humbug1873

Microsoft did that before the iPad came out with the tablet PCs. Turns out this was a complete failure (Windows 8 with this silly pseudo touch interface). By now they went the way of the Zune, the Dodo and the Netbook.

 So why on earth should Apple repeat that same mistake? (Unless they want to proof to everybody they now reached the failing company mode that Microsoft got into the early 2000s before they got they current CEO who turned the ship around).

Kind of fits my personal experience with UK police. They are lazy. Once I literally had to become a nuisance to that police officer in order to get what I wanted (as in a simple contact information for a hit&run driver that smashed my car). A phone call every 30 minutes for 3 days and he finally got his ass off the couch and actually did his job.

"Don't assume the App Store is watching out for you"
I would never do that. The Apple AppStore is watching out for Apple and Apple alone. To make sure that it generates fees/profit/subscriptions, stays legal with local jurisdiction and most importantly avoiding taxes like tRump avoids the truth.

What happens next!? Apple will charge for the developer API and tools (XCode) again and probably lot's of it in a monthly subscription model. Beginners can use Apple Playgrounds. Greedy Tim can't think in any other way.

blastdoor said:

When I first read that Apple executives wouldn’t be talking to John Gruber this year (https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/05/29/the-talk-show-live-tickets-2025) I interpreted it as a snub. But now I wonder if the Apple executives are just going into hiding. 

Anything else would have been completely surprising. Gruber has been an Apple positive news fanboy for years, now that even he starts to realize/report harsh critic on Apple, he lost the Apple Execs support. They'll only show up, if they don't risk being critized in public. In that Tim and Donald are quite similar.