WWDC 2024 [video] (opens in new tab)

Got in late, seems like I can't rewind on this stream??

This feels like a parody of itself at times. I really wish they'd make these less cringeworthy so I could actually sit through the whole thing.

I dislike a lot of the iOS changes are making it more "Android". It doesn't make things any easier or simpler. If I wanted ultra customisation I would have gotten an Android. And no Password App on iOS 18.

lol .. place icons anywhere

I like how fast they turned “ha ha, at least they have a sense of humor about how stupid it is that it’s taken this long to get Calculator on iPad” into “…oh my” when Pencil entered the picture.

Good that it delivers something really nice and isn’t just finally getting the damn thing on iPad.

So far, everything should have just been a blog post

Apple announcements, especially WWDC used to be very exciting. I've watched all Apple announcements live since 2020ish. This is the first year where I am not watching live because it's been "meh" for a while now, and I can just read about it later.

I expect Siri/OpenAI integration is going to be the star of the show.

I'm not an iPhone user and not aware of any anti-spam features the Mail app already has, but I wonder how many marketing managers recoiled in their chairs when Apple introduced a GMail-style "promotions" folder away from the inbox, and say it's easy to group-digest and delete all mails from a single business.

edit for typo and clarity

I have to wonder what Jobs would have thought about contemporary Apple using AI to mindlessly generate imitation Pixar images.

I really wish they would switch these back to being live. It just adds a human element that cannot be captured with this crap. Steve stood up there in a black sweater and let the tech speak for itself. On these I'm stuck beholding the same class of high-income-Silicon-Valley-mid-40s where they are all kind of weirdly look and sound the same even though they are all trying so hard to have unique styles and they are all just so excited to be telling you the thing that is really important and gives their life deep meaning and peace and they are so happy.

and once again - another year with a great iPad Hardware wise but essentially unusable for coding tasks software wise.. Would love a reason to buy one and use as a travel coding machine but without local support it remains a non-starter

Interesting the AAPL stock took a downturn right at 2:10pm EST after going up.

If you'd play a drinking game where you take a sip everyone assumes that awkward power stance, you'd be completely wasted 20 minutes in

this is the video form of "bug fixes and performance improvements", and about as charismatic

And here’s the Apple Developer link… https://developer.apple.com/wwdc24/

Shame there was no mention that the Apple ][ launch on June 10, 1977. At least I didnt see anything in the running MacRumors summary.

Math notes looks incredible, but it's probably one of those features that will be infuriating for anything remotely complex.

To a technical person, the discussion around AI felt really creepy and disingenuous, full of irrelevant distractions