Daring Fireball

Yours truly, in September 2024, expressing skepticism that “European iPhones are more fun now”:
Meanwhile no one in the EU will get Apple Intelligence or iPhoneMirroring, both of which features are very useful, and, dare Isay, quite fun. Should we judge how much fun each side of thecontinental divide is having by how much fun they theoreticallycould...

Sarah Perez, writing for TechCrunch:
This week, Apple announced a series of discovery featuresthat will personalize app recommendations based on users’interests and behavior, providing a new way for developers to havetheir app discovered.
At Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), the iPhonemaker introduced Personalized Collections in the App Store, whichwill showcase recommendations tailored to the individual. Thesewill also include new “App Notes” that explain why the specificapps...

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The Washington Post editorial board yesterday (News+ link), “Why Europe Won’t Have the New Siri:
Brussels insists the decision is “Apple’s and Apple’s only” andthat nothing in its flagship Digital Markets Act forbids thelaunch. That’s technically true and wholly beside the point....