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How to make enemies and alienate people
It ’s annoying , is n’t it , when you expend years kick someone repeatedly in the face , and then they decide they no longer need to be your booster ! The audacity , frankly . Whatever happened to allegiance ?
Apple is presumably wonder the same thing right now , as it reacts to news that three of the biggest apps for iOS — YouTube , Netflix , and Spotify — willnot be build an coming into court , at least initially , on the company ’s novel Vision Pro mixed - reality headset . After working together with Apple in beautiful and reciprocally profitable harmony for a tenner and more , these three unthankful so - cry partner have abandoned it at a moment of heavy motive , and history will expose them as the snakes they are .
Or perhaps not . Because Apple does n’t really do harmoniousness . And while the makers of those three apps have doubtless seen plenty of net profit as a result of their human relationship with Cupertino , there ’s little doubt that Apple thinks about itself first and first off , and its partners a distant last . If it think about them at all .
In fact , it ’s unmanageable to turn tail the intuitive feeling , watching Apple over the age , that it see the people who write third - political party software program for its platforms as just another kind of enemy . The App Store has historically been notable for its high fee , nonindulgent rules , and draconian rulings without a straight appeals process . It buys adverts onsearches for partners ’ brand namesin rules of order to scoop up a cold shoulder of signup gross that would otherwise go directly to the troupe making the matter the great unwashed desire to bribe . It ’s even been accused of courting partnership with small-scale devs in guild tosteal their ideas , a title made so often that it has its own name , Sherlocking .
At every point , Apple has treated developer exactly as naughtily as it feel it can get away with . Every concession , from lower fees and substitute payment organization to a simpler solicitation process , has been deliver the goods through long - running Commonwealth of Puerto Rico battles and regulatory pressure . The company may see itself as a pirate , but it comport like a priggish factory proprietor frustrated by legal terminus ad quem on tyke maiming .
In the caseful of these specific apps , Apple can hardly be surprised by a deficiency of collegial spirit . Spotify claimed the Apple One bundled service was unfair and anti - private-enterprise , and nonimmune to cause“irreparable harm”and “ threaten our collective freedoms . ” YouTube is owned by Google , literally Apple ’s unmediated contender for smartphones , overbold speakers , web web web browser , and app stores . And Netflix is fighting for its life against Apple TV+ just as much as Spotify is fending off Apple Music . None of these are companies that are motivate to see Apple do well .
And it ’s not just those three . harmonize to Appfigures ( via TechCrunch ) , just 150 of the nearly 2 million App Store apps have been updated for visionOS . That ’s not just a drop in the bucketful — it ’s barely a mist .
In that context , it ’s only sane that Io and macOS app manufacturer would evaluate the novel visionOS platform with the coolheaded and selfish insularism of an investor on Dragon ’s Den . “ What ’s in it for me ? ” is the only logical interrogation for them to ask themselves , and in this case it would appear the answer is “ Not much . ” Vision Pro may yet become the big calculation platform on the satellite , but not for a while , and maybe not at all . In the first multiplication , it will be a gaud . Google wo n’t be missing out on much by assure Vision Pro proprietor to view YouTube through the browser app .
Perhaps these fellow technical school giants were always going to palpate ambivalent about backing an Apple speculation that can only threaten them in the long run . But what of the small companies ? The iPhone became an all - squander winner it is only because sleeping accommodation app developer got on board with such exuberance and innovation ; will the Vision Pro repeat the whoremaster ? It ’s too early to order . But after all the pushy deportment over the yr , you would n’t charge devs for wondering if Apple really has their rear , and whether building an app for visionOS is a truehearted route to getting kicked in the boldness .
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We round up5 reasonswhy you shouldbuy the Vision Pro .
Vision Pro is already making itsAI competition look goofy , regard the Macalope .
Samsung’sGalaxy S24 Ultrais like abizarro iPhone 15 Pro Max .
AnOLED iPad Prowill be worth every supernumerary penny – if it deliversthis one feature of speech .
Applesold more phonesthan any other company last year – for thefirst time ever .
Podcast of the week
On this installment of the Macworld Podcast , it ’s all about your blistering takes ! You have thoughts on thenew Apple Vision Pro ! Let ’s hear what you have to say ! It ’s all on this show !
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Reviews corner
The rumor mill
Vision Prois probable to launchoutside the U.S.before summer … as long as the U.S. rollout goes swimmingly .
Apple is preparing to toss off theApple Watch ’s blood - oxygen tool , as it push toescape a sale ban .
Good news , everyone!The iPhone 16 will reportedly get aserious spec bump .
Software updates, bugs, and problems
If youowned an iPhone 7 , Apple may besending you some money .
Jamfdiscovers fresh malwaredisguised aspopular macOS apps .
If you useGoogle Chromeon your Mac , update the internet browser now .
There’sanother AirPods microcode update . And no , wedon’t roll in the hay what it does .
