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The next set of Apple services may be hiding in plain sight

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Apple’s Services business continues to rake in billions of dollars each quarter, with the App Store alone setting a new single-day spending record of over $540 million on New Year’s Day, according to the company. Some of the paid services from the company include offerings such as Apple Fitness+, Apple TV+ and Apple News+, but the next set of Apple services "may be hiding in plain sight", according to Loup Ventures analyst Andrew Murphy.

Apple unsigns iOS 14.2, 14.2.1, and 12.4.9, thwarting downgrades

After officially launching iOS 14.3 to the public last month with new features and improvements, Apple has closed the signing window for iOS & iPadOS 14.2 & 14.2.1, a move that prevents affected iPhone and iPad owners from restoring their handset’s firmware version to anything but the current iOS & iPadOS 14.3 release.

In addition to iOS & iPadOS 14.2 & 14.2.1, the company has officially started unsigning iOS 12.4.9, which prevents older handsets that are incapable of being upgraded to iOS or iPadOS 13 from downgrading from the newer iOS 12.5 release.