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https://daringfireball.net/2020/01/reuters_report_on_apple_dropping_plan_for_encrypted_icloud_backups
Daring Fireball: Regarding Reuters’s Report That Apple Dropped Plan for Encrypting iCloud Backups
This isn’t about Apple foiling law enforcement. It isn’t about Apple helping criminals. It’s about Apple enabling its customers to own and control their own...
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https://daringfireball.net/2008/05/regarding_the_iphone_keyboard
Daring Fireball: Regarding the iPhone Keyboard
What do people who previously used BlackBerrys/Treos/etc. think of the iPhone’s keyboard?
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https://daringfireball.net/2007/05/mccracken_pc_world
Daring Fireball: Regarding Harry McCracken’s Departure From PC World
On Wednesday, Kim Zetter reported on Wired’s Epicenter weblog that Harry McCracken stepped down as editor of PC World after Colin Crawford, a senior vice...
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https://daringfireball.net/2009/10/regarding_apple_tv
Daring Fireball: Regarding Apple TV
You can argue that Apple should have released major new Apple TV hardware in time for this holiday season, but it’s not fair to complain that a software update...
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https://daringfireball.net/2018/04/zuckerbergs_notes
Daring Fireball: Regarding Mark Zuckerberg’s Unused Talking Points on Tim Cook and Apple
Zuckerberg should stick to the “some companies work hard to charge you more, other work hard to charge you less” angle. Trying to say that Apple is in the same...
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https://daringfireball.net/2007/06/itunes_plus_metadata
Daring Fireball: Regarding iTunes Plus Metadata
Regarding complaints from ‘privacy’ advocates regarding the user-identifying metadata in DRM-free iTunes Plus tracks.
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https://daringfireball.net/2007/06/80_gb
Daring Fireball: Regarding the 80 GB iPhone Capacity in the Activation and Sync Video
So in the activation and sync demo video Apple posted today, at the 6:15 mark it pans down in iTunes to the capacity meter, and, remarkably, shows an 80 GB...
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https://daringfireball.net/2007/07/regarding_df_feed
Daring Fireball: Regarding the Daring Fireball RSS Feed
The full content of DF is now available to everyone via the main RSS feed, with support from sponsors.
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https://daringfireball.net/2006/09/ipod_pricing
Daring Fireball: Regarding Analyst Speculation on iPod Pricing
Gartner analysts Joseph Unsworth and Jon Erensen claim Apple is foregoing market share for profits.
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https://daringfireball.net/2024/11/regarding_and_well_against_substack
Daring Fireball: Regarding — and, Well, Against — Substack
My advice to any writer looking to start a new site based on the newsletter model would be to consider Substack *last*, not first.
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https://daringfireball.net/2006/09/fifth_generation_ipod_features
Daring Fireball: Regarding the Features and Capabilities of the Various Fifth Generation iPods
What’s new in the new iPods — and why last year’s 5G iPods didn’t get the search feature.
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https://daringfireball.net/2007/03/regarding_the_members_only_feeds
Daring Fireball: Regarding the Members-Only Feeds
Good time for an update and reminder about the members-only XML feeds here at Daring Fireball.
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https://daringfireball.net/2009/08/phil_schiller_app_store
Daring Fireball: Phil Schiller Responds Regarding Ninjawords and the App Store
On Wednesday afternoon I received a thoughtful email from Apple senior vice president Phil Schiller regarding Ninjawords and the App Store, and I think it...
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https://daringfireball.net/2010/08/judging_flash_battle
Daring Fireball: How to Judge the Battle Between Apple and Adobe Regarding Flash
Is there more pressure on Apple to add Flash support to iOS, or on websites with Flash-only content to produce iOS-compatible alternatives?
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https://daringfireball.net/2007/09/beat_goes_on
Daring Fireball: Notes and Observations Regarding Apple’s Announcements From ‘The Beat Goes On’...
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https://daringfireball.net/2020/07/app_store_moment_of_clarity
Daring Fireball: A Moment of Clarity Regarding the Raison d’Etre for the App Store
You can’t pack every last ounce of joy, beauty, and elegance *into* something while simultaneously trying to squeeze every last dollar *out* of it.
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https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/04/17/follow-up-app-store-reviews
Daring Fireball: Follow-Up Regarding App Store Reviews, Which Are Definitely Busted
Link to: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/04/16/app-store-reviews-are-busted
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https://daringfireball.net/2026/01/thoughts_and_observations_regarding_apple_creator_studio
Daring Fireball: Thoughts and Observations Regarding Apple Creator Studio
Starting with a few words on the new app icons.
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https://daringfireball.net/2026/04/delicious_claim_chowder_regarding_the_cook-ternus_ceo_transition
Daring Fireball: Time to Serve Some Delicious Claim Chowder Regarding the Cook-Ternus CEO Transition
Every single word of the November 2025 Financial Times report, which Mark Gurman derided as “simply false”, was, in fact, exactly correct.
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https://daringfireball.net/2018/05/yammering_on_regarding_google_duplex
Daring Fireball: Yammering on One More Time Regarding Google’s Duplex Recordings
A recording is *not* a demo.
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https://daringfireball.net/2025/12/a_request_regarding_magic_link_sign-ins_and_apples_passwords_app
Daring Fireball: A Request Regarding ‘Magic Link’ Sign-Ins and Apple’s Passwords App
I despise this design pattern, because it’s inherently slower than signing in using an email/password combination that was saved to my passwords app (which is...
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https://daringfireball.net/2010/03/regarding_old_apple_microsoft_suit
Daring Fireball: A Thought Regarding the Old Apple-v.-Microsoft ‘Look and Feel’ Lawsuit
Good ideas are meant to spread.
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https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/04/16/bonus-thought-regarding-the-name-iphone-ultra
Daring Fireball: Bonus Thought Regarding the Name 'iPhone Ultra'
Link to: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/04/14/name-of-foldable-iphone
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https://daringfireball.net/2015/09/thoughts_and_observations_on_todays_hey_siri_event
Daring Fireball: Brief Thoughts and Observations Regarding Today’s ‘Hey Siri’ Apple Event
This was it: one big event for *all* of Apple’s late 2015 product announcements.
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https://daringfireball.net/2010/09/ipod_observations
Daring Fireball: Miscellaneous Observations Regarding the Gadgets That Were (and Were Not)...
Regarding the iPods Touch, Nano, and Classic.
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https://daringfireball.net/2010/03/thoughts_regarding_windows_phone_7
Daring Fireball: Assorted Brief Observations and Thoughts Regarding Windows Phone 7
There’s an old saying that when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. Microsoft found themselves in a hole the day Apple unveiled the iPhone, but...
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https://daringfireball.net/2014/10/ipad_air_2
Daring Fireball: The iPad Air 2 (And a Few Cursory Words Regarding the iPad Mini 3)
I don’t think performance is any longer a reason to buy a MacBook Air instead of an iPad Air. The choice comes down to form factor and personal preference....
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https://daringfireball.net/2005/12/callto_uris_safari
Daring Fireball: A Public Service Announcement Regarding ‘callto:’ URIs and Safari
Why Skype ‘callto:’ URIs sometimes don’t work in Safari.
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https://daringfireball.net/2025/11/apple_eu_dma_iphone_accessories_wi-fi_sync
Daring Fireball: Exploring, in Detail, Apple’s Compliance With the EU’s DMA Mandate Regarding Apple...
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...
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https://daringfireball.net/2019/10/correction_regarding_an_erroneous_allegation
Daring Fireball: Correction: Regarding an Erroneous Allegation in ‘Richard Stallman’s Disgrace’
As soon as I read this, I was nearly certain my email correspondent had made exactly this mistake, conflating Stallman with Raymond, and that I had passed the...
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https://daringfireball.net/2018/04/scuttlebutt_regarding_ui_project
Daring Fireball: Scuttlebutt Regarding Apple’s Cross-Platform UI Project
It’s no longer called “Marzipan”, almost certainly isn’t coming this year, and is probably a declarative user interface API.
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