I think that you and others are going to have to eventually get over the fact that you got a free U2 album.
My new iPhone 5s comes tomorrow, so I'll join in on the IOS bitch fest another day. I've been using a 4, so I haven't been able to test 8 at all. I'm in agreement in regards to some of your Apple criticisms. On a better note though, Yosemite seems pretty solid. I guess it better be. On Wednesday, October 15, 2014 2:38:48 PM UTC-5, Yuma Decaux wrote: > > Hi all, > > I don’t know about yall, but I have an iphone 6 with IOS 8 and I have to > say that the experience is less than stellar. Bugs everywhere, slower than > on my iphone 5s, siri cut off midway then voice over not working, hang like > slowness when getting out of an app. I have to say that I have started > looking for alternatives as I feel like apple is trying to nudge things too > much into the “let big brother figure out for you what you should like and > do”. Point in case, that U2 debacle. Last weekend I was camping with some > mates and I was going through some tracks after lunch, and those damn U2 > tracks kept popping up like annoying ads. Really don’t want some band > pushing their crap on my life experience when I shelled out 1200 dollars > for a phone that is supposed to do things for me. Not the other way around. > Sure, U2 has some great songs. But their current 50’s midlife crisis moans > aren’t my style, nor inspire me. I can listen to that when I go into an > apple store and wait for a genius to tell me my future. > > Seriously folks, I’m not just going off on a rant, and for those of you > who want to reply by being defensive for apple, just remember a few basic > things: > 1-You are customer. Customer is king, you are not serving apple. Apple > makes money off you, take 30 percent of the cut on your music production or > app developement with their platform. They serve you. Not the other way > around. > 2-Apple is not god almighty. Apple has great people that collectively > create experiences. At the helm, a few individuals decide on the direction > of that experience. Personally, I don’t trust Tim Cook that much in giving > us a good experience. That Johnny Ive sounds like a pompous marketing guy > with design skills I cannot trust as head of human interface, a software > division, coming from someone who used to make toilet seats. The only one > or ones I can trust in this are frederici and some of the younger engineers > presented at the last apple showcase. but they don’t have enough say yet, > so we’re stuck with all that flash graphical transition animation style > crap instead of truly clean, efficient and snappy interfaces. > 3-There are other choices out there, but I have no idea what. Sometimes I > wish I was sighted again so that I can really be part of the process of > creating real interfaces for everyone. It’s frustrating to know that most > companies follow what is standard and forget that standards are meant to be > broken and updated. Not broken at the cost of the buyer, no. If it’s > broken, it should be free, such as what google offers. Buying a 3000 dollar > piece of hardware to get clunky experiences and moments where you want to > throw that damn thing out the window and never touch it again is clearly > not what I call good experience on a computer. More and more of my friends, > mac users, both sighted and visually impaired, agree with me that apple is > starting to rot in terms of presenting it’s image. It’s not an underdog but > a huge bulky oil tanker that can now only manuver slowly with a battalion > of lawyers behind murmuring at the chief’s ears, the latter being probably > more complacent than should be, thus giving us this weird awkward show each > year now with a barely straight talking TIm Cook who sounds like he never > had a girl friend chill time or something seems amiss in him. Some soul? > Something. Whatever the case, I don’t really dig the style apple is > portraying. It’s becoming a disney world presentation with oooohs and aaahs > when the tech behind is quite literally lagging. No visionary stuff, when > this qualification should by now, from all the sci fi, the research and the > graduations of bright people, should lead us much farther in terms of > actual interaction with a computer, and let’s not forget screen readers. > > Anyway, off for my morning coffee. Have a great day yall > > > > > > > > > Yuma Antoine Decaux > "Light has no value without darkness" > Mob: +612102277190 > Skype: Shainobi1 > twitter: http://www.twitter.com/triple7 > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
