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But you might also make a novel improvement that benefits all of your fellow users. Think about how many iPhone features were dreamed up not by Apple but by developers or even “hackers” who figured out a clever approach to a common problem.

I use the “flashlight” on my iPhone all the time but I remember when the only way to use it was to open the camera app, switch to video mode, and turn on the flash. And Shortcuts is one of the most useful app available for an iPhone and it was an idea patched together using APIs in a way Apple never intended. In fact, Shortcuts could be way better if Apple didn’t have so many seemingly random and arbitrary limitations.




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