Author's probably using Zsh, which interprets them by default.

  let maxValue = value;
  for (const externalIndex of AFFECTING_EXTERNAL_INDICES[i]) {
    maxValue = Math.max(value, externalSamplingVector[externalIndex]);
  }

  Now when trying to activate the OS by attempting to call the phone number for Microsoft Product Activation, an automated voice response says the following: "Support for product activation has moved online. For the fastest and most convenient way to activate your product, please visit our online product activation portal at aka.ms/aoh"

  By logging in with your account, it will not associate the account to the licenses.

The more impactful change is the move to require all casks[0] (not just new ones) to pass Gatekeeper checks (so signed and notarized through the Apple Developer Program)[1][2]. There are a multitude of open-source applications which aren't signed and notarized through the Apple Developer Program (some due to the $99 per year cost, some due to needing to provide a legal identity and having that in the certificate, some who object to needing to do it at all). What this means is that you'll have to install these manually or use a 3rd-party tap (package repository) to install them.

Of course, Apple could solve this by providing a way for open-source projects to sign and notarize their apps without having to pay $99 per year and associate a legal identity. They've already got Xcode Cloud, they could allow use of that to build, sign, and notarize only from the publicly available source.

[0]: These are GUI applications (i.e. .app), where Homebrew downloads the official build of the app. CLI tools are done differently (the Homebrew project builds these from source), and nothing's changing there.

[1]: https://github.com/orgs/Homebrew/discussions/6334

[2]: https://github.com/orgs/Homebrew/discussions/6482

Technically true, but misleading. The macOS kernel won't execute an Apple Silicon binary that doesn't have a signature, but as Apple documents, an ad-hoc signature is enough to meet that requirement. That won't get you past Gatekeeper, but that's no different to how it is with unsigned Intel binaries.

That's not on Apple. Docker needs the Linux kernel (for Linux containers), so it's no different to needing something like Docker Desktop to use Docker on Windows. Yeah, Docker changed the license on Docker Desktop, but there's plenty of alternatives (Podman Desktop, Rancher Desktop, Colima, Apple's own container tool, or just running a Linux VM in Lima).

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod_Socks

[0]: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10291-025-019... (note that the results using only the internal GNSS antennas are further into the paper)

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