We’ll be covering the John Grubber/The Daring Fireball tech talk here at MacWorld! Below you can find all the details and updates for this talk. All updates are posted in PST time.

12:53 pm: Waiting for the tech talk to start.

1:05: Talk started, Apple as a ‘gatekeeper’. Will they ever let apps be developed or accessed outside of Apple?  Will they follow an Android model eventually? Some users and developers would like that. Apple has no real incentive financially, their model works. Monopoly issues? Perhaps the government will make them change. It also depends on the user — different types: casual, hacker-type, power user.

1:20:  Are traditional ‘file systems’ outdated? The panel has complaints about iCloud usability, but expects improvements soon. Using apps with “Sandboxing”, could that be used with MacOS?  Haha, call it “iCloud Version -1.0”. Most audience members use DropBox. For now most power users prefer DropBox, but eventually iCloud will be superior — easy, intuitive. Apple is working hard on this.

1:30: Unfortunately, most apps are simple because of the cost structure and Apple’s set-up. Developers and users want deeper apps, but right now the app store structure inhibits this.  Android is superior in this way.  Apple is suffering from a lack of deep, powerful, innovative apps and developers may migrate to Android.  Apple consumers will lose out on these better apps. The panel would like Apple to change this.

1:40: Power users use Macs, consumers and casual users use iPads, iPhones.  People use Macs to ‘build’ things – a power/pro platform.  The panel is worried that Apple is simplifying things at the expense of power users. iOS is simple, but limiting.  iOS appears to be the future, will power users become extinct? Future computing may sacrifice simplicity over power, creating, building. So which platform will dominate in the future — iOS or MacOS? They know Apple is aware of this and is hopeful that Apple’s future growth and innovation will continue to serve power users needs.