Nothing is more humorous to watch than when the Apple less-faithful start dog-piling on. Tis the season right now- WWDC just a month or so away, an "S" cycle iPhone year, and the most recent product release the "SE." There just hasn't been enough "innovation" to satiate the hungriest of fans and news hounds.
Meanwhile, Amazon's Echo is growing, Google I/O just wrapped up to mixed, albeit interesting, reviews. There's innovation everywhere- except 1 Infinite Loop.
Just you wait.
Look, we all know that Apple is a blackbox of innovation. They don't show us what they're working on- they show us what they've done. Great for consumers; bad for tech writers and podcasters who are running out of ways to fill daily RSS feeds and 2 hour recording sessions. But that's the Apple way- acquisitions go in, products come out. Don't you mind how we did it.
That's not to say that the recent track record is flawless. The Apple TV didn't live up to it's potential in my book. And the Watch, has plenty of room to grow. But to already be calling Apple out as "lagging" in areas like home voice-based AI is crazy. The Echo isn't mainstream by any standard and Google hasn't even shipped a Home device yet. It's an emerging market, but hardly a mature one.
Apple doesn't play in emerging markets. They play in developing ones. Which is why Samsung, Pebble, and Android Wear all shipped smart watches first and why Apple is totally dominating the category (with it's "lack-luster" device).
Just you wait. Apple is going to play in this and every space in big ways. But if you want to be the earliest of adopters, go play somewhere else.
"One definition of maturity is learning to delay pleasure for a better result." ~ Dave Ramsey
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