Scott Jenson on Nostr: A small part of me was interested in the small additions Apple made to touch input ...
A small part of me was interested in the small additions Apple made to touch input for the MacBook Pro (e.g. expanding the items in a menu more when you touch vs click to give you bigger targets).
But then I realized I just really didn't care because ultimately it didn't really matter. These are all frills on the same dress. Apple makes great hardware to be sure, both it's processors, displays, and laptops are not notch. But nothing has *deeply* changed in a long time. They are spending their energy merging iOS and MacOS, not fundamentally improving what either does.
I get it. Most people don't *want* anything to change, but the first rule of incumbents: maintain the status quo. If Apple has lost the will to make real improvements, I do hope we start seeing others start taking some risks.
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