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iOS 18 isn’t any more of a cheater’s operating system than Android has been

Social media “influencers” are inventing scenarios and features for iOS 18 that they’re screaming makes it the prime operating systems for cheaters. This was more ignorant than normal in June, but with iOS 18 out, it’s back with a vengeance.

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TikTokers have turned on Apple over iOS 18’s app-hiding feature.

Following the introduction of Apple’s operating system updates at the WWDC keynotes, people started to offer their opinions on Apple’s feature changes. Many are balanced opinions from tech YouTubers, specialist publications like AppleInsider, our friends at other Apple-centric publications, analysts, and other industry observers.

However, there ware also unhinged and uninformed hot takes on social media. Following the release of iOS 18 to the public, these complaints bubbled back up.

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