Justin Searls | v3 - Core Technology Fee @JustinSearls | Uploaded January 2024 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Welp, Apple forced my hand and generated even more news in the run up to the
launch of Apple Vision Pro and it demands a response! (Right?)



As is so obvious and well-established that I forgot to mention it, you
can e-mail me the show at
podcast@searls.co (mailto:podcast@searls.co) and maybe I'll find a way to work
it in. Comments, questions, and complaints are all welcome!



Without further ado, let's a-do it:




• What's new:



• It's finally shorts season! 🩳


• DNSimple (https://dnsimple.com) is run by some lovely people and you should host your domains there


• My brother is Iron Man, here's proof (instagram.com/reel/C2RCrYtsGQ_/)





• Follow-up:



• Messaging with Siri (mastodon.macstories.net/@viticci/111818212217420650) paves the way to its becoming a multi-lingual voice assistant


• Steam Link (store.steampowered.com/app/353380/Steam_Link/) and what it might mean if Valve (is allowed to) publish it on visionOS





• Another pun (icloud.com/numbers/062q20-_1RbiD-VONwL1dHykA#breaking-change-puns) for the pun gods from Aaron (https://tenderlovemaking.com)


• News:



• The 40th anniversary of the Mac (and my first one (everymac.com/systems/apple/ibook/specs/ibook_g4_1.0_12.html) )


• The absolutely monumental changes (macrumors.com/2024/01/25/ios-17-4-beta-1-changes/) in iOS 17.4, including:



• Automatic, lyrics-like transcripts in the Podcasts app (macrumors.com/2024/01/26/ios-17-4-podcast-transcripts/)


• Evidence of on-board LLM support for Siri (9to5mac.com/2024/01/26/apple-siri-chatgpt-ios-18-development/) in iOS 18





• Cloud streaming apps are now allowed (developer.apple.com/news/?id=f1v8pyay)


• The Apple-Masimo blood oxygen patent kerfuffle (apnews.com/article/apple-watch-patent-dispute-sales-ban-masimo-c54d277fad08fdca15576451cb2a600e) impacting Apple Watch


• Why third-party browser rendering engine support (theverge.com/2024/1/26/24052067/mozilla-apple-ios-browser-rules-firefox) isn't what some people were hoping


• The 27% / 12% external link "entitlement" (developer.apple.com/support/storekit-external-entitlement-us/)


• Apple's cunning 50¢ core technology fee (macrumors.com/2024/01/25/apple-eu-fees-could-bankrupt-app-developers/)





• Recommendations:



• Cyberpunk 2077 (cyberpunk.net/us/en/) sucks less now


• Upload (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upload_(TV_series)) season 3





• Mailbag links:



• Tonal (tonal.com/) is my preferred way to "get swole"


• Even though I failed to mention it, remember to e-mail me! The address is still podcast@searls.co (mailto:podcast@searls.co)







That's it. You've got places to be.