Corporate fanboyism is always a bad look, but the Apple cultists are especially insufferable after the external payments court ruling lol
Apple has become he most developer-hostile company to work with as if those same developers aren't the ones driving iPhone sales. News Flash, Mr. Cook: People don't buy your products for your pretty Calculator app. You're choosing wrong, again. RE:
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The Verge (@theverge.com)
Apple is placing warnings on EU apps that don’t use App Store payments https://www.theverge.com/news/667484/apple-eu-ios-app-store-warning-paymen...
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Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social)
Lol. I still have a few questions...
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A lot of snarky remarks, and Meta deserves it, but this specific implementation of the tech is going to be really helpful for the vision-impaired. Don't buy these glasses for obvious reasons, but if your response is "oh good, now I know it's a pepper", it wasn't built for you. RE:
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The Verge (@theverge.com)
Meta’s smart glasses can now describe what you’re seeing in more detail https://buff.ly/YmKTYG2
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Anuj Ahooja (@quillmatiq.com)
Gotta wonder at which point the oligarchs' LLM chatbots also start misrepresenting those who hold them accountable [contains quote post or other e...
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Grok really wanted people to know that claims of white genocide in South Africa are highly contentious
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Knew this wasn't going to go well when Apple didn't let press take any of their own photos at the introduction and instead took shots for them that sneakily tried to hide the battery pack RE:
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Hypervisible (@hypervisible.blacksky.app)
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Apple didn't let the media take photos or videos when trying the $3,499 Vision Pro headset – and journalists could only test the tech in a private room
Apple has not publicly shown any senior execs, including CEO Tim Cook, wearing the headset, which is the company's first major new product in years.
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Probably going to have to clean up after the trainer or chef and still get charged a cleaning fee RE:
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WIRED (@wired.com)
Airbnb's CEO Brian Chesky is spending hundreds of millions to relaunch his travel company as an everything app. Fitness! Food! Microdermabrasion? ...
After a few years of running linear switches on my keyboard, I think I'm finally ready to switch back to tactile. Eyeing the Invyr Holy Pandas unless someone has a better suggestion 👀
Gotta wonder at which point the oligarchs' LLM chatbots also start misrepresenting those who hold them accountable RE:
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Jason Kint (@kint.bsky.social)
Terrible look, Meta. Meta just called Om Malik a “failed blogger” and Kara Swisher a “vanity fair” [columnist] in Judge Boasberg’s courtr...
The messaging world would be a better place if iMessage ceased to exist RE:
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David Imel (@davidimel.com)
Every single time I try to switch back to Android iMessage decides it doesn’t want to dereguster even though I went through all the steps and I m...
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