My #1 request for Apple improvements would be to elegantly support a combined RAW+JPG file format for photos.
Apple could do this the Apple way - creating a new proprietary file format which works like a JPG everywhere, but also has a version of the RAW photo hidden inside.
This would allow everyone to always actually have the raw data so in the future, days, weeks, months, or years, if or when they decide to get a little more advanced, they have the data ready and waiting.
Imagine 1, 5, or 10 years from now being able to apply āthen currentā AI technology to fix blurry photos or do other amazing processing in ways we havenāt even seen yet, to priceless, old family photos, for example, of those no longer with us.
P.S. I know there a ākinda, sortaā ways to do this now (most standalone cameras already have an option for RAW+JPG), but Iām referring to Apple making it completely foolproof, automatic, and out of the way until you need it, consumer friendly.
Wouldnāt that increase the file size by 10X, or more?
Probably not, with good lossless compression.
But would be a good rationale for increasing the amount of free icloud storage, eh?
Apple spends $ hundreds of millions each year leasing cloud storage from AWS and Google. They are Googleās largest corporate customer.
And you think there is a even a chance that they would lease 7.8 Billion GB more to double the amount of free storage for iPhone users?
This was my favorite episode in a long time. Tyler has a great way of conveying essential information and nuances as well. Many thanks for this episode!
My comments were wishful thinking, satire, not anything I would ever expect (hope, yes) Apple to do.
OT, but if you want to understand how evil Apple can be, read the book āApple in Chinaā
And my response was just supposed to be funny.
+1 Good book. Reading it now.
But Iāve read enough about Apple over the years to have formed my own opinion about it.
āAn unnamed senior vice president of software engineering at Apple wrote in a 2013 email that allowing iMessage features to work for iPhone and non-Apple phones alike āwould simply serve to remove [an] obstacle to iPhone families giving their kids Android phones,ā according to the governmentās lawsuit.ā
āGreen bubble shamingā at play in DOJ suit against Apple
This was a great episode! Iām starting to get more into doing video and audio with my MacBook Pro and my iPhone. The one thing I was looking for was a list of the hardware devices that he mentioned in the podcast (the Rode and DJI microphones, for example). Iām listening to it again so I can get some ideas as I build my wish list for what I might want down the road.
Thanks again for the great episodes you guys make!