Daniel and Manton follow up on the iPhone 14, discussing who bought it and revisiting the different payment plans. Then they talk about the Micro.blog 3.0 for iOS beta release with a long detour into the TestFlight approval process and why it often feels ridiculous.

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Links:

• Apple iPhone upgrade program – Get a new iPhone every year, different than other financing.
• Micro.blog 3.0 beta – Manton blogging about the new version.
• TestFlight – Apple’s beta testing system that has slightly different rules than the App Store.
• CloudKit – A good example of dogfooding helping Apple and third-party developers.
• React Native – Cross-platform framework used to develop Micro.blog 3.0.

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Daniel and Manton talk about next week’s Apple event and the expected iOS and iPadOS releases, including Apple’s choice to withhold Stage Manager functionality from non-M1 iPads. Then they talk about 5G wireless and the advantages of Apple’s eSim support for using the second SIM to add data independently from your main plan.

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Links:

• Apple’s September 7th event — MacStories blog post previewing the announcement.
• iPadOS 16.1 beta — TechCrunch blog post with quote from Apple on delaying iPadOS.
• Stage Manager controversy — 9to5Mac on Stage Manager’s limited support for iPads.
• Studio Display — Apple product page hyping up the support for Center Stage and other features.
• Truphone — eSIM option that Daniel used while on vacation.

Daniel and Manton talk about plans for MarsEdit 5, requiring a later version of macOS, and even employing SwiftUI in the new version. When is it the right time to drop support for older OSes because of the lure of newer features? Then they talk about when a major upgrade is “paid upgrade-worthy” and which platforms Daniel should invest in for MarsEdit’s future.

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• RevenueCat: In-app subscriptions made easy. Also check out the Sub Club Podcast!

Links:

• Micro.blog – Manton’s indie blogging platform.
• MarsEdit – Daniel’s blogging app for macOS.
• Tumblr – Automattic-owned microblogging platform that seems less vital than it was once.
• SwiftUI is all I want to do – Daniel’s 2019 tweet that SwiftUI is fun.
• Productivity sinkhole – Daniel’s 2019 tweet that SwiftUI isn’t ready for him to use.

Daniel and Manton talk about expectations for next week’s WWDC, the way the Apple Design Awards have changed over the years, WWDC’s Digital Lounges, and hopes for Xcode debugging improvements.

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Links:

• WWDC ADA finalists – Apple’s web page previewing finalists for the Apple Design Awards.
• WWDC Digital Lounges – Slack-based chat for WWDC virtual attendees.
• Micro.blog Help Center – Discourse-based help articles and discussion.
• Discourse – Powers the Micro.blog help.
• Work 40 hours or quit – Elon Musk’s email to employees discouraging remote work.

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Daniel and Manton follow up on button sizing in SwiftUI. They compare SwiftUI and React Native in terms of maturity and how much you can expand the frameworks on your own to fill missing gaps. Then, they discuss why all previous cross-platform development approaches have “failed” with respect to matching expectations of the native platform, and what native apps can provide in addition to web counterparts.

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• Pareto Security: Avoid security mistakes on your Mac.

Links:

• SwiftUI Button – Apple’s documentation for the different ways to make a button.
• React Native Diary – Manton’s blog post series about learning React Native.
• Brent Simmons – Inspiration for blog post “diary” series and developer of NetNewsWire.
• NetNewsWire 6.1 – New version of NetNewsWire with themes, backed by web views.

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Manton and Daniel talk about getting haircuts during a pandemic.

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Manton and Daniel react to Apple’s March Special Event. They question the merit of Apple Card with it’s higher-than-expected interest rates. They weigh the benefits of a closed system like Apple News versus the completely free web. They talk about Apple Arcade, how it will impact existing game developers, and whether it will take precedence over the current Games category. Finally, they wonder whether Apple’s wide range of subscription offerings will finally push the company to offer something like “Amazon Prime” to unify everything.

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• Linode: Cloud Hosting for You. Use promo code coreint2019 for $20 credit when you sign up.

Links:

• Apple Card – Apple’s forthcoming branded credit card.
• Apple News+ – Expansion of Apple News with premium offerings for $10/month.
• Apple Arcade – Subscription video games, coming later this year.
• SetApp – Subscription software program for Mac apps.
• AppleTV+ – Streaming service consisting of Apple’s own self-produced shows.
• Disney+ – Disney’s own streaming service has a very similar name!

Daniel’s home repair distraction, finding time to explore new WWDC goodies, Yosemite public beta, Apple’s continued home runs, and a metaphor on success in the App Store and… gym memberships?

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• Home Depot – Because when else are we going to have a chance to link to this?
• Yosemite public beta – Macworld article on getting ready for the beta.
• Majority of App Businesses Not Sustainable – Techcrunch on today’s App Store market.

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Daniel and Manton talk about the Apple event announcements: free iApps, colorful iPhone 5C, 64-bit on the iPhone 5S, the camera app, and fingerprints.

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• September 10 Summary – Dan Miller of Macworld summarizes Apple’s special event announcements.
• SnappyCam – 3rd-party iOS camera app that takes lightning fast successive photos.

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Daniel and Manton talk about Apple’s upcoming event on September 10th, the Nokia acquisition and changes at Microsoft, and what we can learn from Stellar’s new paid subscription plans.

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• September 10 Event – Apple invites journalists to a special event in Cupertino this Tuesday.
• Microsoft Buys Nokia for $0B – Matt Drance’s post from 2.5 years ago about Microsoft’s partnership with Nokia.
• Microsoft Buys Nokia for €3.79B – Matt Drance’s updated post from last week.
• Less Than Disney Bought Pixar For – Michael B. Johnson’s reaction to the Nokia acquisiton.
• Microsoft Buys Skype for $8.5B – Wired article from 2011 about the Skype acquisiton.
• Nokia Lumia 1020 – Nokia’s 41-megapixel camera. Also a cell-phone.
• Dancing On Their Grave – John Gruber and John Siracusa on The Talk Show.
• Stellar Fun Pass – Jason Kottke’s announcement that he will offer premium memberships to his social content filtering site.
• The Great App.net Mistake – Mat Honan writes for Wired about the potential of App.net.
• Waiting For App.net’s Killer App – Manton’s response to Mat Honan’s Wired article.

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