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I also agree. the "premium" for the zero-work, one click install and backup feels very expensive.

Currently I pay about $5/month for my VPS provider and $0 for some static sites CloudFlare's free deployment connected to my git repos is more than sufficient.

Their pricing killed the product.

Just searching for “pric” in the comments will show you hundreds of references.

At the end of the day, it’s a streaming stick.

For $300 or here it’s €350 - this is unjustifiable.

That’s exactly it. There should be some permission logic for delegating.

But as always, there are rivals trying to set their tone on what’s the standard. We all wish there was one unified agreed concept that will work but I guess the most common one will eventually survive.

Just as Microsoft in a sense embraces Linux with WSL and also Apple has their virtualization framework.

I hope we’ll eventually get unified model management system to include also permissions designed properly

As many companies, we've started to use AI on a daily-basis. Yet, it didn't cut the need for testing (both automated and manual) and reviewing.

Now here we see a fully blown suite which is already alarming for basic testability.

Also, we had several apps targeting directly at Adobe in the past.

* Blackmagic DaVinci is the biggest, and it also bought several companies to start fusing a one-stop solution.

* Affinity also started with single app that got attention before being swallowed into Canva.

Leaving compatibility and ui-workflow (which is important to existing users), It's much more sane to start and focus on a single app instead of a fully blown package.

From Adobe/Creative Cloud users, I do know Acrobat Pro is one of the problematic apps they have in terms (it freezes, guess a lot of legacy code, etc). And yet, even where there is some competition on PDF editors, Acrobat is still strong also due to UX and features.

Indeed from a company targeting global market, scoping the contestants to US & Canada residents is already not very welcoming.

being a nerd here, sudo - yes, but indeed I thought the entire UNIX design of everything is files and there are permissions, groups, etc, should be sufficient.

But I think the "new world" is, we are over stimulated (eg. agents ask us 'permissions' for a long command) so we might give a sudo not fully aware of it where a big bold UX message box after a 'pseudo' sudo would better catch our eyes.

So it seems this is about adding additional layers over already existing ones in a way?

> Pass Designer beta requires macOS 27 or later

Interesting if this is due to concrete reason or not.

Maybe it’s me being old but I don’t understand why I’d want this device for 249$.

I know some younger gens are looking for phoneless experiences, but for that price you can find old devices and simply recycle their usage. There are enough roms aimed and making a “dumb” mp3 player and include 3.5” and decent audio.

So I wonder if I miss something. The fomo here is messing with me.

What's surprised me, just earlier today I let Codex write a minor PR for simple open-source webapp. I needed HTTPS for testing secured context Web API. (Web Bluetooth)

While testing it locally Codex by itself suggests using CF Tunnels but what's more interesting it actually used the Quick Tunnels.

Coming from days where I get warnings of vibe-coded generated code using deprecated code or older APIs, I must say using something so fresh is quite impressive.

I believe people in HN also remember the days before we had MMUs.

And I'm sure everyone remembers ransomware.

No one is saying OS shouldn't have security measures, permissions/entitlements and app sandboxing, user land, etc.

I still don't understand why my desktop/laptop is allowed to be 'owned' by me. but my iPhone is a closed-gardened where I'm just a guest in a device I own. and that's nearly what Google is now doing.

A little off-topic, I have to admit, I did play Doom back in the 90s and I know it is just a game.

But is it just me or other folks feel uncanny seeing "a machine" playing Doom with low-latency as the first demo.

While I'm optimistic that humanity is good (but sometimes makes bad decisions), My first thought was seeing such models used by armies.

We already had enough proof of vulnerabilities in the OS code and Manufacturers (eg. Samsung/Lenovo/etc privileged apps), there were enough reviewed apps that were used for fraud or access as bad actors.

My banking works in my 'unprotected' computer browser. So I'd expect giving anyone equivalent freedom. I don't mind if there's a default for gate-keepers as long as they allow competition. but I would expect to have same freedom on my mobile devices as on my laptop.

Apple Foundations Models Framework already aimed towards some generalized API for models. Personally I like it, just as I would be a little happier if instead of codex/claude/antigravity (rip gemini cli) I would have single standardized interface.

With mobile devices especially where ideally models could be shared across several apps.

But this specific code I'd assume is targeted to comply with EU regulations more than anything.

OT:

Since I've moved to Spain my principal Apple account is still in my home country but I've made another one for local app-store (since some local apps aren't available if you're not in the Spanish store).

iPhone is acting really strange, I'm logged to my principal account for iCloud+ and anything and local App Store.

If I log back to my principal account, I loose HCE mode and my building NFC app stops working until I re-log in the Spanish Apple Store.

If I'm logged at the Spanish account, I loose Siri AI which is blocked in the EU...

Norton is very heated in the comments here. But even separating this concern.

Personally, the landing page itself hurts my trust of the goal.

Why?

When we think of a browser, before anything. We want something that feels snappy and performant. Even if the browser IS snappy. the fact that this page feels unresponsive in a way on my MacBook Pro M1 Pro. already raises concerns of performance.

For my sanity, I've tried Vivaldi's website, Brave's website. All feels "light" and scrolling is a breeze on Safari.

Those are just my few cents, but I'm pretty sure others might feel the same when making a landing page for any product where it should feel responsive.