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John Gruber

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<p>I write Daring Fireball, host The Talk Show, and created Markdown.</p>

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    A few words on Wednesday’s Apple event. https://daringfireball.net/2026/09/thoughts_and_observations_on_apples_surprise_and_shine_event

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    @MisterMoo@mstdn.social @delric@mastodon.social The thing to complain about isn&#39;t that they default to Google. It&#39;s that they only include search engines in the list that have paid TAC deals. Only search engines that agree to pay Apple for the traffic are in the list, and there&#39;s no option for users to add custom ones.

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    Fucking idiots over there at ChatGPT.

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    I bet LeBron can fix this. https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/odyssey-imax-kop-prussia-70mm-down-refund-reschedule/

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    It’s an epidemic of hearing loss for AI-generated Fox News hosts.

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    What gave Tim Cook&#39;s privacy letter heft in 2014 wasn&#39;t just the clarity of its plain language, but the fact that you didn&#39;t have to take his word for it that the ads Apple showed you respected your privacy, because Apple didn&#39;t show you ads in 2014. https://daringfireball.net/2026/07/ternus_apple_slippery_slope

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    Good chart.

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    “It’s like wondering why all the screws in a building were hammered into the walls, and then finding out that the guy who oversaw construction founded and co-owns the world’s biggest hammer manufacturer. Windows uses Philips head screws, Linux uses hex screws, and MacOS requires Torx — but a hammer works the same way with all screws. That’s Electron.” https://daringfireball.net/2026/07/claudes_criminally_bad_mac_app_is_an_inside_job

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    https://daringfireball.net/2026/06/om

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    What’s a better word for in-window fake “dialog boxes” that websites (and some apps) use to cover up content?

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    Too many people didn’t appreciate just how wonderful, how glorious, it was that the daily news cycle during Biden’s presidency was boring as fuck.

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    In the decades to come, when the Trump era is behind us, it’ll be hard to explain to young people that headlines like these made sense in the moment.

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    There is no good argument for selection states that are anything but instantly obvious. Whoever designed this doesn’t use the app. https://mastodon.social/@siracusa/114898428763571700

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    Tweetbot and Twitterrific Face the Cliff: https://daringfireball.net/2023/03/tweetbot_and_twitterrific_face_the_cliff

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    “You might think it counterintuitive that a movement obsessed with software would spearhead a severe decline in the design quality of software. But software brain is an obsession with software as a medium in and of itself. A means with no consideration for the end.” https://daringfireball.net/2026/05/software_as_the_product_of_obsession_times_voice

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    The NYT running nonsensical (and ungrammatical) AI slop in an ad on their front page.

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    Perfect MacOS 26 Tahoe screenshot from the Journal app. Apple shipped this.

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    My take on the Cook to Ternus transition: https://daringfireball.net/2026/04/another_day_has_come

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    Oof. https://mastodon.social/@timonus/114902608622996991

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    Singsong congratulations from the leaders of America&amp;#39;s biggest companies. https://daringfireball.net/2024/11/i_wonder

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    One of the most American sentiments is this: Live and let live. Stay out of others’ personal lives. That’s what’s fueling this “MAGA Republicans are weirdos” vibe. It’s not just fucking weird but *wrong* that they are so concerned with how others, including every woman, chooses to live their own lives. It rubs most Americans wrong. It’s not a liberal/conservative thing. It’s an American thing. I think it’s a human thing too — and America should exemplify that aspect of humanity.

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    RE: https://mastodon.social/@daringfireball/116375947397560597 If you don’t find a few wallpapers that you want to use in these collections, you’re not hooked up right.

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    If you’re annoyed by something that is obviously wrong about this dialog box from Photoshop 1.0, you’re my type of person. (Even more so if, like me, you remember being annoyed by this at the time, when you were entering your cracked SN.)

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    @agiletortoise@mastodon.social @schwa@mastodon.social I switched from Bartender to Ice a few months ago and, so far, have found Ice to be the best one of these utilities I&#39;ve ever used. I&#39;m still on Sequoia, though, so I don&#39;t know how Ice does with Tahoe. Another one I&#39;ve used and at one point gladly paid $10 for the pro version is Vanilla: https://store.matthewpalmer.net/vanilla-pro

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    RE: https://pdx.social/@dave/116336168072377848 Amen.

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    I installed the White House app on my Android phone, and just like on iOS, the only permission it asks for is to send notifications. Never even asks for location privileges. https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/03/31/new-white-house-app

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    @agiletortoise@mastodon.social I don&#39;t think these are UI conventions. It’s properly supporting the hardware of the remote control. And basic accessibility. Apple has long enforced things like trying to use the volume buttons on iPhones for purposes other than adjusting audio volume. Same should be true for the buttons on the Apple TV remote.

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    New Fox chyron is excellent. Team names: huge. Score: huge. Logos: none. Colors say enough. Needless chrome: none. Timeouts remaining: prominent but not distracting. Down and yards to go indicator: conveys which team has the ball. Typography: classic, legible, bold, timeless. Outstanding design.

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    If you, like me, are keeping a Mac on MacOS 15 Sequoia for now (I tend not to upgrade my work Machine until the .1 or .2 releases at the earliest), be careful with Software Update. It sure looks like clicking the “Update Tonight” or “Update Now” buttons next to the available 15.7.2 update will update to that, but if you click the little (i) info button, it sure looks like what will happen is that you&amp;#39;ll install the upgrade to 26.1 Tahoe.

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    @mwichary Re: this paragraph in your TextEdit/Notes post: https://unsung.aresluna.org/i-trust-in-textedit/