> Features will degrade over time for _non-subscribers_.
I mean, duh? It isnt a gotcha. Do you expend resources in your life maintaining relationships / friendships with people that dont matter to you? Are you in touch with your high school best friend?
Poeple prioritize their limited resources, similarly companies prioritize their customers.
Your high school friend shouldnt say "baggazhipz has enshittified their relationship with me".
> So it's not just me, an old man yelling at the cloud. The world is getting shittier.
This explains why Cory has been very irritated for a long time. If your outlook is world is objectively worse than 50 years ago, or even 20 years ago - then it makes sense why you're constantly upset at things.
"The arc of the technological universe is long, but it bends toward progress."
I dont think you're using the term correctly. Charging money for product/service is not enshittification. If you insist on that, you're living in fantasy land.
How did you go from "charge a fee for premium features" -> features degrade over time?
Apple has been charging a ton of money for their products and AFAICT their products have been pretty good
Textbook strawman. Build up an alternate fact, and then attack it mercilessly.
> A straw man argument is a common logical fallacy where someone distorts or exaggerates an opposing position to make it easier to attack. Instead of addressing the actual point, they refute a weaker, fabricated version of the argument (the "straw man") to create the illusion of having won the debate.
There's nothing AFAICT that says Google is considering any such thing.
The revisionism about Apple is fascinating. "Apple is sitting out AI", "Apple is smart to see through the hype"
This is the same company that got caught pants down by making iPhone 15 "built ground up for Apple Intelligence". They breathlessly touted their superiority, and when they failed to deliver, tucked their tail behind the legs and went to their rival / frenemy Google for their model.
So nope, Apple isnt sitting this out. Apple is scared, and very much so. You're seeing the valiant fight of a dying giant.
Things don't have any inherent value. It is priced at a level that a buyer thinks it is worth.
A gallon of oil can be $3 or $6 depending on whether someone is willing to pay. It can also be $10 but only if people are willing to buy it at $10 if not "prices will come down to match the demand" - another way of saying it would be $9..$8...$7...$6 until it matches a buyer at which point gas is $6.
The headline doesnt match what is being written. It talks about author's experience with Google, and how more natural language queries are more in use instead of keyword search. But that's not the web, right?
This will be like writing an article saying "The cars are changing, and we are not going back" because Uber made a UI update.
> In late 2025, Chinese provincial disciplinary authorities announced an investigation into Xu Hao, then chairman of Guizhou Big Data Group, for suspected violation of party discipline and national law.5 Apple’s services continued without disruption, and the company made no corresponding public disclosure. But the episode illustrated something that rarely surfaces in earnings calls or investor filings. Apple is not responsible for storing its Chinese user data; instead, a Chinese state-backed company fulfills this function. That company operates inside a system where CCP authorities can intervene directly, quietly, and without any formal public process.
It should send shudders down anybody's spine to know one of the bastions of human rights is very very comfortable being in bed with CCP. I know Apple is seen as the company that stands up for its user, except in China where it is willing to bend over backwards.
What's more concerning is the selective disclosure. They dont talk about this at all, and let Apple enthusiasts weave a clean image for them.
Google bought DoubleClick in 2008. That's nearly 20 years back. Either you're suggesting Google Search has been bad for 20 years, or you're just being willfully ignorant.
> There also seems to be an odd standoff between Apple and the streaming apps, eg no native YouTube, Netflix, Spotify, etc
Apple made the bed when they openly were hostile to the developers. There's a reason why every platform courts the developers (Remember MS's "developers developers developers").
Apple could get away from being a jerk because the devices were attractive, and the distribution it offered was stellar. But it isnt the device that makes the platform successful, but the developers. And YouTube, Netflix, Spotify and the likes know this.
So when AVP came along, for the first time, the power dynamics shifted. They didnt have to rush to the platform. Why should all these companies bend over backwards to make Apple's device a successful. And if they do the work, they'll be even more beholden to Apple's whims.
So they decided to sit out. And cue the fall out.
AVP hardwar is brilliant, but Apple overplayed its hand.
That's great. Would you your country's test covers 100% of the situations a driver might encounter?
Even without knowing the details, I can confidently tell you they don't.
Does it teach you how to recover the car when the tires blow out? How about it is raining? How to react when a car is coming straight at you in the wrong way? How about when a dog jumps out?
True. While we're at it, let's not fixing roads as well. Also electric cars. Also what's the deal with space exploration? Fix what's on earth first please.
Why do you want something useful like this to be with a company? Isnt it better if everyone in the world benefitted from this?