No. Apparently they redid some networking stuff. Using a VPN will introduce problems, like messages not working. Must say I am pretty surprised that a company which purports to be all about privacy can screw up something so critical.
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Apple's Shift Toward More Staggered Releases Could Bring More Innovation and Less Predictability
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Without looking at the code and talking with its developers that would be impossible for an outsider like me to say.
Entropy is a tendency that creeps in over time, typically manifested as redundancy, duplicated code, patches, other bloat, interoperability issues, regression, lingering long-standing bugs, reduced performance, and deviation from "best practices".
A rewrite aims to clean house and provide sensible solutions to such problems.
Every dev shop I've ever been associated with knows exactly where the bodies are buried, and could trot-out a prioritized list of what they would do to improve things. Management tends to be obsessed with addressing users' "pain points", sometimes at the expense of the big picture. That's totally understandable, since "the squeaky wheel always gets the grease".
Some would argue that "bug free code" is impossible to achieve. I totally disagree with that, always have. At the very least it should be an aspiration. But that's a whole other discussion.
Speak for yourself. Apple silicon is a paradigm shift in the entire industry. Especially with laptops. I have yet to even hear my MacBook Pro fans since the introduction of the M1. I have yet to hear my Mac Studio fans and I push it to the limits. They both take very little power and are on par with my 13900k/4090 config.
I'll take your word for it. I stopped using it 14 years ago, got tired of the endless updates, device driver installs and security issues.
Like the Vision Pro they probably too embarrassed to pull a failed product off the shelf let alone improve it.
How many Apple AirPod Maxes have you actually seen in the wild since launch? Think streets, gyms, trains, flights, the lot.
Genuine answer from me (UK based): Not a single one.
This constantly comes up. How is the new chip drastically better than the old one? My AirPods Max still sound better than my AirPods Pro.
I think it was very clear Apple Intelligence features wouldn't be available with the iPhone 16 or with iOS 18.0
I guess “staggered approach“ is one way to describe the marketing team completely overwhelming the dev teams ability to keep up with the stuff promised to consumers with unrealistic release schedules.
Everything is now mature tech. Innovative changes will be few and face between regardless. Processor gains now make little day to day difference for the vast majority of users. The main thing holding phones and laptops back now is RAM. AI wants to gobble up tons of it. Apple will continue to provide tiny amounts so that people will want to buy new devices down the road.
Strange take. I'm in the UK too and I see at least one pair of Maxes almost every time I go out. They are very popular here.
This is good for stockholders. Just like any other company announcements Correspond with timelier fashion for better results.
You might be thinking of Paul Masson. But I'm sure Bartles & Jaymes thank you for your support, anyway
There are no hardware changes between 2023’s U2 and 2024’s U2. Apple just made black an option for 2024.
On the other hand, Apple made significant hardware improvements between 2022’s U1 and 2023’s U2. I‘m guessing those improvements (s9, brighter display, 64 gb storage) were meant to be in the U1, but weren’t ready in time? So it feels more like Apple rushed the U1 out too early and maybe should’ve waited a few more months.