Similar conclusion - they're "losing" if the goal is marketshare and mindshare dominance. If the goal is just to carve their own niche, they're already there.
But, if you compare the growth into new spaces Apple did in the 2000s, then sure Apple of today hasn't done anything new in a while. Does it need to? Maybe from an investor point of view?
The hardware side is its own thing - some do not challenge their hardware because their goals are different like Facebook going cheap on VR rather than expensive).
While nobody has as complete of a portfolio on what the M-chips have accomplished, the GB10 and Ryzen AI Max Pro seem to be similar in capability, yet late to the party and at this point just one-offs.
But I don't think that really matters. Few people are buying based on deeply researched specs, so whatever is cheap and has battery life will do and there's happily plenty to choose from these days.
Over time I went from 0 doc, 0 automation to putting a lot of thought into both. Projects become a bit of a circus to maintain, and nobody can help you out of it if nothing is documented, and good luck when you forget.
Devs aren't the only problem here. In the few large companies I've been in, the assigned doc writers haven't made a net positive. It always takes me so much effort to walk them through what to write about and how it should be written to match how the users actually read and understand content that I end up writing it myself during such meetings. It's a bit of a living rubber duck exercise at times. I've grown to be a high paid doc writer that writes code too.
> It's meant to compete with the junky little thing you get with your PC that's wired, with who-knows-what DPI and 3 buttons at best.
Of all the strange things Apple decides to compete in, why would Apple be trying to compete with logitech at twice the price? Honestly don't know why Apple bothers with peripherals though, its not like their keyboards are worth writing home about either.
I disagree, but you know having different preferences is fine. I think the trackpad of the macbook is the worst trackpad I've ever used, typing from an m1 mbp right now and wish it had distinct right & left mouse buttons.
But the nice thing is you can buy a variety of form factors that suit your needs. Unless its Apple, in which you get basically one thing take it or leave it.
The US had incredible soft power. You could travel the world and still hear US news, and locals discussing their opinion on the US. US entertainment was inescapable. Now people in other countries are starting to find ways to do without US influence, and the admiration and interest is dwindling.
The loss of soft power will hurt in indirect ways, but they will hurt.
I clicked expecting a list of cool things to self host.
Instead I got a list of ways I would never want to host.
Mankind invented BSD jails so that I do not have to tie myself in a knot of container tooling and abstraction.
I also find it funny that COBOL is treated as the boogeyman. It's just a language. Any programmer by profession should be capable of learning a language decently in a month, and better within the year.
So when people say "all the COBOL programmers are retiring!", they're completely missing the problem. The language isn't the problem.
The problem is the design of the software written in COBOL, z/OS itself, and the operators that defend its design. The software has so much dark matter due to tech debt, partially due to age, partially due to vintage. z/OS has tech debt, due to designs for a different era being carried forward. Manual processes that should have safety guards and technical limitations abound.
But that's not to say DOGE should be trying to rewrite this stuff. Not on their schedule and not with their staff. Because it will create bugs. The same reason this software persists.
As you say, due to banking, this works more or less depending on which country you live in.
Some countries have tied their banking to their phones, with apps that use SafetyNet to check how Googled you are.
Somehow corporations and nations have given sovereignty away for convenience and so you may need 2 phones: the google one and the good one, to properly be f-droid only.
I agree with you that most consumers probably do want things that are bad for them. I would at least be cautious of services provided by one of the companies with the most anti-trust lawsuits this century, I really don't think they're your friend.
It’s dangerous to assume so much as this about the thoughts of someone on comments, but let me offer a supporting opinion to the other point:
People like things to be consistent and reliable. When we’re talking about technology, they probably don’t know what specific coding or licensing or development practices lead to that, but they know that they don’t like it when something they use gets worse over time.
When things they use everyday change at the whim of one company that has full control, they don’t always like it. Having software that’s free to modify and distribute makes it so people will always have options and not depend on one company or another having the same opinions about what makes software good.
"Having software that’s free to modify and distribute makes it so people will always have options and not depend on one company or another having the same opinions about what makes software good"
Yeah its called android, company like samsung,xiaomi,huawei etc literally modify android and its come out of the box with the phone
are you saying that android without google is the answer since android is still google, saying you dont want google but still using android is not really live up to the opinion since google can change android core anyway
This isn’t about wanting or not wanting Google but wanting freedom. I don’t avoid Google completely, but I don’t want to be dependent on them. I always want to have free and open alternatives to what they provide.
The AOSP works for those different companies because it’s free to modify. Huawei had to move away from Android (still using parts) because Google services were not free or available to them. That was fine because at least the core parts remained free.
If the basic functions of life like paying for things don’t work without Google, it’s a problem. That’s bad for people and too much pressure for Google to do the right thing for people who have different needs.
Yeah, it's called hypocrisy. You want all the good things without the bad things, but they come with an associated cost. People are free to use anything other than Android or iOS; no one forces them to use Google services either.
Google is an objectively evil company, ever since they removed their “Don’t be evil” slogan. Android is, conceptually, a good idea. There is no “emotion” behind that statement, they themselves have said they are evil, and their actions regarding Android reflect that. It is not hypocrisy to desire that there be more good than bad in this world, and I urge you to read a dictionary.
Yeah its called "don't use android at all", its called hypocrisy when you still use android without the google service
same with IOS, I bet a lot people desire IOS on non iphone device but that not going to happen soon because Apple profit is from iphone sales
same with youtube, people dont like watching ads but youtube bussiness model is not going to survive without ads (who going to spend money if people can upload unlimited video on it for free???)
google benefit from android development cost because they can generating revenue because people can get use google service
its called BUSSINESS, there is no evil in doing bussiness. dont talk me about being right or evil when we talking at HN when most people want to create unlimited subscription for their service
It’s not hypocrisy to remove the cancer from my phone, tumors like Google Services exist to be removed. I use an Adblock, I download all the videos I like to personal storage after watching them on YouTube via a shared Indivious frontend me and my friends use (meaning Google takes the data hit twice), and I always fill up my GDrives. This way I can slowly do my part in removing evil from this world.
There is absolutely evil in doing business, unless you view things such as slavery as A-OK. And trust me, I fucking hate subscriptions and view those who fall to forcing them onto their users as less than scum. They are just as evil as Google or Apple are.
But, if you compare the growth into new spaces Apple did in the 2000s, then sure Apple of today hasn't done anything new in a while. Does it need to? Maybe from an investor point of view?
The hardware side is its own thing - some do not challenge their hardware because their goals are different like Facebook going cheap on VR rather than expensive). While nobody has as complete of a portfolio on what the M-chips have accomplished, the GB10 and Ryzen AI Max Pro seem to be similar in capability, yet late to the party and at this point just one-offs. But I don't think that really matters. Few people are buying based on deeply researched specs, so whatever is cheap and has battery life will do and there's happily plenty to choose from these days.