There are some orders of magnitude more iOS/iPadOS devices than macOS devices.

There's a bunch of ways we could debate ourselves about things Apple would or wouldn't do, but at the end of the day, Apple is going to do whatever is in it's best interest.

Some things to consider:

- There is only so much attention, compute, and talent a company can devote.

- The labs' API analytics already see which use cases are worth entering. That's what happened with coding and bots.

- If a lab launches a product, every company building on its tech becomes a rival. Competing with your own customers is costly.

- Succeeding in other verticals, like healthcare, finance, and even tech takes domain expertise, regulatory work, sales relationships, integrations with legacy systems, etc etc.

I think your point is solid, but prices usually fall for the older models -- or at least older capabilities. But the frontier models still earn premiums.

I think their lasting value is in owning (in a ~duopoly) the customer, their proprietary data and their workflows.

Edit: grammar

But this is still a big step for research purposes.

Apple's org chart now resembles Microsoft's org chart from this classic meme, but with far more groups: https://www.businessinsider.com/big-tech-org-charts-2011-6

I think it would need a big restructuring with strong, smart product leadership. I'm dubious they have that now, despite the image Apple PR is orchestrating in the press with Ternus as the new CEO.

And they shared this collected data with a bunch of third-parties.

In other words, they do the same stuff that OLED panel that you recommended never, ever be connected to the Internet does.

But don't take my word for it:

https://docs.roku.com/published/userprivacypolicy

As far as I know, there is no way to turn it off and "regular" functionality doesn't even exist in the mobile apps anymore. The Outlook mobile app itself is a basic proxy client. I believe the new Outlook is now, or is in the process of becoming the same.

Minor addition: When you talk to someone who has undergone the surgery, try to find someone that's a similar age and in similar shape to you, otherwise you may get wildly varying answers.

You'll respond, experience and heal from a surgery quite differently at 40 vs 50.

2. Set up TLS MITM between the device and the Internet. Install the cert on the device.

3. On the device, disable certificate pinning for Apple's apps.

4. Use the device normally, observe all the telemetry flowing to Apple.

You might be a little shocked at the amount of... personal and usage details sent to Apple FQDNs.

Remember: Privacy is a feature of the Apple Marketing dept -- not SWE!

  1. https://security.apple.com/research-device/

Caveat: almost all of them only listen on a Tailscale network interface, so they are not directly exposed to the Internet.

It's always good to have another agent (sans existing context) review the project for slop and hacks, best practices, security flaws, etc. I usually have Codex do one, and Claude do the other. Hope this makes sense.

- Write good specs into files, usually Markdown.

- Go through the spec files with the agents, have it point out holes and problems, and then update the specs. Go through a few iterations of this and then start your agents on development.

Garbage in, garbage out.

USAF stuck to the "we must use manned aircraft!" mantra for far too long, but even they have conceded now.

For the reply guys: I know there are small caveats to the above.

I would appreciate a solid explanation of which periods and aspects "Make America Great Again" refers to. I can think of a couple ones off the top of my head regarding technical progress, but I'm unsure whether MAGA helps or hinders that progress.