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The Money-for-Creators Edition Saturday, May 3, 2025

Apple's Legal Setback Could Be A Big Win For The Creator Economy: 'We Are Celebrating', by Geoff Weiss and Sydney Bradley, Business Insider

"This is a huge moment for creators and their businesses," a Patreon spokesperson told Business Insider in a statement. "The iOS app is the No. 1 platform for fan engagement on Patreon, and we believe this ruling allows creators to get paid without giving Apple 30%."

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Apps that help creators make money from subscriptions, like Patreon, Passes, Kajabi, and Mighty Networks, rejoiced at the changes. If more subscriptions are transacted outside Apple's ecosystem, it could mean more money for creators and platforms alike.

On Security

macOS Sandbox Escape Vulnerability Allows Keychain Deletion And Replacement, by Kaaviya, Cyber Security News

A security vulnerability in macOS has been discovered. It allows malicious actors to escape the App Sandbox protection by manipulating security-scoped bookmarks.

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Apple has addressed the vulnerability “through improved state management” in security updates released for affected systems. Users are strongly encouraged to apply these updates immediately.

Stuff

Apple Shares New 'Hands On' Video Touting Apple Intelligence Features, by Chance Miller, 9to5Mac

While some of the most anticipated Apple Intelligence features have yet to ship, Apple is ramping up its marketing of the ones that have. In a new video posted on YouTube, Apple goes in-depth on features like Genmoji, Image Playground, Clean Up in Photos, and more.

Notes

Murderbot's Main Character Is Both Killing Machine And Sci-Fi Nerd, by Cheryl Eddy, Gizmodo

Murderbot creators, writers, directors, and executive producers (and brothers) Chris and Paul Weitz are huge fans of the Martha Wells Murderbot Diaries books, and they approached their Apple TV+ series from the same perspective. Sci-fi fans like what they like, including the show’s main character, played by Alexander Skarsgård: a Security Unit that’s hacked its own system, gained free will, and discovered the wild world of trashy TV.

Apple Partners With Anthropic For Claude-Powered AI Coding Platform, by Juli Clover, MacRumors

Apple is working with Anthropic on an updated version of Xcode that will support AI code writing, editing, and testing, reports Bloomberg. Anthropic is best known for its "Claude" large language model and chatbot that competes with OpenAI's ChatGPT. Claude is well-known for its coding capabilities, beating out other LLMs on programming tasks.

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