Apple fans for years have been spending paychecks and waiting in long lines to buy devices filled with apps they don't necessarily want.
You know what we're talking about. You probably have a folder on your iPhone labeled "Other," "Extras," or "Apple Crap" filled with apps like Stocks, Apple Watch, Newsstand, Reminders, Compass, and Tips. And you probably don't think much about these programs — often hidden on a faraway page away from social networks, music players, games — until it comes time to download a new app or the latest OS, and you've run out of available space.
Fortunately, Cupertino's set of stock applications — a list that seems to grow with each new operating system upgrade — may soon be an annoyance of the past. In a recent interview with BuzzFeed, Apple chief Tim Cook hinted you may someday be able to delete unwanted stock apps.
"This is a more complex issue than it first appears," Cook said.
Though you may not know it, some stock apps are linked to other programs on the device, so removing them could cause issues elsewhere. Others, however, stand alone.
"Over time, I think with the ones that aren't like that, we'll figure out a way [for you to remove them]," Cook said. "It's not that we want to suck up your real estate; we're not motivated to do that. We want you to be happy. So I recognize that some people want to do this, and it's something we're looking at."
The news comes after Cupertino last week introduced the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, now with 3D Touch and a new rose gold color. The new handsets arrive on Sept.
25, selling for $199 (16GB), $299 (64GB), and $399 (128GB) on contract. The iPhone 5s, meanwhile, is now free on contract, and the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus dropped to $99 and $199, respectively.
Cook visited The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday to talk up the new iPhones, where he discussed coming out, as well as his thoughts on movies about Steve Jobs.
When asked how growing up in Alabama influenced his charitable work, Cook cited Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., saying that "Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'"
"[I]t became so clear to me that kids were getting bullied in school, kids were getting basically discriminated against, kids were even being disclaimed by their own parents," Cook said about the young gay population. "And that I needed to do something."
That something was announcing his own sexuality, which he proudly revealed in an October editorial in Bloomberg Businessweek.
"Many people already knew; for many people it was no revelation," he told Colbert. "It was like discovering something on your iPhone it's always done, but you didn't quite know it."
He also had a few things to say about "opportunistic" films regarding the life of his late friend and former boss.
Source: pcmag.com
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