As someone who recently got a Switch 2, this is super useful! We’re currently working on some upgrades to Kakariko Herald so I can’t share this there, but you should check it out if it interests you…
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Nintendo Launches Site to Check Switch Title Compatibility on Switch 2
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Three-Button Navigation Buttons Are Reversible on Pixel! I’m Thrilled!
Just had to share because I’ve been asking for this since I switched to the Pixel 6 years ago. I have to use Android Canary for work, so I’ll be updating for this change early (and likely enjoying it because I won’t need to do hand gymnastics just to go back!)
For those who don’t know, I hate gesture navigation and think it sucks. I prefer either the Home button (on iPhone) or the three-button navigation of the Android 8.1 Oreo and earlier days, to be honest. Probably always will. Just way more intentional—can’t tell you how many times I’ve accidentally backed out of something or refreshed accidentally on Twitter and lost what I was looking at because of Gesture nav…
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Apple’s “Liquid Glass” App Showcase
Look, the design might be controversial—but app developers are adopting it and Apple’s giving them a special showcase on the Apple Developer microsite!
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Abandoning Windows 11
This is going to be a bit of a rant, and I apologize.
To some extent, I believe I am the boy who cried wolf on the Windows 11 front. I both hate it and run it every day. But look—there’s a lot to love about the operating system. It’s functional, it runs games out of the box, and most importantly: it works for most people. Nobody’s denying that.
All of that comes at a cost, however. One that a lot don’t see. Quite literally, in fact, as the biggest issue right now is that Windows 10 and 11 were (and still are) a privacy nightmare. The most egregious thing Microsoft is doing is removing local accounts and any bypasses to get around the abritrary requirement they’ve set. The only reason I can think of that they’ve set this for, by the way, is likely to sell ads to you. In a proprietary operating system. That you paid a license for. How is this okay?!
Honestly at the end of the day, I don’t think Windows is the right platform for most people. Most choose it because there’s a level of comfort there. I get that. For me, however, I grew up on Linux and remember what it was like back then. Things have changed dramatically over the years. Anti-cheat compatibility hell is unfortunately still alive and well, no thanks to Tim Sweeney (CEO of Epic and someone who comes across as having a massive ego) of course.
It’s also worth pointing out that Windows 11 has been steadily losing market share for the past couple of months, according to the GlobalStats StatCounter. That gives you a pretty good idea of what we’re looking at here. I’d hazard a guess that most of the folks keeping Windows 11’s marketshare up as high as it is fall into three categories: 1) people who want to play games that have anti-cheat, 2) people who buy prebuilts and don’t even know what we’re talking about here, or 3) people who just really don’t want to switch away from Windows.
The folks in categories 2 and 3 may not necessary know what the trade-offs are. You’re giving up any semblance of privacy. You’re agreeing to giving away so much data to Microsoft by default. In my experience, they’ve toggled these data collection settings on after various Windows Updates. Without consent, in all cases. Again, how is this okay?!
I cannot underscore enough how dangerous this is. It is so dangerous, in fact, that it is my opinion (much like everything in this piece) that businesses subject to significant privacy laws like HIPAA shouldn’t be running Windows at all in their stack. Any business who does, I have asked them not to even place records in those systems because I cannot guarantee they are secure.
And Windows certainly has enough security vulnerabilities these days…
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iPad Apps Based on Pixelmator Pro, Compressor, and More Might Be Coming
Apple might be preparing iPad apps for Pixelmator Pro, Compressor, Motion, and MainStage, according to new App Store IDs uncovered by MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris. All four of the apps are currently available on the Mac only.
Motion, Compressor, and MainStage aren’t all that surprising, given that Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro are on iPad now. But Pixelmator Pro is the most interesting here.
There’s already a “barebones” version for iPhone and iPad known as simply “Pixelmator” available for $9.99 US on the App Store.
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Jon Prosser Didn’t Respond to Apple Lawsuit In Court
UPDATE: affixed correct attribution on a quote. My bad!
Jon Prosser to The Verge (via MacRumors):
“All I can tell you is that regardless of what is being reported, and regardless of what the court documents say — I have, in fact, been in active communications with Apple since the beginning stages of this case,” said Prosser, in a statement published by The Verge. “The notion that I’m ignoring the case is incorrect. That’s all I am able to say.”
It doesn’t appear that Prosser’s statements line up with court filings. Looking through the RECAP page for this case, it does appear as though Prosser has not filed anything, while his co-Defendant Michael Ramacciotti has. Any sort of discussions would be put on-record in some form eventually, which does not appear to have happened.
Two interesting things to look at is what Apple is telling the Court in their Court filing, versus Prosser’s public statement.
Thus, I leave you with this:
Despite Apple’s multiple inquiries to Mr. Prosser about whether he would be responding to the Complaint, Mr. Prosser still has not done so.
Look, it’s anyone’s guess, but if he is going as far as to suggest Apple is lying in its court filings and the two parties aren’t speaking out of Court, that’s not a good look. For him, or anyone else. Because, as I’ll note here, Apple never mentions having a conversation with him–just that he has “publicly acknowledged” the suit. Very important choice of wording, in my opinion.
Apple has also filed a judgement for default, citing Prosser’s failure to acknowledge the case in Court. It does appear this was granted on October 17, 2025.
I’m not a lawyer, but if this were me, I’d probably retain one to respond to the lawsuit in Court and clean everything up. I’m not sure what his legal strategy is–if he even has one. He has also continued to upload to his YouTube channel during this time, as if nothing has happened.
Maybe it hasn’t in his world. In ours, though, the lawsuit continues on without him. And a judgement of default against him.
Yikes.
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There’s A Nerd In Sight
“For years, I’ve wanted to write a tech-focused blog. I kind of had that with this very website–but it wasn’t what I had envisoned. Then it was a one-off conversation with Mr. Wolf Emeraldtalon that snowballed into registering a new domain.”
Read more about the philosophy behind this new chapter here. And welcome to Nerd In Sight!
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