Notices by John Gruber (gruber@mastodon.social)

@nikitonsky Why not buy a Studio Display for $1600? Or, better, a Studio Display with nanotexture for $1900? I don't see the appeal of this one for €1500 (~$1700 right now).

@ccgus @nikitonsky Ah, that's it. Refresh rate. I don't care personally so I didn't notice that. I just saw the 600 nits and color range, which I do care about. I'd trade nanotexture for refresh rate any day.

“Ceasefires” have been enshittified.

https://apple.news/Ax4EQFLmTSISfhQx-62q8QA

“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

@dmitriid Are you doing a bit? If you are, I have to admit, you’ve strung me along for a few years. I thought you were just an embittered crackpot, but now I’m thinking you’ve played a long prank on me.

You overplayed your hand this time, though, suggesting that the super popular orange iPhone 17 Pros, the bigger camera plateaus, and especially the iPhone Air are “indistinguishable” from past iPhones. Well-played, sir.

@lisamelton @danny Such a great essay, just linked it up. Curious though if you have any recollection whether Steve Lemay might have designed that initial progress-bar-in-location-field, based on your and Jobs's idea?

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/04/15/melton-jobs

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

@nikitonsky @stroughtonsmith Bingo.

Incredible headline.

@yeri The PRC isn't worried about intercepting all messages in real-time because if they want to know anything, they'll just come to your house and take your devices.

App Store scam of the week?

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sora-2-ai-video-generator/id6747757145

@BasicAppleGuy Needs wrenches that wouldn't break if you applied any actual torque to them: https://daringfireball.net/2025/08/macos_26_tahoes_dead_canary_utility_app_icons

My favorite post in a while:

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/08/15/woz-on-slashdot

Apple will give you a $5 iTunes gift card if you can read “Today” in the App Store app’s iOS 26 tab bar.

@GSStamas Let’s say the coach of a team
is trying to make the team lose. He’s still the coach of the
team. The United States is the world’s oldest and largest
democracy, the beacon of freedom, and the military that
holds the free world safe. Trump is president. Though he
is, I agree with you, working against the free world, he’s
still the leader of it too. That’s what makes this whole
thing so perilous.

Passwords is one of the most serious apps Apple makes and it looks like a Fisher Price app for toddlers.
https://mastodon.social/@chockenberry/114887010253212557

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

I think Apple’s in trouble here.
https://mastodon.macstories.net/@viticci/114898260376387566

@caseyliss The worst part is the “®”.

@anildash You trying to be a blogger now?