LTA 110: October 2022 1

Panel:

• Bart Busschots (host) – @bbusschots
• Allison Sheridan from the NosillaCast Podcast – @podfeet
• Scott Willsey from the Friends with Brews Podcast – @scottaw

The show starts with some followups from previous shows, some regulatory and legal news, some HR news, and some news from Apple’s various services before moving on to the four main stores — Apple’s Q4 earnings, Apple’s Ads expansion, new OSes (iPad OS 16.1 & macOS Ventura), and new hardware (Apple TV, 10th Gen iPad & M2 iPad Pro). The show finishes with a quick rundown of some other Apple-related stories that made the news in October.

You’ll find detailed show notes below the fold, and if you enjoy this free show, please consider clicking on the donate button at the top of the left side bar – the show is free for you to listen to, but not for Bart to Produce!

Updates & Followup

Quick updates to long-running stories the show continues to track, and to stories covered in recent shows.

• Greg Joswiak confirms iPhone’s future move to USB-C — appleinsider.com/…
• Crash Detection got off to a rocky start:
  • Rollercoaster repeatedly triggers iPhone 14 Crash Detection — appleinsider.com/…
  • Apple says there’s no single ‘silver bullet’ behind crash detection — appleinsider.com/…
  • iOS 16.2 asks for feedback on accidental Emergency SOS activation — appleinsider.com/…
• Apple’s battle against unionisation rumbles on
  • 🇬🇧 Glasgow Apple Store staff become first in UK to unionize — appleinsider.com/…
  • 🇺🇸 First US Union of Apple Retail Workers Files Labor Complaint Against Apple Over Withholding Benefits — www.macobserver.com/…
  • 🇺🇸 Second Apple Retail union will be at Penn Square, Oklahoma City store — appleinsider.com/…
  • 🇦🇺 Australian Apple Employees Vote to Strike Due to Wage Negotiations Failure — www.macobserver.com/…, Australia Apple Store workers go on strike — appleinsider.com/… & Unionized Australian Apple Store employees set to strike again — appleinsider.com/…
• 🇨🇳 COVID hasn’t just not gone away in China, it’s resurgent:
  • Covid–19 sweeping through Foxconn’s main iPhone factory — appleinsider.com/…
  • Foxconn delays reducing iPhone plant production plan over Covid–19 outbreak — appleinsider.com/…
  • Employees at Foxconn’s iPhone Factory Vent About Strict COVID–19 Restrictions — www.macobserver.com/…
  • Workers flee Foxconn’s COVID-hit iPhone factory over poor conditions — appleinsider.com/…
  • Foxconn quadruples bonuses to keep staff at COVID-hit iPhone factory — appleinsider.com/…
  • China imposes new week-long lockdown on Foxconn over COVID–19 — appleinsider.com/…
  • Foxconn to dodge China lockdown, move iPhone production to India — appleinsider.com/…
  • Related: Apple Supplier Pegatron Starts Assembling iPhone 14 in India — www.macobserver.com/…
• 🇮🇳 Apple continues to target the Indian market: Apple confirms next iOS 16 beta will bring 5G to India — appleinsider.com/…
• Matter is finally out 😀: With 190 products certified, Matter smart-home standard looks ahead — www.cultofmac.com/…
  • An excellent overview of the current lay of the land: A realistic roundup of what today’s Matter launch means for your smart home — arstechnica.com

Regulatory Rundown

• Apple seems determined to provoke regulators into action 🙁
  • Spotify Calls Apple’s Rejection of Its Audiobook Offerings Anti-Competitive — www.macobserver.com/…
    • 🇬🇧 Spotify adds audiobook debacle to Britain’s Apple App Store investigation — appleinsider.com/…
  • Social media apps must pay App Store 30% for boosts — appleinsider.com/…
    • Meta lashes out about Apple’s new charge for social media boosts — appleinsider.com/…
  • Apple ‘destroys dreams’ says Telegram, as it shuts down monetization plans — appleinsider.com/…
• 🇬🇧 UK considering antitrust regulations on Apple Card & other big tech financial programs — appleinsider.com/…

Legal Latest

• 🇧🇷 Brazilian Courts continue to rule against Apple — arstechnica.com/… & appleinsider.com/…
  • Apple additionally fined the equivalent of $19m
  • Apple ordered to start including chargers in iPhones 12 & 13 in Brazil
  • Apple ordered to give existing customers free chargers
• Apple Files Lawsuit Against Medical Tech Company Masimo for Allegedly Copying the Apple Watch — www.macobserver.com/… (the company is suing Apple over alleged patent infringement in the AppleWatch)
• AirPods Max noise isolation reduction may be related to ongoing court battle — appleinsider.com/…

Apple HR & Acquisition News

• Apple design chief Evans Hankey leaves, 3 years after succeeding Jony Ive — www.cultofmac.com/…
• Two key execs are leaving Apple — www.cultofmac.com/… (Anna Matthiasson is VP of Retail Online & CIO Mary Demby)
• Apple Pauses Hiring for Jobs Outside of Research and Development, Apparently to Cut Costs — www.macobserver.com/…

Apple Services & Original Content Highlights

• Apple Is Raising Apple Music, Apple TV+, and Apple One Subscription Costs — www.macobserver.com/…
• Windows 11 getting iCloud Photos support plus Apple Music & TV apps — appleinsider.com/…
• Apple Music is now available on Xbox — appleinsider.com/…
• Apple Music gains Spatial Audio support on select Mercedes-Benz vehicles — www.cultofmac.com/… (The really expensive ones with 31-speaker sound systems)
• Apple will release For All Mankind, The Morning Show, Truth Be Told & See on Blue-ray & DVD — appleinsider.com/…
• Mentioned: Allison’s TV DB: Using an Airtable Database to Watch TV — www.podfeet.com/…

Main Stories

1. 2022 Q4 + 2022 FY Earnings 😀— www.apple.com/…
   • This is Tim: Q4 2022 analyst-call transcript — sixcolors.com/…
   • Apple’s fiscal 2022 in charts — sixcolors.com/…
   • The Q4 earnings in graphs — sixcolors.com/…
   • Apple Breaks Records, Beats Wall Street Once Again in 4Q22 Earnings Report — www.macobserver.com/…
   • Over 900 million users pay for subscriptions on Apple devices — appleinsider.com/…
   • Apple CEO Tim Cook says iPhone 14 Pro demand exceeds supply — appleinsider.com/…
   • Related Analysis:
     • Counterpoint: Apple Watch sets new US record, now owned by 30% of iPhone users — appleinsider.com/… (in North America)
     • IDC: PC market got hammered in Q3, but Apple saw massive Mac shipment growth — appleinsider.com/… (PC market down 15%, Mac sales up 40%)
     • 🇨🇳 Canalys: Report: iPhone Shipments in China Grow By 36% Despite Smartphone Decline of 11% — www.macobserver.com/…
     • Counterpoint: Apple’s iPhone Shipments Grow By 2% As Global Market Suffers from Lowest Q3 Level — www.macobserver.com/…
2. Apple’s Reported Push into Advertising Becomes Real 🙁
   • New ad placements in App Store Today and product pages are live — appleinsider.com/…
     • New App Store ad slots heavily promote gambling apps — appleinsider.com/…
     • Gambling App Store ads are showing up next to addiction recovery apps — appleinsider.com/…
     • Apple halts gambling ads in App Store — appleinsider.com/…
     • Developers don’t like Apple’s intrusive new App Store ads — www.cultofmac.com/…
     • Related Report: Tim Cook saw big money in App Store ads, shot down early resistance — appleinsider.com/…
   • Related Reports:
     • Apple in talks to run ads on Apple TV+ shows — appleinsider.com/…
     • Apple building new ad network for live television — appleinsider.com/… (in live sports like MLS)
   • Related: Netflix’s $6.99 Basic With Ads tier rolls out today — appleinsider.com/… & Fix is on the way for Apple TV users who can’t access Netflix ad-supported plan — www.cultofmac.com/…
   • Related: Apple have replaced the top row on the Apple TV app with a new Featured row, making many quite cranky — sixcolors.com/… (feels like an ad placement to me)
   • Opinon Pieces:
     • Why the App Store’s tone-deaf gambling ads make me worry about Apple — arstechnica.com/…
     • Apple’s lack of care with gambling app ads is a symptom of a bigger problem — appleinsider.com/…
     • App Store Ads Gone Wild — daringfireball.net/…
3. OS Releases
   1. Updates for all OSes
      • iCloud Photo Library comes to Macs, iPads & iPhones — www.macobserver.com/…
        • Set Up and Use iCloud Shared Photo Library — www.macobserver.com/…
      • Apple Adds Nintendo Online Classic Controller Support to the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV — www.macstories.net/…
   2. iPadOS 16.1
      • iPadOS 16.1 now available with Stage Manager and pro-focused features — appleinsider.com/…
      • 4 great iPadOS 16.1 features that aren’t Stage Manager — www.cultofmac.com/…
      • Opinion: Stage Manager in iPadOS 16: At the Intersection of Bugs, Missing Features, and Flawed Design — www.macstories.net/…
   3. macOS Ventura
      • macOS Ventura with Stage Manager, Continuity Camera & more now available — appleinsider.com/…
      • macOS Ventura: 50 New Features and Changes Worth Checking Out — www.macrumors.com/…
      • What’s New in macOS Ventura — www.intego.com/…
      • Apple’s legendary Clarus the dogcow returns in macOS Ventura — appleinsider.com/…
      • Related: Belkin iPhone mount for Mac for Continuity Camera is available — appleinsider.com/…
      • Review: macOS Ventura: The MacStories Review — www.macstories.net/…
4. New Hardware
   1. Updated Apple TV 4K (faster chips, more storage, cheaper wifi-only option without Thread radio & remote → USB-C) — www.apple.com/…
      • Apple TV 4K gets a few minor improvements and lower prices – Six Colors — sixcolors.com/…
      • New Apple TV 4K, powered by A15 chip, adds storage and HDR10+ — arstechnica.com
      • Apple Siri Remote now USB-C, as death knell tolls for Lightning — appleinsider.com/…
   2. 10th Gen iPad (faster, nice colours, bigger screen, no home button, touchID to sleep/wake button, camera to long end, port to USB-C, 1st Gen pencil only with clunky adaptor, and new keyboards not compatible with other iPads) — www.apple.com/…
      • Apple’s 10th-gen iPad arrives with more speed & new colorful design — appleinsider.com/…
      • Magic Keyboard Folio for new iPad will cost you $249 — appleinsider.com/… (kick-stand design)
      • Tenth-gen iPad’s USB-C limited to Lightning speeds — appleinsider.com/…
      • New iPad requires USB-C Apple Pencil adapter for pairing & charging — appleinsider.com/…
        • Related: Logitech Crayon for iPad updated with USB-C port — appleinsider.com/…
      • Apple removes headphone jack from new 10th generation iPad — appleinsider.com/…
      • Reviews:
        • 2022 iPad review: Decent upgrade, bad lineup position — appleinsider.com/…
        • The 2022 iPad (and a Wee Note About the 2022 iPad Pros) — daringfireball.net/…
   3. M2 iPadPro (Pencil Hover, unchanged industrial design) — www.apple.com/…
      • Apple brings M2 to iPad Pro alongside Wi-Fi 6E — appleinsider.com/…
      • How to use Apple Pencil’s new Hover Mode with M2 iPad Pro — appleinsider.com/…
      • Pro-Level Tools Octane X and DaVinci Resolve Coming Soon to iPad Pro — www.macobserver.com/…
      • Apple boasts iPad Pro packaging is 99% made from sustainable forests — appleinsider.com/…
      • Review: 2022 iPad Pro review: Impressively, awkwardly fast and capable — arstechnica.com/…
   4. Opinion Pieces:
      • The iPad Lineup Is, Like, Growing Out Its Bangs or Something and Looks a Little Weird Right Now, but Apple TV Has Been Going to the Gym and Looks Great — daringfireball.net/…
      • The iPad’s erratic odyssey continues — sixcolors.com/…

Quick Stories

• A lot of software updates from Apple:
  • Apple updates iWork apps with macOS Ventura & iPadOS 16 features — appleinsider.com/…
  • Apple updates GarageBand, MainStage and Logic Pro with new features — appleinsider.com/…
  • Related: Apple Previews Redesigned iCloud.com Website — www.macstories.net/… (public beta)
• Ask Apple promises one-on-one coding help for developers — www.cultofmac.com/…
• 🇺🇸 Best Buy Announces Upgrade+ Program, Gets Hardware Subscription to Mac Users Before Apple — www.macobserver.com/…

Legend

Note: When the textual description of a link is part of the link it is the title of the page being linked to, when the text describing a link is not part of the link it is a description written by Bart.