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Re:Apple's Siri revamp reportedly delayed again by lxgr on Thursday February 12, 2026 @04:07AM (#46986505)
> Apple doesn't need to solve AI. It's not core to their business in the same way that search engines aren't core to their business.

Apple's core business is providing well-crafted products and user interfaces for all kinds of interactions. Do you really think AI/LLMs won't change the way we use computers?

> They can trivially pay Google a billion a year for Gemini.

I'd be willing to bet that in less than 5 years, this will sound like saying "they can trivially pay Accenture a billion a year for slightly better UX design" today.

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Re:Apple's Siri revamp reportedly delayed again by pjmlp on Thursday February 12, 2026 @04:52AM (#46986817)
Well-crafted products and user interfaces like butterfly keyboards, antennas, Leopard, Tahoe?

Or maybe Pippin, A/UX, OpenDoc, Copland?

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Re:Apple's Siri revamp reportedly delayed again by lxgr on Thursday February 12, 2026 @05:41AM (#46987122)
If your high-profile misses become the subject of both memes and major news stories I'd say you are still the benchmark in UX, yes.

Even "Apple design has peaked" is a meme if you've been following this stuff for more than just one decade. (Sure, one day it'll most likely be true, but that doesn't make everyone predicting it now a prophet retroactively.)

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Re:Apple's Siri revamp reportedly delayed again by pjmlp on Thursday February 12, 2026 @06:59AM (#46987672)
Ah, then it applies to Microsoft as well.
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