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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Apple warns that long-term exposure to vibrations, like those from high-power motorcycle engines, can degrade iPhone cameras by damaging their gyroscopes — Apple today published a new support document warning iPhone users that the cameras on their devices can be damaged by exposure …
Tweets: @sdw, @sdw, @sub8u, @halidecamera, and @refrshingapathy
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Jody Serrano / Gizmodo: Apple: Don't Attach Your iPhone to Motorcycles, Mopeds, or Scooters if You Want the Camera to Last
Edward Moyer / CNET: Apple says iPhone cameras can be hurt by motorcycle vibrations
Brandon Hill / HotHardware.com News: Apple Warns That iPhones On Motorcycles Could Spell The Death Of Your Camera
Usama Jawad / Neowin: Apple warns that vibrations from a motorcycle engine may damage iPhone cameras
Shawn Knight / TechSpot: Vibrations from high-powered motorcycles can damage iPhone cameras, Apple says
Nehal Malik / iPhone in Canada Blog: Apple Says Motorcycle Engines Can Permanently Damage iPhone Cameras
Nathaniel Mott / PCMag: Apple: Vibrations Can Affect iPhone Camera Performance
Jack Purcher / Patently Apple: Apple delivers bad news to iPhone users that have Motorcycles with High-Power Engines and more
Brittany A. Roston / SlashGear: Apple warns mounting iPhone on motorcycle may damage its camera
iClarified: Apple Warns That Exposure to Vibrations Like Those From High-Powered Motorcycles Could Damage iPhone Camera
Sanuj Bhatia / Pocketnow: Apple: iPhones and motorcycles don't play well together
Mariella Moon / Engadget: Apple says motorcycle vibrations can damage iPhone cameras
Stephen Warwick / iMore: Apple issues warning to iPhone users who ride a motorcycle
Nicole Nguyen / Livemint: Apple's next iPhone is coming soon. Here's what to expect
Tweets:
Sebastiaan de With / @sdw: Apple has issued an advisory for motorcycle riders and iPhone cameras. This is very much my area of expertise! https://support.apple.com/... Yes, I have broken *several* iPhone cameras this way. This is a good advisory. Why do iPhone cameras not pass the motorcycle vibe check? 🧵 https://twitter.com/...
Sebastiaan de With / @sdw: Yes, very much so. I imagine some people might run this story as “iPhones and motorcycles don't mix!” This will happen to all modern smartphone cameras. OIS works the same way, and it sadly breaks the same way too. https://twitter.com/...
Subrahmanyam Kvj / @sub8u: Then: You were holding it wrong. Now: You are using the wrong vehicle. https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Study of 61,000 Microsoft employees shows the shift to remote work has hurt communication and collaboration, threatening productivity and long-term innovation — A new study finds that Microsoft's companywide shift to remote work has hurt communication and collaboration among different business groups inside … More:
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Ethan Mollick / @emollick: A giant study at Microsoft adds to the growing picture of the sudden shift to remote work: the problem is not with existing work & teams; it is the future of organizations. People stop creating new bonds & become more siloed. Bad for innovation & careers. https://www.nature.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Derek Thompson / @dkthomp: Study of 61,000 Microsoft employees in 2020 finds remote work caused “collaboration to be more static and siloed...a decrease in synchronous communication ... and [made it harder for] employees to acquire and share new information across the network.” https://www.nature.com/...
Xavier Amatriain / @xamat: Great work by Teevan et al. but too many interpretations like this one take the easy “remote work is bad”. How about “we spent years optimizing organizations for non-remote, and we could not react quickly enough when forced to go remote”? https://twitter.com/...
Ale Resnik / @aleresnik: “Our results suggest that shifting to firm-wide remote work caused the collaboration network to become more heavily siloed—with fewer ties that cut across formal business units or bridge structural holes in Microsoft's informal collaboration network—” https://twitter.com/...
Mark Ghuneim / @markghuneim: First study of size I have come across, contradicts all the annadotal working so much better from home stories. https://twitter.com/...
Caleb Watney / @calebwatney: “Our results show that firm-wide remote work caused the collaboration network of workers to become more static and siloed, with fewer bridges between disparate parts.” https://www.nature.com/...
Marcin Krzyzanowski / @krzyzanowskim: I beg your pardon? If anything, asynchronous communication makes new information sharing easier, not harder. Also, why would anyone look at pandemic WFH and make it equal to remote work? It's not. It was a different experience. https://www.nature.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jesse Powell / @jespow: As someone who has led remote-first companies for 20 years, I can say that it works and 2020 was different. I'm sure it was hard for unprepared companies and people to abruptly make the switch to remote, especially with kids stuck at home. Ignore noob data, study the veterans. https://twitter.com/...
Kate / @kmcneel: The trick is to build in time for relationship building and networking and chatting. I've worked remotely for 20+ years. I still talk regularly with people I have worked directly with for more than a decade. Almost always results in new ideas or connections or info. https://twitter.com/...
James Rosen-Birch / @provisionalidea: Nothing about this study is surprising. Orgs designed for in-person work are structured fundamentally differently from orgs designed for remote work. Every org designer has been shouting this since the pandemic started: you can't just put your org on Zoom and call it remote. https://twitter.com/...
Bryan Beal / @bryanrbeal: What we've been doing over the past 18 months is not remote work. It is lockdown work. Normal Remote work includes regular get together's with your team. No pandemic lockdown study is an accurate reflection of remote work https://twitter.com/...
Svs / @_svs_: Orgs need to build interfaces between teams that do not depend on ‘ties’ or ‘time’. The work takes center stage. ‘Fun’ at office is about enjoying the work, not spending time with cute people or distractions. https://twitter.com/...
@lawrencecoburn: This is worth a read end to end: the first hard data I've seen on the hidden costs of remote work. Fragmentation, loss of trust, ossification of networks, leading to worsening communications and collaboration. This is the most exciting problem in enterprise tech today. https://twitter.com/...
St. / @seyitaylor: it's obvious that organisations as currently structured were designed for the office. to function well, remote orgs can't be “office orgs, but on Zoom”. will take a few iterations and generations to nail. https://twitter.com/...
Nancy Hey / @work_life_you: Nice analysis of bridging and bonding capital changes at work with shift to remote work. Likely echoes non work relationships. Need to see if this holds after pandemic restrictions as reducing loose bridging interactions *was the whole point* of the restrictions. https://twitter.com/...
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Court issues permanent injunction in Epic vs. Apple, ruling that Apple can't prohibit developers from linking to external purchase options in addition to IAP — The order opens up a new avenue for purchases on the iPhone — Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers issued a permanent injunction …
Tweets: @markgurman, @timsweeneyepic, @timsweeneyepic, @timsweeneyepic, @reckless, @fortnitegame, @shiraovide, @nickstatt, @backlon, @dhh, @rjonesy, @reckless, @jeiting, @markgurman, @markgurman, @reckless, @cat_zakrzewski, @bobbyallyn, @stephennellis, @reckless, @gruber, @stroughtonsmith, @thedextriarchy, @bobbyallyn, @thedextriarchy, @tanayj, @andrewrsorkin, @rjonesy, @carnage4life, @thedextriarchy, @willoremus, @rjonesy, @samifathi_, @eringriffith, @rjonesy, @robotodd, @reckless, @bzamayo, @reckless, @reckless, @gruber, @snazzyq, @backlon, @eriqgardner, @jsnell, @senblumenthal, @gerritd, @davidcicilline, @alexstamos, @rileytestut, @stroughtonsmith, @amyklobuchar, @benbajarin, @sdw, @deitaone, @panzer, @backlon, @willoremus, @waltmossberg, @dhh, @markgurman, @rmantri, @stroughtonsmith, @markgurman, @bzamayo, @pkafka, @backlon, @reckless, @backlon, @backlon, @fightfortheftr, @shiraovide, @bzamayo, @repkenbuck, @shannon_liao, @shannon_liao, @backlon, @film_girl, @backlon, @markgurman, @reckless, @jannwolfe, @chockenberry, @jessicalessin, @shiraovide, @mgsiegler, @benthompson, @panzer, @reckless, @reckless, @russellholly, @patrickmcgee_, @joshavant, @patrickmcgee_, @levynews, @malcolmmoore, @dbreunig, @stroughtonsmith, @benbajarin, @verge, @jcenters, @rustybrick, @marcoarment, @shiraovide, @jonyiveparody, @benthompson, @arctictony, @carnage4life, @laurengoode, @gartenberg, @rsgnl, @alexstamos, @rjonesy, @mgsiegler, @shiraovide, @carnage4life, @stephentotilo, @neiltwitz, @tomgara, @kellen_browning, @stroughtonsmith, @willoremus, @pkafka, @eringriffith, @benbajarin, @tapbot_paul, @reneritchie, @ballmatthew, @willoremus, @imgoldenyt, @shiraovide, @caseynewton, @shiraovide, @caro_milanesi, @thedextriarchy, @thedextriarchy, @willoremus, @jacknicas, @caro_milanesi, @nickstatt, @mgsiegler, @msquinn, @panzer, @stroughtonsmith, @caseynewton, @markgurman, @panzer, @cnbctechcheck, @toadsanime, @s8mb, @willoremus, @rjonesy, @leah_nylen, @mgsiegler, @backlon, @leah_nylen, @eringriffith, @leah_nylen, and @benbajarin
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Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents: No, the Epic v. Apple injunction absolutely positively DOESN'T allow developers to incorporate ‘buttons’ for alternative IN-APP payment mechanisms
John Voorhees / MacStories: What Does It All Mean?: A Look at Judge Gonzalez Rogers' Decision in the Epic Versus Apple Trial
Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal: Judge Orders Apple to Loosen App Store Restrictions in Mixed Verdict
Sagar / GSMArena.com: Epic Games v. Apple ruling: iPhone-maker wins the antitrust lawsuit, but it must allow use of alternative in-app payment methods
Paul Thurrott / Thurrott: Epic to Appeal Apple Ruling
Jonathan Lamont / MobileSyrup: Judge rules Fortnite's Peely doesn't need clothes for court
Jessica E. Lessin / The Information: Why the Apple App Store Ruling Is a Big Deal
Ben Funk / HotHardware.com News: Epic CEO Tim Sweeney Responds Defiantly After Ruling On Apple App Store Lawsuit
David McLaughlin / Bloomberg: Apple Ruling Poses Hurdles for Biden's Vow to Tackle Tech Giants
Vaspaan Dastoor / thegamer.com: Judge Rules That Fortnite's Peely Doesn't Need To Wear Clothes In Court
Prasid Banerjee / Livemint: Judge bars Apple from forcing App Store payments on apps in Epic Games case
Stephen Warwick / iMore: Fortnite fans furious as Epic Games vows to fight on against Apple
Karanveer Singh Arora / BGR India: Epic Games vs Apple: Court wants Apple to allow developers use alternative payment methods
Andy Robinson / Video Games Chronicle: Epic court battle ends with Apple ordered to relax iOS payment rules
Usama Jawad / Neowin: Apple suffers major defeat as judge rules that Fortnite's “banana man” can be naked in court
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Tim Sweeney / @timsweeneyepic: Today's ruling isn't a win for developers or for consumers. Epic is fighting for fair competition among in-app payment methods and app stores for a billion consumers. https://twitter.com/...
Tim Sweeney / @timsweeneyepic: Thanks to everyone who put so much time and effort into the battle over fair competition on digital platforms, and thanks especially to the court for managing a very complex case on a speedy timeline. We will fight on.
Tim Sweeney / @timsweeneyepic: Fortnite will return to the iOS App Store when and where Epic can offer in-app payment in fair competition with Apple in-app payment, passing along the savings to consumers.
Nilay Patel / @reckless: Judge in Apple / Epic issues permanent injunction against Apple, developers now allowed to direct customers to other payment systems. Story coming! https://twitter.com/...
Fortnite / @fortnitegame: Epic has asked Apple to restore our Fortnite developer account. Epic intends to re-release Fortnite on iOS in Korea offering both Epic payment and Apple payment side-by-side in compliance with the new Korean law.
Shira Ovide / @shiraovide: Fascinating on the consumer harm from Apple's control: “While some consumers may want the benefits Apple offers (e.g., one-stop shopping, centralization of and easy access to all purchases, increased security due to centralized billing), Apple actively denies them the choice.” https://twitter.com/...
Nick Statt / @nickstatt: Here's Apple's statement: “Today the Court has affirmed what we've known all along: the App Store is not in violation of antitrust law. As the Court recognized ‘success is not illegal.’” https://twitter.com/...
Dieter Bohn / @backlon: Bam. In Epiv v Apple, judge rules Apple must allow apps to LINK OUT to external purchases, or lets them use buttons. That level of specificity matters! https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@dhh: Game over, IAP. @FortniteGame has set us all free. Thank you, @TimSweeneyEpic and @MarkRein 🙏❤️. This takes effect in 90 DAYS! https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Jones / @rjonesy: We knew the App Store is really a Game Store, but... 98% of all IAP revenue comes from games. WOW https://twitter.com/...
Nilay Patel / @reckless: “Apple's slow innovation stems in part from its low investment in the App Store.” Just brutal https://twitter.com/...
Jacob Eiting / @jeiting: kk, I think a weirdly placed comma has everyone in a tizzy remove the “and their metadata buttons,” and the interpretation is purely about linking out, no outside payments in the app have on some authority that this is Apple's understanding too https://twitter.com/...
Mark Gurman / @markgurman: On the eve of the iPhone 13 event, the Apple vs. Epic trial result is out. Judge rules Apple is not a monopolist, but issues an injunction that will force Apple to allow steering to outside payment methods. Apple made similar concession last week, but it didn't apply to games. https://twitter.com/...
Mark Gurman / @markgurman: In a call with media, Apple General Counsel Kate Adams calls the Epic ruling a “resounding victory” that validates Apple's business model. She did not comment on the injunction that will force Apple to allow all apps to accept payments outside of Apple's 15% to 30% IAP system.
Nilay Patel / @reckless: Here's me on the most important question from the Epic / Apple injunction: what's the difference between a button and an external link? https://www.theverge.com/...
Cat Zakrzewski / @cat_zakrzewski: Overall this shows just how hard it is to define markets in antitrust cases involving Big Tech. The judge disagreed with both Apple and Epic's definition of the relevant market.
Bobby Allyn / @bobbyallyn: Epic spokeswoman confirms it is appealing the decision; Apple is “considering all legal options” in response. Nobody's happy!
Stephen Nellis / @stephennellis: Judge in Epic Games v Apple pointing out what many in tech know but don't like to talk about: A huge chunk of app revenue comes from users addicted to the dopamine hits that come from smashing the IAP button in games. https://twitter.com/...
Nilay Patel / @reckless: Important quote from the judge's ruling today: “Nothing other than legal action seems to motivate Apple to reconsider pricing and reduce rates.”
John Gruber / @gruber: This is my interpretation as well, having spoken to Apple reps. https://twitter.com/...
Steve Troughton-Smith / @stroughtonsmith: Of note, Epic's preliminary injunction (to keep the Epic dev account & ability to use Xcode, build, sign, and distribute Unreal Engine for Apple's platforms) is terminated. I'm not sure what happens here; if Apple is vindictive, Epic may be forced to drop support for iOS & macOS https://twitter.com/...
Adi Robertson / @thedextriarchy: Here's the judge's full reasoning on why anti-steering provisions are bad. Short answer: “Apple created an innovative platform but it did not disclose its rules to the average consumer. Apple has used this lack of knowledge to exploit its position.” https://twitter.com/...
Bobby Allyn / @bobbyallyn: I've never before seen a court decision where both sides claim victory yet both sides are (likely) appealing. Wow antitrust law is fun!
Adi Robertson / @thedextriarchy: TL;DR on the Epic v. Apple ruling: Apple can't stop developers from routing people outside the in-app purchasing ecosystem. But Epic has to pay Apple for breaking its rules. https://twitter.com/...
Tanay Jaipuria / @tanayj: Apple's App Store is likely doing ~$225B in total payment volume annually. Stripe right now after the Apple v Epic ruling: https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Ross Sorkin / @andrewrsorkin: Short Version of Judge in Epic-Apple ruling: Apple isn't a monopoly by any federal definition, but it engages in anticompetitive practices under California state law.
Ryan Jones / @rjonesy: Please Apple, do the smart thing. I begged for 4 years. There's still time. I truly believe IAP is better for *everyone* - Apple, devs, users. But the rate got too high as “apps” became “the internet”. I *want* to use IAP! As a dev. As a user. Please drop the rate so I can 🙏
Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life: As I've said before, Stripe is the big winner here. Why give Apple 30% when you can give Stripe 3% instead? A lot of public companies from Match group to Roblox just got a whole lot more valuable overnight. https://www.theverge.com/...
Adi Robertson / @thedextriarchy: Judge in Epic v. Apple concluded Apple wasn't a monopoly, but interesting side comment: “unlike ... the computer gaming market, nothing other than legal action seems to motivate Apple to reconsider pricing and reduce rates” for its app fees.
Will Oremus / @willoremus: Crucial nuance here: I've seen some folks saying Apple has been found to *not* be a monopolist in the Epic Games verdict. That's not quite right. The judge said Epic failed to *prove* Apple a monopolist—but she was careful to leave open the possibility that it is. https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Jones / @rjonesy: This is EXACTLY what I feared. EXACTLY. 🙈 Damn it Apple. Still reading, but off the bat, seems like: - Apple Pay + Stripe ~replaces IAP - tons of email spam with deals - difficult to unsubscribe - fraudulent billing - impossible refunds - unlimited sub terms, i.e. $9.99/day
Sami Fathi / @samifathi_: As part of today's Epic v. Apple ruling, Epic Games will be required to pay Apple $12,167,719 as a result of damages for in-app purchases made outside the App Store system for Fortnite on iOS between August and October of 2020. https://twitter.com/...
Erin Griffith / @eringriffith: Epic v Apple verdict: Judge Gonzalez Rogers rules in favor of Apple on all but one on one count: Apple can no longer ban app companies from telling their customers to pay elsewhere. https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Jones / @rjonesy: Takes effect in 90 days. 🧨 December 9th. Apple just HAS TO drop their rate. Has to. I wonder what happens to the other settlement now. https://twitter.com/...
Todd Haselton / @robotodd: “The court isn't stupid — it specified buttons and external links, which means they are presumed to be distinct. So a button can't just be an external link that kicks you to Safari.” - good read by @reckless https://www.theverge.com/...
Nilay Patel / @reckless: Craig Federighi's arguments about Mac vs iOS security did not fly https://twitter.com/...
Benjamin Mayo / @bzamayo: What's a button and what's a link ... What are we debating, court legalese or iOS 7 design principles?
Nilay Patel / @reckless: @gruber There's no way they can have that conference without Epic in the room! This isn't going to just be easy for them. And both sides are going to appeal every aspect of this ruling. The uncertainty here is going to last for a long time.
Nilay Patel / @reckless: @gruber “Apple is permanently restrained and enjoined from prohibiting developers from including buttons in their apps that direct customers to purchasing mechanisms in addition to In-App Purchasing.” Lots of devs are going to test this, and Apple can be taken back to court over it.
John Gruber / @gruber: @reckless My guess is that soon, well within the 90 days, Apple will confer with YGR re: updated App Store Guidelines to make sure they comply with the injunction. Our collective uncertainty today will dissipate before any developers have the chance to test it.
Quinn Nelson / @snazzyq: @gruber @reckless I remember from most of my law classes that grammar is never the strong suit of opinions written by the court. I don't know how this could possibly be interpreted as “metadata buttons.”
Dieter Bohn / @backlon: @gruber @reckless What Apple thinks the injunction means ...doesn't matter. It's the court's guideline now. Maybe the judge is fine with requiring the button to open Safari, or is okay with popping an in app browser, or thinks it should allow a fully native in-app flow.
Eriq Gardner / @eriqgardner: NYT: “A Win for App Developers” Ars Technica: “Major Win for Epic Games” BBC: “Apple Dealt Major Blow” Politico: “Apple Wins Epic Antitrust Suit.” (I went with “Mixed Ruling,” but largely agree with Politico this was a favorable development for Apple.)
Jason Snell / @jsnell: The larger point here is that the judge, not Apple, decides how her ruling is interpreted and enforced https://twitter.com/...
Richard Blumenthal / @senblumenthal: Insufficient & disappointing. It is now up to Congress to take meaningful action. https://www.wsj.com/...
Gerrit De Vynck / @gerritd: Judge: even if you have the best product, hiding other options from your customers is anti-competitive. Seems significant for other Big Tech antitrust cases https://twitter.com/...
David Cicilline / @davidcicilline: Today's decision in the Epic Games v. Apple case is an important step, but it is further evidence that Congress must enact clear rules of the road to prevent platform monopolists from abusing their power and picking winners and losers online. Congress must act!
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: Agreed. I think this is a smart ruling. The judge understood the security benefits of the app store monopoly while also stopping that monopoly from being used to bilk consumers and independent developers. Apple should be fine with the profit margin on $799 phones. https://twitter.com/...
@rileytestut: If I went to court with Apple (no thanks) I would be ecstatic to receive any positive verdict...I honestly don't understand why Epic is appealing this decision? https://twitter.com/...
Steve Troughton-Smith / @stroughtonsmith: Apple just lost a huge part of the Epic vs Apple case, breaking open the App Store to alternate payment systems — Apple will almost certainly appeal the ruling, but with the pressure mounting globally over this very issue, I think the writing is on the wall
Amy Klobuchar / @amyklobuchar: This ruling reaffirms what we know: app stores raise serious competition concerns. While the ruling addresses some of those issues, much more must be done. We need to pass federal legislation on app store conduct to protect consumers, promote competition, and foster innovation. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Bajarin / @benbajarin: Most consumers will still use IAP. Only a handful of apps or brands can successfully, at scale, get normal consumers to use an alternate payment system. The issue, I see, is the impact to the user experience when developers start hassling you to use their own payments. https://twitter.com/...
Sebastiaan de With / @sdw: Today's ruling on Epic v. Apple is good for everyone involved. We probably won't use it for @halidecamera, but I applaud it. It does boggle my mind that Apple is conceding through lawsuits instead of changing App Store policy proactively to avoid anti-trust scrutiny. https://twitter.com/...
@panzer: This is really a big likely loss for consumer protections. Have fun chasing down all of the fraudulent scammy junk cash grabs that will result. Big win for game/IAP-focused publishers and for Stripe though. https://www.documentcloud.org/ ...
Dieter Bohn / @backlon: Apple won the vast, vast majority of issues Epic tried to bring up, but also I feel like all of those were long shots. But there is an actual win in all those losses (anti-steering), so I'm fascinating by Epic's rhetoric here. https://www.theverge.com/...
Will Oremus / @willoremus: So how will the Apple/Epic ruling affect actual iPhone users, if enacted? @rachelerman helpfully covers the basics, including more ways to pay for stuff other than in-app purchasing, and potentially lower prices on some apps and services. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Walt Mossberg / @waltmossberg: 1/ I think the judge's ruling in the Epic vs Apple trial makes eminent sense. Like every retailer, @Apple has a right to a fee for distributing products. And the 30% was cheap when it was introduced. Apple has since cut it in various ways.
@dhh: We will immediately start working on a build of @heyhey where users can sign-up and pay from the app. Proud to have played a small part in the events that lead to this. https://twitter.com/...
Mark Gurman / @markgurman: Apple stock closes down over 3% today on the Epic ruling, biggest one-day drop in about 4 months.
Rajeev Mantri / @rmantri: Even Apple knows the App Store's commercial terms will change. They are simply drawing out the inevitable to maximize their upside - as they should try to do. https://twitter.com/...
Steve Troughton-Smith / @stroughtonsmith: Judge YGR came off as razor-sharp during the proceedings, which I watched far too much of. And much of Apple's time was spent trying to deceive & mislead her. Amused that her pinpoint targeted judgment is potentially the most damaging to Apple, delivered days before new iPhone
Mark Gurman / @markgurman: Fascinating thing from the ruling: The Judge issued two requirements to Apple: 1) Allow developers to point users to outside payment methods*. 2) Allow developers to communicate directly with users. Apple already did both in the last 3 weeks (*Big caveat is reader vs. all apps).
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: @backlon @reckless I think the court means button and links *are* the same thing - things that take you out of the app. If YGR wanted to tell devs/Apple that this could happen in the app she'd just write that in plaintext. So we'll see!
Dieter Bohn / @backlon: I've been thinking about how much faster things are moving in the past few weeks on App Store policy. Wanted to prove my hunch was right so I ...had to make a complete timeline of the major policy changes Apple has made over the years. It's a lot! https://www.theverge.com/...
Nilay Patel / @reckless: Here is a very very important button that directs customers to a purchasing mechanism. Apple is no longer allowed to prohibit these buttons in apps. So... are the doors wide open? https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Dieter Bohn / @backlon: @reckless “And I'm confident Apple will try to say that “button” just means what something looks like, while developers will say that “button” means how something works. (There is a lot of irony in this for Apple.)”
Dieter Bohn / @backlon: Here's @reckless on the important sentence in today's ruling. There is a real “where does the comma go and does that change things like with the first amendment” vibe to all this! https://www.theverge.com/...
@fightfortheftr: “Where the rules apply equally to everyone,” you say Apple? What about the hundreds of apps that you are actively blocking on behalf of authoritarian governments? The App Store monopoly is a human rights disaster. Just let people run the software they want on their phones. https://twitter.com/...
Shira Ovide / @shiraovide: Not sure I would read the judge's decision as a win for Apple, but sure. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Benjamin Mayo / @bzamayo: Not saying they would do this per se but the ruling doesn't stop Apple from saying ‘ok pay us a commission on all purchases made outside the app’ right? It's not written out afaict.
Rep. Ken Buck / @repkenbuck: This is a small step in the right direction. However, how a judge could look at the evidence and rule that Apple is not a monopoly defies logic. Congress must pass my, @MattGaetz, @ByronDonalds, @LanceGooden and @RepCawthorn Big Tech antitrust bills. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Shannon Liao / @shannon_liao: The court ultimately concluded that Apple isn't a monopolist under federal or state antitrust laws, even if the company *does* enjoy a market share of over 55% and “extraordinarily high profit margins.” The judge writes “success is not illegal.”
Shannon Liao / @shannon_liao: Epic v. Apple verdict is out today, the judge ruled that Epic must pay Apple over $4 million at least and that Apple must allow developers to provide alternative payment methods. She wrote a nearly 200 page order explaining why, and here are some highlights. Thread 1/?
Dieter Bohn / @backlon: Another way of looking at this whole fight that is valid and paints both Apple and Epic in a bad light: This is really about who gets to make a ton of money off just a few whales. The house always wins, and both Apple and Epic are arguing over who gets to be the landlord. https://twitter.com/...
Christina Warren / @film_girl: Just cut the App Store fees to 15% and so much of this goes away. Not all of it, but so much of it. For devs that aren't the scale of an Adobe or Epic or whatever, 15% is worth doing the payments/fraud/tax stuff and hosting and serving your app.
Dieter Bohn / @backlon: Well, here's something Apple is going to be excited to cite in the coming months: the judge does not think a case has been made that iMessage is a form of lock-in. https://twitter.com/...
Mark Gurman / @markgurman: For Apple, today and this weekend was supposed to be all about pre-iPhone 13 and Apple Watch Series 7 hype and speculation. Instead, its grip on the App Store loosens with the judge forcing Apple to allow all app and games to steer users to outside payment methods.
Nilay Patel / @reckless: Apple's anti-steering rules are “an incipient violation of antitrust law” regardless of Epic failing to prove its case, says judge. https://t.co/O0Wh05jMxE
Jan Wolfe / @jannwolfe: A major antitrust case, Epic Games v. Apple, ends in a split decision. The “Fortnite” creator failed to show Apple is an illegal monopolist. BUT the judge said Apple policies “hide critical information from consumers and illegally stifle consumer choice.” https://www.reuters.com/...
Craig Hockenberry / @chockenberry: Apple is competing against Stripe now. In my mind, that's a good thing because Stripe is really fucking great. If Apple can match their pricing & functionality, they'll get my business both as a developer and a consumer because I know where they stand on privacy.
Jessica Lessin / @jessicalessin: This is very good for Apple. The company strains to show it enforces App Store rules equally. The judge wasn't particularly concerned that they do. https://twitter.com/...
Shira Ovide / @shiraovide: Hire the judge to write a tech newsletter: “Apple created an innovative platform but it did not disclose its rules to the average consumer. Apple has used this lack of knowledge to exploit its position.”
M.G. Siegler / @mgsiegler: Apple needed to tear down the wall proactively and win by competing. And the wild is, they easily could have! (And now will.) In-App/Apple Pay is a great product and has inherent advantages thanks to the iPhone. Just a dumb misread and self-own.
Ben Thompson / @benthompson: Epic lost on everything else, and has to pay Apple 30% of the money it earned from its own in-app purchase flow. And Apple can still kick them out of the store. Truly a self-sacrifice for developers generally 🤷♂️
@panzer: I get that apple is ‘the biggest’ and therefore the easiest one to dunk on here but at the same time dunking on apple because they got owned doesn't erase the EXTREMELY clear negative impact on consumers.
Nilay Patel / @reckless: Judge not terribly impressed with how Epic started this fight with Apple https://twitter.com/...
Nilay Patel / @reckless: Judge not impressed with analogies between the (digital) app store and (physical) retail stores at all https://twitter.com/...
Russell Holly / @russellholly: The replies to this are overwhelmingly comprised of Fortnite players who do not care about this fight and just want to be able to play the game on their phones again. https://twitter.com/...
Patrick McGee / @patrickmcgee_: It's about relevant market: Epic says Apple does not compete with anyone; Apple says the market is for all digital video games. “The Court disagrees with both parties' definition of the relevant market.” (love this judge) 2/
Josh Avant / @joshavant: There's now two key things that will really signal Apple's tone and intention: - How will Apple handle Epic's dev account for use in South Korea? - How will Apple handle Epic's dev account for maintaining Unreal Engine on iOS and macOS?
Patrick McGee / @patrickmcgee_: Judge finds Apple *is* engaging in anticompetitive conduct under California's competition laws. When coupled with Apple's incipient antitrust violations, these anti-steering provisions are anticompetitive and a *nationwide remedy* to eliminate those provisions is warranted."
Ari Levy / @levynews: Apple is getting crushed on today's ruling. It's now only worth $2,483,000,000,000
@malcolmmoore: Interesting that Apple does not say it will appeal.... and where's the “We look forward to welcoming Fortnite back to the App Store”? https://twitter.com/...
Drew Breunig / @dbreunig: Apple is the most successful accidental, reluctant gaming company. For at least the first 5 years of the iPhone, gaming was seen as a distraction not worth supporting by the voices that mattered at Apple. And yet... https://twitter.com/...
Steve Troughton-Smith / @stroughtonsmith: Three guesses why Apple had to invent the idea of ‘Reader Apps’ https://twitter.com/...
Ben Bajarin / @benbajarin: This is a key nugget IMO when understanding how skirting IAP could hurt consumers. Games are far and away the largest app store revenue category. They are also the ones most likely to take advantage of consumers which shady monetization tactics. https://twitter.com/...
@verge: Epic v. Apple judge rules Fortnite's Peely can appear naked in court https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Josh Centers / @jcenters: Tim Cook's biggest mistake has been his refusal to see inevitable blowback against its policies and self-regulating accordingly. Instead, Apple dug its heels in. https://twitter.com/...
Barry Schwartz / @rustybrick: So Apple must allow app developers to bypass Apple payment system but Apple doesn't have to allow apps that do that and Epic has to pay damages for doing so? https://twitter.com/...
Marco Arment / @marcoarment: The more you tighten your grip, the more will slip through your fingers.
Shira Ovide / @shiraovide: Ah, so Apple is trying to declare victory which, yeah it probably should not. https://twitter.com/...
@jonyiveparody: Difficult to to direct users to your outside payment system if your app isn't in the App Store. 🤪 #Apple https://twitter.com/...
Ben Thompson / @benthompson: One final note: neither this ruling nor the JFTC settlement say that Apple can't require IAP. In fact this injunction specifically says developers can link out “in addition to” IAP. No mention about offering different prices.
Tony Haile / @arctictony: This is epic. Next up: allow browsers to use engines other than Safari Webkit on iOS please! https://twitter.com/...
Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life: A smart PM at Stripe should start writing a proposal for the user facing subscriptions management experience which is the one advantage Apple Pay has over Stripe as an IAP solution on iOS. Basically this page for every iOS app I pay that uses Stripe for subscriptions. https://twitter.com/...
Lauren Goode / @laurengoode: It is possible that Apple can both a) design a brilliantly seamless experience for buying software or buying things within apps and b) intentionally make it so “seamless” that consumers are unable to (or unaware of) experience other, better options outside of the walled garden.
Michael Gartenberg / @gartenberg: What happens when you leave the reality distortion field st home before deposition https://twitter.com/...
Joe Rossignol / @rsgnl: Important to remember this is a U.S. trial and so I believe this would apply to U.S. developers only. Apple will almost certainly appeal, too. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: Personally, I would love the ability to click through warnings and sideload an alternative app store, but I think we also have to be cognizant of what that would mean for the overall ecosystem. Now we need a judge to force Apple to rewrite iMessage in a memory-safe language.
Ryan Jones / @rjonesy: Holy shit. Every single app is going to replace IAP with Apple Pay + Stripe. Holy shit. Games will have direct CC access for your kids to buy gems with way less confirmation than IAP. Yikes https://twitter.com/...
M.G. Siegler / @mgsiegler: This from just over a year ago, would seem to hold up. Apple didn't realize they were fighting the wrong battle... Epic, seemingly, did. https://500ish.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Shira Ovide / @shiraovide: Scathing! “Nor can Apple hide behind its self-created web of interlocking rules, regulations, and generic intellectual property claims; or the lack of transparency among various businesses to feign innocence.” https://twitter.com/...
Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life: The judge had a clearer understanding of the dynamics of the App Store and it's impact to consumers than 99% of the journalists and newsletters that cover tech. https://twitter.com/...
Stephen Totilo / @stephentotilo: Judge seems alarmed at the extent to which impulse spending by “exorbitantly high spending gamers” drives App Store revenue. Says it's outside the scope of antitrust but says issue is “worthy of attention”
Neil Shah / @neiltwitz: Apple wins in 9/10 counts in the Apple-Epic trial. Big Win! Key pts: ✔Apple is not a monopoly: “ Success is not illegal” ✔The real issue (market) I'm contest here is “digital mobile gaming transactions” ✔Apple showed anticompetitive behavior: “antisteering, limiting choice” https://twitter.com/...
Tom Gara / @tomgara: “While the Court finds that Apple enjoys considerable market share of over 55% and extraordinarily high profit margins, these factors alone do not show antitrust conduct. Success is not illegal” https://storage.courtlistener.com/ ...
Kellen Browning / @kellen_browning: Interesting that after all the back-and-forth during the Apple-Epic trial over how to define the relevant market, the judge disagreed with both companies and found her own definition: digital mobile gaming, a $100 billion market. https://twitter.com/...
Steve Troughton-Smith / @stroughtonsmith: Finally Apple can no longer block Netflix & Audible from in-app sign-up & payment, and every other little app that has been squashed out of existence in the App Store because it can't afford to give 30% to Apple has a reprieve
Will Oremus / @willoremus: Some antitrust experts I've spoken with argue we need to move away from market definitions and market share as the fulcrum of US antitrust law—and focus more on market power, behavior, and other ways of measuring competition. https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: When Apple says it is focusing on “services” what it really means is “getting a small percent of our users to pay for magical eggs and other power-ups in free-to-play games”. https://twitter.com/...
Erin Griffith / @eringriffith: The judge's injunction on Apple's anti-steering rules could have a major impact on Apple's $20bn App Store revenue. The majority of that $$ comes from gaming. (Apple's recent loosening of those rules did not include gaming.) https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ben Bajarin / @benbajarin: One theory I had for a while was Apple was going to lower their commission once the advertising revenue began to offset any potential losses. Again, Apple makes their $15-17b in annual app store commissions in two weeks of an average month of iPhone sales....
Paul Haddad / @tapbot_paul: Wait so who won?
Rene Ritchie / @reneritchie: Ideal for me would be a both Apple IAP and a web link. That way I can choose secure transactions, and to manage and cancel my subs via App Store, but also conveniently tap to get my books, comics, etc. via in-app web view transactions from the digital goods service provider. https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Ball / @ballmatthew: Apple sure dodged a bullet by allowing apps the right to email users two weeks ago, and then, a week later, announcing that non-gaming apps could tell users of alternative payment methods from inside their application
Will Oremus / @willoremus: @ReedAlbergotti As in the Facebook antitrust case, the question of how to define the market is pivotal to the Apple/Epic ruling. Epic argued the relevant market was Apple's App Store. Apple argued it was the entire digital gaming industry. Judge settled on “digital mobile gaming transactions.” https://twitter.com/...
Golden / @imgoldenyt: Epic will have to pay Apple over $12 million for breaching the contract...#BringFortniteMobileBack https://twitter.com/...
Shira Ovide / @shiraovide: Mystery solved: The judge says, yeah, operating profit margins for the App Store are probably over 70%. This should not be surprising, though Apple did a lot of hand waving to cast doubt on the matter. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Casey Newton / @caseynewton: I'm imagining: - A Substack app that lets you buy new subscriptions in a web view - Twitter Super Follows where the creator gets to keep 30 percent of revenue that would have otherwise gone to Apple - A total recalibration of the mobile gaming market??
Shira Ovide / @shiraovide: If this survives what I assume will be Apple's legal challenges, I genuinely wonder if this will be good for both app makers AND Apple. Lots of people will, I suspect, still choose to pay inside the app with Apple's payment system. https://twitter.com/...
Carolina Milanesi / @caro_milanesi: This Apple's statement is why I actually think Apple sees today as a win. Not violating the anti-trust law is a much bigger deal than being told to support alternative payment methods which I would guess Apple was expectiving to have to do at some point. https://twitter.com/...
Adi Robertson / @thedextriarchy: For context, Apple and Epic can (and probably will) appeal the parts of the ruling they don't like. Apple will probably ask for the in-app purchasing rule changes to be delayed while the case moves up the court system.
Adi Robertson / @thedextriarchy: Update on Epic/Apple: Apple issued a statement focusing on the conclusion that it's not a monopoly. It hasn't addressed whether it's going to appeal the injunction. https://twitter.com/...
Will Oremus / @willoremus: Good summary of the two-pronged verdict here from @ReedAlbergotti: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Including a brief glimpse at the road ahead, because this is definitely not over. https://twitter.com/...
Jack Nicas / @jacknicas: The judge's order takes effect in 90 days. Apple almost certainly will try to block it.
Carolina Milanesi / @caro_milanesi: One questions on the back of #EpicvsApple decision is how many game devs will continue to use Apple cause they cannot build their own payment infrastructure or pay someone else for it and get less in return
Nick Statt / @nickstatt: Apple seems likely to appeal. Although Epic largely lost, the anti-steering is what keeps $$$ flowing to the App Store. Here's some new data it appears was unsealed with this order: gaming accounted for 76% of ALL App Store revenue in 2017. In 2016, it was 81% of billings.
M.G. Siegler / @mgsiegler: This was always inevitable. Maybe not here, but eventually. Apple sorta tried to get ahead of it with Japan settlement, but didn't go far enough. This emboldens lawmakers and engenders continue bad will with developer ecosystem.
Megan Quinn / @msquinn: If Stripe doesn't have a “how to set up a payments landing page for your app” marketing campaign going by noon I will be disappointed @collision @patrickc.
@panzer: Imagine a world where Apple had introduced a Stripe partnership a year ago and offered two clear options for developers, web via Stripe or streamlined IAP inside apps.
Steve Troughton-Smith / @stroughtonsmith: The judgments in the Epic v Apple trial: Apple has to allow external payments for all apps, not just ‘reader apps’; Epic has to pay Apple 30% of the Fortnite revenue it earned from its non-IAP payments, and must agree that Apple's allowed to terminate its dev account if it wishes https://twitter.com/...
Casey Newton / @caseynewton: How much more valuable is Epic today than it was yesterday? How much more valuable is Stripe?
@panzer: It's fine to blame everyone involved for being greedy but let's not forget who really gets screwed in the end.
TechCheck / @cnbctechcheck: EIC of @verge Nilay Patel @reckless joins the TC team on the breaking news that a judge has just ruled in Epic Games' favor in their case against Apple, calling Apple's conduct in enforcing anti-steering restrictions “anticompetitive.” https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Brown / @toadsanime: In a landmark ruling, Epic has effectively won its court case against Apple. Apple will have to allow gaming apps an alternative payment options without taking a cut - they can no longer force in-app purchasing: https://www.cnbc.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Sam Bowman / @s8mb: If your main objection was around security / trust within apps, this seems to maintain the sanctity of the App Store. But if, like me, you think it's good for Apple to make lots of profit as a reward for creating the iPhone, this is pretty bad. https://twitter.com/...
Will Oremus / @willoremus: Good news for Apple: Judge rules it has not been shown a monopolist in the relevant market, which she defines as “digital mobile gaming transactions.” Bad news for Apple: Judge rules its ban on apps directing users to pay outside the App Store is illegal. https://s3.documentcloud.org/ ...
Ryan Jones / @rjonesy: Stripe will launch “App Subscriptions” within 3 months ~one click 5% of revenue Tie credit card and email to analytics unlimited price tiers and terms and deals and offers My god. The implications. The fraud in kid's games... lord have mercy.
@leah_nylen: “Apple contractually enforces silence, in the form of anti-steering provisions, and gains a competitive advantage. Moreover, it hides information for consumer choice which is not easily remedied with money damages.”
M.G. Siegler / @mgsiegler: Apple has yet again failed to read the room. In this case, the courtroom.
Dieter Bohn / @backlon: There will be appeals and delays and whatnot, but right now this feels like the moment everybody recognizes the inevitable: anti-steering rules in app stores are dead. Hey Google, how's your trial prep going for your Epic case?
@leah_nylen: That's a $100 billion market, she says, and Apple controls about a 55% share. “While the Court finds that Apple enjoys considerable market share of over 55% and extraordinarily high profit margins, these factors alone do not show antitrust conduct. Success is not illegal.”
Erin Griffith / @eringriffith: The heart of Epic vs Apple was defining the market. Epic said it was iPhones. Apple said it was gaming devices. Judge YGR defined it as “digital mobile gaming transactions.” Harsh words for Epic. https://twitter.com/...
@leah_nylen: YGR rejects both how Apple and Epic framed the case, saying the relevant market is “digital mobile gaming transactions” not gaming transactions generally or Apple's ecosystem.
Ben Bajarin / @benbajarin: This is why, as I have argued, Apple needs to make IAP the no-brainer system to use because of how much friction it eliminates for conversion. Hence, Apple should just lower their commision. I don't believe their commission was ever about $, it was about preserving ease of use.
| New York Times: |
Small developers say the Epic ruling could lead to a windfall but some researchers say it is unclear if consumers will actually use alternative payment methods — After a judge opened up a way to avoid Apple's commission on their sales, companies big and small are seeing dollar signs.More:
Stephen Warwick / iMore: Apple's General Counsel hails ‘resounding victory’ in Epic Games case
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Kellen Browning / @kellen_browning: The App Store changes ordered by a judge yesterday as part of the Epic-Apple verdict won't cut into Apple's profits much. But it could be a huge win for app developers, who stand to make a boatload more $$$ by dodging App Store fees. With @jacknicas: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Erion / @sirrovers: surely roblox can reverse the whole ‘experiences’ thing now right https://twitter.com/...
@nytimestech: App developers celebrated a judge's ruling that Apple must change how it manages its App Store. For the smallest app makers, the ruling could lead to a windfall. https://www.nytimes.com/...
UC Berkeley Law / @berkeleylaw: Prof. Chris @Hoofnagle views the decision as a major victory for app developers, although he is worried that the greater freedom to post in-app links will weaken privacy and security https://twitter.com/...
@shafiahmed5: This is an excellent outcome for developers and ultimately the consumer. https://twitter.com/...
@adamholisky: NYT is missing two major things: 1. Users will do whatever is easiest. Basic UX Product Management. This is definitely solvable. 2. It's going to take significant time to ramp up alternative payment methods that work at scale of Apple's payment processors. https://twitter.com/...
Stabby Rogue / @reciraider: Holy shit, if this sticks - IF (you know Apl will throw BILLIONS into fighting this) BUT IF IT STICKS That will be a monumental shift in mobile apps Finally in the favor of dev teams of all sizes https://twitter.com/...
Jack Nicas / @jacknicas: Zach Shakked's iPhone app has earned $5 million over the past year. Apple took nearly $1.5 million of that — its fee for letting him run his app on its devices. Now he's hoping Friday's court ruling will get him to keep much more of that money. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Adam Kirk / @atomkirk: Its a dumb rule Apple doesnt even need. Not having to enter cc info and being able to manage all my subscriptions in one place and cancel with a swipe is amazing. Its always best just to win on offering the best product instead of anti competitive rules. https://twitter.com/...
Michael Love / @elkmovie: Me in NYT, making excited conjectures about the possibilities for Pleco as “Kindle for Chinese books.” (also note that I'm talking revenue, not profit, and most of that isn't profit because I pay out a massive amount of royalties) https://www.nytimes.com/...
| M.G. Siegler / 500ish: |
Apple won the Epic battle but is too arrogant to see that it still has to make some major App Store changes to both appease the courts and please developers — Apple v. Epic indeed... It depends on what your definition of a link is. Or really, in some ways, what your definition of the internet is.More:
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Ruan Viljoen / @ruanviljoen: Could not agree more with @mgsiegler on this one. End it Apple, please! https://500ish.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@ohmdee: Whether it's Apple's attitude towards the courts and governments, or its treatment of developers and customers, or its view of competitors, one factor is common: their unabashed arrogance. https://twitter.com/...
Erwin van der Zande / @evdz: “Apple should just take a look around, see which way the wind is blowing, and make some major changes to appease the courts and to please their developers. End this.” https://500ish.com/...
John Wilson / @johnwilson: Disagree. MG is a thoughtful person on this but the Japanese settlement and this recent decision really show that Apple can make minor changes that empower devs while maintaining their current posture. https://twitter.com/...
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
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Scott Kupor / @skupor: Everything you need to know - or at least I what I thought was interesting - in <100 tweets about the Apple/Epic lawsuit verdict today.
Ezra Klein / @ezraklein: The Apple decision seems very good for anyone who uses Apple products. An example of courts making it harder for a company to mistreat its own customers.
Mark Gurman / @markgurman: Agree. Epic is positioning this as a loss - but it is actually mostly a win for many developers. Ironic they are calling it a loss when they entered the trial saying they were doing this for the developer community, not for themselves. https://twitter.com/...
Mark Gurman / @markgurman: Quite frankly, whole strategy is a total head scratcher. Epic PR should be positioning this as a win for themselves because they got a judge to make the biggest business model change to the App Store in its history. Instead of they are calling it a loss. https://twitter.com/...
Paul Graham / @paulg: “Together, the legal setbacks and the tighter regulatory controls indicate that Apple's long run of calling all the shots on the App Store — one of the linchpins of the internet economy — may be ending.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Sarah E. Needleman / @saraheneedleman: Apple scored a partial victory in a landmark antitrust case, but its fight with opponents of the App Store is far from over $aapl https://www.wsj.com/...
Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi: Great summary/quotes. Look beyond the (one) headline. #epicvapple It is very rare to see so many points of substance go the opposite direction of headline. Also unusual to see so much doubt cast on expert witnesses. https://twitter.com/...
Rebecca / @rebeccaslatkin: And if these tweets don't change your mind, now would be the time to start walking on nails and LEGO barefoot. That will prepare you for working with credit card iFrames.
Rebecca / @rebeccaslatkin: Last thing: I was part of the team that interviewed several PCI 3rd party providers who bid on our account. You can do all the due diligence in the world (we did) but there are incompetent wolves in sheep's clothing with fake uptime stats every where you look.
Rebecca / @rebeccaslatkin: I might not know much but after spending nearly a year working on a team of 50+ to get an e-commerce giant PCI compliant (including a terrifying audit&interrogation/a very bumpy Black Friday), I would cling to the App Store Payment System instead of taking that on internally.
Rami Ismail / @tha_rami: I think the legal system is broken in a million ways, but you have to admit that listening to two game corporations arguing about the definition of “game” and the judge deciding that “you're both full of shit” feels like a pretty just outcome. https://www.theverge.com/...
Rami Ismail / @tha_rami: Potential soon news: Unreal Engine announces fully integrated mobile payment solution with a 12% cut for iOS projects only. Literally just one click to enable it - extremely user-friendly. I mean, I could see them do it.
Quinn Nelson / @snazzyq: Apple: “Waaaaaaaa” Epic: “Waaaaaaaa”
John Gruber / @gruber: @reckless No, that's not at all what they're saying on background. They're saying the ruling is unambiguous that Apple is allowed to mandate that (lowercase) in-app purchases must use Apple's (uppercase) In-App Purchase processing. Pages 149-150 of the ruling.
Goblin / @thegoblinnn: this is fucking huge news, apps can now start accepting crypto as payment and still be listed on the app store - lets gooo https://twitter.com/...
Mark Gurman / @markgurman: My GUESS is that Fortnite returns to the App Store sometime early next year — better for Apple, Epic, and consumers. Epic could build a website for buying V-Bucks on the web and implement a button in Fortnite and comply with other App Store rules that led to its removal.
Stephen Warwick / @stephenwarwick9: To sum up Epic games has won after being defeated in court, and Apple will be forced to make massive sweeping yet very minor changes that will change absolutely everything and yet nothing for developers and will cost the company it's huge App Store cash cow that is actually tiny
Mark Gurman / @markgurman: New story: Apple is being forced to make the most significant change ever to the App Store, but it will only cost them a few billion dollars annually, or about 1% of revenue. This is a loss for Epic, but a win for Apple and many developers. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
| Roger McNamee / TIME: |
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Jason Kint / @jason_kint: this is an amazing op-ed. @Moonalice argues why Apple needs to “Think Different.” Apple is in a position to support Congress and consumers. They need to dump their associations with the surveillance capitalists and fix the app store. Win Win for consumers. https://time.com/... https://twitter.com/...
David Barnard / @drbarnard: “By refusing to engage with the legitimate concerns of policymakers, Apple is risking its core security and privacy brand to protect business practices that are not essential to its future.” https://time.com/...
@time: “Please stop viewing antitrust as a penalty for success.” An open letter to Tim Cook from Roger McNamee on why Apple should compromise with antitrust regulators https://time.com/...
David Barnard / @drbarnard: 2/ And why are policymakers even involved? Because Apple has refused to engage with the legitimate concerns of developers. This thread links to many of my blog posts over the years: https://twitter.com/...
@benlovejoy: I've made the same argument myself. Apple has absolutely no reason to play hardball here, and if it continues to do, the results won't be pretty ... https://twitter.com/...
Roger McNamee / @moonalice: .@Apple would be smart to negotiate with regulators. Side loading is coming in EU, and maybe US, unless Apple cuts a deal. Side loading would kill Apple crown jewels of privacy, security. Apple can make economic, policy concessions to avoid side loading. https://time.com/...
Roger McNamee / @moonalice: I have a new op-ed in @TIME arguing that @Apple is exceptionally vulnerable on antitrust and should make whatever compromises with regulators are necessary to protect its crown jewels of privacy and security. https://time.com/...
Roger McNamee / @moonalice: Bad day for @Apple. They won things on technicalities, but lost trust of judge and lost on the key issue. Antitrust law will apply better to other app segments. New normal: when you do indefensible in plain sight, you will be regulated. My @TIME op-ed: https://time.com/...
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Benioff says Salesforce will help employees and their families “exit Texas” if they are worried about access to reproductive healthcare in the state — - Salesforce committed to helping employees and their families relocate if they're concerned about the ability to seek reproductive care … More:
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian: Salesforce offers to help staff leave Texas as abortion law takes effect
Jordan Williams / The Hill: Salesforce offers to help relocate employees in Texas due to new abortion law
Paula Froelich / New York Post: Salesforce offers to relocate employees from TX after abortion law goes into effect
Kierra Frazier / Axios: Salesforce to help relocate employees after Texas abortion law
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Marc Benioff / @benioff: Ohana if you want to move we'll help you exit TX. Your choice.❤️ https://www.cnbc.com/...
Yoshiki / @yoshikiofficial: Thoughtful and inspirational. @Benioff #YOSHIKI https://www.cnbc.com/... @salesforce https://twitter.com/...
Wendy Davis / @wendydavis: From pay equity to on site child care to paid family leave to equal health and tax benefits for LGBTQ+ (pre gay marriage laws) and now to this, @salesforce demonstrates its leadership once again https://www.cnbc.com/...
Raf / @rafaelshimunov: Salesforce, the company and its CEO who proudly powered ICE deportations even against its own employees wishes, basks in praise for their PR solidarity with women, if they're white. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Gavin Newsom / @gavinnewsom: Welcome to California. https://twitter.com/...
Cecile Richards / @cecilerichards: If you are looking for corporate leaders who are taking righteous action, here you go. Thank you @Benioff. Ohana indeed. https://twitter.com/...
Nancy Lee Grahn / @nancyleegrahn: .@salesforce under the leadership of this great man @Benioff, has offered to relocate it's employees & their families as the Texas abortion ban goes into effect. What a brilliant company my sister @WendyGrahn is so proud to work for. Bravo @salesforce https://twitter.com/...
Dan Primack / @danprimack: Biggest company so far to do something in opposition to the Texas abortion law. Not surprising it was $CRM. https://twitter.com/...
Robert Stephens / @rstephens: “In a Slack message”. Gotta respect the @Benioff hustle! https://twitter.com/...
Joe Pilot / @joesilverman7: Texas is genius. https://twitter.com/...
| Selina Cheng / Hong Kong Free Press: |
Google says it handed over user data in response to three requests from Hong Kong in H2 2020, despite earlier saying that requests must be made through US DOJ — The US tech giant told HKFP it complied with a data request over a “credible threat to life” and two others involving human trafficking.Tweets:
William Yang / @williamyang120: Google has provided user data to the #HongKong government in response to three requests made between July and December last year, making it the first US tech giant to disclose its compliance with requests from the local authorities for user data ...https://hongkongfp.com/...
Tom Grundy / @tomgrundy: 1/ @HKFP @selina_cheng has been keeping tabs on tech firms' 2020 promises to halt compliance w/GovHK data requests in light of the Nat Sec law. Facebook ignored all requests. Microsoft & Apple are yet to publish a report. Google complied with 3 requests. https://twitter.com/...
| Kevin Collier / NBC News: |
Investigation finds ransomware hackers are publishing sensitive information of schoolchildren on the dark web; over 1,200 US K-12 schools had data leaks in 2021 — Most don't have bank passwords. Few have credit scores yet. And still, parts of the internet are awash in the personal information of millions of schoolchildren.Tweets:
Kevin Collier / @kevincollier: I looked through a ton of doxed school files and found incredibly invasive information. For one district, a list of which students were on free or reduced meals. Parents weren't told. https://www.nbcnews.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Kevin Collier / @kevincollier: What can a parent do? First off, they should immediately freeze their child's credit, which is a bit of a hassle (links in the story). Besides that...there is precious little they can. That stuff is out there, and there's really no getting it back. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
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Internal emails: the data Facebook provided to researchers studying misinformation since 2019 included about half of its US users, not all as it then claimed — More than three years ago, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook trumpeted a plan to share data with researchers about how people interacted …
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Craig Timberg / Washington Post: Facebook made big mistake in data it provided to researchers, undermining academic work
Nathaniel Mott / PCMag: Facebook Didn't Give Researchers the Data It Promised
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Davey Alba / @daveyalba: New (w/ @RMac18 assist): More than three years ago, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a plan to share Facebook data with outside researchers, so that academics could study misinformation on the site. But the data set had a major flaw. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Davey Alba / @daveyalba: It's also interesting how this flaw was discovered in the first place. @fabiogiglietto took Facebook's shelved Q1 report on Widely Viewed Content, then compared it to the researchers data set. That's when he found a huge discrepancy. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Davey Alba / @daveyalba: It's a bit inside-baseball academia, but a lot of work has been trashed because of this mistake. One researcher expressed concern that their doctoral students' degrees could be at risk. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Grady Booch / @grady_booch: Facebook is a profoundly unethical company, and it starts at the top, with Mark. https://twitter.com/...
@emmalbriant: The field got so hung up on social media firm's constant stream of opaquely selected data handouts to track content and #disinformation distribution that academia has forgotten other methods exist, neglected other areas of study. https://twitter.com/...
Emily G / @emilygorcenski: The only way to fix facebook is to melt all of its servers to slag and exile its executives https://twitter.com/...
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: “Facebook sent flawed data to misinformation researchers”. “The data included the interactions of only about half of Facebook's U.S. users ... not all of them as the company had said” What a f*ck-up this is, and really good @fabiogiglietto spotted it. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dr. Sarah T. Roberts / @ubiquity75: Juxtapose Facebook's ‘error’ in data it supplied to researchers as it sees fit against the fact that it has shut down/destroyed the research program at NYU Ad Observatory, which gathered data w user consent w/o Facebook as broker. @LauraEdelson2 https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Shannon McGregor, PhD / @shannimcg: 🙋🏼♀ ️ @alicetiara @dfreelon @kreissdaniel & I have been working on a project involving this dataset w @MeganSquire0 for YEARS. We applied in 2018, awarded in 2019, finally get data in 2020, & 2021 find out the FB data, around which we based our other data collections - is fucked! https://twitter.com/...
@pinboard: What will make this Facebook redaction perfect is if it's later shown to contain an Excel bug that invalidates the other half of the dataset. https://twitter.com/...
Tommaso Valletti / @tomvalletti: Facebook withdrew half of their data without telling researches who study misinformation. FB took out *all* posts of users without (yet) clear political leanings:That's where you'd expect the biggest impact of misinformation! But hey, they've now got glasses we'll put on our face https://twitter.com/...
Sol Messing / @solomonmg: I have a few things to say about the @nytimes @daveyalba story on @SSOne FB Condor data error. It's a shame I wasn't interviewed https://twitter.com/...
Joe Bak-Coleman / @jbakcoleman: Important thread about the challenges of making FB data reliably useful to researchers. Yet I think it raises a broader question: Would we be comfortable rolling out other technology at scale without a reliable ability to evaluate its safety? https://twitter.com/...
@tante: This is such a Facebook story. In this case it might not even be them being shady (which is the default) but them doing the kind of unprofessional work one sees all over their products. https://twitter.com/...
Kate Starbird / @katestarbird: As one of the research teams working on this data... this isn't the first error in the data, but this one is egregious. How do we build research on top of these opaque data — having lost trust in their curation? https://twitter.com/...
Marietje Schaake / @marietjeschaake: This is bonkers. Is Facebook even capable of handling the monster it created? Example after example suggests no. I am so sorry for all the researchers whose work is harmed here ↘️ https://twitter.com/...
Davey Alba / @daveyalba: The data included the interactions of about 50% of Facebook's U.S. users, not 100% of them as the company had described the data set would include. Researchers have been working with this data set for TWO YEARS, getting academic research papers ready. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Laura Edelson / @lauraedelson2: This thread is WILD. And it is case in point against closed datasets. “It's a great demonstration that even a little transparency can provide amazing results.” @fabiogiglietto, the researcher who found the bug. https://twitter.com/...
Roger McNamee / @moonalice: @justinhendrix .@justinhendrix The question is ironic, right?
@blackamazon: And folks didn't set up or even allow for that omission, something marginalized scholars have always questioned https://twitter.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: Wait. Wut. We knew there was risk in Facebook providing the data but they only included the posts of what were likely the most partisan users (those whose ideologies could be easily understood)????? That's absolutely nuts and damages countless academic projects and scrutiny. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Emily Dreyfuss / @emilydreyfuss: When Facebook makes a data error — like this, or the one about how many people were watching video streams — it materially impacts the livelihoods of so many people, because Facebook is such a powerful distributor that industries and jobs rely on it. This is awful. https://twitter.com/...
Stephanie M. Lee / @stephaniemlee: imagine staking your PhD on data provided by Facebook — only for Facebook, two years later, to say oops, our bad https://twitter.com/...
Alex Abdo / @alexanderabdo: One reason independent research of the platforms is crucial is to allow researchers to verify that the data they're getting is reliable. Turns out the concern is not hypothetical — for two years, researchers have been using data from FB that is flawed. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kevin Roose / @kevinroose: So Facebook's plan to release alternative data to push back on a Twitter account they didn't like accidentally revealed an error that invalidated years' worth of academic research. Can't make it up! https://twitter.com/...
Megan Brown / @m_dot_brown: Facebook: Researchers should use data Facebook provides. Research using independently collected data is inaccurate and misleading about the platform. Also Facebook: https://twitter.com/...
Justin Hendrix / @justinhendrix: Wonder what this means for the 2020 election project- any concerns about the data. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Greg Greene / @ggreeneva: Q: What's the deal with Facebook: incompetent, or completely untrustworthy? A: Yes. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@anildash: And either way, Facebook culture will draw the lesson that trying to share accountability data only for them criticized, so they should even *try* to be accountable in the future. They'll see any work with credible researchers as a PR risk.
@anildash: When called in front of congress 3 years ago, Zuck tried to play-act accountability by saying they'd share key data with researchers. But FB made a fundamental error in gathering that data. https://www.nytimes.com/... Since then all the links to the original announcement are dead.
@anildash: Either Facebook is too incompetent internally to share the data necessary to enforce a bare minimum of accountability, or Facebook is so corrupt that they undermined the data-sharing process, knowing it would be years before the truth came out. Which is it?
Issie Lapowsky / @issielapowsky: This is insane, especially when you realize what a laborious process it was to get them to share this data at all. https://twitter.com/...
Megan Squire / @megansquire0: There's a reason data professionals live and die by the expression “garbage in, garbage out”. Unfortunately Facebook continues to exemplify the “garbage in” part. This was a heartbreaking call to witness today, just shocking for early PhDs, and heck, late career colleagues too https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Mac / @rmac18: Another Friday Facebook news dump: Researchers who relied on FB-provided data to study user behaviors were told this week the underlying data they were using was flawed. This will have significant impact on research about the platform. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Joe Bernstein / @bernstein: A very good example of why the people who work in this world should be highly skeptical of FB's various attempts to leverage their credibility to create a certified field of “disinformation” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Davey Alba / @daveyalba: There's a lot of trust that FB needs to win back from researchers, journalists and the wider public. But hopefully they end up understanding that MORE transparency leads to outcomes like this where they can make the data they share better and more accurate https://www.nytimes.com/...
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How FBI and Australian police built and marketed the An0m chat service for criminals, which cost $1,700 for a handset and $1,250 for an annual subscription — Billed as the most secure phone on the planet, An0m became a viral sensation in the underworld. There was just one problem … Tweets:
Jason Evans / @evansthecrime: Fascinating long read on how Aussie and US law enforcement created the An0m secure phone app, put it into the hands of criminal gangs around the world, and then accessed an extraordinary amount of intelligence. (By @SimonParkin for @guardian) https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Simon Parkin / @simonparkin: A smartphone costing thousands, but unable to make phone calls, became a viral sensation among alleged criminals. Except An0m was a scheme; law enforcement captured every message sent via the network. How it was done - practically and legally: https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Ali Winston / @awinston: The Anom story is one of the most remarkable and underplayed news items of 2021 https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
CyberSec Chey / @chey_cobb: Brilliant law enforcement ploy; questionable ethics ~ Every message sent on An0m phones since its launch had been collected by the Australian Federal Police & the FBI, who had conceived, built, marketed & sold the super-exclusive, supposedly secure phone https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: US officials are considering a Financial Stability Oversight Council review into whether Tether and other stablecoins threaten financial stability — - Treasury, other agencies consider launching FSOC examination — Tokens' fast growth has triggered anxieties among regulatorsTweets:
Todd Phillips / @tphillips: Good! Even if stablecoins aren't now a threat, the stablecoin model certainly is (much as how money market funds are). Cash-like products need insurance, prudential regulation, or to not exist. https://twitter.com/...
| Financial Times: |
Number of UK unicorns grew 10x in the last decade, with invested capital growing from €1B/year to €13B/year, but some worry Brexit will counteract the change — A decade ago, Taavet Hinrikus and Kristo Kaarmann stood before prospective investors at Seedcamp, a start-up event in London, and set fire to a £50 note.Tweets:
Daniel Thomas / @danielthomasldn: ‘Why have we not grown any giant companies?’ Looking for answers on the UK's attempt to take on Silicon Valley with @tim @NicholasMegaw and an incredible commissioning and editing shift by @TBraithwaite and the companies team https://www.ft.com/...
Tom Braithwaite / @tbraithwaite: “Andreessen... were willing to fund us, with one catch: we had to move to California,” says Wise's Hinrikus. “We went back 2 years later... they were somewhat apologetic.” Great voices in this piece by @DanielThomasLDN @tim & @NicholasMegaw https://www.ft.com/...
Nathan Benaich / @nathanbenaich: The environment for UK tech founders has come leaps and bounds in the last decade. In the next decade, we owe it to spinout founders to create a similarly amazing environment for translating research into local 🦄 Let's go! cc @spinoutfyi https://www.ft.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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MZS / @mattzollerseitz: “Coffman, of course, avoids martial language. Wikipedia isn't a battlefield; it's real estate. “You have to maintain your house,” she says. ‘You have to have a security system.’” https://www.wired.com/...
Sol Orwell / @sol_orwell: This was a great read: https://www.wired.com/... These kind of little battles are happening everywhere.
Leonid Ragozin / @leonidragozin: “An odd situation emerged: Germans began to speak more honestly about the Wehrmacht than non-Germans did.” A fascinating piece about a Russian emigre woman in America taking on nazi whitewashers on the English-language Wikipedia. https://www.wired.com/...
Mere Smith / @evilgalprods: This lede! “When Ksenia Coffman started editing Wikipedia, she was like a tourist in Buenos Aires in the 1950s. She came to learn the tango, admire the architecture, sip maté. She didn't know there was a Nazi problem.” https://www.wired.com/...
Jonathan Brunson / @jonathbruns: “on the cited page, a paragraph appears to confirm Wikipedia's wild claims. But then the first sentence of the next paragraph: “This is, of course, nonsense.” anyone with a keyboard can warp history. “It's scary that so few people can have so much impact” https://www.wired.com/...
John Bull / @garius: Good article. There's a reason one of the footnotes in my book refers to Wikipedia as a ‘fanfic site’. I'll often see pages full of waffle about glory and combat stoicism where you feel like someone is trying to write their milfic novel on the sly. https://www.wired.com/...
@ffrafaction: This is an interesting piece on the outsize influence that Wikipedia has on public perceptions of history & how more historically informed anti-fascist scholars & activists need to be engaged in improving accuracy & sourcing of fash/anti-fash Wiki content https://www.wired.com/...
Jane Darnell / @janedarnell: @noamcohen A lot of her work is carefully documenting the dissenting opinions, which is both the reason she has succeeded and the reason so few others have. Looking over her documented run-ins it looks pretty impressive but it must also be exhausting. Thanks for amplifying her story.
Jeff Wise / @manvbrain: Can an open society avoid being overwhelmed by racists and trolls? There's hope: @noamcohen tells how one Wikipedia editor saw too many articles glorifying Nazis & decided that needed to change https://www.wired.com/...
Noam Cohen / @noamcohen: After years reporting on Wikipedia, the story of Ksenia Coffman jumped out because I had never seen an editor single-handedly shape how WP covers a topic as important as Nazis' conduct in WW II. Also, her work dealt as much w moral truth as factual truth. https://www.wired.com/...
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Righteous Babe / @righteousbabe4: “it likely was possible to reroute information flowing across the Internet to military networks for examination and analysis. Madory said Friday that routine networking errors can make such operations fruitful.” https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
David Doak / @southpoint1000: Someone somewhere in our government needs to figure out what was going on here, and what it was all about. https://twitter.com/...
David Wilson Brown / @davidwbrown: What, and I can't stress this enough, the FUCK?!? https://twitter.com/...
Jon Cooper / @joncoopertweets: Pentagon retakes control of 175 million IP addresses it had mysteriously shifted to a private Florida company in the final minutes of Trump's presidency. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
David Beard / @dabeard: Just minutes before the former president left office in January, the Pentagon turned over 6% of the internet to a new, mysterious Florida company. This week, the Pentagon quietly regained control of the 175 million IP addresses. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @craigtimberg
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David H. Clements / @waterprinciple: So to recap. Google execs: 1. Identified the problem in 2019. 2. Identified that it was illegal and immoral. 3. Decided fixing it was too much hassle and instead to just try to not get caught. 4. Put all of this in writing. 5. No execs are likely to be leaving for this. https://twitter.com/...
Julia Carrie Wong / @juliacarriew: NEW: Google has been illegally underpaying thousands of temporary workers across dozens of countries for years. Execs knew in May 2019 that they were failing to comply with labor laws and dragged feet on changes for 2+ years. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Timnit Gebru / @timnitgebru: “In 2019, the Netherlands passed a law that requires Google's staffing agencies to provide temps with the same benefits as the company's permanent employees...This change affected at least seven Google temp workers https://www.nytimes.com/...
Colin McMillen / @mcmillen: The quotes from Google execs in this article are facepalm-worthy. “yeah we found out we're in violation of laws, but fixing it would make other teams' beancounters unhappy, so let's just keep violating the laws” https://twitter.com/...
Daisuke Wakabayashi / @daiwaka: NEW: Last year, Google discovered that its pay rates for temps were out of date. Instead of fixing it immediately, Google chose a half measure in the hopes of avoiding embarrassment and negative attention. Our story with company emails/docs https://www.nytimes.com/...
Julia Carrie Wong / @juliacarriew: Google's underpayments are significant. Some temps in the UK were paid £14.17 an hour instead of the £18.27 they should have made. Imagine getting shortchanged like that by a trillion dollar company. https://www.theguardian.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
O...K / @kateconger: Google underpaid temps for years, possibly violating labor law. via @daiwaka https://www.nytimes.com/...
@alphabetworkers: Fair pay isn't just about the numbers—it's about the life that it allows workers to build for themselves outside of the workplace. But for years Google executives chose to deny their workers a better quality of life due to fears of “increased cost...& negative press attention.” https://twitter.com/...
Caroline O'Donovan / @ceodonovan: wow! “Google may owe more than $100 million in back salaries over nine years of noncompliance in 16 countries with pay parity laws, according to the complaint.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Julia Carrie Wong / @juliacarriew: In dozens of countries, Google is required by law to match temp wages with full timer's. In 2019, Google execs realized that the data hadn't been updated since 2013. “Yikes!” But they didn't take action to fix it for more than 2 years. https://www.theguardian.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Josh Eidelson / @josheidelson: “One Google manager expressed concern...that it classified the temporary roles in ways that artificially lowered its pay scale... massage therapists and lawyers fall under the same job family of ‘HR/Admin’ and they share the same basic pay rates” https://www.nytimes.com/... @daiwaka https://twitter.com/...
Josh Eidelson / @josheidelson: “a Google compliance manager...wrote...that adjusting the rates for all of its temps was the correct move from a ‘compliance perspective.’ However, doing so might increase the likelihood that its current temporary staff members could ‘connect the dots’...” https://www.nytimes.com/...
@gregbensinger: Google failed to pay thousands of contract workers properly in violation of local laws — rather than true them up, they hoped to sweep it under the rug. The misstep could cost them $100 million. Damning story from @daiwaka https://www.nytimes.com/...
@zoeschiffer: “So Google landed on a fix that wouldn't call as much attention to the problem: It decided to apply the correct rates for only new hires starting in 2021 but held off on more expensive, wholesale changes.” https://twitter.com/...
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Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @wcathcart, @runasand, @jsrailton, @micahflee, @mikarv, @wcathcart, @wongmjane, @wcathcart, @filosottile, @aditi_muses, @sweis, @sanjg2k1, @micahflee, @wcathcart, @fb_engineering, and @tomgara
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Ravie Lakshmanan / The Hacker News: WhatsApp to Finally Let Users Encrypt Their Chat Backups in the Cloud
Nalin Rawat / fossbytes.com: WhatsApp's Encrypted Cloud Backup Is On Its Way
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Will Cathcart / @wcathcart: Yet we're far from a consensus on this. Some governments continue to suggest using their powers to require companies to offer weaker security. We think that's backwards: we should demand more security from companies for people's sensitive information, not less.
Runa Sandvik / @runasand: A common question from journalists is how they can safely back up their WhatsApp chats. Looks like that's now possible. 🎉 https://twitter.com/...
John Scott-Railton / @jsrailton: You know this is a good thing... because the company will almost certainly face government pushback. Plain language: they closed a loophole that could be used to access unencrypted backups of your chats if you back them up on iCloud or Google Drive https://twitter.com/...
Micah / @micahflee: Encrypted backups will be optional, and each user must turn it on to use it, which means you still won't be able to tell if your texts will end up getting saved unencrypted to the cloud because of someone else's settings... but still this is a major step forward
Michael Veale / @mikarv: gonna publish a white paper on that? and have your deployment of it publicly audited? https://twitter.com/...
Will Cathcart / @wcathcart: This has been years in the making. We're taking advantage of developments in hardware storage to safely store your backup encryption key in a vault no one else can access.
Jane Manchun Wong / @wongmjane: @WhatsApp I can imagine WhatsApp receiving some sort of resistance or persuasions to not implement the backup encryption. Thanks for pushing through and releasing that Hope this inspire the other company to consider doing the same
Will Cathcart / @wcathcart: Everyone - people, experts, industry - must push for more security as devices become even more important to our lives. We know we are a small part of that and I'm thankful for the amazing people who have been tireless in their advocacy for more privacy and security for years.
Filippo Valsorda / @filosottile: Holy encrypted backups, Batman! WhatsApp will let you encrypt your chat backups with a key you keep yourself! Plaintext backups are the largest hole in end-to-end encryption by several orders of magnitude. Apple, your turn. https://techcrunch.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Aditi Agrawal / @aditi_muses: This is the kind of product that Facebook needs to focus on, not on glasses with camera. Also, to Apple, after the CSAM fiasco, this says, ‘Shots fired’ https://twitter.com/...
Steve Weis / @sweis: WhatsApp has a blog post and paper on e2e encrypted backups: https://engineering.fb.com/... Paper: https://www.whatsapp.com/...
Sanjeev Gupta / @sanjg2k1: This is an important announcement by @WhatsApp that will make access to chats by law enforcing agencies difficult. Hope that there are no fine prints & it does precisely what it claims. But I can't see this update in India yet. Some details https://engineering.fb.com/... @BhallaAjay26 https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Micah / @micahflee: One of the main issues with WhatsApp as a secure messaging app is that backups are stored unencrypted in Google Drive or iCloud. They're fixing it though using a new well thought-out E2EE cloud backup system! https://engineering.fb.com/...
Will Cathcart / @wcathcart: We're providing options to remember a 64 bit key or choose a password we do not know and cannot access. Neither can Apple or Google. You can read more here https://engineering.fb.com/...
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Ben Mullin / @benmullin: SCOOP: Yahoo's new CEO will be Jim Lanzone, CEO of Tinder. His long-term plans include spinning out verticals like Yahoo Finance and Yahoo Sports or taking the entire company public https://www.wsj.com/...
Zander Lurie / @zlurie: The resurgence of @Yahoo starts today. Everything Jimmy touches gets better with time. Her we go @jlanzone! Tinder CEO Jim Lanzone will be next CEO of Yahoo following Apollo acquisition @CNBC https://www.cnbc.com/...
Jeremy Goldman / @jeremarketer: In related news, you will soon be able to swipe on all Yahoo content https://twitter.com/...
Corey Quinn / @quinnypig: It's important to show career progression; this is the exact opposite of that. Next he'll be the manager of a DMV branch office as he Benjamin Buttons his career. https://twitter.com/...
Russ Bengtson / @russbengtson: the only people who become CEOs now are already CEOs https://twitter.com/...
@darth: it was nine years ago that marissa mayer was named CEO of yahoo in case u were feeling young today https://twitter.com/...
Kevin Kaduk / @kevinkaduk: This would've been pertinent news to me, had I not been swiped left a few years ago. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Shields / @digitalshields: This is kinda weird - a Yahoo CEO who is a normal person who actually understands media biz and tech https://twitter.com/...
Christina Warren / @film_girl: Lots of easy jokes here but @jlanzone is a real one and if anyone can do well with the New Yahoo, it is him. He's a very good leader. https://twitter.com/...
Peter Pham / @peterpham: Yes!! what a great pic.. @jlanzone is one of the few great CEO's that intuitively knows product. This is what @yahoo needed https://twitter.com/...
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Joe Rossignol / @rsgnl: If all the rumors prove true and the Apple Watch can measure your body temperature + blood sugar + blood pressure from your wrist within the next 2-5 years, in addition to existing health features like ECG + blood oxygen, that will be some truly futuristic awesomeness. https://twitter.com/...