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Privacy as I Say, Not as I Do
Daring Fireball: The New York Times's Hypocrisy on Ad Tracking and Privacy
Here’s the thing. The NYT’s website is loaded with several dozen ad-trackers. I don’t know if any of them collect location data too, but you’d be a fool to bet against that.
This report from The
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On Weekly Release Schedules
Weekly episodes are better than binging · Maximilian Litteral
I truly believe Baby Yoda wouldn’t be as big of a phenomenon it is today if the entire show was available all at once.
The Verge also wrote about this
By dropping every episode at once, Netflix is sacrificing weekly discussions around The Witcher for a
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Iovine on the Music Business Going Into 2020
Jimmy Iovine Knows Music and Tech. Here’s Why He’s Worried. - The New York Times
And the streaming music services are utilities — they’re all the same. Look at what’s working in video. Disney has nothing but original stuff. Netflix has tons of original stuff. But the music streaming services are all the
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Limewire
An Oral History of LimeWire: The Little App That Changed the Music Industry Forever
Movies were more of a hassle. You’d have to wait about a day or two for the download to be finished, and you didn’t even know if it was the correct file or not. The only thing you had
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Documenting DLC’s 2020 Gaming Predictions
I did this last year too, and I hope that this is useful for Jeff and Christian as they put
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The Pixel 4’s Face Unlock is Hampered by Android
I hate my pixel 4 for one reason and one reason only : reddit
BANKING APPS FACIAL RECOGNITION DOESN'T WORK. My most important apps are now a pain in the ass to use because I have to physically log in.
I can attest to this too. We’re over 2 months into the Pixel
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Why Some Games are Lost to Time
Best Of 2019: Why You'll Never Get To Play Your Favourite Retro Game On Switch - Nintendo Life
It's not unusual for publishers themselves to be hazy regarding exactly what rights they have retained or sold through the years, and these issues only get murkier as time goes by. Things are further
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Another Take on Episode 9
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker review · Maximilian Litteral
People who like the film will say I’m nitpicking but is it really too much to ask for a movie to make a little sense? I could forgive one or two bits of nonsense if the rest of the movie was good, altogether though it
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Apple News Drops Support for RSS
Apple News No Longer Supports RSS - Michael Tsai
Apple News on iOS and macOS no longer supports adding RSS or ATOM feeds from anywhere. Full-stop, period.
I wish I could remember who it was, but there were some folks who thought I was crazy to use Apple News and an RSS reader since Apple
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Catalyst Problems
Catastrophe | waffle
Podcasts should be the optimal poster child for Catalyst because it exists on many platforms, and I think
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Chambyte on AirPods Pro
Upgrading to the AirPods Pro
I don’t believe Apple to be targeting the audiophile with any of the AirPods released so far, even with the vastly improved AirPods Pro. For the average consumer looking to upgrade and take that first step into truly wireless in-ear headphones, especially iPhone users coming from EarPods, the
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When You Want Hard and Soft News
Looking Forward to 2020, Here are 10 Themes for News - The New York Times
We saw that the majority of people prefer to consume hard news in the morning, and less demanding content, such as a true crime or pop culture podcast, in the evenings. In the morning, they’re more willing to engage with
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Watchmen is My Favorite Show of 2019, and it's Not Even Close
Charles Pulliam-Moore:
Watchmen’s first season was like a mechanical watch with jewel movements: an intricate piece of artwork deftly assembled by master craftspeople that was both meant to be admired by those who saw it and to serve a larger, more important purpose.
The post above includes spoilers for the finale of Season
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Adobe Adds Smart Select to Photoshop for iPad
From the Adobe blog:
I am thrilled to announce that today we are releasing the Select Subject feature in Photoshop
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Samsung Starts Releasing Android 10 (faster than ever)
Via 9to5Google:
Ahead of schedule, Samsung is now rolling out Android 10 in the United States. Some US carriers including T-Mobile and Sprint appear to be rolling out Android 10 to the Samsung Galaxy S10 for users.
This is about a month quicker than they did with Android Pie, which started rolling out in
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Discoverability on Social Media Platforms
Bye Micro.blog - Greg Morris
There is also a real echo chamber on the platform; it is predominantly US-centric. I am not sure of the location of registered accounts, but the feeds and noise always appear very skewed towards American issues. However, this could be linked to discoverability, as it’s impossible to find
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The Expectation of Free Shipping
Free Shipping Isn’t Really Free - The Atlantic
In a 2018 survey by Internet Retailer, shipping charges were cited as the most common reason shoppers abandon their carts, topping the pet-peeve list for nearly a third of respondents, ahead of things like not wanting to create an account and being unsure of the store’
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On The Wirecutter
Relying on Wirecutter Reviews ➝ Initial Charge
Although, I don’t advocate that you just always buy Wirecutter’s recommendation because you might value some attributes higher than their reviewers do. But when I’m looking to make a purchase, I typically start by looking at Wirecutter. I then weigh the different options — they typically have
