M.G. Siegler
Technology writer of Spyglass, a newsletter about technology and media. Previously a reporter at TechCrunch and an investor at GV.
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Their wordsThird, a lot of software, namely third-party software, is still playing catch-up here.
↗The Reviewers Are Crazy; the iPhone Duo Is Fantasticspyglass.org
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Their wordsObviously this is happening, and Elon Musk isn't even being coy about it any longer.
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Their wordsThe market judging "winners" and "losers" on a quarterly basis is getting more extreme.
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Their words"MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display" – that is the actual name complete with ALL CAPS – sounds and looks downright Microsoftian.
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Their wordsWhich mainly here means generations of people do, and touchscreens is now all most kids know, so... yeah, this was always inevitable.
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Their wordsAmazon, of course, says all the right things about privacy and data protection, but that may not end up mattering as much as the societal pushback here.
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Their wordsAnd given the Amazon ownership, and price point, it feels like the start of a new state of surveillance tech. That sounds creepy, and it is in some ways. But it also feels inevitable.
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Their wordsI mean, I’m not sure the world will ever be ready for that, but I digress…
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Their wordsThe HomeView, despite costing $300 – a good price, certainly for Apple, all things considered – will not.
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Their wordsThe iPhone Duo, despite costing $2,000+ is going to be a massive hit for Apple.
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Their wordsBut I also still think it will end up being a great form-factor with some tweaks and time.
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Their wordsit just seems like there are a lot of signals that the mass market might not be quite ready for this product.
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The HomeView may lead to a fairly confusing and perhaps far less performant product experience.
Their wordsBut I'm also going to guess this will lead to a fairly confusing and perhaps far less performant product experience.
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Their words$299 feels downright reasonable for what is clearly a thoughtfully designed and elegant looking home computer centerpiece.
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Their wordsGoogle paid all that money for less than two years of service for Shazeer. Sorry, they also technically paid for the "non-exclusive licensing rights" to Character.AI, but as we're learning today, those are effectively worthless.
↗A Couple Elephants in the Character.AI Bankruptcy Roomspyglass.org
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Their wordsThis clearly – clearly – should have been a movie that went right to streaming.
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Their wordsAnyway, the writing was clearly on the wall for Character at that point, the bigger point remains what a disaster these "hackquisitions" are turning out to be.
↗A Couple Elephants in the Character.AI Bankruptcy Roomspyglass.org
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Their wordsThe reality here was that this movie was never likely to be a big performer at the box office.
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Their wordsI had also been guessing a $499 price point, but given that it will be running on the two-generations-old A18 chip – the new Apple TV will have a newer chip? – which may again suggest that this product has been ready to roll for a while now, just waiting on Siri to get smart – it would seem to indicate a lower-price point.
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Their wordsAs such, they may actually be bigger than X at the moment in terms of actual usage and user base – and if they're not in every metric yet, they will be soon.
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Their words"Super Intelligence" has been converted into silly signaling... As if coaxing Big Tech companies to pay for your inauguration or new ballrooms or forcing executives to come to the movie premieres of documentaries about your wife wasn't enough, we now have a new, more direct litmus test of fealty to President Trump. "Super Intelligence". If you use the term in your talking points going forward, you're good. If you don't, well, you're "THE ENEMY!" It's a signal and it's that simple.
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Their wordsAI can run nearly infinite scenarios to brute force its way to solutions in ways humans cannot.
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Their wordsWith all due respect to Samsung, the iPad remains the only real tablet game in town.
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Their wordsearly indications indicate that these machines should be better at local AI but likely worse at "regular" computing tasks versus the MacBook Pro.
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Their wordsApple's would-be 'HomePod Hub' device starts to make a lot more sense if it launches alongside a bunch of other technology products for the home – and the best way to do that, fast, is with a deep partnership with a current player.
↗Apple's LG Home Partnership • HBO Max/Paramount+ Super Appspyglass.org
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Their wordsA time when anti-tech sentiment is building and spreading, no less.
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Their wordswithout question, Hollywood is going to change a lot over the next decade.
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For most people, the AirPods 5 are likely worth getting over the more expensive AirPods Pro.
Their wordsAnd trust me in saying that for most people, the AirPods 5 are likely worth getting over the $100 more expensive AirPods Pro.
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Their wordsThe AirPods – regular model – really may be the best product Apple makes.
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Their wordsThis is just not the type of movie that does well at the box office in the 2020s. Maybe that's sad, but it's no less true.