What Went Down at WWDC 2019

Re:What Went Down at WWDC 2019 by tomglynch on Monday June 17, 2019 @11:55AM (#20204240)

I dislike how much focus Apple and other companies put on Memoji's, Emoji's, Bitmoji's, Animoji's and all other shitty, cartoon representations of their users.

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Re:What Went Down at WWDC 2019 by yoz-y on Monday June 17, 2019 @12:02PM (#20204337)

Emojis are one of the few reasons why people update their OS. It is a great win for security.

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Re:What Went Down at WWDC 2019 by azhenley on Monday June 17, 2019 @12:13PM (#20204446)

I've never thought of this, but wow it seems so true. Whenever a new batch of emojis come out, my friends start sending them which entices me to go update immediately.

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Re:What Went Down at WWDC 2019 by stcredzero on Monday June 17, 2019 @12:44PM (#20204780)

Perhaps they're onto something here. Clickbait in the service of security? The black hats are already using the darker side of mass Internet behavior. "Secure your computer with this one weird trick!"

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Re:What Went Down at WWDC 2019 by lowdose on Monday June 17, 2019 @01:53PM (#20205614)

Do you have an example of this in the wild?

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Re:What Went Down at WWDC 2019 by oarsinsync on Monday June 17, 2019 @12:15PM (#20204472)

This is the only way I'm able to convince my family to upgrade sooner rather than later. Nothing quite like square-box-triggered FOMO to force an upgrade.

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Re:What Went Down at WWDC 2019 by TimTheTinker on Monday June 17, 2019 @01:23PM (#20205233)

Excellent insight.

One wonders - how long can updated emojis continue to motivate people to upgrade? Diminishing returns will have to kick in at some point. But there is still more room for innovation in the Messages app.

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Re:What Went Down at WWDC 2019 by vardhanagwal on Monday June 17, 2019 @12:17PM (#20204493)

Good thinking!

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Re:What Went Down at WWDC 2019 by jpochtar on Monday June 17, 2019 @01:26PM (#20205270)

Why not just auto-update the OS??????????

Non-auto-updating software is the problem

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Re:What Went Down at WWDC 2019 by Angostura on Monday June 17, 2019 @12:00PM (#20204297)

I suspect you and I are not the target demographics. My daughter was extremely chuffed that she will be able to design animojis now on her old iPhone SE.

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Re:What Went Down at WWDC 2019 by mceachen on Monday June 17, 2019 @01:07PM (#20205052)

PSA: for those that haven't soaked in sufficient britspeak, "chuffed" means delighted.

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Re:What Went Down at WWDC 2019 by vardhanagwal on Monday June 17, 2019 @12:20PM (#20204515)

Perhaps that's the case...

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Re:What Went Down at WWDC 2019 by etchalon on Monday June 17, 2019 @11:59AM (#20204295)

You might dislike it, but one has to assume these companies have data showing users love them.

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Re:What Went Down at WWDC 2019 by mikeash on Monday June 17, 2019 @12:20PM (#20204521)

Just let people enjoy what they enjoy.

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Re:What Went Down at WWDC 2019 by vardhanagwal on Monday June 17, 2019 @12:00PM (#20204304)

That makes sense, @tomglynch, but I covered it, since it was in the keynote :)

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Re:What Went Down at WWDC 2019 by vardhanagwal on Monday June 17, 2019 @12:01PM (#20204313)

Admittedly, I use them pretty frequently myself...

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Re:What Went Down at WWDC 2019 by dewey on Monday June 17, 2019 @12:17PM (#20204490)

I actually use them a lot via FaceTime and it's definitely motivates me to update faster, so I'm all for it.

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Re:What Went Down at WWDC 2019 by imglorp on Monday June 17, 2019 @12:21PM (#20204527)

It makes me sad that 47 year old tech (emoticons, 1972) is the fore-running value add of a $900b company.

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Re:What Went Down at WWDC 2019 by saagarjha on Monday June 17, 2019 @12:47PM (#20204828)

Thousands of year old technology (wheels) back billion dollar transportation companies.

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Re:What Went Down at WWDC 2019 by imglorp on Monday June 17, 2019 @01:25PM (#20205257)

Nobody makes "now, our vehicles come with WHEELS, the new ROUND kind!" their main selling point.

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Re:What Went Down at WWDC 2019 by glhaynes on Monday June 17, 2019 @02:55PM (#20206206)

Apple spent like 30 seconds of the keynote on it.

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Re:What Went Down at WWDC 2019 by saagarjha on Monday June 17, 2019 @02:00PM (#20205681)

Ever bought a tire?

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