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Apple replacing Alan Dye with Stephen Lemay may fix Jony Ive's mistake by restoring the Jobsian "design is how it works" ethos in Apple's UI design (John Gruber/Daring Fireball)
https://daringfireball.net/2025/12/bad_dye_job

Bad Dye Job
It might have made some sense to bring someone from the fashion/brand world to lead software design for Apple Watch, but it sure didn’t seem to make sense for the rest of Apple’s platforms. And the decade of Dye’s HI leadership has proven it.

Cook’s lost Gruber.
Maybe already had — but now Cook’s lost Gruber •hard•. https://mastodon.social/@daringfireball/115974993541049354

@gruber I purposefully have automatic downloads and updates turned off because OS 26 seems half-baked and I wanted to wait. Last weekend, after pestering me for a week even though I kept pressing “cancel update” my iPhone and iPad ignored all that and installed OS 26 overnight. I know I’m in the minority, but how do we evaluate the adoption rate with this in mind?

The iOS 26 Adoption Rate Is Not Bizarrely Low Compared to Previous Years
A change to how Safari reports the OS it is running on led many in the media to lose their minds.

Wenn der Wind so weitermacht driftet selbst Hans Gruber bei seinem Weihnachtsflug vom Kurs ab >_>

Wikimedia data puts iOS 26 adoption at ~50% in January vs. iOS 18's 72% in 2025 as Apple slows auto-updates; Statcounter showed 15% after missing Safari changes (John Gruber/Daring Fireball)
https://daringfireball.net/2026/01/ios_26_adoption_rate_is_not_bizar…

The iOS 26 Adoption Rate Is Not Bizarrely Low Compared to Previous Years
A change to how Safari reports the OS it is running on led many in the media to lose their minds.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #OperaOn3
Alban Berg, Christian Gerhaher, Malin Byström, Eric Cutler, Brindley Sherratt, Nicky Spence, Edgaras Montvidas, HK Gruber, Ludwig Mittelhammer, Bavarian Radio Symphony Choir, Bavarian State Opera Children's Chorus, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle:
🎵 Wozzeck, Op.7 - Act 1

I've been working on this one for a while. The multi-trillion-dollar AI industry? Their *most advanced platforms* are controlled by a plain text format that John Gruber made up for his blog, and then bounced off of a 17-year-old Aaron Swartz, before sharing it with the world for free. *That* is the internet. Here's the amazing (true!) story of how Markdown took over the world.

How Markdown took over the world
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

Apple's DMA compliance isn't "malicious", but an effort to balance Apple's privacy focus with the EU's mandate, as iOS 26.2 iPhone/Watch Wi-Fi sync changes show (John Gruber/Daring Fireball)
https://daringfireball.net/2025/11/apple_eu_d…

Exploring, in Detail, Apple’s Compliance With the EU’s DMA Mandate Regarding Apple Watch, Third-Party Accessories, and the Syncing of Saved Wi-Fi Networks From iPhones to Which They’re Paired
The bottom line is that users setting up new Apple Watches in the EU will now get a somewhat slightly worse experience in the name of parity with accessories made by third-party companies. It remains to be seen whether users of third-party iPhone accessories and peripherals in the EU will see any benefit at all.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #OperaOn3
Alban Berg, Christian Gerhaher, Malin Byström, Eric Cutler, Brindley Sherratt, Nicky Spence, Edgaras Montvidas, HK Gruber, Ludwig Mittelhammer, Bavarian Radio Symphony Choir, Bavarian State Opera Children's Chorus, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle:
🎵 Wozzeck, Op.7 - Act 3
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🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#OperaOn3
- Alban Berg's Wozzeck
Simon Rattle conducts Alban Berg’s Wozzeck, featuring a stellar cast headed by Christian Gerhaher as Wozzek and Malin Byström as Marie with HK Gruber as the Speaker.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002mc14