The situation has gotten more complex since that discussion, too. Modern versions of macOS use an immutable root partition [1]; shipping GPLv3 code in that partition could arguably be a violation of the license.
If you have a watch that was imported into the US before the restriction went into effect, you never lost the (original, watch-only) Blood Oxygen functionality and this update doesn't affect you.
Up to mid-2024, Costco was selling 2 separate SKUs of Apple Watch Ultra 2: watches with the blood oxygen feature and watches imported after the cutoff which were missing the feature.
A limitation of this workaround is that it only works on recent watches. If you are in the unfortunate position of getting a Series 6, 7, 8 watch replaced by Apple, they'll give you a replacement with the feature missing, and this update doesn't "fix" it..
Meta’s internal “you’ve been here longer than X% of the company” metric does not give credit to total tenure (ie. boomerangs), so IMO it’s highly misleading as a measure of attrition.
A big benefit of files is discoverability. Fluid sounds awesome in terms of collaboration, but I'll be interested to see how hard it is to find a specific note or chart weeks later "in the middle of an email chain, in a chat app like Microsoft Teams, or even third-party apps eventually."
I grew up on Ghibli movies, so I will probably get a free trial of HBO Max when it launches to rewatch/binge them.
On a different note, I hadn’t heard of HBO Max before this announcement. I’m kind of reaching “peak subscription” at this point: I have Prime Video, Netflix, Hulu, Showtime, and now I’ll have to decide whether to add Apple TV +, Disney+, and HBO Max?
I wish there was some way to “bundle” these into one monthly payment.. oh, wait. That’s basically a cable subscription! It’s funny how cyclical streaming has become.
edit: found this previous HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20102640
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