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I would challenge the assertion that they’re so bad at computational photography, over processing notwithstanding. They’ve been at the forefront of computationa
by haswell 4y ago
I would challenge the assertion that they’re so bad at computational photography, over processing notwithstanding. They’ve been at the forefront of computational photography for some time, and issues notwithstanding, the iPhone cameras do spit out some excellent results at times. I just want more control of that processing pipeline.
As for the overarching reasons for poor AI implementations in their other product lines, my pet theory is that Apple’s pace of progress is what you get when constrained by their stated privacy goals.
I have little doubt that they’d be at the top of this game if they leveraged user data the way Google/Meta do.
- counttheforks 4y ago> I just want more control Then Apple is not the product for you.
- haswell 4y agoSetting aside that Apple is not a product, tradeoffs are the name of the game regardless of vendor. I use apps like Halide to fill in the gaps in the stock camera app, and shoot with a standalone camera when I want full creative control. That doesn’t mean I don’t have a wishlist. The funny part is that the primary theme of my comment is about the control Apple gives you over your data - control you do not have when picking other products - and arguable a more important thing to allow me to control.
- counttheforks 4y agoSorry for not being born in an English speaking country. Would you prefer if I'd said "Then Apple's products are not for you"?
- haswell 4y agoNitpicks about sentence structure aside (sorry, that was needlessly snarky on my part), that wasn't really the point of my comment. I've decided that Apple products are, indeed, for me. Wishing they would provide certain features doesn't change that. Apple has shown repeatedly that they are continuing to invest in camera controls. The "RAW" button, support for ProRes, etc. are a few examples of this. Giving "creators" access to more creative modes in the camera is hardly an idea that is so opposite Apple's norms to imagine they might include it someday, or to conclude that I should abandon the ecosystem because they don't have it today.
- saiya-jin 4y agoYou have misaligned expectations, whole Apple approach since forever to anything is to dumb things down so few power users are unhappy but rest doesn't care and appreciates lack of choices, or more like hopes best possible choices are done for them because they paid premium. Which sometimes works OK, sometimes less so. I mean underlying a lot of Apple stuff is linux. Do you feel you have linux device and its might and endless configurability when working with iphone? My wife can't force that f!@#!@ device to allow her pattern unlock of her phone without losing warranty, Apple rather prefers her having no safety at all (since face ID simply doesn't work for her line of work, and typing minimum 6 digits code 100x a day is extremely annoying... no other choices on 13 mini).
- astrange 4y agoThere ain’t no Linux anywhere. Not even GPL.
- alexiaa 4y agoyeah, they avoid any gplv3 software on macos, not sure if ios has any that's even gplv2.
- haswell 4y ago> You have misaligned expectations Which expectations would those be and how are they misaligned? I have no allusions about what using Apple products entail. That doesn't mean I can't want things. But my comment was more about the state of AI than anything.
- alexiaa 4y agoit's unix (bsd), not linux. also, the minimum is actually 4 digits. you can tap "passcode options" when setting/changing passcode. not sure how much better that would be though. i generally like face id but i do hope they add in-display touch id sometime.