On at this time’s present, we give an outline of what to anticipate, in addition to focus on Apple’s new three-year iPhone plan. Plus, the worst factor that occurred this week, this week in Apple historical past, and extra.
That is episode 948 with Michael Simon, Jason Cross, and Roman Loyola.
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Apple September 9 occasion
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The worst factor this week
This Week in Apple Historical past
On August 24, 2011, Tim Cook dinner was named CEO of Apple. Steve Jobs was battling most cancers, and Tim Cook dinner stepped as much as cowl for Jobs a number of occasions when Jobs went on medical depart, so it wasn’t a shock that Cook dinner was made CEO.
When Cook dinner grew to become CEO, there was some fear that he wasn’t the fitting particular person, however it’s clear why Jobs wished Cook dinner: The subsequent step for Apple at the moment wasn’t to create new merchandise, however to develop. And Cook dinner has been nice.
Listed here are a number of articles that take a look at Apple CEO Tim Cook dinner:
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The awe is gone
The massive information is the announcement of Apple’s September 9 occasion. On Fb, somebody who goes by the title Oliver Twist (they’ve a cool-looking profile pic of Darth Vader on a skateboard) mentioned this about it:
The awe is lengthy gone. The presentation, particularly Craig’s, will probably be cringe worthy [stet] to the purpose the place I’ll change off, like I at all times do lately. They’ll all transfer and act like maniacs on velocity, making an attempt laborious to repeat Steve’s physique language and hand gestures. It’ll be a shit fest with no innovation in any respect.
Spotify vs. Apple Music
Macworld contributor Mahmoud Itani not too long ago wrote about why he switched from Spotify to Apple Music. And reader Scott File wrote us with excellent explanation why he’s a Spotify person. Scott wrote:
Apple’s algorithms are nonetheless vastly inferior to Spotify. Apple nonetheless can’t replicate Spotify’s Uncover Weekly in any form or type.
Apple’s large challenge is permitting separate accounts inside its Apple One subscription utilized by a household. The Apple Music interface is a group of everybody’s playlists and music which severely hampers Apple’s already unhealthy algorithms. That’s a recreation changer Apple wants to repair.
Apple additionally has to dispose of “licensed units”. It’s 2025 for goodness sake.
Scott File by way of e-mail
When you missed it, listed below are the 10 explanation why you want to change from Spotify to Apple Music.
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