially if it’s your phone + wallet + car keys? We need better ways of safekeeping phones, and better memory devices to make sure we don’t forget them somewhere.
- I do want to set up the Apple Home stuff up someday 202006221506, but it’s not relevant to me currently.
- Apple is exploiting the privacy angle so hard to build up Goodwill. It’s hard to disagree with the new App Store privacy awareness features being anything apart from strictly good though.
- I’m a fan of App Clips. In general, seems like the introduced features are very practical-leaning, which is good.
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