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Overall, the current race to push AI-based UI everywhere is not handled with enough taste and restraint. Microsoft and Google are just trying too hard with wha
by stephc_int13 2y ago
Overall, the current race to push AI-based UI everywhere is not handled with enough taste and restraint.
Microsoft and Google are just trying too hard with what I consider to be a pre-alpha quality UI, almost always with a degradation of the UX.
Apple is late to the game, but given their recent track record, I would not be surprised to see the same (lack of) strategy in action.
They could lose a lot of users quickly if they don't handle this better.
- anonylizard 2y agoNo they won't lose a lot of users, what's the competition or alternative? ChatGPT? Even more AI? Youtube did like multiple redesigns, each time with massive complaints, clearly had no negative effect on youtube. Reddit did that huge redesign, and lost like 50% of users initially. Their profits keep going up because they now control the ad distribution and can protect their valuable data from scrapers. A UI/UX degradation simply isn't enough to turn away free users. You have to damage the fundamental value proposition like say Tumblr banning adult content.
- pjmlp 2y agoI keep using the old interface, and since they still keep it around, means there is a huge traffic coming from people like myself.
- linker3000 2y agoLooking forward to iAI, eh!?
- rchaud 2y agoA lot of this ham-fisted approach to shoving AI into everything reminds me of other trends that corps were desperately pushing 5 years ago: "voice is the new UI" from Amazon and Google, and "pivot to video" from Facebook. It wasn't for the benefit of consumers, it was to create a segment they felt they could dominate.