Apple Music's New $5/Month ‘Voice’ Plan

Link to: https://512pixels.net/2021/10/apple-outlines-new-voice-music-plan/ | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

Apple Event Next Monday: “Unleashed”

Link to: https://sixcolors.com/post/2021/10/apple-event-coming-oct-18/ | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

Apple Watch Series 7

There are very few reasons to consider buying a Series 7 other than the reasons why anyone ever buys a new watch: because you like the way it looks. Apple Watch is a watch that happens to be a computer, not a computer that you happen to wear on your wrist. Evaluate the upgrade de … | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

Link to: https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3xpm8/company-that-routes-billions-of-text-messages-quietly-says-it-was-hacked | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

The Tragedy of Safari 15 for Mac’s ‘Tabs’

Change for change’s sake alone is masturbatory. That with Safari 15 it actually makes usability *worse*, solely for flamboyant cosmetic reasons, is downright perverse.we | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

The Tragedy of Safari 15 for Mac’s ‘Tabs’

Change for change’s sake alone is masturbatory. That with Safari 15 it actually makes usability *worse*, solely for flamboyant cosmetic reasons, is downright perverse.we | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

Apple's Texas-Sized Problem

Link to: https://popular.info/p/apples-texas-problem | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

Apple Will Not Reinstate Epic’s Fortnite Developer Account

Accounts that have never been disabled include the accounts for Rocket League (a game whose Mac support [Epic discontinued in January 2020][rl]), and separately, Unreal Engine. My understanding is that none of those accounts are affected by Apple’s decision not to reinstate the F … | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

Why iPhone Names Have Numbers

I get it: it seems odd that in 10 years we might be awaiting the introduction of the iPhone 23 lineup, but at the moment, I don’t see this changing. | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

Link to: https://www.nytco.com/press/the-new-york-times-company-launches-digital-subscriptions-for-wirecutter/ | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

Initial Details on Using Driver’s Licenses and State ID’s in Apple Wallet

Patience and focus are essential to winning a long game, but success can be rather thankless. Apple excels at thankless long games. | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

Implications of Third-Party Payment Processing for IAP on iOS and Android

Adding support for third-party payment processing for in-app purchases in no way prevents Apple and Google from providing robust parental controls to approve their kids’ in-app purchases. But there are trade-offs that aren’t being considered by legislators. | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

Implications of third-party payment processing on iOS and Android

Adding support for third-party payment processing for in-app purchases in no way prevents Apple and Google from providing robust parental controls to approve their kids’ in-app purchases. But there are trade-offs that aren’t being considered by legislators. | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

Online Publisher Dependent Upon Facebook Shuts Down, Blaming Algorithm Change

Link to: http://www.businessinsider.com/littlethings-online-publisher-shuts-down-and-blames-facebook-algorithm-2018-2 | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

Joanna Stern Interviews Craig Federighi New Child Safety Features

Link to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQUO1DSwYN0 | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

Glass: A new photo sharing app/community

Link to: https://glass.photo/ | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

What's the Point of Apple TV Hardware?

Link to: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2021-08-08/why-should-i-buy-an-apple-aapl-tv-instead-of-amazon-fire-google-chromecast-ks3ihfcz | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

Gruber: How prepared is Apple for the massive task of reviewing flagged CSAM?

Link to: https://www.apple.com/child-safety/pdf/Expanded_Protections_for_Children_Frequently_Asked_Questions.pdf | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

Apple’s New ‘Child Safety’ Initiatives, and the Slippery Slope

The stakes are incredibly high, and Apple knows it. Whatever you think of Apple’s decision to implement these features, they’re not doing so lightly. | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

Facebook wanted to use NSO‘s Pegasus to spy on its users

Link to: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pke9k9/facebook-wanted-nso-spyware-to-monitor-users | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

Not Kidding About Those Blue Bubbles

Link to: https://www.theringer.com/2021/7/21/22585355/giannis-antetokounmpo-book-excerpt-the-improbable-rise | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

Anti-Vaccine Groups Changing into ‘Dance Parties’ on Facebook to Avoid Detection

Link to: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/anti-vaccine-groups-changing-dance-parties-facebook-avoid-detection-rcna1480 | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

TextSniper

Link to: https://textsniper.app/ | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

If You Guys Are Us, What Number Are We Thinking Of?

Sometimes a cigar is just an integer math conversion glitch. | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

Regarding the Safari 15 Public Betas for Mac and iOS

One can only presume that Apple’s HI team thinks they’re reducing needless “clutter”, but what they’re doing is systematically removing the coherence between what apps look like and the functionality they offer. | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

Apple Mac Sales Triple in India After Apple Opened Online Store Last Year

Link to: https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20210624PD206.html | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

CNN Has a Strong Contender for the Worst Chart You’ll Ever See

Link to: https://twitter.com/antumbral/status/1407861007209222151 | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

Newsstand 1.0

Link to: http://www.getnewsstand.com/ | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

Annotating Apple’s Anti-Sideloading White Paper

I remain convinced Apple wouldn’t be facing these regulatory pressures today if they’d walked away from a strategy of maximizing App Store profits years ago, and I also think they could largely dissipate these pressures today by doing it now — better late than never. | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

Annotating Apple’s New Anti-Sideloading White Paper

I remain convinced Apple wouldn’t be facing these regulatory pressures today if they’d walked away from a strategy of maximizing App Store profits years ago, and I also think they could largely dissipate these pressures today by doing it now — better late than never. | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

A Linus Torvalds Rant We Can All Get Behind

Link to: https://lore.kernel.org/ksummit/CAHk-=wiB6FJknDC5PMfpkg4gZrbSuC3d391VyReM4Wb0+JYXXA@mail.gmail.com/ | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

Comments on Apple Employees Pushing Back Against Returning to the Office

Link to: https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/4/22491629/apple-employees-push-back-return-office-internal-letter-tim-cook | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

‘Secure Intent’ on Apple Devices

In the shift from home button Touch ID to Face ID on iPhones and iPads, Apple has recalibrated the balance between convenience and security to be a little more secure but a little less convenient. | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

That Finder Thing

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@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

Facebook Sponsored Research Paper Lambasts Apple's iOS 14.5 Privacy

Link to: https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/05/27/facebook-sponsored-research-paper-lambasts-apples-ios-145-privacy | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

‘Tracked’ – New Privacy Ad from Apple

Link to: https://youtu.be/8w4qPUSG17Y | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

Gruber on NY Times investigation of Apple’s “Hard Bargain” in China

It’s a bad spot to find yourself utterly reliant on a single, powerful, increasingly-demanding partner whom you can’t trust. | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

Apple on App Store fraud

Link to: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2021/05/app-store-stopped-over-1-5-billion-in-suspect-transactions-in-2020/ | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

70/30 Is Fine for Me, but Not for Thee

You can argue that the 70/30 split is too high, but it holds no water to argue that it’s too high only for iOS and Android, but not for Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch. | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

Berkshire Hathaway‘s Stock Price vs. 32-Bit Integers

Link to: https://www.wsj.com/articles/berkshire-hathaways-stock-price-is-too-much-for-computers-11620168548 | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

Apple and the Built-In Advantage

Everything is an innovation at some point. But things that should be built in eventually will be built in, and innovators need to design with that in mind. | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

Link to: https://nathangathright.com/the-future-of-apple-podcasts/ | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

The fundamental source of poor email style is quoting the entire message

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@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

Your Product Sucks: Apple Music on macOS Review

Link to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE8ZikfrpFU | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

In Russia, iPhone Apps Install You

It’s quite a thing that Russia’s “law against Apple” allows for more transparency to users than Apple’s own App Store rules. | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

Gruber, WWDC, and Apple Glass

Link to: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2021/03/apples-worldwide-developers-conference-is-back-in-its-all-online-format/ | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

The NYT makes hay out of the NCAA basketball tournament budgets

Link to: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/sports/ncaabasketball/mens-womens-tournament-gap.html | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago

Intel Goes (Justin) Long

The truly weird thing is that Justin Long was always pitching for Intel-based computers, at least indirectly, in the “Get a Mac” campaign, the introduction of which coincided with the start of the Intel Mac era: 2006-2009. | Continue reading


@daringfireball.net | 3 years ago