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Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.ipad,comp.sys.mac.advocacy Subject: Re: Yet again - Apple sherlocks functionality - copying - instead of innovating Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 10:00:36 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 26 Message-ID: <102ccnk$23do4$1@dont-email.me> References: <102cako$2o90$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 19:00:37 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="833ebf57ec1b8a96776e3c5325ef9116"; logging-data="2209540"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX184OjVwxsNAlu0+X+LZuteg+hJVWs9juRM=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:DSkrGj8CYJJp7FXWGSXlk7Y0KzY= Content-Language: en-CA In-Reply-To: <102cako$2o90$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> On 2025-06-11 09:24, Marion wrote: > Yet again - Apple sherlocks functionality - copying - instead of innovating > which isn't a bad thing - it just proves that Apple can't innovate. > > *Apple sherlocked these apps at WWDC 2025* > <https://www.macrumors.com/2025/06/11/apple-sherlocked-these-apps-at-wwdc-2025/> > > MacRumors specifically talks about how Apple sherlocked several apps at > WWDC 2025 by introducing new features in iOS 26 and macOS Tahoe that offer > similar functionality to existing third-party solutions. Examples mentioned > include enhanced Spotlight replacing features of Raycast and Launch Bar, > Call Assist acting like Robokiller and Truecaller, and Notes app for Apple > Watch replacing various third-party note-taking apps on the watch. > > I repeat that it's not necessarily a bad thing when Apple developers are > forced to copy existing functionality because htey can't innovate, but it > does provide more evidence that Apple long ago lost the ability to > innovate. > > All Apple can do now to "innovate" is remove basic functionality so that > the poor Apple customer is forced to figure out a way to buy it back. > > Oh, and Apple usually innovates a half dozen "exciting new emojis" too! Subsuming functionality that exists in third party apps isn't necessarily "sherlocking" them.