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I only skimmed the article until I realized they weren't talking about Apple starting a privacy focused actual social network. That's what I thought the articl

I only skimmed the article until I realized they weren't talking about Apple starting a privacy focused actual social network. That's what I thought the article would be about. So this is off topic but what I'm imagining is letting people connect with other iCloud users (aka friends and family) to share pics, videos and comment on them. Maybe they can link iTunes/App store content (apps, music, movies, etc.) with each other and comment on them too. This might take a huge amount of more people off Facebook and bring them into Apple eco-system of services than meet-up like events at their brick and mortar stores. There are probably millions of FB users that just use it to connect with distant close friends & family to share pics, etc. Edit: just to build on this idea a little, pulling people's actual social network (not acquaintances or long lost people they never see) could boost sales of their content. Let people share, like and comment on their favorite music, tv shows, movies, and apps with no ads.

Spooky23 8y ago
They've had that for years -- iMessage. IMO Facebook is for aspirational connectivity... you stalk your high school friends from afar. iMessage is for the people whom you actually talk to, and the green vs. blue bubble is a subtle peer pressure factor to get people to flip. As more applications expose functionality via iMessage, that will get more powerful.
- smashingfiasco 8y ago
  Shared Albums in the Photos app lets you do just that.
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  - Spooky23 8y ago
    Agree, alot of the pieces are there, but Apple has done a not so great job at discovery. That's slowly getting better imo. I use my kid's school as a proxy for the average joe. About 60% of the moms have no idea that Shared Albums exist, and most of them don't really understand how they work. The UI is a little weird.
    - michaelchisari 8y ago
      Apple has done a not so great job at discovery. Except... maybe they shouldn't? Maybe real life can be the discovery part.
OJFord 8y ago
Apple tried that with music [0] - it was disastrous. I do agree it has a lot of the infrastructure and 'network' bit in place though with iCloud, it's just missing the 'social'. (At least, so it seems from outside the walled garden looking in.) [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes_Ping https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes_Ping
- GeekyBear 8y ago
  Ping was designed to integrate into Facebook, however Jobs pulled that integration at the last second citing "onerous terms that we could not agree to." One would assume this came down to the two companies views on customer privacy. https://www.cnet.com/news/steve-jobs-on-why-no-facebook-for-ping/ https://www.cnet.com/news/steve-jobs-on-why-no-facebook-for-...

Spooky23 8y ago

They've had that for years -- iMessage. IMO Facebook is for aspirational connectivity... you stalk your high school friends from afar. iMessage is for the people whom you actually talk to, and the green vs. blue bubble is a subtle peer pressure factor to get people to flip. As more applications expose functionality via iMessage, that will get more powerful.

smashingfiasco 8y ago
Shared Albums in the Photos app lets you do just that.
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- Spooky23 8y ago
  Agree, alot of the pieces are there, but Apple has done a not so great job at discovery. That's slowly getting better imo. I use my kid's school as a proxy for the average joe. About 60% of the moms have no idea that Shared Albums exist, and most of them don't really understand how they work. The UI is a little weird.
  - michaelchisari 8y ago
    Apple has done a not so great job at discovery. Except... maybe they shouldn't? Maybe real life can be the discovery part.

OJFord 8y ago

Apple tried that with music [0] - it was disastrous. I do agree it has a lot of the infrastructure and 'network' bit in place though with iCloud, it's just missing the 'social'. (At least, so it seems from outside the walled garden looking in.) [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes_Ping https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes_Ping

GeekyBear 8y ago
Ping was designed to integrate into Facebook, however Jobs pulled that integration at the last second citing "onerous terms that we could not agree to." One would assume this came down to the two companies views on customer privacy. https://www.cnet.com/news/steve-jobs-on-why-no-facebook-for-ping/ https://www.cnet.com/news/steve-jobs-on-why-no-facebook-for-...