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> saddened at a future where all this is locked up in corporate hands I would guess this rolls out from big companies first because the first version is always
by criddell 4y ago
> saddened at a future where all this is locked up in corporate hands
I would guess this rolls out from big companies first because the first version is always the most difficult. It’s only going to get easier to do and I would totally expect end-user controlled TTS systems to get better and eventually exceed the capabilities of this version from Apple. Of course Apple isn’t going to sit still, so they will continue to improve as well.
Are there examples from ten or twenty years ago of a technology that big companies had locked up that never made it out to end users? What we have might lag, but it seems like this stuff only ever gets easier to do.
- abraxas 4y agoLinux is a prime example of a technology that was at first far behind its proprietary counterparts but eventually dominated and nearly extinguished all non-free competitors.
- FinalBriefing 4y agoFor very specific uses. Linux is not a good options for general computers used by everyday people. That experience is still owned by large corporations.
- fsflover 4y agoThere are only two cases when you can't use Linux as you daily driver: * You must use proprietary software not supporting Linux * You must use a device with proprietary drivers not supporting Linux For me, it works flawlessly, since I avoid both cases.
- wahnfrieden 4y agoas AI requires larger and larger data sets and processing power (energy, money), how will public domain catch up to their wealth accumulation? it's not like linux where chipping away at functionality and incremental UX adds up sufficiently over time