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Walt Mossberg

@mossbergwalt
25 posts
2024-12-21
This is yet another unethical move by Spotify.  Another reason I use Apple Music (in addition to the fact that it pays artists better.)
2024-12-21 View on X
Harper's

How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

here's what's going on Nick Heer / Pixel Envy : ‘Ghosts’ of Spotify  —  Liz Pelly, Harpers: … Reading this article made me feel quite sad. Bluesky: @nanobii.com : the spotify “fake...

2024-09-11
I never doubted that @taylorswift would endorse @kamalaharris.  And now she has, identifying herself as a “childless cat lady”.  This could spur many of her army of Swifties - some of whom are already organizing for Harris - to vote, and to vote for Harris.  In close races in swing states, those votes could tip the balance. …
2024-09-11 View on X
Taylor Swift on Instagram

Taylor Swift says she's voting for Kamala Harris, noting that Donald Trump sharing an AI-generated image of her “endorsing” him prompted her to reveal her plans

Like many of you, I watched the debate tonight.  If you haven't already, now is a great time to do your research …

I'm guessing that the timing (not the content) of @taylorswift's endorsement of @kamalaharris was jointly worked out by the two teams.  The idea was that, by releasing it immediately after the debate, it would help mitigate a bad news cycle if Harris did poorly. …
2024-09-11 View on X
Taylor Swift on Instagram

Taylor Swift says she's voting for Kamala Harris, noting that Donald Trump sharing an AI-generated image of her “endorsing” him prompted her to reveal her plans

Like many of you, I watched the debate tonight.  If you haven't already, now is a great time to do your research …

2024-05-14
Delighted to do it.  Folks should understand the difference between a thorough, honest review - even if they disagree with it - and a “review” that lacks testing, reporting and ethics.  And why the only goal of the tech reviewer should be to tell consumers the truth about products, based on testing and reporting. …
2024-05-14 View on X
New York Magazine

Q&A with Walt Mossberg and YouTuber Marques Brownlee on tech reviews, handling pushback, YouTube, the issues with paid content, earning people's trust, and more

New York Magazine : Threads: @karaswisher , @mossbergwalt , and @mossbergwalt . Forums: r/mkbhd Threads: Kara Swisher / @karaswisher : What a privilege to bring together and legen...

Really enjoyed being a guest on the great @karaswisher's podcast “On” with the famed @mkbhd to discuss what it means to be an honest tech reviewer.
2024-05-14 View on X
New York Magazine

Q&A with Walt Mossberg and YouTuber Marques Brownlee on tech reviews, handling pushback, YouTube, the issues with paid content, earning people's trust, and more

New York Magazine : Threads: @karaswisher , @mossbergwalt , and @mossbergwalt . Forums: r/mkbhd Threads: Kara Swisher / @karaswisher : What a privilege to bring together and legen...

2024-03-24
Thread.1/ Having covered tech for 27 years, and having just skimmed the actual text of the DOJ case against Apple, I have three big takeaways.
2024-03-24 View on X
Hardcore Software

A look at the US DOJ's lawsuit against Apple, comparisons to Microsoft suit in the 1990s, basic factual errors, why it is clearly a political case, and more

March 21, 2024 the United States filed an antitrust complaint against Apple.  The filing is a new approach to antitrust and hinges …

2/ First and most importantly, the case essentially attacks Apple for being a vertically integrated smartphone manufacturer, melding every hardware component as well as native and permitted software and services.  Yet this has been Apple's core differentiator since the 1970's. …
2024-03-24 View on X
Hardcore Software

A look at the US DOJ's lawsuit against Apple, comparisons to Microsoft suit in the 1990s, basic factual errors, why it is clearly a political case, and more

March 21, 2024 the United States filed an antitrust complaint against Apple.  The filing is a new approach to antitrust and hinges …

3/ Calling Apple a “monopoly” in phones is laughable.  Every independent analyst estimates iPhone market share at a little over 50% in the US and a little under 25% globally.  That's not a monopoly.  The DOJ has had to invent a new way of measuring a market, “performance” phones, meaning expensive phones. …
2024-03-24 View on X
Hardcore Software

A look at the US DOJ's lawsuit against Apple, comparisons to Microsoft suit in the 1990s, basic factual errors, why it is clearly a political case, and more

March 21, 2024 the United States filed an antitrust complaint against Apple.  The filing is a new approach to antitrust and hinges …

2024-03-22
Apple is hardly perfect.  It seems excessive to ban a developer from merely putting a URL for an alternate payment method in its app.  But, hands down, I'd take Apple's concern for privacy and security over the option of having competing app stores from companies that don't care about such things. …
2024-03-22 View on X
The Verge

In its lawsuit, the US DOJ alleges CarPlay lets Apple exert too much control over the auto industry; some analysts say the DOJ may be misunderstanding CarPlay

Buried in the 88-page antitrust lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice against Apple is a reference to everyone's favorite phone-projection system, CarPlay.

The iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch have delivered enormous benefits for consumers.  Not so much for certain types of developers and competitors.  But I wish the DOJ would move faster and do better in stopping Trump from destroying democracy than in helping companies compete with Apple on its own devices.
2024-03-22 View on X
Wall Street Journal

The US DOJ sues Apple, alleging the company blocked its competitors from accessing iPhone features, made switching to non-Apple devices more difficult, and more

In 2010, a top Apple executive emailed Apple's then-CEO about an ad for the new Kindle e-reader. TechCrunch : TechCrunch Minute: Breaking down the Apple iPhone antitrust lawsuit fr...

The iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch have delivered enormous benefits for consumers.  Not so much for certain types of developers and competitors.  But I wish the DOJ would move faster and do better in stopping Trump from destroying democracy than in helping companies compete with Apple on its own devices.
2024-03-22 View on X
The Verge

In its lawsuit, the US DOJ alleges CarPlay lets Apple exert too much control over the auto industry; some analysts say the DOJ may be misunderstanding CarPlay

Buried in the 88-page antitrust lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice against Apple is a reference to everyone's favorite phone-projection system, CarPlay.

Apple is hardly perfect.  It seems excessive to ban a developer from merely putting a URL for an alternate payment method in its app.  But, hands down, I'd take Apple's concern for privacy and security over the option of having competing app stores from companies that don't care about such things. …
2024-03-22 View on X
MacRumors

Apple says the US DOJ winning its lawsuit “would set a dangerous precedent, empowering government to take a heavy hand in designing people's technology”

2024-02-28
Honestly not surprised.  Massive competition makes margins too low.  And the product would be highly regulated, which Apple hates.
2024-02-28 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Apple is winding down Project Titan, its decade-long effort to make an electric car; Apple plans to move some impacted staff to generative AI projects

- Executives tell staff to end work on endeavor known as Titan  — Employees on some car teams will move to Apple's AI division

2024-01-17
It's really important to distinguish a genuine tech review from a demo of, or brief first look at, a product.  Especially when it's under the watchful eye of company employees.  A real review requires a knowledgeable reviewer to use the product independently in real-world conditions for days or sometimes weeks. …
2024-01-17 View on X
Engadget

Apple Vision Pro hands-on: eye and hand tracking are very accurate, but typing is frustrating, the killer app is watching movies, can feel heavy after 15+ min

We got hands-on with the device once more before its official launch, with some new features available to test this time.

2024-01-12
Huge praise for @crumbler for his decision to move his excellent newsletter, Platformer, off of Substack after the hosting company wouldn't commit to proactively remove Nazi publications.  Platformer, a regular read for me, will continue on another hosting company, Ghost.
2024-01-12 View on X
Platformer

Platformer is leaving Substack and migrating to Ghost, saying it doesn't believe Substack will publicly commit to proactively removing pro-Nazi material

After much consideration, we have decided to move Platformer off of Substack.  Over the next few days, the publication will migrate …

2023-12-11
If you're still on Twitter (X), why?  Do you approve of Alex Jones and all the other hate mongers, liars and conspiracy theorists Elon Musk has welcomed back?  Is that the kind of neighborhood where you want to hang out?  And it doesn't count if you just use that platform way less. …
2023-12-11 View on X
Associated Press

X lifts the permanent ban on Infowars host Alex Jones, after Elon Musk conducted a 24-hour poll, resulting in 70.1% voting in favor of restoring Jones' account

the InfoWars host, and Sandy Hook families' menace.  Critics of Elon Musk's X, Tesla and auto industry bloggers including software developer Travis Brown, Plainsite founder Aaron G...

2023-11-18
Better late than never.  Twitter (X) today is completely antithetical to the [link to Apple on Instagram] Apple brand and to CEO Tim Cook's stated personal values.  Great reporting by the talented @inafried
2023-11-18 View on X
CNBC

Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount Global, Lionsgate, and Comcast suspend ads on X, joining other media and tech companies

- Apple has paused its online advertising campaigns on X, formerly Twitter, after owner Elon Musk made antisemitic comments on the platform.

Better late than never.  Twitter (X) today is completely antithetical to the [link to Apple on Instagram] Apple brand and to CEO Tim Cook's stated personal values.  Great reporting by the talented @inafried
2023-11-18 View on X
Axios

Sources: Apple pauses all its advertising on X after Elon Musk's endorsement of an antisemitic X post and a report that Apple ads ran next to pro-Nazi content

companies are twitchy and once they see others getting out in front of something they race to be next in line and email a reporter they know with the headline https://www.bloomberg...

2023-10-07
I'm on multiple products.  I know Zuckerberg.  We've disagreed in private and in public, mainly over privacy.  So I am in no way “ignorant” about him.  I'm sure he's not my biggest fan.  But if you think he's at the level of Elon Musk, you're dreaming.  Zuckerberg's big problems, IMO, are greed, and insufficient content moderation. …
2023-10-07 View on X
Mashable

X appears to be rolling out a new mobile ad format that can't be reported or blocked, lacks an ad label and user profile, and doesn't disclose the advertiser

The new ads also don't disclose who the advertiser is or that they are even ads.  —  X, the Elon Musk-owned platform formerly known as Twitter …

The reason to quit Twitter (X) isn't that it's apparently collapsing financially, or killing important features.  It's a moral and ethical issue.  Not only are Nazis, racists, antisemites, misogynists, liars and conspiracy theorists being welcomed back, but the owner seems to be actively supporting this. …
2023-10-07 View on X
Mashable

X appears to be rolling out a new mobile ad format that can't be reported or blocked, lacks an ad label and user profile, and doesn't disclose the advertiser

The new ads also don't disclose who the advertiser is or that they are even ads.  —  X, the Elon Musk-owned platform formerly known as Twitter …