Apple Invites

I don't see how this competes with partiful. Feels like it'll be another half baked never updated app from apple. I wish they'd open their apis and integrations more. Feels silly that these apps get first class access to apple apis, meanwhile better made apps are forced to do weird workarounds, or simply have no integrations.

It’s based on the new GroupKit API, which sounds like something that would be available to other apps in the future. Otherwise it would just use some private API.

You're being disingenuous, or you're incompetent, if you think Apple isn't going to keep this API in their closed garden.

It’s not the first time that a new API is used in a first party app and then opened to all developers.

They're shipping the org chart: this app is someone's ticket to a promotion.

I see this app as more like the Notes, iMessage or Freeform apps. There are tons of apps out there that do XYZ better, but Apple wants to ship a polished version that does 90% of everything the average user needs. It accomplishes three things (in my eyes):

1. It helps grow Apple's ecosystem by covering just enough ground to make third-party alternatives less necessary for most users.

2. It reduces one of the major "sticky" points that keep people in Facebook's own moat. Events and Marketplace are the two reasons I still use Facebook.

3. It encourages competition from the people who want to do that last 10% better than Apple's apps, raising the baseline and hopefully forcing innovation as well. Those apps lead to more App Store revenue, so, cynically, it's a win-win for Apple.

I thought because of the EU they have to make these private APIs public?

partiful is destined for the trash like meetup, evite, etc. Once they need to actually make money, they’ll ruin the platform. 100% guaranteed.

it’s a great platform for the moment, enjoy it while it lasts.