> It will even offer "All Day People Discovery," which will track the user's proximity to others, drawing distinctions between work colleagues and friends.
Basically a big FU to all the independent devs trying to compete on a fair playing field.
> Apple Business Connect lets businesses create and update their information in the cards that represent them in apps and services that only Apple controls, like Apple Maps, Wallet, Messages, and in search results via Siri or Spotlight. Updates business owners make to their cards will then propagate to all these places. That incredible access to the right place at the right time for 1.8 billion active Apple devices has never been available before.
It seems to me that the rest of the article is just a kind of prediction about what Apple could do. Underline _could_ and that is different than doing or wanting.
Only until Tim Cook reverses that trend. “Services” revenue has been growing like crazy and will continue to do so as Apple pursues ever more aggressive strategies to shove ads in our faces.
Steve Jobs’ last mistake was appointing as CEO someone who cares about money this much over good products.
https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/02/02/apple-services-re...
But the fact that today I still cannot use a different web-browser engine than the iOS one is appalling. I cannot change the Photos app for an app that offers native integration with my Synology. I am forced to go through iCloud.
That sounds incredibly glib, but a lot of Apple users feel this way. It's fine and I don't give a shit how the iPhone works by default because it works for me. It sounds like you're not the target market - go get an android and be happy.
The iPhone works the way it does, and if that's a pain for you, don't use a fucking iPhone. Imagine people who love driving stick pitching a fucking bitch fit because you can't install a clutch on the automatic car you bought. Not everything in life works or will ever work exactly the way you like.
Not everything in life requires you to kneel and vigorously lick the boots of a corporate overlord.
Actually that is exactly what happens.
Ok, maybe not one tyre, but a small number.
The car manufacturers all certify their vehicles against a small set of tyres. That's a fact.
Its a necessity because choice of tyres touches almost every part of the certification process ranging from fuel economy figures to NVH (Noise, Vibration and Harshness) specs and parameters and many many other things.
Look inside your fuel-cap flap, you'll typically find a label there showing you a list of tyre specifications, of which maybe only one or two are actually certified by the manufacturer for your exact car model. The should of course also normally be found in the owners manual too.
In addition, the higher up the car spectrum you go, the tighter the definitions become. For example, the likes of Porsche actually do name precise brand and model for tyres.
Sure you can go off-piste with your tyre selection. But the manufacturer will likely take great delight at voiding your warranty. And your insurance might have a thing or two to say too since you are going against manufacturers guidelines. Finally of course the on-board computer calibration will be all off too.
The only possibility would be a GrapheneOS-installed pixel, but the pixel is nowhere near an iphone in terms of hardware and besides all the unacceptable hardware bugs, google simply doesn’t seem to want to sell it to people. (Most of the EU is not a target for some insane reason).
The real solution is government intervention, which will allow sideloading.
Also, not fear mongering, just speculating -- I look forward to this happening actually! Will finally be able to get an iphone and use software that isn't kneecapped by Apple's gatekeeping.
When you are a government, Apple will sides against you anyways, as seen as in China.
So I made the next most obvious choice - a vm which is logged into iCloud and downloads them, then rsyncs out the vm and onto a Synology file share.
It’s terrible.
For others, it's important to have the ability to use their device in ways that aren't 100% controlled by a single company. It's about having a choice and having alternate options. Large platform providers going "we know what is good for you" has been a major setback for personal computing over the last decade or two, and it's sad that so many consumers are enthusiastically accepting it as the new norm.
And specifically in the smartphone market, Google is always close behind in following the precedent set by Apple in implementing software restrictions. How does one protest then?
Android is open source. You don't have to be a large player to make a phone with a custom OS. The hardest part will not having access to Google's Play ecosystem if you modify the OS too much.
So yes, I want ios to put in the effort and I want to force them by the government. I don’t see how is it bad, should I feel bad for a private entity for benefitting a huge number of its customers?
Most people do not understand the intricacies of the iOS and App Store app distribution model, and most people do not buy Apple hardware because of it.
All users, including those users, deserve the freedom to own the hardware they buy and run what they want on it.
It may come as surprise but to lot of people/institutions getting something done is far more valuable than totally owning something.
No, and I never suggested they did.
> It may come as surprise but to lot of people/institutions getting something done is far more valuable than totally owning something.
Doing what you want with the stuff you bought is not orthogonal to "getting something done".
They have paid placements in the App Store.
I suppose you could consider some of the music in the Music app to be promotional for that music.
It’s nothing like Google’s ad network.
2. Red Badge in settings when your device is eligible for Apple Care+
3. Bullet point for 1 year free AppleTV at the top of the settings app
4. Same as 3) but for Apple Arcade
I had a bug where the AppleTV ad was shown consistently for two years, although I already used the trial. It only got fixed with the latest iOS update.
I too have mostly escaped ads on iOS, but I think that’s a combination of not living in the US, never opening the App Store, and a few other factors. I’m under no illusion that will last forever. Tim Cook must be salivating with ideas.
¹ https://daringfireball.net/2023/04/ios_adware
² https://www.macrumors.com/2022/08/21/ads-coming-to-apple-map...
It’s explicitly linked in my post. In the article they talk about it and have a link to a screenshot. Search for:
> I’ve noticed an ad in Settings on my iPhone, in the iCloud section at the very top of the first screen
[1] https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/13/all-the-things-apple-sherl...
(Mind you I’m not a fan of general software patents, but that’s what’s needed if you don’t want this to happen to software.)
"Welcome to the new boss, same as the old boss" — The Who
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_(software)#Sherlocked...
https://www.google.com/search?q=who+lyrics+meet+the+new+boss...
At first I read the headline and thought this was dumb, but maybe it will be more like a simple social media app that’s less about mass news stories and more about people you care about (kinda like Facebook back in the OG days)