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“Intelligent features and feature content”
I dont want intelligent features
I want dumb, stupid, doodoo head features.
Sounds like AI. I'm very grateful to have an old Mac that doesn't support AI.
This is kinda wild. iWork has been free on Mac for the longest time. And LibreOffice is available for Mac and is getting better. I see a Windows 11 --> Linux kind of situation here.
Apple should not have included the iWork stuff in here at all and focused on the premium apps, maybe with a little mention of the stuff that would be usable to all of Apple's creative software, including iWork. iWork is still gonna be free but they worded it badly.
I'm a former Windows guy with 30 years on the platform. Most of that also with Word and some of that with Excel. The iWork way of doing things is fine, but it's completely different. LibreOffice is more familiar to me. So my initial reaction was "guess Apple's gonna push me to LibreOffice then." But now it sounds like that won't be the case. I will still consider it as an option.
I mean, isn’t that kinda the differentiator between one-time purchase apps and subscription apps?
Except when they pull the rug and introduce a subscription after having a one time purchase available.
As long as you’re still able to use the one-time purchase with the features present at time of purchase (and one would hope a reasonable duration of security updates) then what’s the problem?