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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: Here's what a 3.5 trillion dollar company with almost no R&D can
 do with iOS 18
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 20:17:10 -0700
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On 2024-07-19 17:23, Andrew wrote:
> Here's the *best* of what a 3.5 trillion dollar company with almost no R&D
> expenditures (but Coca-Cola-like advertising budgets) can do for iOS 18...

More spent on R&D than all but 3 companies...

> 
> https://www.zdnet.com/article/my-4-favorite-ios-18-features/
> *My 4 favorite iOS 18 features make the iPhone a lot better*
> *and more fun; but there are three things I don't love*
> 
> 1. Control Center is now a juggernaut
> 2. A built-in Passwords app is finally here
> 3. Messages feels more like Slack
> 4. You can design your own home screen
> 
> A few more highlights (of which every other OS has had for years):
> a. Mail gets categories
> b. Calculator app becomes a math tutor
> c. Phone call recording
> d. Call transcriptions
> e. Capture audio in Notes
> f. Lock an app
> 
> The three things I don't love
> A. No Apple Intelligence
> B. Photos redesign misses the mark
> C. Journal app is still iPhone only
> 
> This is what you get after an entire year of development from a company
> whose advertising budget is very many times what their puny R&D spend is.