This week on Cult of Mac’s podcast: Vision Pro preorders didn’t exactly go smoothly last week. In our post-mortem, we discuss what went right, what went wrong, and why we can’t wait to finally get our hands on Apple’s headset.
Also on The CultCast:
- Apple plans to radically change the App Store … for Europeans.
- An update on new iPads and new Macs that seem poised to pop out of Tim Cook’s magic pipeline.
- The Apple car is still on the road to release. However, it might arrive a little later (and a lot less amazing) than we were led to believe.
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This week’s top Apple news
On the show this week: Your host Erfon Elijah (@erfon), Cult of Mac managing editor Lewis Wallace (@lewiswallace) and Cult of Mac writer D. Griffin Jones (@dgriffinjones).
Here are the headlines we’re talking about on this week’s show:
- Too late: Apple Vision Pro preorders sell out fast
- More Vision Pro headsets sold on launch weekend than you might expect
- Vision Pro scalpers used bots to place thousands of pre-orders; face check no barrier (9to5Mac)
- Apple is bringing sideloading and alternate app stores to iPhone
- iPhone App Store change allows streaming games and mini apps
- Apple opens iPhone tap-to-pay to third parties in EU
- Apple will allow alternative browser defaults and engines in EU
- New iPad Air, iPad Pro and MacBook Air models likely to launch in March or April (MacRumors)
- Leak reveals alleged 12.9-inch iPad Air design
- Finally, Apple car coming in 2028
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