It’s all over the front page of Macrumours.
All the anti-competitive third party external app stuff, scare screens etc is not allowed and must be removed immediately as per the court ruling.
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iOS 18 Speculation Thread
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All the anti-competitive third party external app stuff, scare screens etc is not allowed and must be removed immediately as per the court ruling.
Lol oh sorry. 😜 living under a rock last few days. OK I’ll check it out now. Thanks mate
There’s no timeline in the court papers, it states no further delays, Apple must comply immediately.
It's my understanding that most of the changes needed to be made can be done server-side, although it's possible an update could come to "help" that along a bit. Considering the ruling came out overnight, it's hard to say how prepared Apple will be for this. You'd think they'd have used the time that's passed in this trial to get a plan in place, but from the Judge's wording, it seems like Apple might be caught "off guard" by this and might just wait to do anything until a ruling on an appeal is finished. Just because the Judge says they have to act immediately doesn't mean they will. They were supposed to have already and that's why they're in the bigger mess they're in now.
It's also possible that Apple was hoping this wouldn't come down until iOS 19 / WWDC2025. I've seen some rumors about Google looking forward to being able to use Gemini in replacement of Siri. Maybe Apple's plan was to open up iOS 19 more than THEY wanted to, but now they might be forced to do this in iOS 18 instead.
Perhaps we can get back on topic about iOS 18 speculation. I think we’ll be getting RC beta for 18.5 next Monday! 👍🏻
This release will probably include the Pride watch face/wallpapers for 2025 but when the Black Unity 2025 collection was introduced in January, it was not included in the RC but came in a newer build on the day of release.
So if we don't see any press releases for the new Pride today/tomorrow, it's not a sign we aren't getting an RC this week.
So if we don't see any press releases for the new Pride today/tomorrow, it's not a sign we aren't getting an RC this week.
And 5 weeks until WWDC25. So excited about this one, ngl! UI/UX is my passion so anything that brings design changes, especially such that can introduce a new direction for the whole industry, is always exciting!
Apple introduces the 2025 Pride Collection
The new Apple Watch Pride Edition Sport Band, watch face, and iPhone and iPad wallpaper celebrate the strength and beauty of LGBTQ+ communities.
www.apple.com
Why thursday? The new band will be delivered next week.
Simply because there have not been a lot of changes in 18.5. Its been pretty much the same as 18.4.1 and Thursdays are common release days. And since they have announced the wallpapers already and made the bans available for ordering today. That is assuming an RC drops today and not the release.
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I don’t think it’s going to happen, but it would be funny if they released the 18.6 beta with all the new Apple Intelligence features, right before we move on to iOS 19.
