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I'm basing my criticism of their vision based on statements like this one: "By connecting your phone to the Internet—not just through apps and notifications, b
by GuiA 11y ago
I'm basing my criticism of their vision based on statements like this one:
"By connecting your phone to the Internet—not just through apps and notifications, but at every corner of the operating system [...]"
And mistaken assumptions such as this one:
“When iOS started development and Android started development, that was 10 years ago. Networks were much slower, Wi-Fi was much less ubiquitous, and AWS hadn’t democratized cloud to the extent that it has, right? So because of that, a lot of choices were made that result in user pain points today, which could actually be alleviated by leveraging the cloud in the way we’re doing.”
Guess what, WiFi still isn't ubiquitous for 90%+ of the population that uses smartphones, and probably won't be anytime soon (think 3rd world countries, rural areas, etc.)
- jgh 11y agoI kinda really hate how City wifi is being done. Every time you connect to the network you have to go through the damn login process on a web page because obviously TWC can't have any of those nasty Verizon customers logging on. I don't even bother with it anymore because all it does is block whatever it was I was looking at as soon as I step out of my house.
- sp332 11y agoIt doesn't have to be ubiquitous. The only times you're going to run out of space is when you're downloading something, and chances are good that you'll run out when you're downloading something large. So you'll already be in a position to download a large file when this kicks in.
- NoGravitas 11y agoAnother use case for running out of space: recording video. Which is quite likely to be when you're out and about someplace with no WiFi, like a park, for example.
- homulilly 11y agoI live in a large city and I still don't always have wifi. I have wifi at my home, obviously, but not on my daily commute, not at most grocery stores, not when I'm out hiking in a park. During those times something like this would just be sucking up my limited lte bandwidth. Heck I'm sure most people still experience losing their cell signal when in the guts of a large building. If I really need more space an SD card seems like a much better option.
- griffinmb 11y agoI may be in the minority here, but even if it was ubiquitous I wouldn't want "every corner of the operating system" running through public WiFi. The creators must be aware of these concerns. I'd be interested in hearing their thoughts on the issue.