“No more weird burner accounts,” David Heinemeier Hansson says in a blog post. “Now you can sign up directly for a real email address in HEY, and if you like what we have to offer (and I think you will!), you’ll be able to pay the $99/year for a subscription via a web-based flow that it’s now kosher to link to from the app itself.”
Following yesterday’s announcement that season 56 of Sesame Street will be available on Netflix “later this year,” Apple TV Plus has announced that it’s bolstering its lineup of kid-friendly programming with its first original Peanuts musical.
Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical finds the Peanuts gang trying to save their beloved summer camp from shutting down when it debuts on July 18th, 2025. It will feature original music by Jeff Morrow and Ben Folds.
The update, intended for iPads that Apple ended full support for in iPadOS 18, replaces iPadOS 17.7.7, which Apple pulled last week after users complained that it was causing apps to log them out repeatedly, as 9to5Mac notes.
Last week the Search Engine podcast flagged a weird iOS bug: the Messages app flat-out refuses to send audio messages about Dave & Buster’s. The podcasters tried to figure out why, and app developer Guilherme Rambo dug even deeper. The explanation involves automatic transcriptions, HTML, and iOS’ dogged insistence that the restaurant chain uses an ampersand in its trademark.
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Last year, Patreon asked creators to switch to subscription billing after Apple said Patreon had to use the company’s in-app payment method or “risk being kicked out of the App Store.” Thanks to the latest Epic Games v. Apple ruling, Patreon has lifted its November 2025 deadline for all creators to make the switch to subscription billing.
Additionally, Patreon creators will once again be able to let supporters purchase memberships at the price they’ve set on iOS.
