None of the CEOs you’ve mentioned have changed before or after the pandemic except AMZN.

I think it’s unfair to say Tim Cook hasn’t had a hit. They started the watch line up, AirPods, the M series chips are some solid products and revenue streams. Also while he may not be a “visionary” I think he is done a mighty fine job of making AAPL one the best brands to exist.

The economic climate changed since the pandemic and the cards dealt now are a bit difficult compared to the low 0% interest rate times.

All I’m saying is, I disagree with your opinion by adding my two cents, but to each their own :)

Thank you for the discussion folks, I’ll try out Llama.cpp and report back.

I also saw the Neural Engine Stuff hasn’t been merged into main kernel yet but it’s available as a separate out of tree patch. Hopefully merging that will help with more model support? (Pure guesswork)

I also saw that PCL stuff isn’t ready yet and u/marcan42 said it’s WIP that also might be helpful in getting better model support because read somewhere that metal isn’t going to be a part of the Asahi kernel ever(?)

I’m no expert at any of this but hopefully we’ll be able to run some sort of GPTs locally someday.

Good luck.

I think for the most part it’s just you being a fairly faster biker than me. e-scooter or mechanical scooter/bike, it’s all the same. IIRC calistenia just allowed e-scooters to ride in the bike lane :)

Have you tried searx? There’s a lot of open source instances. If you want to use Google with some privacy there’s also whoogle. Tbh I haven’t tried any, just read about them. Hope this helps!