Welcome to our weekly Apple Breakfast column, which includes all the Apple news you missed last week in one handy summary. We call it Apple Breakfast because we think it pairs really well with a Monday morning cup of coffee or tea, but it’s cool if you also want to read it during lunch or dinner hours.
The only way to win is not to play
Merry (day after) Christmas everyone! And commiserations to those of you who have had to endure exhausting mealtime arguments with distant relatives who you don’t see at any other time of the year. Like every year, I did my best to follow my own advice to be the bigger person and refuse to participate, even though it was hard to ignore comments about my political leanings or how I raise my children.
And this also applies to small arguments, like stupid arguments about technology. If your uncle thinks that Alexa is better than Siri (which is correct) or that Android is better than iOS (unconvincing) or that Windows is better than macOS (absurd), then let him do his little thing. mouth. There is rarely anything to be gained by commitment. Neither of you will change your position and there are much nicer things to say.
I know this because, although I don’t consider myself an Apple fanboy, I am in an at-risk group. By the very nature of my job, I often find myself drawn into conflicts between technological clans and I almost always regret it. People comment on my articles, or send me hostile tweets (until I deleted the Twitter app from my iPhone, which was the best decision I ever made), or make comments pleasant when they discover what I do for a living. , and bam! The same old tedious debate is going on, and there’s no way this is going to end well for anyone.
The problem with fierce partisan debates (and yes, believe it or not, we’re still talking about technology) is that both sides find themselves pushed into extreme positions that they don’t really believe in. , I can hear that the charging setup for the 2nd Gen Magic Mouse is fine, as the fast charging feature means the cable only needs to be connected for a few minutes. And even if I were to win this particular argument, I would have lost my immortal soul.
Here’s the thing to remember when talking about technology: there are no sides, there are just products that some people like and others don’t. And you don’t need to wholesale subscribe to a company’s entire existence, flaws and all. If you like AirPods, that doesn’t mean you have to justify Apple’s labor policies. If you prefer Macs to PCs, that doesn’t commit you to a lifetime allegiance to Cupertino, or even a lifetime allegiance to the Mac itself. If someone offers a Windows PC that meets your needs and budget, you can switch. It is not a religion and there is no penalty for apostasy.
My view is that Apple is a largely admirable company, overall, with a decent-seeming CEO and a strong, pleasingly consistent philosophy and aesthetic that runs through most of its products. I love my HomePods and I love my iPhone, and most of the time I love my MacBook. But it’s still a company. For the usual tedious reasons: profit; organizational dysfunction; bad luck – he will sometimes make big missteps and sometimes behave in a callous and essentially indefensible manner. Fortunately, defending the company is not my job, and it’s not yours either.
Foundry
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Speaking of money, Apple’s new conditional pricing can save you money on App Store Subscriptions.
Just below the wire, Apple announces the first round of Next-generation CarPlay cars. But you probably can’t afford it.
Podcast of the week
2024 is shaping up to be a big year for Apple. What should we expect besides the typical iPhone and Mac upgrades? That’s the subject of this episode of the igamesnews podcast!
You can watch every episode of the igamesnews Podcast on Spotify, Soundcloud, the Podcasts app, or our own site.
The rumor mill
Apple would launch two new 4th generation AirPods models in 2024.
Apple accelerates production of Vision Pro, aiming for a launch in February.
THE Next-generation Apple Watch “100%” will not work with existing groups.
Software updates, bugs and issues
Beeper’s desperate efforts to revive his Android iMessage service: use a Mac.
Apple releases rapid update to macOS 14.2 with bug fixes and security.
Apple releases iOS 17.2.1 with mysterious bug fixes.
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