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• Post #1132490

  “This is a quirk to change the navigator.language object in a way that will be acceptable for bestbuy.com. If you are a developer at bestbuy reading this, please contact the webkit team.” https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/commit/8655616b4d0077ff5db8cb5345a2061379b4a953

• Post #1132271

  “If you are working for invideo.io, please contact us.” [Quirk] invideo.io: add a window.chrome object to bypass the code sniffing. https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/commit/81b942bfeab59e1e310dd9b90e3ccdb572d36eb1

• Post #975873

  Updates to runtime protection in macOS Sequoia: “In macOS Sequoia, users will no longer be able to Control-click to override Gatekeeper when opening software that isn’t signed correctly or notarized. They’ll need to visit System Settings > Privacy & Security to review security information for software before allowing it to run.” https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=saqachfa

• Post #852971

  When I got into computers, I didn’t know how the sausage was made. I just knew there were products in the store to buy. Now that I’ve learned the abuse and ruthlessness of these companies toward their employees, contractors, and suppliers, I don’t feel good about it. I don’t think the ends justify the means. I’m not sure it was worth it just so that we could have cool gadgets. None of it had to be done. The deadlines were artificial. It wasn’t life or death, no Manhattan Project.

• Post #739342

  There’s an old video of Steve Jobs going around now, and I’m not sure what the big deal is. Ok, it’s rare to have an on-campus speech. But I tried to watch the video and got bored, gave up. Nothing groundbreaking or special in there. It’s a damn company meeting. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

• Post #739341

  RE: https://mastodon.social/@lapcatsoftware/116273741550656333 git commit message from October 2024: "Increase height of popup window to make room for more options. This is the maximum height!”

• Post #739340

  In my opinion, the Pogue book needed to be longer, or else it needed to spend more pages on the “middle years” and fewer pages on the stories that are already fairly well-known.

• Post #739339

  RE: https://mastodon.social/@markgurman/116274848150086428 “If you think Tim Cook’s doing a good job, then you’ll think John Ternus is going to do a good job.” Fuck.

• Post #739338

  Sometimes I regret releasing StopTheScript, because nobody knows how it works except me, and people want it to work in a different way, but it can’t. My solution was too clever.

• Post #739337

  I would really love it if Apple TV did not have trailers at the beginning of every episode. I’m already subscribed. You don’t have to sell me anything!

• Post #739336

  RE: https://mastodon.social/@lapcatsoftware/116256098512322033 I'm thinking now that April 1 would be the perfect day to publish this, yes?

• Post #739335

  RE: https://mastodon.social/@daringfireball/116273928106755979 The size is mostly autoplaying videos. Which of course you can stop with StopTheMadness.

• Post #739334

  RE: https://mastodon.social/@macrumors/116275226487591671 I honestly don't know what in the world "reversing a trend of declining product quality" is supposed to be referring to.

• Post #739333

  Add-on incorrectly blamed for slowing down Firefox: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2025327

• Post #739332

  RE: https://mastodon.social/@markgurman/116279537703079004 Enshittification intensifies

• Post #739331

  The always-meaningless WWDC graphics are so generic this year that nobody can read anything into them, right? Right?

• Post #739330

  Worldwide Developer Claw

• Post #739329

  Here’s my WWDC 26 wishlist: • lots of new bugs • performance regressions • longtime features removed • new features preannounced but not available until Spring 2027 • additional macOS lockdown

• Post #739328

  IMO Apple history is a lot more complicated than the mythology: 1. Apple II continued to be the main financial driver long after Macintosh was introduced 2. Sculley was not as bad a portrayed, and Jobs not as good 3. Everyone including Jobs underestimated IBM PC and Microsoft 4. Michael Spindler was a total disaster and should be view much more unfavorably than Sculley 5. Mike Markkula was the ultimate decision-maker until 1997 6. Apple did not start to become the behemoth it is now until 2005

• Post #739327

  RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/116280223405555087 I think they’ve achieved BS

• Post #739326

  RE: https://mastodon.social/@mjtsai/116280653763028087 "They made it emphatically clear that Liquid Glass is absolutely moving forward, evolving, and expanding across the ecosystem." This is fine.

• Post #736315

  Amazon reviewer wants a free update for a ten year old book. This person must be an App Store user.

• Post #674591

  I subscribed to Netflix for one month. Now I’m subscribing to Apple TV for one month. That’s the way you do it.

• Post #674590

  Season 2 of Platonic is still really good. It’s my favorite show currently on Apple TV.

• Post #674589

  RE: https://mastodon.social/@macrumors/116233640142701819 Apple's new software design chief, Steve Lemay, was "a driving force" behind Liquid Glass and was "deeply involved in its development." Welp, so much for the savior. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

• Post #674588

  My Mac App Store update still hasn’t been reviewed, but now I need to start over in the review queue for all platforms because of a new fix. At this rate, the update will never be shipped.

• Post #674587

  RE: https://mastodon.social/@macrumors/116234206451039238 Do I have to say it? You know my spiel by now.

• Post #674586

  Could the long App Store review wait times be due to AI slop submissions? That would suck. And that’s not a situation going away anytime soon.

• Post #674585

  App Store Connect promo code generation is hanging this morning, so that’s fun. In practically every way, App Store Connect is the worst website I’ve ever used regularly. Good thing it’s not important to me…

• Post #674584

  I always knew that the “Giving Pledge” was BS PR. These billionaires received credit for doing nothing. You can promise whatever you want, but unless and until you deliver, it’s empty. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/15/the-billionaires-made-a-promise-now-some-want-out/