(Preview) Two Paths for Apple and Its Users, More on Amazon and Advertising, OpenAI and 722 Mathematical Manuscripts

Ben Thompson argues Apple can no longer serve both power-user hackers and normie convenience with one product line.

• Apple's duality: Ben Thompson describes two incompatible computing paths — hacker/agent-driven DIY (his own direction) versus full-trust, Apple-does-everything simplicity — and argues Apple can't serve both anymore.
• Mac permissions tightening: Apple's new macOS controls requiring explicit user action for full disk access worry Thompson because of his headless Mac mini workflows, which already suffer from post-update login and permission failures.

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