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Manton and Daniel check in again about their WWDC plans, and appreciate the value of meeting up with people in person. They talk about the newly announced “One More Thing” conferenced slated to take place near Apple during WWDC week. Finally they talk about the debut of the AltStore as a turning point for the openness of the App Store, and revisit the potential risks of adopting Apple’s “updated business model.”

Links:

• WWDC 24 – Apple’s annual developer conference.
• Release Notes 2019 – The last official event from the once-annual conference.
• One More Thing Conference – Alternative conference taking place in Cupertino the week of WWDC.
• River of News – Dave Winer’s 2014 blog post describing a form of RSS news reading.
• Tweet Marker – Manton’s erstwhile social media position-syncing service.
• AltStore PAL – New EU-based alternative App Store.
• Delta – The game emulator by the co-developer of AltStore, available on Apple’s App Store.

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Daniel and Manton talk about Apple reinstating Epic’s developer account for the EU, and then banning it again. They compare it with Apple’s recent public reaction to Spotify and the EU’s $2B fine against the company. They wonder if Apple has become fixated on this as a fight of passion, to their detriment. Finally, a wish for Apple to put somebody new in charge of the App Store to help to fulfill its mission.

Links:

• Catastrophic Response – The Verge’s 2020 report on Apple’s imminent termination of Epic’s developer account.
• Fortnite Will Return – TechCrunch reports on Apple’s previous approval of an Epic subsidiary in Europe.
• Terminated Again – TechCrunch reports on the latest termination of Epic’s European account.
• Apple Statement – Apple responds to the EU’s decision to fine it nearly $2B.
• Dithering – Paid podcast featuring Ben Thompson and John Gruber.
• There’s an App for That – Manton’s response to a recent post on Ben Thompson’s Stratechery newsletter.
• Epic’s Shared Emails – Epic writes about the ongoing saga and includes copies of emails between them and Apple.
• The Long Arm of the EU – Tweet from EU commission “Under the DMA, there is no room for threats...”
• Massive Decisions – Tweets from Epic CEO Tim Sweeney alleging that Apple has deviated from its own values.
• A Car it Never Built – Bloomberg article about Apple’s canceled car project, featuring details about some of the prototype designs.
• Apple Will Reinstate Developer Account – 9to5mac reports on the reinstatement by Apple of Epic’s European developer account.

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We start with Manton’s frustration with Apple platform development. Manton has been shifting away from macOS and iOS development, begrudging Apple’s outsized influence. Daniel and Manton talk about the broader issues of whether to accept closed platform restrictions after tasting the freedom of self-publishing. Then they wrap up with the Apple Vision Pro’s approach to privacy and whether a locked-down device can ever really replace the Mac.

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Links:

• Apple is too big — Manton’s microblog-sized short rant about Apple.
• App Store reboot — Christina Warren on the past and future of the App Store.
• Strategy credit — Ben Thompson on a company’s decisions that make them look good but which are easy because of their business.

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Manton hears Daniel’s excuses, or perhaps explanations, for continuing to struggle with shipping Black Ink for iOS. They talk about the sometimes nonsensical rationale for postponing a release, and productivity hacks that might counter it. Manton describes his recent adventures with AI, including a practical effort to harness OpenAI’s voice recognition for transcription purposes. Finally, they discuss their shared awe about the current state of AI, and how they are struggling to imagine how to take advantage of it, both as users and as developers.

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Links:

• OpenAI Whisper – Speech recognition framework from the makers of GPT.
• Aiko – Free Mac app that uses Whisper to transcribe audio.
• Speeding Up Development – David Smith shares an example of using GPT to automate generation of tedious Swift code.
• Poe – Multi-technology AI chatbot interface from Quora.
• Dithering – Subscription podcast from Ben Thompson and John Gruber.
• The Age of AI – Post from Bill Gates about his impressions of the advances in AI technology.
• Still Feels Like Magic – Manton’s post about being barely able to comprehend AI technologies.
• Three Laws of Robotics – Isaac Asimov’s guidelines for how robot technologies might be kept in check.

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Manton and Daniel celebrate the apparent revitalization of blogging, a possible silver lining on cloud surrounding Twitter’s downfall. They talk about Matt Mullenweg’s recent podcast and public speaking appearances, and his general positivity about the future of blogging. They compare the virtue of owning your own domain name to owning your own home, and wonder whether awareness of this virtue will grow among the general public.

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Links:

• Micro.blog – Manton’s blog-publishing service.
• MarsEdit – Daniel’s Mac-based blogging app.
• Comparing Micro.blog and Mastodon – Help article from Micro.blog that enumerates the similarities and differences.
• Rea Ann Silva – Interview on How I Built This where the value of having good competitors is discussed.
• Spooky Hole – Episode of The Talk Show in which Moltz and Gruber talk about Mastodon.
• How to Buy a Social Network – Matt Mullenweg’s interview with Nilay Patel.
• State of the Word 2022 – Matt Mullenweg’s annual keynote address.
• A Single Impulsive Leader – Manton’s post about having a single person in charge at Twitter who can be blamed for everything.

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