“Again, there’s Tim, figuratively clothing himself in the quotes of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Monday. Clothing Apple’s home page in it. Then showing up to Trump’s inauguration like the words of MLK can do the work that he will not.”
duck.haus
Joe Rosensteel 🏳️‍🌈 (@joesteel@duck.haus)
“Tim Cook Is Failing Us” “So yes, I do hold Tim to a higher standard than these other robber barons, but that’s because Tim claims he hold...
is Tim C. also a Trump supporter
“A rotten Apple: Tim Cook’s betrayal of LGBTQ+ rights”
Really Lovely Things from Ryan Lee Taylor
A rotten Apple: Tim Cook’s betrayal of LGBTQ+ rights
When somebody you respect betrays you so deeply, it’s hard to know where to turn. Tim Cook’s actions at Trump’s inauguration are a stark remi...
 > “If Apple’s leadership is willing to compromise on fundamental human rights, can I, in good conscience, continue to be part of that ecosystem? This question now haunts me, and I suspect I’m not alone.” You're not. I’m suddenly seeing statements to this effect, public and private, more than ever. Supporting Apple has never felt morally difficult… until now. That's entirely on Tim Cook. It's time for him to go.
Watch everyone now bend over backward to justify this as some sort of forced move that Cook HAD to do. Tim Cook, reluctantly supporting Trump, because it's the savvy move for Apple… Tim Cook… reluctantly supporting Trump… Tim Cook… supporting Trump… Are we getting it yet?
Mastodon
AppleInsider (@appleinsider@mastodon.social)
In a bid to gain favor with the president-elect, Apple CEO Tim Cook has contributed $1 million of his personal finances to the inauguration fund. h...
It was still MP3, but I tried VBR encoding. In 2016, I wrote:
Why don’t podcasts use VBR MP3s? Because iOS and macOS don’t accurately seek them – Marco.org
 ATP:
ATP 182: I Had to Reboot My Car Today — Accidental Tech Podcast
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
 It worked! The following year's Apple OSes (iOS 11+) implemented support for all three VBR-seek-table standards — MLLT, VBRI, and Xing/LAME-tag. ATP:
ATP 228: I Never Cancel a Drag — Accidental Tech Podcast
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
 But when I later tried releasing ATP in VBR with all three tags, we got so many problem reports from Android users that I went back to CBR after one episode:
ATP 244: The Mac Renaissance — Accidental Tech Podcast
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
IOC.exchange
Christian Kent   𝘊𝘒 :＼﹥ (@whophd@ioc.exchange)
@atpfm@mastodon.social Speaking of auxiliary and meta-data to the audio: Can I ask for a separate summary of the time that @marcoarment@mastodon.s...
I disagree. We on the “broadcast” media often underestimate how many people don’t participate. I keep stats on the most popular Overcast link-share destination apps. What do you think tops the list? Not Facebook or X or Instagram or Snapchat. It’s Messages, by a MILE, then mostly other private-messaging apps! The first public-social-network app is #12 on the list, averaging only 1% as many shares as Messages. Private messaging is FAR more popular than social media. https://mastodon.nl/@vmachiel/113674338611670947
Love the idea of Mozi, and I sympathize all too much with Ev's rationale in creating it. https://ev.medium.com/making-social-social-again-0126fa5c6ce8
Trump ruined my red hat. Elon ruined my Tesla. Enough is enough. I refuse to let this guy ruin my Peak Design Everyday backpack.
I celebrated Black Friday by raising my price for the first time in 8 years. THERE ARE NO RULES!
Hachyderm.io
Lex Friedman (@lexfri@hachyderm.io)
I have no idea what to do with Lex.Games for Black Friday. I think it’s already cheap. I will probably do nothing 🤣
The bar is always fun at 9 PM. But that bar never stops serving, and more people just keep coming in the door. Just wait until 4 AM.
Hachyderm.io
Jimmy Callin (@callin@hachyderm.io)
@marcoarment@mastodon.social vibes are actually pretty good over there (thus far), people are having fun