v3 - Core Technology Fee

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 [email protected] 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:

• What's new:
  • It's finally shorts season! 🩳
  • DNSimple is run by some lovely people and you should host your domains there
  • My brother is Iron Man, here's proof
• Follow-up:
  • Messaging with Siri paves the way to its becoming a multi-lingual voice assistant
  • Steam Link and what it might mean if Valve (is allowed to) publish it on visionOS
• Another pun for the pun gods from Aaron
• News:
  • The 40th anniversary of the Mac (and my first one)
  • The absolutely monumental changes in iOS 17.4, including:
    • Automatic, lyrics-like transcripts in the Podcasts app
    • Evidence of on-board LLM support for Siri in iOS 18
  • Cloud streaming apps are now allowed
  • The Apple-Masimo blood oxygen patent kerfuffle impacting Apple Watch
  • Why third-party browser rendering engine support isn't what some people were hoping
  • The 27% / 12% external link "entitlement"
  • Apple's cunning 50¢ core technology fee
• Recommendations:
  • Cyberpunk 2077 sucks less now
  • Upload season 3
• Mailbag links:
  • Tonal is my preferred way to "get swole"
  • Even though I failed to mention it, remember to e-mail me! The address is still [email protected]

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