Dieter Bohn

Dieter Bohn @backlon

If you want to know the true hopelessness of dealing with phone numbers, juggle a sim into multiple, different iPhones in the space of one hour, waiting to see if iMessage will work on any of them. — PolitiTweet.org

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Phone numbers: still dumb. (I'm not setting up a Palm phone but I am setting up a phone and honestly phone numbers are the worst part of it all) https://t.co/pLHMfyzZmq — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CaseyNewton: This is starting up in just a few minutes — please submit some questions so I have something to do for the next hour! http… — PolitiTweet.org

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@JoannaStern @reckless @anotherhelen kjhkjhklhjlk — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @reckless: We are also promoting @chillmage to be the Verge's executive editor, which is extremely chill. Please say congrats to my two… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @reckless: This is true! I am extremely proud of @anotherhelen, who was one of the first people @backlon and I hired in 2014. She's been… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jjvincent: am quite enjoying playing around with this camera app that uses AI to remove people from photographs. Bonus: it also works o… — PolitiTweet.org

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Solid effort on the Jabra Elite 85h. But as ⁦@camfaulkner⁩ notes: if big, expenisve noise cancelling headphones don't have *great* sound, what's the point? https://t.co/mR4GqykfhP — PolitiTweet.org

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This one broke me. https://t.co/ZxJdlbUsyO https://t.co/LEFseRhw8y — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @waxpancake: If you're curious about TikTok but can't swallow installing the app, their site's slowly improving. You can see trending ha… — PolitiTweet.org

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Okay you've given is Dark Mode, Google and Apple. But that's not enough. It's not nearly enough. GIVE US CHARTREUSE MODE YOU COWARDS https://t.co/QatMjaRKBp — PolitiTweet.org

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OMG as @jsnell notes, Apple remembered that QuickTime on the Mac A) exists, B) is important to some people, and C) Should get feature updates https://t.co/TRJB8lhKKc — PolitiTweet.org

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This is fine. https://t.co/d3rPWutmYB https://t.co/gHmsRl5Res — PolitiTweet.org

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Agree. Endorse. Cosign. Nod. Yes. https://t.co/Mr3YDhulOJ https://t.co/roDDTzoXX1 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @dcseifert: the iOS/iPadOS/macOS public betas are out and i would uhhhhh stay far far away unless you need to test them for your job t… — PolitiTweet.org

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I understand this policy from @google but ugh this language. @Megan_Nicolett reports that employees have “expressed anger and exhaustion” and that is the least surprising thing ever https://t.co/cjlfKs082f https://t.co/uz3sJQ5caB — PolitiTweet.org

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I don’t know if anybody but me cares, but iOS 13’s Find My app doesn’t appear to have a widget anymore. Which sucks. It was useful for knowing when I should start cooking dinner. Can only imagine how great it would be to always have a widget for where my AirPods actually are. — PolitiTweet.org

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@bhcwhatwut I think I'd lean against, unless there's something specific you feel constrained by right now. — PolitiTweet.org

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Seattle’s mayor at the announcement that Apple is doubling how many employees it intends to hire there: "I’m suddenly much more interested in talking about HQ2 — a different HQ2." Wokka wokka wokka! https://t.co/cKPpydIqoK https://t.co/UTMtnCiZgQ — PolitiTweet.org

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@reckless Lastly just saying when Microsoft officially ended support for Windows Phone in 2017, I pointed out that it did’t get beat by Apple. It got beat by Android. https://t.co/NjAfJoLMaV — PolitiTweet.org

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Which is to say, it’s fun to look back at Gates’ greated failure, but today it’s more important to figure out what to do now, as @reckless points out here: https://t.co/K8OtC9MqSn — PolitiTweet.org

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So, like, no wonder he regrets it. The fight to be the most viable alternative to iOS / try to create a mobile ecosystem that wasn’t a duopoly is one of the most incredible tech battles of our lifetime. Like — remember when we had vibrant competition? — PolitiTweet.org

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Anyway, if you’re thinking about how Bill Gates regrets losing to Android, remember that Android was originally meant specifically to keep Microsoft from dominating mobile: https://t.co/T4OPOTpy7g — PolitiTweet.org

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Wherein @jake_k gets Apple’s Spotify rebuttal right Apple cites irrelevant Spotify subscription stats in new antitrust defense https://t.co/lELDVEtu1P — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @reckless: Y’all I blogged: Bill Gates accidentally makes the case to regulate the hell out of platform companies https://t.co/z5MhcvJ79… — PolitiTweet.org

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@maxwell_fong @CaseyNewton https://t.co/vXZZbi0jO5 — PolitiTweet.org

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@williamsavona that cable is hot — PolitiTweet.org

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@DylanMcD8 ha no that’s just the pop-up from the files icon — PolitiTweet.org

Dieter Bohn @backlon

I made a video and wrote about my favorite things in iPadOS. I explicitly am NOT doing a “can the iPad be your main computer” thing, because we all need a break from that. (But I really think this iPad thing has legs) https://t.co/sBV4x3lwnM https://t.co/jX6TNEVKAb — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @verge: macOS Catalina first look: goodbye iTunes, hello iPad apps on Mac https://t.co/rkGWGTVeo8 https://t.co/IIvs9SesnC — PolitiTweet.org