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> utilitarian I wouldn't say so. My feeling with Apple software in the past ~5 years or so is that it's been a slow devolution into "growth & engagement" and c
by Nextgrid 4y ago
> utilitarian
I wouldn't say so. My feeling with Apple software in the past ~5 years or so is that it's been a slow devolution into "growth & engagement" and catering to idiots (and nudging them to do counter-productive things) rather than true utility.
True utility would be to do a task, do it well, and don't change all the time. Instead, Apple has been devolving more and more into what you'd expect from a typical "growth & engagement" startup, with for example the Music apps on Mac and iOS being only a shadow of their past selves (despite iTunes having real problems).
Design-wise, countless features have been replaced by copious amounts of whitespace and the trend shows no signs of stopping. Say what you want about skeuomorphism, but I'll take anything over absolutely nothing.
- function_seven 4y agoSmart Playlists! Back in the iTunes days, I had a smart playlist that consisted of songs that I last listened to between 6 and 7 months ago. Kind of a reminder of music that I liked, but maybe forgot about. I had several different playlists that were all dynamic and based on some combination of my listening history, download date, release date, and/or other ID3 tags. The new Music app is stupid when it comes to playlists. You have to manually create each one.
- pxmpxm 4y agoThis - the nag screen to sign up iCloud when attaching photos in iMessage is prime example of this: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250951130?answerId=251893660022#251893660022 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250951130?answerId=2518...
- hulitu 4y agoThis is for your security. You shall upload all your pictures on iCloud so they can scan them for CP. (and maybe sell some metadata or even data to ad companies) /s
- zamalek 4y ago> catering to idiots Lots of UI improvements, still no container/jail support in the kernel. It has never been more a lifestyle statement, and less a useful operating system.