Apple's Attempts to Eliminate Various Features at WWDC 2025
Revamped Rant: A Walkthrough of Apple's 2025 WWDC Casualties
Ah, another WWDC in the books, and Apple has been busy axing a variety of lingering relics from their product lineup. Let's take a gander at the corpse-filled battlefield that is Apple's 2025 WWDC.
Intel Macs
A nostalgic trip down memory lane takes us back to just five years ago, when Intel Macs ruled the roost. Fast forward to the present day, and it's all about Apple Silicon kings. At this year's WWDC, Apple threw the final coffin nail, confirming that macOS Tahoe 26 will be the last macOS to play nice with Intel chips. Farewell, my old friends, even though it's been a vast improvement since the switch to Silicon, I'll still give a respectful salute to the Intel era.
Accessibility
Apple seems to have taken a design sledgehammer to the familiar flat design of iOS 7, introducing the newAh, the always-revolutionary Apple has stirred things up once more this year, bye-bye to the long-lived flat design of iOS 7 and welcome, dear reader, to the deliciously innovative Liquid Glass! This new aesthetic - while positively groundbreaking, mind you - introduces semi-transparent menus which may not play so nicely with legibility. We'll have to wait and see if it causes any accessibility issues, especially when it comes to readability on those non-Pro iPhones.
While WhatsApp isn't exactly on its deathbed, Apple upped the Messages app ante with the addition of backgrounds and polls. It's начало, Messenger. Скажите нам о том, как используется FaceTime.
Google Translate
Google Translate, you've had a good run, but Apple's introducing real-time translation directly into iOS with Live Translation in Messages and FaceTime. It's only a matter of time before it's curtains for Google Translate.
Stage Manager
Let us all cast a memorable farewell to the clunky Stage Manager, that less-than-ideal iPadOS solution from 2019. Say hello to the much-anticipated windowing experience, complete with app opening in separate windows, minimizing, and closing buttons! Oh, and guess what - you can move those suckers around, too. It's been a long time coming, and it's time we waved goodbye to Stage Manager for good.
Raycast
Apple's upgrading Spotlight's functionality on macOS, taking a bite out of Raycast's market share. While Raycast might still have a few tricks up its sleeve, it's going to have to up the ante soon to keep up with the new Spotlight.
Personal Trainers
Your coddled, overpriced massage therapists have met their end, trainers, as Apple unveiled a new Watch feature called Workout Buddy. This nifty AI offering will analyze your exercising patterns, offer useful insights, and pat you on the back... entirely for free, taking a heavy swipe at the expensive personal trainer industry.
So there you have it, folks. A bloody parade of casualties from Apple's 2025 WWDC! While this bloody revolution is bound to leave some people in tatters, only time will tell if Apple's decisions end up being winners in the long run.
In the realm of communication, WhatsApp might now face stiffer competition as Apple enhances the Messages app with backgrounds and polls, signaling a potential change in the messaging market. On a parallel note, Google Translate may soon experience its downfall, as Apple incorporates real-time translation directly into iOS through Live Translation in Messages and FaceTime.
