Patrick Heyer
@patthemav.com
🐈 Cat dad. 🔭 Science nerd. 👨🏻💻Coder. 🎚DJ 🕹 Game Stuff 🤬 Grumpy 💾 Open Source Contributor macOS contributor OBS-Studio
@gruber.foo New "Creator Studio" variants of iWork apps not only have a non-monochrome icon to "advertise" the subscription, they gather analytics by default as well (no idea if that's compliant with GDPR/CCPA).
Really did not expect Apple to just follow the freemium playbook with their apps. 😕
Really did not expect Apple to just follow the freemium playbook with their apps. 😕
January 29, 2026 at 11:57 AM
@gruber.foo New "Creator Studio" variants of iWork apps not only have a non-monochrome icon to "advertise" the subscription, they gather analytics by default as well (no idea if that's compliant with GDPR/CCPA).
Really did not expect Apple to just follow the freemium playbook with their apps. 😕
Really did not expect Apple to just follow the freemium playbook with their apps. 😕