Apple has "missed" multiple trends according to bloggers, and a few years later they end up releasing something that reaches the top of the market. Remember that they weren't the first MP3 players, tablets, headphones, smartphones, or smart watches... they lagged in these markets for years and have been at the top of them for decades since.

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atonse 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

I think their huge mistake was announcing a bunch of stuff (Apple Intelligence) that ended up being vaporware.

My guess is that they're also adapting to the changing ecosystem, and since they move very slowly, the trends seem archaic (like Apple Intelligence featuring image and summary generation 12-18 months after it was found to be novel by anyone).

I'm hoping that they lean in hard on their intents API forming a sort of "MCP" like ecosystem. That will be very powerful, and worth spending extra time perfecting.

	▲	micromacrofoot 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah they announced way too early, they probably didn't expect so much movement in the market (and to be fair it doesn't seem like it needs to be so volatile, GPT5's lackluster release feels like evidence of this) leaks seem to indicate they're working on some home AI assistant, which kind of lends to their typical lagging timeline with the goal of quality

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dfedbeef 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

1000% They make the good versions of things when the technology gets to a point that it is genuinely useful for users.