"Note: We enabled the availability of iOS 18.7.7 for more devices on April 1, 2026, so users with Automatic Updates turned on can automatically receive important security protections from web attacks called DarkSword. The fixes associated with the DarkSword exploit first shipped in 2025."

A declared winner in the tug-of-war between commercial interests (forced bundling of Vision Pro headset and future smart glasses features into phone and tablets), security of individual users (heretofore claimed as a numerically small subset), collective resistance of users to unwanted UX, national and class-action groups with lawyers to opine on the security of their clients.

This is highly unusual since iOS 26 compatible devices didn't get iOS 18.7.3-18.7.6

Side tangent: I’m the developer of Kindle Comic Converter. Kindle updates 5.19.2+ have completely broken the sideloaded manga reader with bugs like huge margins, pages being on the wrong side in 2 page landscape mode, no panel view, no % read tracker, and laggy page turns. I’ve documented the problems here and the first report was 60 days ago. https://youtu.be/Eo6K7omlE7g

And I haven’t even touched all the problems with normal sideloaded books like broken embedded/publisher fonts.

And the 11th gen seems to have the final update be 5.19.2 so there is no hope of future fixes.

Kindle settings > help > contact us > email/call if you want to voice complaints.

If anyone is interested, I made a video about my favorite application of the 2D discrete Fourier transform, where it's used to erase rainbows on manga screen tones on color eink Kaleido 3 on Kobo Colour: https://youtu.be/Dw2HTJCGMhw?si=hlhwHv0qB6SoMha9

My Mac Mini M2 sometimes blinks in November months. I've replaced my display cable recently with an HDMI to DVI cable with ferrite cores from monoprice, I'll see if it makes a difference this November.

68 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47678320

22 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47690049

Later discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47690049

Side tangent: I’m the developer of Kindle Comic Converter. Kindle updates 5.19.2+ have completely broken the sideloaded manga reader with bugs like huge margins, pages being on the wrong side in 2 page landscape mode, no panel view, no % read tracker, and laggy page turns. I’ve documented the problems here and the first report was 50 days ago. https://youtu.be/Eo6K7omlE7g

And I haven’t even touched all the problems with normal sideloaded books like broken embedded/publisher fonts.

Kindle settings > help > contact us > email if you want to voice complaints.

This is good stuff, hopefully kindlegen becomes native in macOS 28

Side tangent: I’m the developer of Kindle Comic Converter. Kindle updates 5.19.2+ have completely broken the sideloaded manga reader with bugs like huge margins, pages being on the wrong side in 2 page landscape mode, no panel view, no % read tracker, and laggy page turns. I’ve documented the problems here and the first report was 50 days ago. https://youtu.be/Eo6K7omlE7g

And I haven’t even touched all the problems with normal sideloaded books like broken embedded/publisher fonts.

Kindle settings > help > contact us > email if you want to voice complaints.

Thank you!!

I bought a new Kindle because of this amazing tool. Unfortunately, I can only use the device after deregistration. Have to dismiss sign-in/login every time. Hopefully I can survive long enough a new jailbreak comes in.

Thank you for making such a great tool. KCC got me back into reading manga and there are so many that are so great.

For anyone looking for recommendations, I really enjoyed Pluto, Yokohama Shopping Log, and Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games.