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v3 - Core Technology Fee

Breaking Change

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 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:

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

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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Welp, Apple forced my hand and generated <em>even more news</em> in the run up to the
launch of Apple Vision Pro and it demands a response! (Right?)</p>
<p>As is so obvious and well-established that I forgot to mention it, you
can e-mail me the show at
<a href="mailto:podcast@searls.co">podcast@searls.co</a> and maybe I'll find a way to work
it in. Comments, questions, and complaints are all welcome!</p>
<p>Without further ado, let's a-do it:</p>
<ul>
<li>What's new:
<ul>
<li>It's finally shorts season! 🩳</li>
<li><a href="https://dnsimple.com">DNSimple</a> is run by some lovely people and you should host your domains there</li>
<li>My brother is Iron Man, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2RCrYtsGQ_/">here's proof</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Follow-up:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://mastodon.macstories.net/@viticci/111818212217420650">Messaging with Siri</a> paves the way to its becoming a multi-lingual voice assistant</li>
<li><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/353380/Steam_Link/">Steam Link</a> and what it might mean if Valve (is allowed to) publish it on visionOS</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Another <a href="https://www.icloud.com/numbers/062q20-_1RbiD-VONwL1dHykA#breaking-change-puns">pun</a> for the pun gods from <a href="https://tenderlovemaking.com">Aaron</a></li>
<li>News:
<ul>
<li>The 40th anniversary of the Mac (and <a href="https://everymac.com/systems/apple/ibook/specs/ibook_g4_1.0_12.html">my first one</a>)</li>
<li>The absolutely <a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2024/01/25/ios-17-4-beta-1-changes/">monumental changes</a> in iOS 17.4, including:
<ul>
<li>Automatic, lyrics-like <a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2024/01/26/ios-17-4-podcast-transcripts/">transcripts in the Podcasts app</a></li>
<li>Evidence of <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/26/apple-siri-chatgpt-ios-18-development/">on-board LLM support for Siri</a> in iOS 18</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Cloud streaming apps are <a href="https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=f1v8pyay">now allowed</a></li>
<li>The <a href="https://apnews.com/article/apple-watch-patent-dispute-sales-ban-masimo-c54d277fad08fdca15576451cb2a600e">Apple-Masimo blood oxygen patent kerfuffle</a> impacting Apple Watch</li>
<li>Why <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/26/24052067/mozilla-apple-ios-browser-rules-firefox">third-party browser rendering engine support</a> isn't what some people were hoping</li>
<li>The <a href="https://developer.apple.com/support/storekit-external-entitlement-us/">27% / 12% external link &quot;entitlement&quot;</a></li>
<li>Apple's cunning <a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2024/01/25/apple-eu-fees-could-bankrupt-app-developers/">50¢ core technology fee</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Recommendations:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.cyberpunk.net/us/en/">Cyberpunk 2077</a> sucks less now</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upload_(TV_series)">Upload</a> season 3</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Mailbag links:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.tonal.com/">Tonal</a> is my preferred way to &quot;get swole&quot;</li>
<li>Even though I failed to mention it, remember to e-mail me! The address is still <a href="mailto:podcast@searls.co">podcast@searls.co</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
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