Dieter Bohn

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@elkmovie Wow!! — PolitiTweet.org

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12 years ago today, the first Palm Pre was released. Typing “webos20090606” in a webOS phone enabled a developer mode that is still unmatched in its freedom and simple customization options today. Happy #webosday (Original Palm Pre lower left here) https://t.co/QEYLVSigxa — PolitiTweet.org

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@sdierauf 🙃 — PolitiTweet.org

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Anyway WWDC is next week. — PolitiTweet.org

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Here is how to subscribe to Ring on an Android phone. 1. Click the prompt 2. Choose your plan. 3. Click the subscribe button and options 4. Enter your payment information 5. Click purchase All inside the app 6/ https://t.co/JGDeemvLmK — PolitiTweet.org

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Similarly, the chat bot requires a few extra interactions before you get to a subscribe page. In other words, the ways Ring tells you how to subscribe on iOS appear to be designed to get around automated review and maybe even light human review. Incredible! 5/ https://t.co/67CDpl4nsB — PolitiTweet.org

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Here is the first few seconds of the video. Watch it! To get around Apple’s rule that apps can’t tell you how to subscribe outside of the App Store, Ring made a VIDEO DESCRIBING HOW TO NAVIGATE TO A WEBPAGE instead of just, you know, linking it. 4/ https://t.co/sWyERerzdj — PolitiTweet.org

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In fact, there are no links whatsoever that will take you directly to subscription options or even Ring’s homepage, nor is there any text on the page even describing how to do it. The only interactions are watching a video or talking to a chatbot. 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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There are no subscribe buttons. There are no subscribe links. Apple doesn’t allow apps to indicate to users that there may be ways to pay for things outside the Apple Payment system. Even links to web pages that apps host themselves are apparently reviewed 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Here is an amazing web page that exists because of and is entirely designed to deal with Apple’s App Store rules. It’s the page the Ring iPhone app takes you to when your subscription to view old footage has expired. Click it, what do you notice? 1/ https://t.co/ywxD33H73y — PolitiTweet.org

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@reckless hm what if it’s an Escalade — PolitiTweet.org

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@RDRv3 @greengart Hm IDK for some time now Google 2FA has refused to let me just use my code generator and intermittently fails to send the auth to gmail on iOS devices, so I have to run around the house looking for the one Android phone it trusts — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @reckless: It's a VERGECAST DEBUT: @alexhcranz joins @tomwarren @backlon and me for a look ahead at WWDC, Windows 11, and the future of… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @tomwarren: I jumped on the Vergecast this week to talk about Windows 9, iOS 15, and of course Windows 11 🌄. With @reckless @backlon and… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @zmknox: @reckless @backlon @alexhcranz @tomwarren Bingo! (I'm not sure if you literally said "we've gone over", but you definitely mea… — PolitiTweet.org

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Missed the anniversary for this very good chonk. Pour one out today for the Iowa-made HandEra 330 https://t.co/7dLbAidWrI https://t.co/8Dkq4oryRl https://t.co/uY4RTaLWkZ — PolitiTweet.org

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The thing where iPhone autocorrect screws up and puts in a word with a Capital Letter and then you have to fix the *iPhone’s* mistake but it Really Thinks You Wanted A Capital Letter Now so you delete and retype letters in a desperate bid to undo the Capital Letter …is awful. — PolitiTweet.org

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@mewtwozero @rsencion I missed that! Seems not ruined yet at least. TB does a better job with modes to get around VPN blockers in hotels than the other ones I’ve tried — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ZoeSchiffer: Here's what went down behind the scenes at Google when a 2007 blog post from a top diversity executive resurfaced. It incl… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @alexeheath: Breaking: Facebook plans to stop shielding politicians from the content rules it applies to everyone else, a sharp reversal… — PolitiTweet.org

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@rsencion https://t.co/fK5MsNjHQl https://t.co/O9luYJlRM9 — PolitiTweet.org

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This is really great. Big Sur not charging the M1 MacBook Air battery above 80% and hasn’t for days because it’s intuitied that I have it plugged in and closed in clamshell basically all the time. https://t.co/w0fDUu3TdQ — PolitiTweet.org

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Here’s the new Pixel Buds A-Series review from @chriswelch . They seem …fine? $99 is the right price and not too much is cut to hit it, but can’t help but feel like really the only interesting part of these is the Pixel branding, which… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://t.co/wZzFtAIEXx — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @panzer: If Bertrand Serlet and Steve Jobs could change the world over an email perhaps we don’t need to have that meeting. https://t.co… — PolitiTweet.org

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Sometimes I think about how the Apple Store uses SMS text messages for order alerts instead of iMessage Business Chat https://t.co/oNj6ssP0RZ — PolitiTweet.org

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Me when I can undo tweets https://t.co/JHH1dDHn58 — PolitiTweet.org

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@derekakessler Twitter is secretly vBulletin (Except you can edit posts in vBulletin) — PolitiTweet.org

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Me at Walmart: excuse me this cart has two broken wheels Walmart: Ah! For $3.99 a month you can get a cart with only one broken wheel and in comes in your choice of colors, has a notebokk for saving things you might want to buy later, and it has little organizer bins! — PolitiTweet.org

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@IAmTimBaker 🤪 — PolitiTweet.org

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@sarahjeong 🙃 — PolitiTweet.org