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| Vitalik Buterin / r/ethereum on Reddit: |
Ethereum co-founder responds: “the properly authenticated decentralized blockchain world is coming”, but is slowed by “limited technical resources and funding” — The word “server” imo is not very useful in the blockchain context; it combines together a bundle of concepts that are best treated separately.
Tweets: @photomatt, @vitalikbuterin, @ricmac, @ibogost, @coinbureau, @daphnehk, @ryanwatkins_, @fleupold_, @leerzeit, @mistydemeo, @alexktong, @jeffjarvis, @dadiomov, @jeffjarvis, @_anuragarjun, @thoughtland, @dsilverman, @julespolonetsky, @elegantlywasted, @licuende, @choire, @patrickruffini, @johnbattelle, @notjessewalker, @buzz, @mala, @dymaxion, @theycallmedan_, @y_folla, @realpauleverton, @coloradotravis, @jacksondame, @simondlr, @mathewi, @folletto, @anildash, @mflaxman, @bigmarh, @albertwenger, @anamitra, @ben_golub, @biellacoleman, @seikatsu, @danfinlay, @alan_donatiello, @vitalikbuterin, @c1aranmurray, @glennf, and @winter
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Tweets:
Matt Mullenweg / @photomatt: People seem to be redefining Web 2.0 as Facebook, etc, that own data, but Web 2.0 at the time was platforms like WordPress, Odeo, Six Apart, Flickr, Technorati, and https://del.icio.us/ that had open data and interoperated. https://www.flickr.com/... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Vitalik.Eth / @vitalikbuterin: @moxie Responded! I think the status quo comes from a present-day “missing middle” where we have centralized-but-easy things and decentralized-but-hard things, but new tech (w lots of cryptography!) actually is on the cusp of giving us the best of both worlds. https://www.reddit.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Richard MacManus / @ricmac: Vitalik's response is the same it's been for the past 7-8 years: the “new tech” you ordered is not currently available, please check back tomorrow. https://twitter.com/...
Ian Bogost / @ibogost: The OG Web 2.0 crowd were naive idealists who didn't foresee their obvious, eventual decline by centralized capture. The web3 proponents either know decentralization is just rhetoric or else won't care when it consolidates, because their ideal is wealth, not cyberlibertarianism. https://twitter.com/...
@coinbureau: Found this quite an interesting read. Yes, #Web3 is going to transform our lives, but there are still centralised points of failure. Knowing the weak points helps us built a stronger ecosystem. https://twitter.com/...
Daphne Keller / @daphnehk: As @photomatt points out here, the Web3 discussion seems to retcon Web2 as if centralization had been its goal. But Web1 and Web2, like Web3, thought they were decentralizing. Right up until market forces and human behavior started pushing the other way. https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Watkins / @ryanwatkins_: Thoughtful critique on some of the pitfalls of Web 3 as it's currently architected today. There's still many points of centralization that prevent most users users from fully benefiting from decentralization. Luckily decentralized web infrastructure is otw (Arweave, Pokt, etc). https://twitter.com/...
Felix Leupold / @fleupold_: Agree with the concern that people's desire for convenience may turn web3 into a web2x2. However another key aspect of web3 is its power of permissionless innovation: Moxie built a collective artwork platform that attracted $40k over the course of a few days https://twitter.com/...
Stefan W. Huber / @leerzeit: I'm beginning to think that Jack might actually be one of those few who is genuinely honest about decentralization. https://twitter.com/...
Misty / @mistydemeo: It's easy to forget that one of the big things people were talking about as recently ten years ago was “mashups”, and the promise of what you could do via open APIs from various proprietary services. I'd argue we've been in a “web/3” for many years now & it's siloization. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Tong / @alexktong: 2 sides to the web3 argument - super interesting read. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: This thread as a post: https://buzzmachine.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Dimitri Dadiomov / @dadiomov: Great read about the differences between rhetoric and practice in web3. Decentralization sounds intriguing but specialization of labor is a powerful thing, and technology bends towards centralization, even in web3 itself. Don't build things you can already buy. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: I've been thinking about @photomatt's response to @brian_armstrong's response to @moxie's excellent post about Web 3. Some responses in return. tl;dr: I think @photomatt + WordPress provide much of the model @moxie seeks in the end. 1/ https://twitter.com/...
Anurag Arjun / @_anuragarjun: Well written, thoughtful article on web3 and crypto apps. But web3 is not exactly “replace web2 servers and clients with web3”. web3 is a good catch-all term which exemplifies some of the properties of web3/crypto apps and infra, but is not literally accurate nomenclature. https://twitter.com/...
Pat Kane / @thoughtland: Correct. But it's a mixed story. RSS was explicitly strangled by Web 2.0 enterprises, trying to lock data/users into their enchanted gardens of (mineable) interaction https://techcrunch.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Dwight Silverman / @dsilverman: Looking at the web3 debate, nicely contextualized by @photomatt, and remembering what went down with Web 2.0, I am reminded of this from “Battlestar Galactica”. “All of this has happened before, and will happen again.” https://twitter.com/...
Jules Polonetsky / @julespolonetsky: Responses to @moxie are perhaps the most telling description of web3. Actual experts like Ethereum founder, Coinbase CEO, respectfully conceding validity but pointing to possible solutions. 1000s of crypto groupies claiming Moxie is clueless. https://twitter.com/...
Rahul Ganjoo / @elegantlywasted: 💯 (some of us were there!) https://twitter.com/...
@licuende: Technology shows its weaknesses after reaching peak adoption. At that point we keep for granted its benefits, and all we see is the weaknesses. When that happens, it's time for something new. https://twitter.com/...
@choire: “There was a time when 50 people working on a software project wasn't considered a ‘small team.’” https://twitter.com/...
Patrick Ruffini / @patrickruffini: The basic problem with web3 discourse is that people fundamentally don't want open platforms. All the original open Web 2.0 platforms died and were replaced by centralized gatekeepers. https://twitter.com/...
John Battelle / @johnbattelle: Let's argue about Web3, continued... love to see this kind of healthy debate. https://twitter.com/...
Jesse Walker / @notjessewalker: I'm glad I'm not the only one who remembers it this way. When I had conversations about “Web 2.0” in the mid-'00s, the big idea was that the Web was becoming more user-driven and participatory. The pitch was not “Let's build centralized platforms that spy on us!” https://twitter.com/...
Buzz Andersen / @buzz: This is something I've been thinking about too. Literally a defining feature of Web 2.0, as originally conceived, was interoperability. https://twitter.com/...
Danny O'Brien / @mala: Thank god we gave up so quickly on that idea, and stand ready to get really mad at anybody working through how to do it now It's hard to believe we're in our fifties now, and so neatly managing to avoid the traps of the grumpy old revolutionaries we grew up with https://twitter.com/...
Eleanor Saitta / @dymaxion: This. The big platforms and the ownership grabs were not immediate. Paid services and open data used to be relatively common — they just didn't make enough money fast enough for the oligarchs. https://twitter.com/...
They Call Me Dan / @theycallmedan_: The issue is obvious decentralized projects are mostly ignored outside of Bitcoin. Too many billionaires with a savior complex that do not understand how to build sustainable token models that encourage community involvement. https://twitter.com/...
@y_folla: @moxie is right about Web3 not being fully realized until we can truly decentralize the RPC layer. That's why we're betting on protocols instead of AWS & Co. I see @graphprotocol replacing the need for centralized infra providers. WBU? https://twitter.com/...
Paul Everton / @realpauleverton: This is Vitalik's move every time. Oh yes it sucks right now but when my vaporware comes out (next year!) everything will be solved. https://twitter.com/...
@coloradotravis: “Missing middle” — like a body with no torso. Just some assembled limbs and a head thats swearing the plan is gonna work. That's not my experience with how product development works: usually it's a small, entire organism that grows into an adult. https://twitter.com/...
@jacksondame: yes exactly, let's stop trying because we didn't nail it the first time... that'll show em https://twitter.com/...
Simon de la Rouviere / @simondlr: Miss this era. Era of the ‘mashup’. Open APIs, no limits, free interoperation until the walled gardens started coming up or businesses closed down or acquired. :( https://twitter.com/...
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: What would things look like if Friendfeed had won and Facebook lost? https://twitter.com/...
Erin ‘Folletto’ Casali / @folletto: This. I'm finding really odd how history is being rewritten these days. If anything concentration in a few monoliths was the reason Web 2.0 ended. https://twitter.com/...
Anil Dash / @anildash: This is one of the most important aspects of Web 2.0 that web3 advocates have tried to retcon. That generation also started with optimistic creators talking about decentralized, user-owned, open protocols (open standards, even!) that would empower people. Guess how it played out. https://twitter.com/...
Michael Flaxman / @mflaxman: .@VitalikButerin on why web3 is so centralized: “a lot of it comes down to limited technical resources and funding.” Lack of funding!? https://twitter.com/...
Lamar Wilson / @bigmarh: One thing I don't agree with is People won't want to run their own servers. That may be true if you call them servers. But almost every home in the US has a game console. These have the hardware to be servers and no one even thinks about it...@moxie https://twitter.com/...
Albert Wenger / @albertwenger: Finally #web3 gets the quality of critics it deserves https://twitter.com/...
@anamitra: “If there's one thing I hope we've learned about the world, it's that people do not want to run their own servers” 🤣 https://twitter.com/...
Ben Golub / @ben_golub: Update: Vitalik agrees with the post's criticisms of the current situation https://twitter.com/...
@biellacoleman: Moxie Marlinspike >> My first impressions of web3: great read and how I wish more developers would be wiling to call out the BS being peddled via l blockchain https://moxie.org/... via @moxie
Sten Tamkivi / @seikatsu: I liked the tone and thoughtfulness of @moxie's critique on current state of decentralization of Web3 making rounds today. Suggest you also read @balajis build upon this: the 2400 baud modems of our era. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Finlay / @danfinlay: I thought this was generally very even handed, but I think there are a few dimensions Moxie missed. One is the way having a logic layer that the app does not own creates a more competitive centralization phase. An abuse of power is more accountable when users have easier exit. https://twitter.com/...
Alan Donatiello / @alan_donatiello: Fascinating discourse on Web 3.0 - seems that integrated front / back end wallet verticalization could be a powerful position! e.g. @CoinbaseWallet + @BisonTrails and @MetaMask + @infura_io https://www.reddit.com/...
Vitalik.Eth / @vitalikbuterin: @mattscottcrum @moxie Pre-2018 not enough funding. Post 2018 lots of funding, but not yet enough time for most of it to turn into software being used by people.
@c1aranmurray: Users might not care about decentralisation (until something goes wrong of course) but developers do because it's potentially their ass on the line. Users will soon not have the choice but to use properly decentralised applications. https://twitter.com/...
| Moxie Marlinspike: |
How Web3 apps and wallets inevitably depend on centralized services like OpenSea, Infura, and Alchemy, which don't even provide authenticated responses — Despite considering myself a cryptographer, I have not found myself particularly drawn to “crypto.” I don't think I've ever actually said the words …
Tweets: @moxie, @brian_armstrong, @balajis, @qwqiao, @cdixon, @evgenymorozov, @hackylawyer, @mariabustillos, @pankaj, @rossjanderson, @casuallaw, @mikebutcher, @daphnehk, @stonehippo, @holdenshearer, @brendannyhan, @chrisapplegate, @thelincoln, @gordonbrander, @beltrandroid, @alexh_johnson, @digitlartifacts, @johnbattelle, @ohgodagirl, @brianwisti, @francesca_bria, @matthewstoller, @caseynewton, @0x6861746366574, @jeffjarvis, @fiskantes, @artfcity, @ziggamon, @minerva_kr, @jespow, @evgenymorozov, @carnage4life, @benyt, @dewitt, @michaelguimarin, @timoreilly, @evgenymorozov, @levie, @sairarahman, @julesurbach, @avilarenata, @nic__carter, @campster, @matthew_d_green, @jathansadowski, @jcohen570, @stevenbjohnson, @levie, @tusharjain_, @souloftwhit, @nikitabier, @balajis, @nathanjurgenson, @markpinc, @coryklippsten, @gwenckatz, @profcarroll, @shonaghosh, @sameepa, @evgenymorozov, @alexgekker, @benedictevans, @benedictevans, @furqanr, @blknoiz06, @herbgreenberg, @svpino, @benedictevans, @benedictevans, @levie, @carnage4life, @benedictevans, @carnage4life, @carnage4life, @carnage4life, @sim_pop, @gakonst, @samerkamal, @nicoleperlroth, @argvee, @brian_armstrong, @jeffseibert, @jmorse_, @stephenpiment, and @lcamtuf
More:
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine: Web .0000012 — I've been thinking about Matt Mullenweg's response to Brian Armstrong's response …
Charlesarthur / The Overspill: Start Up No.1710: Apple at $3 trillion, the central crypto question, Wordle that fights back, Cortana's Achilles heel, and more
Massimo Sgrelli / Silicon Valley Dojo: Blockchain e NFT: iniziamo a scendere nella tana del Bianconiglio
Robert / Transistori: Google rikkoi Sonoksen patentteja, A16Z:n uudet rahastot ja kiinalaisten kasvuyritysten rahoitusennätys.
Rishi Taparia / Tippets by Taps: Back on the merry-go-round — A warm welcome to you new readers who are getting this for the first time.
Sascha Fedorenko / Sascha's Newsletter: Web3 is but a scam — This week's setting the mood is the Best Band Ever™ Cake. Witty.
Neha Singh / The Tetris Effect: 001. Explain it Simply, Silly
Tweets:
Moxie Marlinspike / @moxie: Wrote some notes summarizing my first impressions of web3: https://moxie.org/...
Brian Armstrong / @brian_armstrong: 3. I agree there is an overall move toward using platforms. But there is a big difference between using a platform that also owns all the data also (web2) and a platform that is merely a proxy to decentralized data (web3).
Balaji Srinivasan / @balajis: In 2000, Netflix mailed DVDs. They knew streaming was the future. But they also knew bandwidth was limited. In 2022, many web3 entities are partially centralized. They know decentralization is the future. But blockspace is limited. Need Nielsen's Law for blockspace. https://twitter.com/...
@qwqiao: All the criticisms of Web3 I saw today reminds me of the criticisms of mobile vs PC a decade ago, in that they focus on the dimensions where the new tech is worse than the old tech, while completing ignoring the dimensions in which the new tech is better than old tech.
Evgeny Morozov / @evgenymorozov: How did Web2 appropriate the efforts of alternative networks like Indymedia? What does Europe have to learn from Latin America and Project Cybersyn? What's missing from the political vision of Web3? All of this in our latest interview with @francesca_bria https://the-crypto-syllabus.com/ ...
Elizabeth M. Renieris / @hackylawyer: “The Web3 agenda seems quite similar to that of Web2. The promises, paradigms, narratives and business models are not so different as they seem . . . Web2 promised an open digital economy with the potential to democratise the Internet.” -@francesca_bria https://the-crypto-syllabus.com/ ...
Maria Bustillos / @mariabustillos: Really good important and exciting criticism of web3, for a change! https://twitter.com/...
@pankaj: Moxie's post on web3 is a great read! But, with due respect, by harping too much on centralization of _access_ and the _current_ state of hybrid web2+web3, it misses a few key points. This commentary by Brian is a must read along with the original post. https://twitter.com/...
Melissa Hall / @casuallaw: If you were looking for the blog post equalvilant of a tear down video for web3 here it is and it is amazing. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Butcher / @mikebutcher: Would that there were even a hint of faint praise in this subtle damnation. https://twitter.com/...
Daphne Keller / @daphnehk: Super useful discussion of the centralization built in to major “decentralized” Web3 NFT systems. This answers a bunch of my questions and confirms a bunch of my biases. https://moxie.org/...
George White / @stonehippo: A great point, and something for Web3 folks to ponder. The history of the Internet is successive waves of “start open, veer towards closed.” It's not a technology problem, or a failure of architecture. It's scale + landlords, friends. https://twitter.com/...
Holden Shearer / @holdenshearer: It is really difficult for the average person to fully conceive of how useless NFTs are. We're primed for reason. If people are making so much noise about this technology— if it IS technology, at all— then surely it does SOMETHING... right?
Brendan Nyhan / @brendannyhan: “OpenSea would actually be much ‘better’ in the immediate sense if all the web3 parts were gone” https://twitter.com/...
Chris Applegate / @chrisapplegate: Great piece on the problem with NFTs - the serving different images to different services is lulz, but this is the key para for me https://moxie.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Lincoln Michel / @thelincoln: A good technical look at web3 and how the allegedly decentralized internet is very much centralized and increasingly run by platforms just like “old” web2 https://twitter.com/...
Gordon Brander / @gordonbrander: The risk is that the centralized aggregators pull up the ladder behind them. https://twitter.com/...
@beltrandroid: 'I don't see how Web3 - focused as it is on the creator economy & tokenisation - would allow us to deal with questions regarding infrastructural power & the industrial policy of the future' Interview of @francesca_bria in/around decentralisation https://the-crypto-syllabus.com/ ...
Alex Johnson / @alexh_johnson: Watching Jack and a16z beef about web3 is entertaining, but this is what you should actually be paying attention to. I learned a ton from this post. https://twitter.com/...
Nicole / @digitlartifacts: I've been working in web 3 for under a year and I've already seen this “optimism” co-opted by power hungry, dishonest, low integrity people driven by greed and insecurity. These concerns are extremely valid. I think human nature is the problem, I'm not yet clear on a solution. https://twitter.com/...
John Battelle / @johnbattelle: And @jeffjarvis here https://buzzmachine.com/... (which incorporates several others...)
Kristy-Leigh Minehan / @ohgodagirl: > “People do not want to run their own servers.” I think $BTC and mining (in general) have taught us that if there is a monetary incentive to running your own hardware, people will do it. At a certain scale, miners even run their own pools.
@brianwisti: Dammit yes this exactly. FB in particular was just riding in on trails cleared by all these. Google & FB “won” that cycle by providing more services under one roof (because gobs of money obvs). What folks call “web 2.0” is the fields all trampled after 2.0 was done and buried. https://twitter.com/...
Francesca Bria / @francesca_bria: A long entertaining conversation with @evgenymorozov about my political trajectory, the projects and initiatives I started to democratize and decentralize the digital economy and its emergent institutions, and what it means for Web3 and digital sovereignty https://the-crypto-syllabus.com/ ...
Matt Stoller / @matthewstoller: The whole framework of Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Web 3 as some sort of natural progression is idiotic. We didn't enforce antitrust law so power consolidated. https://twitter.com/...
@0x6861746366574: I finally got around to reading and digesting this article. I think it is an important read for everyone - especially people who push for a quick clone of MetaMask or OpenSea. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: So now (at last) to the point re @Moxie: In the end, the post calls for 1) “We should accept the premise that people will not run their own servers by designing systems that can distribute trust without having to distribute infrastructure.” 10/ https://moxie.org/...
@fiskantes: Sobering article on centralization pressures on upper layers of web3 tech stack. Reminder that just because we build blockchains decentralized, it doesn't mean the end ecosystem will become sufficiently permissionless. $POKT fixes (some) of this https://moxie.org/... @moxie https://twitter.com/...
Paddy Johnson / @artfcity: Little late on this, but the @moxie post on web3 effectively challenges the idea that we're getting a decentralized Utopia with NFTs. https://moxie.org/...
@ziggamon: Wow, Moxies analysis of web3 is really prescient, well worth the longread. Note that as Udi points out, before bitcoiners go dunk this over the ethereans, consider what of this applies similarly in bitcoinland and what to do in this regard. https://twitter.com/...
Minerva / @minerva_kr: “the only amount of decentralization people want is the minimum amount required for something to exist, and that if not very consciously accounted for, these forces will push us further from rather than closer to the ideal outcome as the days become less early.” https://twitter.com/...
Jesse Powell / @jespow: >if they had built a platform to buy and sell images that wasn't nominally based on crypto, I don't think it would have taken off...because this is a gold rush. It wouldn't have taken off because it would have been riddled with payment fraud, forgeries and regulatory problems. https://twitter.com/...
Evgeny Morozov / @evgenymorozov: This is correct. (Remember Yahoo Pipes, anyone?) Web3 advocates selectively reframe Web 2.0 as “Facebook + Spotify” to make things like tokenization and staking look self-evidently good. It's history read in a very twisted way to make crypto look like the obvious solution. https://twitter.com/...
Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life: The problem with web3/crypto people is that they don't know how to talk about the benefits of their approach without denigrating existing technology or claiming benefits that are clearly non-existent. • Blockchain technology is not “web” technology, no matter how loosely defined https://twitter.com/...
Ben Smith / @benyt: “This might suggest that decentralization itself is not actually of immediate practical or pressing importance to the majority of people downstream...” https://twitter.com/...
DeWitt Clinton / @dewitt: I agree. After the great de-API-ificafion of 2010-ish, all the major tech companies (Google, FB, Twitter) were the antithesis of Web 2.0. Open APIs you could use without a business deal, open protocols anyone could implement, open content under open licenses... that was Web 2.0. https://twitter.com/...
Michael Guimarin / @michaelguimarin: Blockspace as a constraint like bandwidth or shelf-space is a keystone concept in crypto assets/web3. That this idea isn't yet pervasive underscores that we are still in inning 1. People don't understand the metaphors for what is happening. Understand this concept. https://twitter.com/...
@timoreilly: Epic: “even if this is just the beginning (and it very well might be!), I'm not sure we should consider that any consolation. I think the opposite might be true; ... we should take notice that from the very beginning, these technologies immediately tended towards centralization” https://twitter.com/...
Evgeny Morozov / @evgenymorozov: This is such a great analysis of how the political economy behind Web3 actually drives it *towards* centralization and *away* from privacy. A spectacular job by @moxie https://moxie.org/...
Aaron Levie / @levie: What's amazing is Moxie's post is so “obvious”, and yet it's taken this long for a meaningful breakdown of web3 challenges. We need to increase the number of people writing that have built software at scale before a bunch of folks run off an architectural cliff.
Saira / @sairarahman: My mind is blown a little bit, maybe this was just my naïveté. Did not know MM talks to an API of a company which hosts nodes More centralized than I thought https://moxie.org/...
Jules Urbach / @julesurbach: My mind was 🤯 when I too confirmed NFT's can be (and often are) entirely defined by JSON metadata URLs allowed to be fetched off chain (w/ no hash check enforced!). Proof of render could address this for many NFTs, while also verifying composability w/ multiple royalty flows https://twitter.com/...
Renata Avila / @avilarenata: I updated my #Web3 understanding with: 101: An essay by @tante https://tante.cc/... Tech: by @moxie https://moxie.org/... $: An interview with @ecuarauz https://the-crypto-syllabus.com/ ... Plus @evgenymorozov via @cryptosyllabus and @tariqkrim newsletter https://www.getrevue.co/... https://twitter.com/...
Nic Carter / @nic__carter: Fantastic post, I will admit I wasn't aware that most (all??) NFT wallets just query Opensea. That part was genuinely shocking to me https://twitter.com/...
Chris Franklin / @campster: This is a pretty informative piece on why crypto fails in its goal of decentralization as the *backend* is decentralized but the front-ends and user facing applications have coalesced around a handful of APIs controlled by a few handful of platforms with access. https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Green / @matthew_d_green: What Moxie doesn't realize is that all the centralized services in crypto eventually get hacked, or exit scam. That keeps things decentralized.
Jathan Sadowski / @jathansadowski: Once again, web3 is stealth centralization with an ideological facade. Very interesting blog post giving a critical take on the architecture of web3 from the creator of Signal, a guy who knows a few things about cryptography. https://moxie.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Joshua Cohen / @jcohen570: Really terrific interview by @evgenymorozov with @francesca_bria. Historically rich, no false promises, informed by democratic conviction. https://twitter.com/...
Steven Johnson / @stevenbjohnson: Excellent interview, including some in-depth discussion of Decode and D-Cent which are both really inspiring projects in collective decision-making/participatory democracy. (So much interesting work happening in European cities on this front, as opposed to the US.) https://twitter.com/...
Aaron Levie / @levie: Secondly, if you're a founder and think you're Reed Hastings, maybe you can pull off a transition like this. But otherwise, building for one product architecture knowing you're going to swap it out for something entirely different is quite a high wire act.
Tushar Jain / @tusharjain_: Moxie is right. Relying on Infura, Alchemy, or other centralized service providers in your dApp is a centralizing force and recreates the problems of Web2. This is one of the most bullish posts for @graphprotocol that I've seen. https://twitter.com/...
Tom Whitney / @souloftwhit: And second, this by Moxie Marlinspike, which identifies how the ideology of the web3 project is completely and thoroughly compromised from the start because it centralizes power in platforms anyway: https://twitter.com/...
Nikita / @nikitabier: RIP Crypto 2009-2022
Balaji Srinivasan / @balajis: “...the only amount of decentralization people want is the minimum amount required for something to exist...” This is true for the same reason internet apps use the minimum necessary bandwidth to exist. Blockspace, like bandwidth, is rapidly increasing but costly and finite. https://twitter.com/...
@nathanjurgenson: funny thing is you dont need any technical knowledge at all to know centralization and hierarchy is always inevitable https://moxie.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Mark Pincus / @markpinc: Web3 being built via web 2 centralized platforms. Perfect irony. https://twitter.com/...
@coryklippsten: This is a must read. Absolutely damning indictment of NFTs / Web3 from a real cryptographer (Moxie Marlinspike, creator of Signal) https://moxie.org/...
Gwen C. Katz / @gwenckatz: This is a Banksy-level stunt. I doff my hat to you. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
David Carroll / @profcarroll: Another fresh perspective on web3 to keep delving beyond @moxie's take presently making the rounds https://twitter.com/...
Shona Ghosh / @shonaghosh: Sure you can raise $9B in funding and throw around words like paradigm, but it's a bit of an issue when highly credible techies' response to Web3 is “WTH is this BS.” https://twitter.com/...
Sameepa Shetty / @sameepa: “Eventually, all the #web3 parts are gone... you have a website for buying and selling JPEGS with your debit card. The project can't start as a web2 platform ...but the same market dynamics & fundamental forces of centralization will likely drive it there” @moxie https://twitter.com/...
Evgeny Morozov / @evgenymorozov: So we've just published our best interview to date on @cryptosyllabus - with @francesca_bria! It maps out the history of earlier public efforts at decentralisation (D-Cent and Decode), highlights the role of govts & soc movements, and takes on Web3/crypto https://the-crypto-syllabus.com/ ...
Alex Gekker / @alexgekker: ‘Given the history of why web1 became web2, what seems strange to me about web3 is that technologies like eth have been built with many of the same implicit trappings as wb1. To make these technologies usable, the space is consolidating around... platforms’ https://moxie.org/...
Benedict Evans / @benedictevans: The common thread: most of the data on a social network isn't yours, isn't portable and wouldn't mean anything if it was. A social network is not a database and a dumb client that queries the database. It's not email, or RSS. It's a system.
Benedict Evans / @benedictevans: I follow a thousand people on web3Instagram. It adds a feature I hate (Reels!) so I use a new client to read the posts. Great. But if I want to post, comment or like, i still need to pay the web3IG chain, same as before. My client can block ads, but not post w/out paying.
Furqan Rydhan / @furqanr: Most opinions of web3 are completely wrong because people don't understand how things work under the hood, Brian (obviously) gets it This point is really important and explains the shift between web2 -> web3, it has to do with who owns it (you) vs where it's done (servers) https://twitter.com/...
Herb Greenberg / @herbgreenberg: LOTS of chatter about this; expect to see MUCH more. My takeaway, in the form of a question: Is DeFi a myth? https://twitter.com/...
Santiago / @svpino: This is the best practical take on web3 that I've read so far! https://twitter.com/...
Benedict Evans / @benedictevans: Ah, but I have ownership. I can leave a network I don't like. OK... so I can de-index my site from Google. Does that make sense? I can post on a new network and my old followers can see it. Yes, and I can also move my site from Squarespace to Webflow and redirect the domain.
Benedict Evans / @benedictevans: I don't like Web3Instagram so I move to a new network with a better payout rate. The 10m people following my wallet automatically see my stuff there. But, no-one else actually uses this new network, so what payout do I get? What new followers and new engagement does it give me?
Aaron Levie / @levie: @Carnage4Life Yes. The idea that you can meaningfully jump to another app is doing all the visionary lifting for web3 right now with simply no ability to architect this in practice for any app at consumer scale.
Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life: That argument also ignores the technical reality that it's so expensive to store data on the blockchain that it only contains metadata which often isn't enough to build a complete experience. Most NFTs don't even store the JPEGs on the blockchain but instead point to a website.
Benedict Evans / @benedictevans: Web2: companies control the network and we have no say. Web3: users and participants have votes. So: build a web3 search/recommendation system. The people with the most traffic have the most votes. Homework exercise: make a list of all the bad things that could cause. 1/
Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life: Argument below is that sure web3 is centralizing but you can always switch if the companies go bad because blockchain. Similarly you can export your email from Gmail, videos from YouTube or apps from AWS if the companies piss you off but we know how that ended up in practice https://twitter.com/...
Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life: 3 things can be true • Crypto isn't the web because blockchains are not designed to be as accessible as the web. • Centralization is the natural end state of popular tech and NFTs are centralizing around OpenSea. • People will make lots of money & find lots of joy from NFTs. https://twitter.com/...
Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life: Good post from @moxie on his experience writing web3 apps and some key observations ⁃Blockchain isn't friendly to mobile apps as you need to run a node on a server. This implies every mobile app has to talk to an API on a server to use blockchain. https://moxie.org/...
Simona Pop / @sim_pop: “seems worth thinking about how to avoid web3 being web2x2 (web2 but with even less privacy) with some urgency...” https://twitter.com/...
Georgios Konstantopoulos / @gakonst: Sober article by Moxie, to the point of using crypto to distribute trust: Zero Knowledge Proofs (eg STARKs, cc @StarkWareLtd) enable outsourced verifiable computation, giving you confidence somebody executed a computation correctly, without you having to run the full computation https://twitter.com/...
Samer Kamal / @samerkamal: Common sense analysis. tldr: the complexity of our current web doesn't allow for true decentralization. https://twitter.com/...
Nicole Perlroth / @nicoleperlroth: An incredibly lucid discussion of web3. Tldr: It's not as decentralized as you were led to believe. Thanks for this @moxie https://twitter.com/...
Heather Adkins / @argvee: A nice write up. TL;DR - out of necessity, web3 is already experiencing necessary platform centralization (and below-par privacy - eek), despite design goals to be decentralized; it's early days but likely has the momentum to continue. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Armstrong / @brian_armstrong: Really great post by my friend @moxie https://moxie.org/... Raises some valid points. However a few notes...
Jeff Seibert / @jeffseibert: “When you think about it, OpenSea would actually be much “better” in the immediate sense if all the web3 parts were gone. It would be faster, cheaper for everyone, and easier to use.” - @moxie The elephant in the room.
Jack Morse / @jmorse_: These deep dive on “Web3” from @moxie, the founder of @signalapp, is spectacular. “All this means that if your NFT is removed from OpenSea, it also disappears from your wallet.” https://moxie.org/... https://twitter.com/...
| Ax Sharma / BleepingComputer: |
An open-source developer, who expressed regret for supporting “Fortune 500s”, breaks ~19K projects by corrupting NPM libraries with millions of weekly downloads — Users of popular open-source libraries ‘colors’ and ‘faker’ were left stunned after they saw their applications …
Tweets: @bleepincomputer, @marak, @webjedi, @sigsys, @nyetalia, @vessonsecurity, @bartwronsk, @sgomez, @infosec_taylor, @lefterisjp, @chr1sa, @carnage4life, @jgamblin, @iammandatory, @andrestaltz, @jimfhall, @mycoliza, @filosottile, @mefrombefore, @dominucco, @memotv, @mor10, @jongold, @kennwhite, @josephmenn, and @r0wdy_
More:
Emma Roth / The Verge: Open source developer corrupts widely-used libraries, affecting tons of projects
Mohammed Abubakar / Fossbytes: Developer Corrupts Two Huge Open-Source NPM Libraries
Tweets:
@bleepincomputer: Scoop: Developer sabotages ‘colors.js’ and ‘faker.js’ open-source projects, breaking thousands of projects, in retaliation against big businesses exploiting open-source - @Ax_Sharma https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ ...
@marak: NPM has reverted to a previous version of the faker.js package and Github has suspended my access to all public and private projects. I have 100s of projects. #AaronSwartz https://twitter.com/...
@webjedi: So, oddly one thing I didn't cover in my last article... but it was in the back of my mind when you look into developer psyche and abuse from large orgs who abuse the “free, community aspect” of many FOSS projects. That and rifts in project leadership & poison pills. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@sigsys: While what the dev did was a bit rash and arguably at least somewhat unethical, GitHub suspending his account due to him modifying his own intellectual property is relatively more unethical. The license for his software implies no warranty etc. https://twitter.com/...
@nyetalia: regardless of any other feelings about the validity of the dev doing this (I personally err on the side of it was dumb) I feel like the real story is how GitHub rolled it back and suspended his account for updating his own project ‘wrong’ https://twitter.com/...
@vessonsecurity: This is fucking irresponsible. If you have problems with business using your free code for free, don't publish free code. By sabotaging your own widely used stuff, you hurt not only big business but anyone using it. This trains people not to update, 'coz stuff might break. https://twitter.com/...
Bart Wronski / @bartwronsk: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ ... Are “packages” that are in external repository and automatically update one of the worst ideas when it comes to code safety / security? “Yeah I'll pull and execute arbitrary code from some open source repo” - it always had “wtf” vibes to me.
Sergio Gómez / @sgomez: Removing your own code from @github is a violation of their Terms of Service? WTF? This is a kidnapping. We need to start decentralizing the hosting of free software source code. https://twitter.com/...
Ashley / @infosec_taylor: Not a fan of the approach. It's never the companies that get hurt over this stuff, just the worker bees who suffer and get fired. https://twitter.com/...
@lefterisjp: an #opensource developer (@marak) botched 2 of his javascript packages in order to send a message opensource work should be funded and not just exploited by the big corps that leech off the hard work of passionate devs https://github.com/... He is now being called a terrorist https://twitter.com/...
Chris Anderson / @chr1sa: I'm a huge believer in open source, but these supply chain vulnerabilities are only going to get worse Best practice is to build a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) & version manage the whole thing, just as you would with enterprise IT https://www.theverge.com/...
@carnage4life: Dev introduces an infinite loop that bricked thousands of projects that depend on their colors.js & faker.js packages. It's in protest of corporations benefiting from Open Source. GitHub responds by reverting the change & banning their account. Centralization strikes again. https://twitter.com/...
Jerry Gamblin / @jgamblin: Apparently, if you sabotage your own code @github will suspend your account. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@iammandatory: Surprised the “chaotic” outcome like this isn't seen more often with so much of programming depending on random devs maintaining projects for free. Ethically pretty interesting too since it is their package/project to with what they want (for the most part). https://twitter.com/...
Jim Hall / @jimfhall: I wish this developer found a different outlet for his frustrations. I get it, some orgs use open source and don't give back. But by this sabotage, you're only teaching people not to trust #OpenSource Dev corrupts NPM libs, breaking thousands of apps https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ ...
@filosottile: How can we even start talking about supply chain security and sustainability if a maintainer publishing a bad npm package version breaks everyone instantly? Stable, deterministic pinning is table stakes. https://www.theverge.com/...
@mefrombefore: if your app pulls random code from the internet to run you deserve everything you get linking to other people's repositories does not count as source control https://twitter.com/...
Michael Dominick / @dominucco: This is the kind of thing that desperate people do when they aren't paid for their work. I know open-core is a dirty word, but we need a better model for #FOSS than we have. Otherwise, well this is the beginning. CC @ChrisLAS @CoderRadioShow https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ ...
@memotv: srsly what is this TL? OSS dev @marak sabotages his own js libs w over 20M DL/week & 20K dependents, crashing 1000s of apps. Github reverts libs & suspends his account, for sabotaging his own code. he also suggests Aaron Swartz was murdered for discovering MIT pedo ring 🤯 https://twitter.com/...
Morten Rand-Hendriksen / @mor10: Malicious code in open source libraries is becoming a big issue. https://www.theverge.com/...
@kennwhite: Good luck to Marak Squires for ever getting hired anywhere in the future. Impact appears significant, including AWS' CDK. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ ...
| Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal: |
How the peer pressure to be a part of the blue bubble iMessage text groups keeps US teens locked into Apple's ecosystem — The iPhone maker cultivated iMessage as a must-have texting tool for teens. Android users trigger a just-a-little-less-cool green bubble: 'Ew, that's gross.'
Tweets: @lockheimer, @android, @backlon, @charlesarthur, @noahpinion, @maxwinebach, @hypervisible, @manan, @stshank, @maxwinebach, @jeanqasaur, @indulgentgeek, @ahmdnazrafq, @maxwinebach, @maxwinebach, @saschasegan, @thijsniks, @maxwinebach, @ztlaidlaw, @maxwinebach, @devonthome, @gte, @maxwinebach, @ikumavr, @ernestwongbwm, @lkay_398, @liamspradlin, @jsmaria, @backlon, @maxwinebach, twitter.com, @ethanschoonover, @anshelsag, @maxwinebach, @maxwinebach, @sumirmeghani, @ronamadeo, @dsilverman, @ronamadeo, @harrymccracken, @journeydan, @john_hudson, @scottew, @jmwilt21, @ptiongson, @iupdate, @maxwinebach, @dankim, @brianstelter, @film_girl, @ranting_monkey, @philnickinson, @chrismessina, @thegalox_, @neilcybart, @neilcybart, @jtseo9, @keithedwards, @lepp, @thehairforceone, @parkerortolani, @kjlabuz, @jameswester, @mattzeitlin, @bigmeaninternet, @milesabovetech, @theryanford, @risleyjm, @stevenbward, @onelinders, @acitrano, @sizpatel, @michaelmiraflor, @shortformernie, @jacknicas, @saranbyte, @wgkantai, @parkerortolani, and @mims
More:
Rida Imran / iThinkDifferent: Google exec pushes Apple to adopt RCS standard to open iMessage to Android users
Malcolm Owen / AppleInsider: Green texts in iMessages nudge teens to use iPhones
Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google exec gives harshest rebuke yet of iMessage lock-in effect in push for RCS on iOS
Nick Heer / Pixel Envy: The United States' Most Prestigious Business Publication Addresses ‘Green Bubbles’
Alan Friedman / PhoneArena: Google executive accuses Apple of using peer pressure and bullying to sell iPhones
Jeff Butts / HotHardware.com News: Google Exec Slams Apple iMessage Green Text For Peer Pressure, Bullying And Breaking Group Chat
Tweets:
Hiroshi Lockheimer / @lockheimer: Apple's iMessage lock-in is a documented strategy. Using peer pressure and bullying as a way to sell products is disingenuous for a company that has humanity and equity as a core part of its marketing. The standards exist today to fix this. https://twitter.com/...
@android: iMessage should not benefit from bullying. Texting should bring us together, and the solution exists. Let's fix this as one industry. 💚💙 https://twitter.com/...
Dieter Bohn / @backlon: iPhone has a 70% marketshare in the US for 18-24 year olds 😲😲😲 https://www.wsj.com/...
Charles Arthur / @charlesarthur: Certainly nobody could ever accuse Google of locking anyone in to a single messaging system. https://twitter.com/...
Noah Smith / @noahpinion: If you want to do Big Tech antitrust, I guess you could go after iMessage. https://twitter.com/...
Max Weinbach / @maxwinebach: Also to be clear: the bullying with green bubbles exists entirely from group chats. It started when iMessage group chats were better than MMS ones, so people would leave Android users out so they could enjoy the group chat. That's how this started. It got worse from there.
@hypervisible: Apparently within some groups there's a stigma attached to being a green bubble texter. 🤦🏿♂️ https://www.wsj.com/...
@manan: https://www.techmeme.com/... I mean, this is true for me too. Have you ever been in a group chat with 4 blue bubbles and THAT 1 green bubble??
Stephen Shankland / @stshank: Fightin' words. Would Google open up a hypothetical gMessage if it could lock people into Google/Android? We'll never know, unless Google overcomes its difficulties creating effective messaging platforms. Still, it's notable to see Google accusing Apple of an ethical failing. https://twitter.com/...
Max Weinbach / @maxwinebach: I'm shocked more iOS users aren't trying to get Apple to add RCS support. Remember, the majority of the improvements come on your end, not the Android users end.
@jeanqasaur: Android users I've got your back! Friends have previously introduced me by saying, “The interesting thing about Jean is she does not use an iPhone.” SOMEBODY has to use the other thing. 😁 https://twitter.com/...
Nickolas / @indulgentgeek: So it's Apple's fault that Google is incapable of building a cohesive messaging strategy and a competent product? https://twitter.com/...
@ahmdnazrafq: Remind me again how many messaging apps Google tried to build and failed repeatedly... and now they're whining. https://twitter.com/...
Max Weinbach / @maxwinebach: Because Apple is full of stubborn asshats, that's why. https://twitter.com/...
Max Weinbach / @maxwinebach: @RendersbyIan RCS doesn't support games or apps like iMessage does, so yes. It would basically allow for 100MB files to be sent, read receipts, typing indicators, and 1:1 end to end encryption along with leaving group chats and adding people. Nothing huge, but enough to improve QOL.
Sascha Segan / @saschasegan: I've found that at least anecdotally, the platforms have an interesting mapping to ethnicity, family income, and urbanization among youth. I'd like to see more data on that. I've often been suspicious of Piper Sandler's demographic skews. https://twitter.com/...
Thijs Niks / @thijsniks: It's just funny that the iMessage vs RCS discussion is a purely American obsession. Everyone else uses WhatsApp. https://twitter.com/...
Max Weinbach / @maxwinebach: It still wouldn't have iMessage apps or things like game pigeon, but it wouldn't ruin group chats when non-iOS people are in it, would allow for the basic delivered/read receipts and typing indicators. It's really not asking for all that much.
Zach Laidlaw / @ztlaidlaw: Using the official Android account to attack Apple's iMessage tactics in a way that encourages its followers to pressure (IE bully) Apple to change those tactics is the essence of hypocrisy. If you want to fix the problem, go to Apple directly; don't sick your followers on them. https://twitter.com/...
Max Weinbach / @maxwinebach: If I tell any normal person Apple could make the experience of texting with Android users better but they choose not to, with no reasonable excuse, that person would be shocked. When you phrase things in a way normal people understand, they share the same shock. https://twitter.com/...
Devon / @devonthome: I don't really get this debate. How is an industry standard supposed to be decided on when Google discontinues and launches a new messaging app every time they sneeze? RCS is still a mess. Allo is likely unsupported. Hangouts was killed. https://twitter.com/...
Guy English / @gte: When iMessage came out I remember telling Justin, who managed the team, how great it was because it'd been costing Gruber and I a fortune in international SMS charges to drink cocktails and watch Mad Men together. We'd tried alternatives but they felt janky. iMessage felt right. https://twitter.com/...
Max Weinbach / @maxwinebach: On the Android side, most group chats already don't have the ability to leave or add people, read receipts, larger file sizes that's on carriers and OEMs and not using a good default messaging app on the iOS side, you'd get better quality, you'd get a standard set of features
@ikumavr: @SadlyItsBradley Apple is so edgy and wants to be special. In this case i find it really awesome. F the metaverse. Build an awesome VR Device to do all kind of cool things with it. Everyone who uses the term “metaverse” doesnt know what they are talking about.
Ernest Wong / @ernestwongbwm: $AAPL's dominance among youth re @WSJ : “The social pressure is palpable, with some reporting being ostracized or singled out after switching away from iPhones.” https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Lucas / @lkay_398: @MaxWinebach Then I wonder why Apple won't just implement it and make our lives simpler.
Justin Santamaria / @jsmaria: iMessage started as “what sucks about SMS/MMS?” Photos that send as a postage stamps. Wondering if your friend got your message. Simple stuff we take for granted today. How should you know to expect a good photo or delivery notification? The blue bubble. https://www.wsj.com/...
Dieter Bohn / @backlon: @ztlaidlaw @TechmemeChatter Ah yes, Apple, the famously powerless and vulnerable company susceptible to bullying and peer pressure on Twitter lol
Max Weinbach / @maxwinebach: The other alternative, which would result in better security, user experience, and solve the issues with the “green bubbles” is iOS adding support for RCS. It requires no change on the users end and still has enough of the features people want.
twitter.com: This iMessage tip seems timely with the recent WSJ article about iMessage's dominance. What to do if you run across green bubbles... [video: just cut these people out of your life]
@ethanschoonover: As someone that has deployed communications tools for large numbers of teens (as both an educator, school-tech-person, and parent): here's my hot take on this WSJ article... https://www.wsj.com/...
Anshel Sag / @anshelsag: Google had multiple chances and blew it, hell, they STILL have a chance and cannot coherently deliver a competitive solution. https://twitter.com/...
Max Weinbach / @maxwinebach: @orodtech ... it's having people take all that anger and frustration and throw it onto Android users as a whole and being judged because Apple can't add a damn messaging standard that works well for everyone, including their users
Max Weinbach / @maxwinebach: The answer to blue/green bubble whatever isn't iMessage being available on Android, it's iOS adding support for RCS. It would bring encrypted 1:1 messages, improve the group chat experience, and just help with the user experience.
@sumirmeghani: Apple's use of UI to “brand” messages exchanged by iPhone users differently than Android users is one of the most underrated product features of the last decade. May have negative consequences down the road but for now it creates FOMO every time. https://www.wsj.com/...
Ron Amadeo / @ronamadeo: Google currently runs eight different messaging services. Google Messages/RCS Google Chat/Hangouts Google Voice Google Photos Google Pay Google Maps Business Messages Google Stadia Google Assistant Messaging Google messaging is the worst and most fragmented it has ever been.
Dwight Silverman / @dsilverman: This @wsj story is a good look at the blue-vs-green bubble mystique of iMessage. But it (and other stories) get one thing wrong. It implies Android text bubbles are green, but NO ... YOUR bubbles go green when you chat with an Android user. 1/2 https://www.wsj.com/...
Ron Amadeo / @ronamadeo: Since the launch of iMessage in 2011, Google has launched 13 different messaging apps. Maybe take the L on this one. You deserve it. https://arstechnica.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Harry McCracken / @harrymccracken: The fact that iMessage is an Apple-only social network did not happen with “little fanfare.” I attended the keynote where its arrival was one of the major announcements. https://www.wsj.com/...
Daniel Bader / @journeydan: Just in case anyone questioned Apple's iPhone XR/iPhone SE strategy [chart of a steep rise of market share among 18-24 age group]
John Hudson / @john_hudson: Jocelyn Maher said her friends and younger sister have mocked her for exchanging texts with potential paramours using Android phones. “I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, his texts are green,’ and my sister literally went, 'Ew that's gross'” https://www.wsj.com/...
Scott Wessman / @scottew: This makes me want to switch away from iOS on principle https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jason W / @jmwilt21: As a 23 year old in the US you could have said iPhones had 90% marketshare and that wouldn't have surprised me. No matter where I am, I will almost definitely be the only one with an android phone lol. Apple has a tight grip in thr US and it will only grow as my generation ages. https://twitter.com/...
Tiongson / @ptiongson: The cultivation of iMessage is consistent with Apple's broader strategy to tie its hardware, software and services together in a self-reinforcing world that encourages people to pay premium for relatively expensive gadgets and remain loyal. https://www.techmeme.com/...
Sam Kohl / @iupdate: Green bubble 🤧 https://twitter.com/...
Max Weinbach / @maxwinebach: Everyone seems to think this is a one sided solution for consumers, but it really isn't. I can't just start using a different app, my friends would need to as well. If I want to text a new person, they would need the app. It requires everyone to install and sign up for the app. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Kim / @dankim: Helluva take coming from a Google exec. Remind me again what open standards and altruistic business model Google follows for all their primary money making businesses like search and ads? Anyway looking forward to the 398th new messaging app! https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: “Pressure to be a part of the blue text group is the product of decisions by Apple executives starting years ago that have, with little fanfare, built iMessage into one of the world's most widely used social networks...” https://www.wsj.com/...
Christina Warren / @film_girl: Makes total sense. iMessage is a really strong social/class signal in the US (I'm def guilty as a blue bubble bougie bitch). Also, the green bubbles do fuck up the thread! https://twitter.com/...
Ranting Monkey / @ranting_monkey: Apple pushed inferior products through exploiting young people's desire to be cool? I'm shocked. https://twitter.com/...
Phil / @philnickinson: I used to have new Android phones before they were released. My pre-teen (at the time) daughter wanted nothing to do with them. https://twitter.com/...
Messina.Eth / @chrismessina: @neilcybart This could have been much more interesting had the WSJ chose to report on the shadow #AppleSocialNetwork that's built into iOS 15 and macOS Monterey that cuts directly at Facebook and may leverage their duopoly power. But they didn't.
Anthony / @thegalox_: What makes this funnier is that Google has tried to copy the things he is now criticizing from Apple. “Using peer pressure and bullying as a way to sell products” you wanted to do the same with all the failed Google messaging apps and with nearby share https://twitter.com/...
Neil Cybart / @neilcybart: Apple competitors always position “marketing” as the reason behind Apple's success. Competitors don't want to admit that consumers enjoy the byproducts of Apple's design philosophy - a philosophy that is very difficult to replicate outside of Apple. https://twitter.com/...
Neil Cybart / @neilcybart: WSJ editor: It's been a while since we had an Apple story. Ideas? WSJ reporter: How about iMessage popularity among teens? Editor: Boring. Any way to spice that up? Reporter: Apple leverages teen bullying & peer pressure to give itself an edge in messaging Editor: Bingo. Write it
Dr. Jin Seo / @jtseo9: Joe Camel would side with Apple on this issue. Gotta keep the kids hooked. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Keith Edwards / @keithedwards: And it works. I tried switching to android and my friends said they wouldn't have a group chat with me anymore because iMessage no longer worked. https://twitter.com/...
@lepp: Same argument about BBM in 2010 didn't hold up. Need more than one 🔒 to be effective. https://twitter.com/...
Parker Ortolani / @parkerortolani: Having a better product is not bullying. https://twitter.com/...
Kevin LaBuz / @kjlabuz: “Never date a green texter.” Good read from the @WSJ on Apple's iMessage blue bubbles as a status symbol and lock-in strategy. “I've had people with Androids apologize that they have Androids and don't have iMessage,” she said. https://www.wsj.com/... $AAPL $GOOG https://twitter.com/...
James Wester / @jameswester: I'm sure this says something about me, but I actually saw a former coworker's bubble was blue the other day when he texted me. He had always been a green bubble guy. I thought “New IPhone.” I didn't necessarily judge, but I did notice. https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Zeitlin / @mattzeitlin: This is funny because Apple has *made their product worse* in order to achieve differentiation https://twitter.com/...
Malcolm Harris / @bigmeaninternet: Finally some attention on this form of prejudice/discrimination https://www.wsj.com/...
@milesabovetech: Wow! I actually made it into the WSJ, it's an interesting so go check it out https://www.wsj.com/....
Ryan Ford / @theryanford: Apple learned something from Blackberry back in the day. https://twitter.com/...
Steve Ward / @stevenbward: I've been learning a lot about unconscious bias, but this is a whole new level. “Never Date a Green Texter” is absurd. I work on a Macbook Pro & have an iPad Pro, buy you'll have to pull my Galaxy S21 Ultra (soon to be S22 Ultra) from my cold dead hands. https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Peter Linder / @onelinders: 40% of US consumers use iPhones, an number raising to 7️⃣0️⃣% for 18-24 year olds, with blue text messages playing a key role #Smartphones #Messaging https://www.wsj.com/...
Anthony Citrano / @acitrano: “The iPhone maker cultivated iMessage as a must-have texting tool for teens. Android users trigger a just-a-little-less-cool green bubble: 'Ew, that's gross.'” https://www.wsj.com/...
Sahil Patel / @sizpatel: A great follow-up to this piece would be on the 30-year-old contrarians who refuse to get iPhones because they don't wanna conform to social pressure. (Too many of them are my friends.) (And yes, they're all white dudes.) https://twitter.com/...
Michaelmiraflor.Eth / @michaelmiraflor: Not surprising but so fascinating from both business and sociological POVs: - ecosystem lock-in - competitive moat - switching costs - generational preference - peer pressure, in/out groups A great read about unexpected product/culture (vs market) fit. https://www.wsj.com/...
Ernie Smith / @shortformernie: In some ways I can't believe that this ostracism by text worked. In others it makes absolute sense. https://www.wsj.com/...
Jack Nicas / @jacknicas: Every iPhone user knows how one Android friend can ruin a group text. This is a smart @timkhiggins story on Apple's strategy to make that happen — which has led to teens on Android feeling ostracized: https://www.wsj.com/...
Saran / @saranbyte: I still don't understand why iMessage is so popular in the US - I've used it in the past, and it really has nothing special to offer compared to messaging apps like WhatsApp imo https://twitter.com/...
Wallace Kantai / @wgkantai: Incidentally, I think iMessage is perhaps the worst part of the Apple/ iOS experience. https://twitter.com/...
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Gurman: Apple's mixed reality headset will not be an all-day device and will be meant for bursts of gaming, communication, and content consumption — Apple is widely expected to take the wraps off of its first mixed reality headset this year, with a focus on augmented reality and virtual reality experiences.More:
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Gurman: Apple likely to hold virtual event in March or April to announce iPhone SE 3
José Adorno / 9to5Mac: Report: Apple still several years away from adding major new health sensors to Apple Watch
Shweta Ganjoo / BGR India: Apple says no to metaverse for its mixed reality headset
Asma Hussain / iThinkDifferent: Apple to announce new iPhone SE 3 with 5G in March or April this year
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Philip Elmer‑DeWitt: Mark Gurman: Next Apple event scheduled for March. Or maybe April
Tyler Lee / Ubergizmo: Apple Doesn't Want To Create Its Own Metaverse
Rajesh Pandey / iPhone Hacks: Apple Could Hold Virtual Event in March or April to Launch iPhone SE 3
Tweets:
Mark Gurman / @markgurman: Lots of interest in my take on “Apple Reality” and the Metaverse https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Pedro Domingos / @pmddomingos: Augmented reality will be the end of almost everything Apple sells. Think about that before buying into its $3T market cap.
Brad Lynch / @sadlyitsbradley: Batteries
Saran / @saranbyte: I'm hoping the main focus of this event will be the M1 Pro/Max iMac + Mac mini, not the iPhone SE 3 lol https://9to5mac.com/...
Vadim Yuryev / @vadimyuryev: I think the new iPhone SE will come as a press release in April, not at an event. Apple will send it to a bunch of YouTube/TikTok creators and news publications for marketing. https://twitter.com/...
Scoble / @scobleizer: Why Apple is NOT doing glasses as its first Augmented Reality wearable, coming this year. Thread —>
Brad Lynch / @sadlyitsbradley: Mark Gurman reports that he's been told pretty directly that the idea of a “metaverse” is off limits internally at Apple Apple's focus is said to be on a MR headset that is used for “bursts of gaming, communication and content consumption,” but it will not be “an all-day device”
@biscuitman13: @Techmeme @ChanceHMiller That's what they said about every addictive thing in human history....
Benjamin Mayo / @bzamayo: I mean, socially acceptable matters aside, this thing is going to sap power so you'll only get a few hours of battery out of it anyway before it needs charging https://9to5mac.com/...
@business: Apple has taken over our health data, homes and pockets. What could be next? Our financial lives, @markgurman says in this week's Power On. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Paul Thurrott / @thurrott: So, the Apple Watch team did the battery work then.
Scoble / @scobleizer: But Tim Cook isn't playing a short term game. He is playing a game where we never take off the Apple devices. So, he will start with great 2D screens, but the augmented reality you see in the headset (and audio) will blow even my mind, I hear. Sold.
Amber Mac / @ambermac: “Don't expect #Apple to follow others into the metaverse. According to... Bloomberg's Gurman, (it has) rejected the idea of a metaverse (an all-virtual world) for its long-rumored mixed reality headset (focused on) communication, content viewing & gaming.” https://www.engadget.com/...
@mikeelgan: And here we have yet another definition of the “Metaverse,” which, according to @jonfingas is an “all virtual world.” So, which is it? Is the “Metaverse” an all-virtual world, or does it combine virtual reality and augmented reality? https://www.engadget.com/...
Scoble / @scobleizer: Most people in the VR/AR industry over index on walking around computing. That belief that they should get people to walk around, is one that fights real-world usage, particularly at home. My research shows a much bigger use case: high-engagement computing while sitting down.
Martin Sfp Bryant / @martinsfp: It's that time of the week when Mark Gurman breaks Apple news in his newsletter, but Techmeme can't link to it because Bloomberg doesn't do a web version. https://twitter.com/...
@cixliv: @BartronPolygon The wrong take. If anything apple is early to AR compared to how long they usually wait to enter. They are entering right at the cutting edge
George Singer / @georgewsinger: @SadlyItsBradley “bursts of gaming, communication and content consumption”? Seems insane to me Apple's not working on an office-focused MR headset.
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
A roundup of Samsung Galaxy S22 series leaks, including specs, an unboxing video of dummy units, and an alleged image of the S22 Ultra's 45W fast charger — A new unboxing video has shown potential designs for the three handsets — A video from Unbox Therapy has shown off what appears …
Tweets: @backlon and @ishanagarwal24
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Pranob Mehrotra / XDA Developers: Samsung Galaxy S21 FE with Exynos 2100 SoC lands in India
Corbin Davenport / XDA Developers: Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra will reportedly reduce S Pen latency by three times
Marco Lancaster / Gizchina: Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra will reduce S Pen latency by three times
Alexandra Garrett / CNET: Samsung Galaxy S22 vs. Galaxy S21: All the difference to expect based on rumors
Kamlesh Bhati / SPARROWS NEWS: Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra's S-Pen is 3x Faster than Note; Demoed in Hands-on Video
Peter Kostadinov / PhoneArena: Samsung Galaxy S22 release date, price, features, and news
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Dieter Bohn / @backlon: I've been holding off saying anything because I didn't want to believe, but Samsung abandoning its Very Very Good S21 industrial design for the camera bump on the S22 Ultra is Sad and Bad and Timid and Chicken. https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ishan Agarwal / @ishanagarwal24: Cool Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra details in new @xeetechcare vid! -Super Clear Lens 108MP Wide Angle Lens -12-bit HDR Photos & Videos -45W Charging -Super Natural Handwriting experience, 2.8ms S Pen latency (3X better, Note20's 9ms) 😔 8GB RAM in base model https://www.youtube.com/...
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Pine Labs, which provides payments services in Asia, filed confidentially for a US IPO, seeking to raise about $500M at a $5.5B to $7B valuation — Pine Labs Pvt, an Asian digital payments provider backed by Sequoia India and Mastercard Inc., is moving ahead with preparations … | Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal: |
Ex-Facebook director Katie Harbath says social media will likely incubate future political violence if tech platforms or governments don't urgently intervene — Katie Harbath says she left Facebook disillusioned; now she pushes for more online guardrails — Katie Harbath joined Facebook … More:
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Newley Purnell / @newley: Facebook's Former Elections Boss Now Questions Social Media's Impact on Politics “I still believe social media has done more good than harm in politics, but it's close,” says @katieharbath. “Maybe it's 52-48—and trending south.” By @JeffHorwitz: https://www.wsj.com/...
Dr. Rebekah Tromble / @rebekahktromble: A great profile of @katieharbath by @JeffHorwitz @WSJ. Much respect for Katie and the important work underway at the @Integrity_Inst. https://www.wsj.com/...
Jeff Horwitz / @jeffhorwitz: This is one of my favorite examples of Katie's suggested approach — that election risks need to be rethought for the current age, and that doing so shouldn't just be the platforms' job. It's an uncontroversial, even kinda boring way to head off something unbelievably dark.
Matt Stoller / @matthewstoller: People who helped build Facebook cannot be trusted to reform Facebook. I really have no idea why anyone takes this crap seriously. https://www.wsj.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: I'm fairly certain her scorekeeping skills lost all credibility during the post-2016 cover-up which included her office. But sure... have at it. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Horwitz / @jeffhorwitz: I talked to @katieharbath regularly last year, and found her concerns about social media and elections to be both measured and scary as hell. One example: her argument that our habit in the US of protracted post-election ballot counting is reckless. https://www.wsj.com/...
Jeff Horwitz / @jeffhorwitz: This isn't a “social media problem” — it's a “failure of elections to adapt to social media problem.” No matter how much work platforms put into tamping down conspiracy theories during extended post-election vote tabulation, the discourse will get increasingly nuts.
Matt Stoller / @matthewstoller: Rule of thumb is that if you were at Facebook after the UN accused the firm of facilitating genocide you have no grounds for calling yourself a reformer.
Jeff Horwitz / @jeffhorwitz: Whether FB appropriately handled Stop the Steal is a secondary question, and one that people outside Meta have only a limited ability to influence. But GA, PA and AZ could arguably have prevented their elections (and election officials) from being drawn into crazytown.
@can: ahh it's that time of the year where ex-facebook people try to wash away their crimes after having made bank... https://twitter.com/...
@gchaslot: Ouch. Coming from Facebook's former election boss this is quite telling. https://twitter.com/...
Melissa Ryan / @melissaryan: This attempt at a rebrand is gross. Katie led a lot of Facebook's election work! What's sad is that it will probably work. https://www.wsj.com/...
@blackamazon: She's gone skate because we consistently let the race and gender issues , WHICH SHE OVERSAW slide . https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Horwitz / @jeffhorwitz: I'm not bubbling with optimism these days, but if there's something concretely positive that came out of the last year of FB news, it's that these sorts of folks are out talking to press, legislators etc. Here's hoping for more.
Ed Bott / @edbott: Hello, I made millions off Facebook's toxic platform. Now I'm spending a tiny percentage of that to clean up the mess I made. https://www.cnn.com/...
@nkulw: Lol I remember trying to talk to her for stories when I covered FB four years ago at Vice. So glad she's speaking to press now that she's made bank and wants to be recognized as a good person ♥️ https://twitter.com/...
@soychicka: Again, maybe part of the problem is only paying attn to people who worked inside the company rather than those outside who accurately predicted the potential risks social media pose to society and democracy and thusly would NOT work to facilitate that threat. #bringBackOTA https://twitter.com/...
@can: every ex-facebooker profile has to start with “i fucked by working for a sociapath and I know repent my sins” or something of the sort
@kombiz: Katie was one of the highest profile Republicans in Facebook. Since so much of Facebooks domestic problems stem from the platform cowtowing to the american right wing media, something she understands well - this shouldn't be sm focused. It should be what cons inside fb did https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Horwitz / @jeffhorwitz: This was arguably true in 2000, before the advent of MySpace. But with social media in the picture, there's a solid case that the price for dithering got higher in 2020, with vast election fraud conspiracies being created from snippets of opportunistically misinterpreted footage.
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: Yes, I don't have a lot of tolerance for ex-Facebookers who play the card, “I tried to do it from the inside the company [for ten years].” It's false, they were on the side of protecting the company and its profits. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Horwitz / @jeffhorwitz: Katie's not a doom and gloom sort, and frames ballot counting delays as an chance to fix something rather than a disaster in the making. I offhandedly said it seemed important to sort out before November 2024. She interrupted me to say she's worried about the primaries first.
Edward Ongweso Jr / @bigblackjacobin: [Picture with caption: “We're all trying to find the guy who did this"]
| Simon Parkin / The Guardian: |
Roblox's aim of encouraging children to make games has been its key to success but is fraught with dangers, as some face stress, burnout, and exploitation — Young developers on the platform used by many millions of children claim they have been financially exploited, threatened with dismissal and sexually harassedTweets:
Simon Parkin / @simonparkin: Roblox became the largest video game company in the world by encouraging children to become game-making entrepreneurs - a laudable aim, fraught with dangers. My story in today's @ObserverUK: https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Veena Dubal / @veenadubal: The trouble with Roblox, the video game empire built on child labour: “The game-makers scheduled a call with their young team and announced they were now making the children independent contractors with fixed salaries.” H/t @hypervisible https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Subrahmanyam Kvj / @sub8u: Good read on Roblox (terrible headline). The challenges of moderation, monetization, & game design multiply manifold when your primary audience is kids (over 50% of US kids have an a/c!). PSA: Steer away from algorithmic recos & chat options on kids apps https://www.theguardian.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Khadijah / @upfromthecracks: excellent excoriating essay on roblox from @SimonParkin. As my own autistic teenage goes through drug like withdrawls since i've banned him from roblox. I'd just like an addendum to the child labor angle on how it hyper targets neurodiverse kids for addiction. https://twitter.com/...
@domiscius: Roblox doesn't exploit & wasn't built on child labour. It got successful from giving hobbyist game developers the ability to DevEx. Roblox doesn't force anyone to make games on their platform. If you work for someone abusive, report them. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Chris Higgins / @higgyc: wow, that Sonic game that an alleged groomer was still making money from actually got taken down! ...by a copyright claim from Sega who clearly didn't like the associated heat after the PMG investigation 😬 great job Roblox Corporation https://twitter.com/...
Brandon / @mrasync: Here we go again. Another wave of embellished articles filled with things that don't reflect what it's like to develop. Super annoying. https://twitter.com/...
@braddwyer: How many billion dollar companies will be founded by entrepreneurs that got their start on Roblox as kids? Reminds me of the web dev forums I hung out on as a teenager — on a _much_ larger scale. It could end up being the greatest economic catalyst of the next decade. https://twitter.com/...
| Tracy Wang / CoinDesk: |
A look at the turmoil inside Pudgy Penguins, one of the most successful NFT projects, as community members clash with founders over the project's fate — There's trouble brewing in the huddle. — The beloved NFT project Pudgy Penguins voted out its founders on Thursday after they allegedly failed …
Tweets: @carnage4life, @janstette, @merket, @samhouston, @coindesk, @mikejcasey, @wuestenigel, and @alphaxchange
Tweets:
@carnage4life: Yesterday, I tweeted a DAO is a chat room masquerading as a shareholder meeting. Today there's drama as members of the Pudgy Penguins NFT community who are upset that their NFT prices aren't spiking like Bored Apes have voted out the founders. https://www.coindesk.com/...
Jan Stette / @janstette: I challenge anyone to read this article and not conclude that the world has gone completely mad. https://www.coindesk.com/...
@merket: The industry needs accountability and credibility. DAOs are great until there are major disagreements. Brands and artists deserve more. https://www.coindesk.com/...
Sam Houston / @samhouston: NFT projects are looking like get rich quick schemes more and more. For the founders. Create a project with a small team, start a discord server and sell several million dollars worth of jpegs, then bounce. https://twitter.com/...
@coindesk: The clash over the beloved project @Pudgy_Penguins is raising governance questions surrounding NFT communities. @0x_bae reports. https://www.coindesk.com/...
| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Matter, the smart home standard backed by Apple, Amazon, Google, Samsung, and others, gained significant momentum at CES, with ~30 companies showcasing support — The soon-to-be smart home standard gained momentum in Las Vegas — Two years ago, on the floor of CES 2020 … | David Ingram / NBC News: |
Frustration with Covid-19 policies and crime have recently led many tech workers in San Francisco to engage in local politics for the first time — SAN FRANCISCO — Like a lot of tech workers who arrive in San Francisco, Siva Raj considered himself apolitical when it came to local matters — at least for a while.Tweets:
@recallsfboe: “This is not a conventional political campaign,” he said. “We have a real, serious crisis now. Our kids are at risk.” via @David_Ingram https://www.nbcnews.com/...
@commonsense415_: For the past ~10 years, I've been shocked by how little most of my co-workers knew about local politics. Glad to see people becoming more informed. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
@nbcnews: Tech industry employees, founders and investors who used to shrug off local politics have taken a sudden and fierce interest in San Francisco government. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Steven Buss / @sbuss: “There's this truism in startups: You're either growing or you're dying. And that's true for cities,” Buss said. “Our local politics is dominated by de-growth progressives. They don't believe it should be easier to build housing or start businesses.” https://www.nbcnews.com/...
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Jan Lemnitzer / @janlemnitzer: 'The White House has “created an awkward situation from having nobody in charge of cyber to having two people in charge of cyber” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Mike Shepard / @mikeshepard4: Smart and deeply reported piece by @WilliamTurton for @business https://twitter.com/...
@arekfurt: One thing to remember is that the National Cyber Director position is something Congress basically forced on the executive. Whereas Neuberger is part of the National Security Council, the President's own set of advisors. Fertile ground for power conflict. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
@manan: anyone wanting more control of cyber policies and cybersecurity is only going to do it because cybersecurity fails otherwise. It needs a strong centralized approach. So good for anyone wanting more control. https://www.techmeme.com/...
@blmohr: “We have accomplished more to modernize national cybersecurity in the public and private sector in that last 12 months than in the past decade.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Eric Geller / @ericgeller: Interesting @WilliamTurton story about Anne Neuberger's rise to cyber policy dominance — with some 👀 anecdotes about friction with other senior officials. https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Kevin Madden / @kevinmaddendc: Neuberger is brilliant. One of the few comforts I have about today's cybersecurity policy challenges is at least AN is involved w/ trying to solve them: Anne Neuberger: The Former NSA Official Shaping Biden's Cybersecurity Policy - Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Jonathan Guyer / @mideastxmidwest: Revealing CV item from Anne Neuberger, Biden's cyber director: “The Snowden leak left the NSA to deal with angry and embarrassed corporations it depended on for intelligence operations, and Neuberger was central to the agency's efforts to clean things up.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
Tweets:
Rene Ritchie / @reneritchie: Dumb/previously unaware criminals may choose AirTags over pre-existing trackers like cheap GPS, Tile, Samsung, etc. They tattletale to devices, chirp, are locked to Apple ID/devices so data can be seized by law enforcement. Apple for sure drives attention but baby, bathwater? https://twitter.com/...
Neil Cybart / @neilcybart: So much misinformation flying around with this AirTag stalking topic. - No mention of how you can get information about an AirTag/disable it by holding a smartphone to it. - No mention of how notifications aren't just for AirTags traveling with you but any Find My accessory. https://twitter.com/...
Joel Esler / @joelesler: Is it creepy, yes. Did the AirTag do what it was supposed to do? Yes. Good job Apple for building those controls Into the device. https://m.youtube.com/...
@wsj: For all the attention on tech companies and location tracking in recent years, our gadgets are actually surprisingly bad at knowing precisely where they are at any given moment. That's about to change. https://www.wsj.com/...
Benjamin Mayo / @bzamayo: Killing off the Find My part is killing the product. They might as well stop selling it altogether (an outcome that isn't impossible, the cost of voluminous bad PR could easily exceed the relatively small revenue coming from this product) https://twitter.com/...
Subrahmanyam Kvj / @sub8u: Can Ultra Wide Band help improve our lives and reduce dependency on car keys, passwords, etc. Can it do so without being an additional vector for privacy & security leaks? Good read from @mims. Interesting to observe how UWB and Amazon's Sidewalk evolve. https://www.wsj.com/...
Benjamin Mayo / @bzamayo: One thing they can do is partner with Google to get unidentified Find My item detection in Android at the OS level, so people can get the same safeguards as iPhone users. (The Android app Apple released is pitifully primitive, it doesn't even support background scanning.)
Benjamin Mayo / @bzamayo: It's be sad if that had to happen. I think the AirTags are great and Apple has done pretty much all they can do to defend against abuse without making the things useless for their actual intended function.
@doctornene: Very interesting...As your gadgets get better at figuring out their own locations, you won't have to deal with car keys, passwords or fumbling with your phone at checkout. https://www.wsj.com/...
Guilherme Rambo / @_inside: @bzamayo What's even more sad is that these cases are only being widely publicized now because it's Apple. There have been affordable tracking prods designed for stalking in the market for a long time, and those cases don't get as much news coverage. Those will continue to exist
Glenn Fleishman / @glennf: @Lathan601 @markgurman There's a unique serial number hard associated with an iPhone and an iCloud ID. If someone stalks, they have to have a burner email, Apple ID, and iPhone they can't be tracked back to through purchases and IP address, and can afford to throw away. It's a lot of overhead.
Glenn Fleishman / @glennf: @chronic @markgurman Apple does this. Every AirTag that tracks has a hardcoded serial number and is paired with an iPhone or iPad
Florian Mueller / @fosspatents: I think there's no denying that AirTags present by far and away the worst problem in this regard by “virtue” of market penetration and conceptual flaws. Plus only Apple seriously says privacy is a similarly major issue of our times as climate change. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Wuerthele / @mike_wuerthele: @OliverJHaslam ... The problem is with law enforcement in this case, not the AirTag. All these stories exist because of the mechanisms Apple has put into place. Apple could have easily done nothing, like literally every other tracker.
@stevemur: Some of the biggest leaps in technology on deck require vendors to agree on how to chat with one another. Example: Cars which can platoon, to allow for more complete self-driving. Another, easier to achieve example: Ultra Wide Band (UWB): https://www.wsj.com/...
Mark Gurman / @markgurman: Apple may end up having to kill the “Find My Network” for AirTags (which lets you find your lost device anywhere) and drop down to just Bluetooth/UWB (finding your device if it's within ~30 feet). That would be a massive change and make the product less useful. May be needed. https://twitter.com/...
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@hkanji: While Peloton usage started falling in mid-2021, coinciding with a roughly 70% drop in its stock price since July, Strava users have been more willing to stick around. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
@bw: Strava's revenue spiked 68% in 2021. Inside the fitness app's pandemic growth, diehard fanbase, and “quitter's day” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Ivan Levingston / @ivanlevingston: My favorite sign from running the Philadelphia marathon this year said “Pain is temporary, Strava is forever” That's true not just for running stats, but the company itself is enduring well amid the pandemic. Via @chafkin https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Max Chafkin / @chafkin: did a piece on strava, which has always been sorta an odd duck of a tech company — a non-advertising focused, smallish, social network for a very small audience. well! it's getting bigger, as i reported this week in @bw https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Edward Russell / @byerussell: “About 41% of the 30,000-person field in the 2021 New York City Marathon recorded their race on the app; at the London Marathon it was 52%.” Strava continues to surge, with an IPO likely, as long as it gets past January 17, aka quitter's day. @chafkin https://www.bloomberg.com/...
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Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: I admire what Ryan and his parents have achieved, but the life of an influencer can be problematic. What does Ryan's future look like? Is he just a somewhat nicer version of Jake Paul, trying to invent weirder stunts to recapture a faded glory? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dr. Sarah T. Roberts / @ubiquity75: “'This show is dumb,' I'll sometimes say. She almost always ignores me. Her stony silence then prompts me to try to think of a show that's not dumb, which is an impossible task — because what kids' programming isn't dumb?” Um. Ever heard of Sesame Street? https://www.nytimes.com/...
@nytimes: He has multiple YouTube channels, cable television shows and plays with toys during live appearances. At just 10 years old, Ryan Kaji, whose YouTube channels make up “Ryan's World,” has turned his daily videos into a multimillion-dollar empire. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Gaurav Dalmia / @gdalmiathinks: Over the last 7 years, 10-year-old boy Ryan Kaji and his family have created a toy empire on YouTube — amassing billions of views and earning tens of millions of dollars each year. Now there are 10 channels that make up “Ryan's World”. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Tom Ziller / @teamziller: Fascinating piece on a topic I've been curious about. Like JCK, I bristle when my kid has wanted to watch toy play videos. Something feels sinister there in a way it doesn't for the (highly merchandised) cartoons? Hard to explain. https://twitter.com/...
Mahi / @mformahi: Putting this here because I read this yesterday and I've been thinking about it ever since https://www.nytimes.com/...
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Aidan Moher / @adribbleofink: Art builds off its past to explore new corners of human imagination as styles and techniques emerge. Just as mosaics led to LCD watches and Pong, the pixel art of the past influences the building blocks for the future of gaming. https://www.wired.com/...
@tidunnontherunn: Nintendo has been a proponent of pixel-based gaming and other alternative art forms for the expression of the medium to this day. They did not try to kill pixel-based gaming experiences. They kept them alive with the Game Boy Advance and DS. https://twitter.com/...
Aidan Moher / @adribbleofink: “What Eastward does best is create a world that feels like the games we played growing up.” I spoke with brilliant creators @castpixel, @MaddyThorson, and @saint11 for this @WIRED piece about pixel art, modern gaming, and the retro beauty of games like Celeste and Eastward. https://twitter.com/...
@stymiedthoughts: Look, I'm not suggesting that @TheVGResource and @Newgrounds and sprite comics kept Pixel Art alive in between the death of the 16 bit generation and the rise of Indie games, but—wait yes. That's exactly what I'm suggesting. https://twitter.com/...
Pedro Medeiros / @saint11: Wired interviewed me @castpixel and @MaddyThorson about pixel art in this really cool article! https://www.wired.com/...
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Rob Bailey / @rmb: Supply chain data FTW! https://techcrunch.com/...
Assent Compliance / @assentglobal: Featured in @TechCrunch: Assent spoke with @bayareawriter to share the news that we achieved a $350M funding milestone and the distinction of “unicorn” status, with a valuation of over $1 billion USD. Check it out here https://ow.ly/... #unicorn #innovation #supplychain https://twitter.com/...
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Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: I'm glad that @CaseyNewton wrote about the legal risks of marrying E2EE with hard-to-trace money transmission and I was glad to talk to him. I think @signalapp is underestimating the legal attack surface they are opening up here. https://www.theverge.com/...
Patrick Gray / @riskybusiness: .@Metlstorm and I spoke about this on the show last year... nice thread from Alex https://twitter.com/...
Chris Vickery / @vickerysec: Alex Stamos might not draw a paycheck from Facebook anymore, but definitely still works for them. The Signal chat platform is a direct, and superior, competitor to Facebook Messenger and Instagram. Stamos seemingly desires to perpetuate the toxic sludge of Zuckerberg & pals. https://twitter.com/...
Alexei Bulazel / @0xalexei: Great thread on the legal risks of the new cryptocurrency features being built into @signalapp. Not to mention the 0click remote attack surface this introduces, for a critical app where even in-app-only smash-and-grab exploitation is a major concern. https://twitter.com/...
Kim Zetter / @kimzetter: Good take from @CaseyNewton on how Signal's new feature offering encrypted, anonymous (and therefore untraceable) payment transactions will likely provoke a new assault against end-to-end encryption from US law enforcement https://www.theverge.com/...
@blackamazon: Oh so all the crypto leaning dudes who have histories of not listening to marginalized people are about to sink themselves mad magically .. Alex Stamos still misses that because we are an out right refusal to not be twits But sure we'll go with legal reasoning again https://twitter.com/...
@mcclure111: A thread on how Signal attempting a cryptocurrency integration nobody wants (no, I mean really nobody; it's a coin the cryptocurrency community doesn't use) could wind up killing Signal https://twitter.com/...
Nicholas Weaver / @ncweaver: This is really important. Combined with Signal deliberately playing games on prospective PR/TT orders the legal liability gets huge. And for a payment system that can only work for crooks due to volatility + irreversibility. Or shillling Moxie's bags of shitcoins. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: This is a common misunderstanding of CSAM prevention obligations under 2258A. ESPs must report CSAM if they find it, *but they do not have to look*. Organizations moving around money have affirmative responsibilities under current law as well as licensing requirements.
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: Some are interpreting my thread to be about the effectiveness of the moral argument, but that's it. There are no existing legal obligations to prevent most types of abuse on messengers, but there are many affirmative obligations for money transmitters. https://twitter.com/...
Eerke Boiten / @eerkeboiten: Interesting read but not sure that “could be used to launder money” is as effective in making E2E and anonymity impopular as “think of the children”. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: But as I discussed with Casey, I think the real risk in the US comes from state and local LE, who are often the most effective anti-encryption advocates. Below is a passive-aggressive thank you from Cy Vance, the previous Manhattan DA who was a key coordinator of anti-E2EE. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: Tech-libertarian types have always underestimated the power of governments, and opening up this kind of avenue of attack seems foolhardy. Regulators and prosecutors can be slow to adapt, but as the saying goes “the wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine.”
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: Until this moment, local DAs and state AGs didn't have a lot of levers to pull if they wanted to attack an E2EE provider, but the addition of money transmittal could change that. NY is especially powerful in this area: https://www.dfs.ny.gov/...
Thijs Niks / @thijsniks: I can't say much about a competitor, but as someone with lots of international payments experience and previously at a company which liked to — uhh — challenge regulators: The one government agency you don't want to mess with is the financial one 💀 https://www.platformer.news/ ...