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You didn't read the link, did you? Sky was written by the people who wrote Shortcuts, and Apple not only failed to retain that talent but also make their App Intents (and previous automation features) usable.




I did read the link. The people working on Sky were exactly the people tasked with making App Intents usable, so again it doesn’t make sense why you give a bunch of credence to semi-public demoware in one context versus demoware you don’t have access to. Ari worked at Apple for a decade and Shortcuts went nowhere. Then he made a demo that was acquired by a company that’s buying a lot of teams with good demos. What’s the huge miss, nothing has actually shipped.

Whats the big deal? If the management at Apple thought they were important and critical to Apples future, they wouldve made it work. The reality is, they dont believe this to be the case.



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