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Btw, we waited for the announcement from the Japan Fair Trade Commission before posting our story on the App Store rule change instead of basing it just on Apple’s PR. Here it is from @345triangle and @StarFire2258 https://t.co/chg9LuOU8w — PolitiTweet.org

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Also, remember: the text of the policy is only part of the policy. How it is *interpreted* and *enforced* matters just as much. We were here just over a year ago: https://t.co/gVJn366T7n https://t.co/Lw3xon48kr — PolitiTweet.org

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- How many “reader” apps are there in the App Store? - Is there a list? - Can developers challenge their designated category? - Why is this rule limited to “reader” apps? - Why does the “reader app” distinction exist? — PolitiTweet.org

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In any case, the so-called anti-steering rule that didn’t allow apps to acknowledge the existence of anything outside the app store for account sign up is one of the most outlandish and happy to see even what seems to be a softening of it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@pkafka oh sure, but will there be rules around whether or not they can list prices / etc? — PolitiTweet.org

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(also I’m not saying I’m just saying: I do a lot of “reading” in video games in the subscription service I use to access a giant library of them via streaming technologies) — PolitiTweet.org

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There are just as many questions as answers: - Does Apple still get to define “reader” app by fiat? - Can apps explicitly mention payment or price or is that muzzled? - One link - where does it go? Are there rules? https://t.co/KuKgj9dXuW — PolitiTweet.org

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Puns and typos to remain free. https://t.co/y7LF3WPp0o — PolitiTweet.org

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@thedextriarchy I don’t see why this requires explanation — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @citizenkrans: TIL there's a movie about the 1991 Oakland firestorm where @levarburton plays Oakland's fire chief. https://t.co/iOsu1K… — PolitiTweet.org

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https://t.co/yXKMTwA6MC — PolitiTweet.org

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I bet Tom would be willing to release them to VOD if y’all would just turn off motion smoothing. — PolitiTweet.org

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@DanHistoryNerd If I had to guess I’d say the answer is “never” https://t.co/xA9DrQbYH0 — PolitiTweet.org

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@mslopatto @adora hi. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kaitlin_hatton: i must confess. i like it when everyone does the little wave at the end of zoom calls it is so wholesome — PolitiTweet.org

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@sokane1 @johlag @adrjeffries @billyd @woahitsregina EMERGENCY POD PLZ — PolitiTweet.org

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Microsoft going full on no-nonsense for its fall Surface event. I’ve been hurt before but I’m still excited to see what they’re doing with the Surface Duo 2. https://t.co/Gol1j8eQ4Q https://t.co/7msEYYS94G — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @tomwarren: Microsoft has just announced a Surface hardware event for September 22nd. It looks like we're going to get the Surface Duo 2… — PolitiTweet.org

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@SmiKooMan @picardonhealth @verge @HealthWatch123 I think that’s because it’s driven by customer searches and fewer people in Canada have lost it. — PolitiTweet.org

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(As of this morning, these are the autocomplete results I see when I type “iv” into Amazon in California.) https://t.co/P4wJqMsjAa — PolitiTweet.org

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Amazon admitted that it let customer searches skew its autocomplete algorithm. It’s fixing that, but doing little else to stop covid misinformation in its platform Links to trustworthy science are nearly nowhere to be found when shopping for ivermectin https://t.co/vsTeX6Nhld https://t.co/SmPziA1LQY — PolitiTweet.org

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Anyway goodnight. https://t.co/vsTeX6Nhld https://t.co/hyEW58yhYH — PolitiTweet.org

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Also, it's not very hard to find some very 😬 reviews on Amazon's ivermectin product pages: https://t.co/cAeHdLu7hD — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's the full statement, which addresses the search results but not the lack of trustworthy COVID-19 information on its product pages: “Amazon’s autocomplete responses are driven by customer activity. We are blocking certain autocomplete responses to address these concerns.” — PolitiTweet.org

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NEW: Amazon has committed to removing the ivermectin entries that have poisoned its search autocomplete suggestions, but that's not enough to stop the spread of misinformation on its platform: https://t.co/vsTeX6Nhld — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SwiftOnSecurity: My opinion on posting incorrect info on a large account is, if it's up for over 3 minutes, you have to delete it and t… — PolitiTweet.org

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@theludedude @Samsung Amen — PolitiTweet.org

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@LinkofHyrule89 @SeeAreEff Huh. — PolitiTweet.org

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Big Yikes here. The default text message experience should be way more robust and fall back to SMS way faster. — PolitiTweet.org

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Not wrong — PolitiTweet.org