On at the moment’s present, we give an summary of what to anticipate, in addition to talk about 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 Prepare dinner was named CEO of Apple. Steve Jobs was battling most cancers, and Tim Prepare dinner stepped as much as cowl for Jobs a couple of instances when Jobs went on medical depart, so it wasn’t a shock that Prepare dinner was made CEO.
When Prepare dinner grew to become CEO, there was some fear that he wasn’t the appropriate particular person, however it’s clear why Jobs wished Prepare dinner: The following step for Apple at the moment wasn’t to create new merchandise, however to develop. And Prepare dinner has been nice.
Listed here are a couple of articles that have a look at Apple CEO Tim Prepare dinner:
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The awe is gone
The large 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 swap off, like I at all times do as of late. They’ll all transfer and act like maniacs on velocity, making an attempt arduous 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 just lately wrote about why he switched from Spotify to Apple Music. And reader Scott File wrote us with superb the reason 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 kind.
Apple’s big concern is permitting separate accounts inside its Apple One subscription utilized by a household. The Apple Music interface is a set of everybody’s playlists and music which severely hampers Apple’s already dangerous algorithms. That’s a sport changer Apple wants to repair.
Apple additionally has to cast off “approved gadgets”. It’s 2025 for goodness sake.
Scott File by way of e-mail
If you happen to missed it, listed here are the 10 the reason why you must swap from Spotify to Apple Music.
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