John Siracusa
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And I think there's appropriate times for AI and there's inappropriate times for AI.
And do I really need what, I don't even remember what the stupid thing is called.
It was like something playground.
What's the, the image playground.
I couldn't even remember the darn thing.
Cause I've used it like twice, but it's here.
But it's here, baby.
So you see where I'm going with this, right, is that I don't think adding just because you're keeping up with the Joneses is necessarily the right idea.
And Apple in the past had usually been very good about, yes, that's wonderful for you, but we don't need that.
It's not additive for our users.
It's not helpful for our users.
So I'm kind of meandering around the question rather than answering it because I think every...
Decision would be different.
It would it would have to be on a case by case basis.
But I think generally Apple's thrust to move forward isn't by itself unhealthy.
I think the problem is that sometimes there's a little too much new shiny and not enough improvement of what was already there.
And I think what makes it even more difficult.
aggressive or worse is when the new shiny is just for the sake of new shiny rather than actually additive.
But I don't know.