India Backs Down and an Apple Design Lead Departs - MOSK: 12.04.2025

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Ken Ray

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🗓️ 4 December 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

- Report: India Reverses Course on Mandated Smartphone App Installation - Where Be Apple's (Reported) Resolve Elsewhere? - Apple's UI Lead Leaving for Meta - Meta Hire: A Coup for Whom? - Apple Seeds Release Candidates of blankOS 26.2 to Developers and Public Testers - Apple Expands Several Health Features to Several More Countries - Five New Titles Hit Apple Arcade - Sponsored by OpenCase - MagSafe for iPhone Perfected. Build your own holiday bundle and save at TheOpenCase.com - Safe Holiday Shopping and Goodbye for Now on Checklist No. 451 - Find it today at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @[email protected] - Send Ken an email: [email protected] - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

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0:00.0	This is MacOS Ken.
0:08.8	India changes its apping mind,
0:11.4	a couple of Apple designers take off
0:13.5	and software updates of various sorts.
0:17.0	I hope you brought your attitude today.
0:19.2	I know I did.
0:21.1	It is Thursday the 4th of December.
0:24.1	What?
0:25.2	I'm Ken Ray, and this is news from MacOS Ken.
0:30.6	Brought to you by yours truly and sponsored by Opencase.
0:35.0	MagSafe for iPhone perfected.
0:38.2	Build your own holiday bundle and save at theopencase.com.
0:44.0	This show is also supported by people like you, patrons through Patreon.
0:50.8	Find out more and add your support at patreon.com slash macOS can.
0:59.4	What happens when a company as big as Apple stands up for what it collectively sees as right?
1:06.0	In India this week, it gets its way.
1:10.4	TechCrunch says India has backed away from its plan to force
1:13.1	smartphone makers to pre-install a government app on all devices, following backlash and
1:18.9	mounting concerns that the mandate would expand state access to users' devices and weaken
1:24.2	privacy protections. It has been tough to pin down details on this story.
1:31.0	Earlier in the week, it was reported that India planned to require the installation of the government-owned
1:35.7	cybersecurity app, Sankarsat-T.
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