jensonb

chasm said:

Wesley Hilliard said:

acjnr said:

Is this available overseas or only in the US?

It is in the Apple News app now, so you just have to check. If it isn't there, then it is US only.

I can confirm that, while I had to hunt for it by finding following the directions in the article, it is there — and I’m outside the US.

That's weird, I'm in the UK and I can't see it anywhere. I went to the 2024 US Election section under Special Coverage in the Following Menu and there's just the list of curated stories, nothing about a Live Activity.

9secondkox2 said:

jensonb said:

Absolutely embarrassing response from Tim. X isn’t just “some social network” any more. Musk is actively using it to disseminate, amplify and promote hate speech. 

Don’t fall for it bro. Just back away from the kool aid hose. 

Musk is on there personally posting about antisemitic conspiracy theories. Being cool with that is not okay.

Absolutely embarrassing response from Tim. X isn’t just “some social network” any more. Musk is actively using it to disseminate, amplify and promote hate speech. 

Paddle In-App Purchase is a true like-for-like, drop-in replacement for Apple's IAP

Except it’s not, because if you look at what they’re actually doing, it bounces the user out to the browser to complete the transaction. So it’s…Not IAPs at all. This is unsurprising considering the ruling in no way allowed alternative IAPs, but it does make what Paddle are saying disingenuous at best.

Isaacson is spinning for all he's worth here. Jobs was also known to be fond of Scott Forstall and he and Ive's relative antipathy towards one another was also widely reported. This notion that Jony Ive is somehow this singular reincarnation of Jobs whose departure will leave Apple rudderless is as ridiculous as the "sky is falling" predictions when Jobs himself passed.

He also appears to fundamentally misunderstand why Jobs left Cook in charge at all. He specifically didn't want to build an Apple that required a Steve Jobs to function, his goal was to build an Apple that could happily persist long after he was gone. The whole point was not needing a product guy to run the place. He instilled in the company and its staff the culture & approaches necessary to make "product stuff" intrinsic specifically because he knew it would need to be run by operations guys like Cook eventually.

It's also hilarious that he seems to think his knowledge of Jony stepping back is some incredible insight. This was widely known years ago. One of the reasons Ive moved to the invented CDO role was so that his day-to-day responsibilities could be delegated. "Oh Ive hasn't denied it so you know it's true" - ah yes, the famously quick to comment Jony Ive. Who's so well known for constantly talking to journalists. Right.