It wouldn’t be WWDC if Apple didn’t do a little stealing. In fact, Apple has such a longtime habit of introducing new software features that overlap and eventually overtake third-party Mac apps there’s even a term for it. Sherlocking comes from Apple’s Sherlock app, one of the first to usurp a popular third-party alternative called Watson back in the 1990s.
This practice was on display again at WWDC 2025, where Apple introduced several new features in iOS 26 and macOS Tahoe that looked eerily similar to those offered by independent apps and developers. Of course, we’re not going to complain about new capabilities in macOS, and Apple is far from the only company to add features that have been done elsewhere before. But if you’re a fan of one of these apps, they might not be around for much longer.
Read more at Macworld.com