169 posts tagged ‘iOS’
WhatsApp v. NSO Group
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Reuters (via Hacker News, Court Listener): U.S. judge ruled on Friday in favor of Meta Platforms’, WhatsApp in a lawsuit accusing Israel’s NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the messaging app to install spy software allowing unauthorized surveillance.[…]WhatsApp in 2019 sued NSO seeking an injunction and damages, accusing it of accessing WhatsApp servers without […]
Why Disney Stopped Subscriptions on the App Store
Ariel Michaeli (October 2024): I see Disney’s choice of leaving the App Store as a long-term mistake that would cost them even more than the 30% they were giving Apple. Ariel Michaeli: Now that we have enough MRR data I think the reason is a bit clearer - and it isn’t just about fees.[…]In November, […]
Provenance Rejected From the App Store
leazhito: Around 4 hours ago developer posted that the app was once again rejected by Apple for weird reasons regarding adding games during testing.They later posted that they submitted another appeal.And shortly after this (see image) thread of two tweets mentions they have seemingly ran out of money due to Apple’s decision making and that […]
Apple Sued for Not Searching iCloud for CSAM
Ashley Belanger: Thousands of victims have sued Apple over its alleged failure to detect and report illegal child pornography, also known as child sex abuse materials (CSAM).The proposed class action comes after Apple scrapped a controversial CSAM-scanning tool last fall that was supposed to significantly reduce CSAM spreading in its products. Apple defended its decision […]
Swift Concurrency in Real Apps
Bryan Jones: Consider this code, wherein we create a custom NSTableColumn that uses an image instead of a String as its header. Holly Borla posted a fix that special-cases NSObject.init(): Now, overriding NSObject.init() within a @MainActor-isolated type is difficult-to-impossible, especially if you need to call an initializer from an intermediate superclass that is also @MainActor-isolated. […]
Delta Adds External Purchase Link in US
John Voorhees: Delta, the MacStories Selects App of the Year, received an important update today that allows users of the game emulator to support its development via Patreon from inside the app. Existing patrons can connect their Patreon accounts from Delta’s settings, too, allowing them to access perks like alternative app icons and experimental features.This […]
Take Control of Apple Media Apps
Take Control (via Kirk McElhearn): Back in 2019, Apple replaced iTunes for Mac, iOS, and iPadOS with three apps—Music, TV, and Podcasts—with audiobooks handled by the Books app. Take Control of Apple Media Apps is your guide to this post-iTunes world. Covers macOS 15 Sequoia, iOS 18, and iPadOS 18 or later, plus Apple Watch, […]
Forked
Drew McCormack (Mastodon): I’m launching a new Swift framework called Forked for working with shared data, both on a single device, and across many.[…]The merging that @ForkedModel provides is pretty powerful. It does property-wise merging of structs, and if you attach the @Merged attribute, you can add your own custom merging logic, or use the […]