“Why GM Will Give You Gemini but Not CarPlay”
The whole thing is good, but this point about rental cars is an important one: I won’t take a GM rental car that can’t use CarPlay.
Thoughts on Apple
“Apple Vision Pro With M5 Review: Better Than the First, Still Lonely”
One interesting part of this review about the foveated rendering on Vision Pro reminds me of how the original iPhone rendered a grid for the parts of the screen that it couldn’t render real detail for to keep that smooth flowing sensation, and it caught up when it could.
Update to “GM to Remove CarPlay From All Future Vehicles, Including Gas Cars”
It’s a false premise that GM must offer either its “deeply integrated experience” OR CarPlay. GM doesn’t want to offer CarPlay next to their own experience, not because they can’t, but because they know that people want the apps that are on their phones, not GM’s.
“Gurman Reports That Apple is Preparing to Sell Ads in Maps Starting in 2026″
Ads like these are product cancer. Apple made its success by offering the best experience for people who paid the premium for its offerings. This is a terrible direction.
“Apple Confirms Vision Pro is Not Eligible for Trade-in”
Too bad. I probably wouldn’t do it for this one anyway, but the ease of Apple’s trade-in (vs. selling it myself) might have been a factor in my decision to upgrade at a later time.
“GM Will Ditch Apple CarPlay and Android Auto on All Its Cars, Not Just EVs”
I wasn’t in too much danger of buying a GM vehicle at this point, but this definitely kills even the remote chance that did exist.
“Apple is the Exclusive New Broadcast Partner for Formula 1 in the U.S.”
I haven’t been following F1 for a while, but I will dip in and check out this coverage. They didn’t explicitly mention Vision Pro. I’m still hoping that there will be a more immersive experience for Vision Pro.
1password’s “Rapid Descent Into Enterprise Shittiness”
Gruber has a harsh—I think _too_ harsh—take on 1password. I’m here to say that I remain a happy 1password user.
“Apple announces AppleCare One, a device coverage bundle program”
Dan Moren has a [good write up of AppleCare One at _Six Colors_](https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/07/apple-announces-applecare-one-a-device-coverage-bundle-program/), detailing the new warranty bundle program. The list of the individual AppleCare prices helped me decide if it was a good deal for me.
The M4 MacBook Air (and another rant about the iPad Pro)
Between unhappiness at the continued inflexibility of iPadOS hindering the glorious hardware of the M4 iPad Pro and the release of the new M4 MacBook Air, I’ve been considering consolidating my personal mobile computing to the new Mac. But one missing thing stopped me cold.