News

[Beeper disables new iMessage connections after Apple banned Macs](https://9to5google.com/2024/01/26/beeper-imessage-disabled-apple-ban/)

[Apple pays Russia $13.5M over IAP monopoly charges](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/01/23/apple_russia_iap_monopoly/)

[Third party ink cartridges brick HP printers after virus warning](https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/23/third-party-ink-cartridges/)

[Microsoft’s Bing, Edge to Avoid EU’s Digital Dominance Crackdown](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-23/microsoft-s-bing-edge-to-avoid-eu-s-digital-dominance-crackdown?leadSource=reddit_wall)

https://floorp.app/en/

[Mozillas Disadvantages : Platform Tilt](https://mozilla.github.io/platform-tilt/)

Media

[Apple TV+ shrinks Kids division with rare layoffs: 'a fraction of the overall staff'](https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/23/apple-tv-shrinks-kids-division-with-rare-layoffs-a-fraction-of-the-overall-staff/)

Ryan Gosling getting an Oscar nom for Barbie while Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie were snubbed… well, it looks like the plot of Barbie II is all set then. https://kottke.org/24/01/0043839-ryan-gosling-getting-an-o

Main Show

iOS 17.4

[iOS 17.4: Apple continues work on AI-powered Siri and Messages features, with help from ChatGPT](https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/26/apple-siri-chatgpt-ios-18-development/)

[Full, automatic podcast transcripts coming to iOS 17.4](https://sixcolors.com/post/2024/01/full-automatic-podcast-transcripts-coming-to-ios-17-4/)

[Stolen Device Protection updated in iOS 17.4 with new option](https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/25/apple-updates-stolen-device-protection-in-ios-17-4-beta-with-option-to-always-require-a-security-delay/)

App Store Changes: Sideloading and the EU

Apple's Press Release

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/01/apple-announces-changes-to-ios-safari-and-the-app-store-in-the-european-union/

[iOS 17.4 Beta: All the New Changes](https://www.macrumors.com/2024/01/25/ios-17-4-beta-1-changes/)

[Apple opens up NFC chip to allow alternatives to Apple Pay in Europe](https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/25/apple-pay-nfc-europe-alternative/)

MacStores overview

https://www.macstories.net/stories/understanding-apples-response-to-the-dma/

[Apple announces sweeping EU App Store policy changes—including sideloading](https://arstechnica.com/?p=1999064)

Estimation Fees for 3rd party stores

https://developer.apple.com/support/fee-calculator-for-apps-in-the-eu/

[Apple says third-party app marketplace creators must have €1,000,000 'letter of credit'](https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/25/apple-says-third-party-app-marketplace-creators-must-have-e1000000-letter-of-credit/)

Apple's scary warnings about the risks created by the adoption of these new EU measures are frankly hilarious, given that basically this exact same system—notarization, "sideloading,” alternative app stores—has been in place on the Mac for *years*.

[Dan Moren (@[email protected])](https://zeppelin.flights/@dmoren/111818214480945116)

Quite simply, I don't think any app developer with Free or Freemium apps in their portfolio can accept Apple's new business terms without the risk of being bankrupted. And as a result, that makes this specific implementation of the Core Technology Fee unworkable. I fully expect changes to be required before the E.U. can approve a solution here

[Steve Troughton-Smith (@[email protected])](https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/111818417133071456)

[Dirty tricks or small wins: developers are skeptical of Apple’s App Store rules](https://www.theverge.com/24051818/apple-app-store-dma-eu-developer-response?utm_content=bufferaa17b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bufferapp.com&utm_campaign=buffer)

[Spotify CEO slams Apple's App Store changes; Apple fires back [U]](https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/26/spotify-ceo-responds-to-apples-app-store-changes-extortion-plain-and-simple/)

Additionally, in my read, the way this new fee structure breakdown would affect an app like Spotify:

• External purchase link clicks capture 17% of transactions for 7 days, payable to Apple

• Spotify would also have to pay 50c per first instance of a download, reinstall, or update per user per year, which could be a hundred million dollars in extra fees

I don't think this is workable here either, and as Spotify is a big driver behind the E.U. legislation, some changes are gonna be needed

[Steve Troughton-Smith (@[email protected])](https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/111818449962202255)

The irony is that Apple's sulky language about complying with the DMA is *exactly* the same as Facebook's sulky language about complying with ATT. It's almost as if massive companies really hate it when they can't abuse users

[Ian Betteridge (@[email protected])](https://writing.exchange/@ianbetteridge/111817980881884702)

[Mozilla says Apple’s new browser rules are “as painful as possible” for Firefox](https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/26/24052067/mozilla-apple-ios-browser-rules-firefox)

Devs React

Were there not other ways to distribute software?

[Kyle Howells (@[email protected])](https://mastodon.social/@iKyle/111822810486715181)

Eugen Rochko @[email protected]

If #Apple continues on this path I’m going to have to switch back to Android. The idea that they deserve a fee from developers for people simply running programs on their operating system is unhinged. The App Store fee is justified because it’s a distribution channel. But whatever this is, is nonsense. https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/111824854511299605

Hockenberry predicts the future

[Craig Hockenberry (@[email protected])](https://mastodon.social/@chockenberry/111837524779967848)

[Apple changes game streaming rules on iOS](https://sixcolors.com/link/2024/01/apple-changes-game-streaming-rules-on-ios/)

[Apple (sort of) removes its requirement that apps offer 'Sign in with Apple' support](https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/27/sign-in-with-apple-rules-app-store/)

[iPad users will miss out on third-party app stores, browser engines, and more](https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/26/ios-17-app-stores-and-more-ipad-changes/)

EU Responds…kinda

[Exclusive: Apple faces 'strong action' if App Store changes fall short, EU's Breton says](https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-faces-strong-action-if-app-store-changes-fall-short-eus-breton-says-2024-01-26/)

40 years of the Mac

First Mac you owned

iBook G3(Rod)

https://everymac.com/systems/apple/ibook/specs/ibook_se.html

iBook G3 (Chris) - 12 inch

https://everymac.com/systems/apple/ibook/specs/ibook_800_2.html

Favourite Mac you owned

Powerbook G4 (Rod)

https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook_g4/specs/powerbook_g4_1.25_15.html

iMac G4 - anglepoise (Chris)

https://everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/specs/imac_1.25_20_fp.html

Best Mac

2006 Intel Mac Pro (Rod)

https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/specs/mac-pro-quad-2.66-specs.html

2021 MacBook Pro (Chris)

https://everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-m1-max-10-core-cpu-32-core-gpu-14-2021-specs.html

App of the Week

Wordfeud

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/wordfeud/id428312806

Thing of the Week

Kindle Case

https://www.amazon.co.uk/kindle-scribe-cover/dp/B09XQ2NKW4/ref=sr_1_1?crid=4S0IE5QBZV0P&keywords=kindle+scribe+cover&qid=1706556012&sprefix=kindle+scribe+cover%2Caps%2C74&sr=8-1

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