Apple’s App Launches, AltStore Controversy, and Setbacks in Apple AR Hardware Plans

Apple’s App Launches, AltStore Controversy, and Setbacks in Apple AR Hardware Plans

Benjamin and Chance discuss the newly released Apple Invites app, exploring its high-quality design while questioning its potential user base. In other news, AltStore makes headlines by hosting the first ‘Apple approved’ NSFW app, Apple is rumored to have scrapped another AR hardware project, and TikTok spreads misinformation regarding iOS 18.3 support for the T-Mobile Starlink service.

In the segment of Happy Hour Plus, Benjamin and Chance express their disappointment over the stagnation of CarPlay’s evolution over recent years and propose several simple enhancements that Apple could introduce to the platform. Subscribe at 9to5mac.com/join.

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