The decay of the YouTube reviews of phones continue. There are infinite more unboxing and life in the day videos. But in-depth testing and providing what defines the phone / not has gone missing.
I miss the days Anandtech will give detailed reports on the cyclone core #sigh
After observing the camera control for a couple days, it feels like 3D touch to me. It's going to be beloved by some people. However the button is too finicky for a regular person... Unless it can do something "fun" or frequent.
Visual intelligence could be it. But, until then, 3D touch.
https://lmnt.me/blog/rcs-on-ios.html
I have tremendous respect for LMNT and god bless him for him for not being affected by the RCS divide. I’m not a fan of Google‘s messaging efforts despite being a Googler. But nothing explains away Apple’s feet dragging.
Glad this is now here. Onwards.
https://pca.st/jtaqu3a3
this was an interesting listen. the thesis that people need to find humanity in each other before one can attempt to bridge additional divides is not just important, but used to be an american strength.
https://youtu.be/r_HOUSMH8wI
it's very interesting to see the lingo with the current creators. for example, "workflow" totally took me by surprise. workflow is a remnant from the broadcasting industry, adopted into the OTT industry and now into the YT creator lingo.
Personally, I will be thrilled if a chromium based browser is ported on to iOS and ipad OS. People can really test how they compare to Safari, even to just push the Safari team more.
I like Safari and I personally think its quality of extensions are indeed high, but time for some competition imho.
https://cdibona.substack.com/p/my-eulogy-for-the-open-web-and-old
I don't see Google fighting for the open web either. And I do think that this will put Google chasing incremental revenue. That need not be the end of the company, but the place I joined to move the web forward is done.
Genuinely surprised by how Google totally skipped Qi 2 support for the pixels this year as well. They were ahead on WiFi 7 support but now a year+ behind Qi 2 support.
@openvibe.bsky.social is becoming my favorite app
Timeline aggregation, xposting and now support for system fonts. Only thing left is moving away from safari web view to the built in browser and disabling auto play.
The surest sign that Google's not thinking about the web anymore is the total lack of effort from Google related to APub and AT proto.
OTOH, this might be the best sign that these protocols may actually have a chance to survive. 😅
Looks like the new iPhone Pro and the Pixel 9 pro are the exact same weight. And I wanna say that I think the pixel 9 pro feels just a bit heavier than I’d like.
#iphone #pixel
A YouTube “reviewer” loses credibility when they don’t differentiate between Pixel 9 Pro and XL when they review. And that’s now 27/30 in this playlist i built.
Has anyone been successful at transferring photos from google photos to iCloud Photos yet? I just don’t have the option to transfer it to iCloud Photos at this time.
Honestly, the policy released by the Harris campaign is not impressive. I am mutually aligned on the outcomes here: bridge wealth inequality and help those in need weather the storm of inflation
But the actual policy proposals seem shallow and likely end up having reverse effects.
https://mastodon.macstories.net/@viticci/112910791122911515
The web _could_ have been a “platform” that could have survived. People think that the web became defunct now? It became defunct when iOS purposefully chose to downgrade the web app platform in favor of the native apps to protect their 30% cuts. As much as Android didn’t degrade the web given the pressure internally from chrome, even they were not trying to fundamentally change that because more native apps means more gatekeeping control.
Just like how we should all support the federated and decentralized social media today instead of only threads / twitter. Everyone that wrote diatribes about how web apps suck (because iOS never let it flourish) should also take a look if they were championing the death of the web at some point.
https://youtu.be/NgtHJKn0Mck?si=TddtnzH4skZXCUZb
google’s ads usually have the feels down. dear sophie still hits me to this day.
something about asking an LLM with so much descriptive text makes the payoff… totally not worth it. esp when you realize the narration took far more effort. this ain’t it, chief.
have an app suggestion after a long time: Openvibe
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/openvibe-mastodon-bluesky/id1666230916
brings together mastodon, bluesky and nostr and soon threads. i still remember the energy around adium and omnigrowl. this has similar energy and also runs on Mx series of macs and is free.
❤️
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