Stratechery · 5 October 2026 · Additional Read

Apple and a Hacker’s Future

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Ben Thompson recounts how an AI agent running on his Mac detected and helped remediate a macOS vulnerability, then argues that Apple's restrictive design philosophy—from Transparency, Consent, and Control to app dependency—increasingly conflicts with the agentic future where users want full computational control over their machines.

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Topics: AI (Horizontal) · Developer Tools

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