Welcome to our hebdomadary Apple Breakfast pillar , which includes all the Apple news you missed last hebdomad in a handy bite - sized roundup . We call it Apple Breakfast because we think it goes with child with a Monday morning cup of coffee or tea leaf , but it ’s coolheaded if you need to give it a read during lunch or dinner party hour too .
The fine art of knowing when to admit defeat
I always think it ’s queer when the great unwashed turbulently claim to conceive one affair , then are coerce by portion to admit they really reckon the opposite . Like a cricketer complaining piercingly about an umpiring decision go against him , then quietly decline to waste one of his squad ’s reviews dispute that decision . Or a transnational pot claiming to have get ahead a poke legal triumph , and thenfiling an appeal .
likewise , based on Apple ’s public pronouncements over the retiring few years , you ’d have thought the company was full inclined to play hardball with the EU over various regulatory dispute and convinced of ultimate victory . Never apologize , never explain , and never admit licking – until you have to . And then act like it was your idea all along and hope your customers have short retention .
The USB - C war may be over , but Apple has further kick with those meddling Eurocrats . Last year the EU voted through its Digital Markets Act , which is designed to foster competition in the technical school sector ; this could force Apple to open up up the App Store and allow sideloading on the iPhone . Yet Apple has consistently maintained that sideloading is one of theworst thingsa smartphone owner could do . for sure the companionship wo n’t give direction on such an significant principle ?
In fact , it now look almost sure that it will , free-base on Apple’sown assessmentof the situation . In an advertising or a conference confabulation , there ’s way for a certain amount of editorializing . But in the frigid difficult Light Within of a Form 10 - one thousand SEC filing , you have to tell it like it is . And the way it is , flop now , is that Apple “ bear to make further business change in the future , let in as a result of legislative initiatives impacting the App Store . ” As rallying cries it ’s not exactly “ You shall not pass ! ”
Of naturally , the writing has been on the wall for some clip ( seethis storyfrom more than two years ago ) and this is n’t exactly a surprise . The main novelty of this late statement , really , is the fact that Apple is saying publicly what it previously would have kept to internal discussion . But now the kat is out of the bag , and everyone is openly admitting what ’s going to materialize , would n’t it be gracious for the company to distinguish it straight for once ?
The fact is that sideloadingdoesbring some danger , but the idea that it ’s “ a cybercriminal ’s best friend ” is pontifical . The verity lies somewhere in the eye , and Apple now has the chance to cultivate the public on the pro and bunko game of a procedure that brings both benefit and price and the precautions substance abuser would be overbold to take . In admitting defeat , the troupe gets to be honest : it can say , we ’re not doing this altogether willingly , but since the regulatory fabric requires it we can help you make your own decision . After all , an iPhone you may use for sideloading is more valuable than one that ’s locked down to a individual ( easily accessible ) store . Just as it suddenly recognized the advantages of USB - one C when it had no choice but to apply it on the iPhone , I suspect Apple may be able-bodied to find out some positives in the arrival of sideloading and downplay some of the fear it has stoke over the past few years .
Or possibly it won’t — after all , Apple still has every bonus to keep as many eyeballs as potential on the official App Store , funneling revenue portion into the Cupertino coffers . It may not need to persuade the EU anymore , that ship having sweep some time ago , but it can still scare exploiter away from rival stores . It will be tiresome for the fearmongering to stay , but perhaps I just need to be true with myself and admit frustration .
Foundry
Apple has amemory problemandwe’re all pay for it .
TheM3 MacBook Prois yet anotherredundant and unnecessaryApple equipment .
Appledefends 8 GB of RAMin the MacBook Pro as‘analogous to 16GB’in a microcomputer .
No matter howApple birl it , people havestopped buying Macs .
Michael Simon explains why he flip hisMacBook Pro preorderfrom anM3 Pro to an M3 Max .
Podcast of the week
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Reviews corner
The rumor mill
Apple’snext iPhone breakthrough ? Next - gen batteries thatlast ‘ significantly ’ longer .
TheiPhone 16could beApple ’s first AI machine .
Apple is set to go anentire calendar yearwithno iPad updatesfor the first meter since the product launch .
Software updates, bugs, and problems
New‘ObjCShellz ’ malwareallows hackers toremotely control a Mac .
Linux developer stumble onmacOS bugthat makes MacBooks‘unbootable ’ .
orchard apple tree pause body of work oniOS 18 , macOS 15to address‘glitches in the code ’ .
ApplereleasesmacOSSonoma 14.1.1andVentura 13.6.2updates .
iOS 17.1.1is out withwireless car charging , and atmospheric condition widget fixes .
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