AppleInsider podcast talks iOS 10, Thunderbolt displays, HomeKit, more

This week on the AppleInsider podcast, Neil and Victor discuss rumors, the lack of iOS 10 beta 2, iPhone at 9 years, the Thunderbolt Display with built-in GPU rumor and the best alternatives, the 'iPhone 7' case with no headphone port in it, and more.

AppleInsider editors Nei Hughes and Victor Marks wrap up the latest in betas and rumors:

The lack of iOS 10 beta 2
iPhone at 9 years
The Thunderbolt Display with built-in GPU rumor
The best Apple display alternatives
'iPhone 7' no-headphone port case
Suppliers counting on the next iPhone for their revenue
App Store complaint: Spotify
Navel-gazing: How we produce the podcast
HomeKit: What can it do right now?

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7 Comments

sirdir 196 comments · 18 Years

About 8 years ago

Siri still works horribly with homekit in German You Americans have no idea how much better everyting on the iphone works in English/in the US

TurboPGT 355 comments · 9 Years

sirdir said:

Siri still works horribly with homekit in German You Americans have no idea how much better everyting on the iphone works in English/in the US

I'm not so sure that its a lot better in English.

TurboPGT said:

sirdir said:

Siri still works horribly with homekit in German You Americans have no idea how much better everyting on the iphone works in English/in the US

I'm not so sure that its a lot better in English.

Oh yes it is. For the beta I actually had to switch siri to English because in German it doesn't work at all (not regarding to voice recognition, but to functionality. Just is broken completely, whereas in 9.x it's only semi broken in German, English works perfectly). But for sure one would like siri to learn... If I give her the same command every day, why would she understand something completely different one day? Sometimes she even understands things I'd neeeever say to a lady.

I'm sorry but the argument that Apple doesn't deserve a cut in perpetuity from subscriptions sold through the App Store is insane. When asked what the counter argument was, you said "Apple has to maintain servers." That's the least of it. Apple owns the entire platform. You don't want to give them a cut? Then they don't have to hand you the most successful platform in the world to sell software subscriptions.

What a thankless, inexplicable perspective.

TurboPGT said:

I'm sorry but the argument that Apple doesn't deserve a cut in perpetuity from subscriptions sold through the App Store is insane. When asked what the counter argument was, you said "Apple has to maintain servers." That's the least of it. Apple owns the entire platform. You don't want to give them a cut? Then they don't have to hand you the most successful platform in the world to sell software subscriptions.

What a thankless, inexplicable perspective.

Well, I disagree. They own the whole platform because they offer no Alternative! If they would act the same on the Mac every subscription sold in the whole Internet would be 30% Apple's.
Why should spotify pay Apple forever for customers that only use spotifies infrastructure? If Apple would stream their music, it might be a valid point.