Re:An Alerting Vista of macOS Sonoma
by janfoeh on Monday July 10, 2023 @07:53AM
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Yes, but … no.
> (We did this to ourselves, by constantly trying to make computers easier to use, and telling everyone else they should have one)
Agreed. However: most people never wanted a computer, they only wanted to do certain computer-y things.
And they don't have to anymore! We now have this new breed of wondrous, computer-y devices which are less capable, but in return are also a lot easier to use. It's here, it's absolutely ubiquitous and it is roughly good enough most of the time.
The worlds of "smart" devices and general computing machines could have, _should_ have coexisted perfectly next to each other. That Apple is slowly but surely merging the two is a massive, unnecessary, foolhardy mistake that is on them and them alone.
> (We did this to ourselves, by constantly trying to make computers easier to use, and telling everyone else they should have one)
Agreed. However: most people never wanted a computer, they only wanted to do certain computer-y things.
And they don't have to anymore! We now have this new breed of wondrous, computer-y devices which are less capable, but in return are also a lot easier to use. It's here, it's absolutely ubiquitous and it is roughly good enough most of the time.
The worlds of "smart" devices and general computing machines could have, _should_ have coexisted perfectly next to each other. That Apple is slowly but surely merging the two is a massive, unnecessary, foolhardy mistake that is on them and them alone.