Peter Kafka

Peter Kafka @pkafka

When Apple says it is focusing on “services” what it really means is “getting a small percent of our users to pay for magical eggs and other power-ups in free-to-play games”. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

Yes. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

RT @eringriffith: From the Epic v Apple Verdict: "The Court cannot ultimately conclude that Apple is a monopolist under either federal or s… — PolitiTweet.org

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@sarthakgh @sriramk Grading on a weird curve. But 20mm paid subs 2 years in isn’t what Apple wants/wanted. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JasonAbbruzzese @joshelman @tconrad They can spend unlimited $ but if people don’t understand what they’d do with it, doesn’t matter. — PolitiTweet.org

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@joshelman @tconrad Yup. And a toshiba hard drive. But yes, main idea is that mobile music was a thing people wanted/had done for a long time, going back to Walkman. To date, Glasses seem like a cool idea in search of a use case. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @digitalshields: This is kinda weird - a Yahoo CEO who is a normal person who actually understands media biz and tech https://t.co/VjYaS… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@joshelman @tconrad iPod did a markedly better job at doing something some people were actually doing and other people wanted to do. Hard to see the analogy with specs/fb specs. — PolitiTweet.org

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@sundeep 🤨 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

Admittedly the new Facebook glasses do look awesome. But unless they help you detect malevolent shape-shifting aliens, it’s a pass for me. https://t.co/CLoUnvWHNE — PolitiTweet.org

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@AdTechExplained @markgurman Yes, I’ve been trying to get my head around it. Mark described this as a classic Apple high end strategy but it seems way more niche than anything they’ve done before. — PolitiTweet.org

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Apple doesn’t think you will buy the AR/VR goggles it will introduce next year. Priced $2k-$3k; they expect sales of ~ 300k. Basically a developer kit to seed the market. Won’t have mass-market AR glasses till mid-decade. — PolitiTweet.org

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PS bc there is some mild time-travel involved in this one, Mark calls on Apple to make an app story policy change that happened hours after we spoke. He’s simply that powerful. — PolitiTweet.org

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All Things Apple with Bloomberg’s @markgurman: Next week’s phones, next year’s “mixed reality” goggles, a never-ending series of App Store fights. https://t.co/KCTyc1RFr8 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @thebenbergman: Amazon makes it official, confirming the scoop from me and @eugenekim222 last week. https://t.co/wGnUj8mHYB — PolitiTweet.org

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We don’t do transcripts at Recode Media bc 🤷‍♂️. But if we did my chat with @ToLey88 would read a lot like this: https://t.co/iO3zyB8Zkg — PolitiTweet.org

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@gavinpurcell Per @markgurman next year’s goggles are basically developer kits. No expectation that normals will use. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @heybriandawson: (h/t ⁦@michaelnoer⁩) This space will be an Irish pub in a month or so, as soon as the owner realizes he’s got a deadlin… — PolitiTweet.org

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@katierosman Story reminds me that the editor of gawker lives in an apartment above the street, w/out an elevator. https://t.co/zrQcAn4jgQ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @tomgara: Government paid airlines tens of billions of dollars to remain staffed up so they’re ready to go when people start flying agai… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jimmaiella: So, the @RIAA didn't like this image in my original Tweet yesterday, told @Twitter the file represented "sound recordings"… — PolitiTweet.org

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Tough URL: https://t.co/U0Dg4pHxBu — PolitiTweet.org

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@akruglov The reviews are straining to find a scenario where regular people consume this. And the reviewers really *want * a non-superhero movie to be a hit — PolitiTweet.org

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@akruglov Whether the movie is “bad” isn’t the question it’s whether normals will watch it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@akruglov Read the story you linked to? — PolitiTweet.org

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@akruglov Seems like nope! — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

RT @EmilyStewartM: the corporate response to the texas abortion law is that there isn't one. — PolitiTweet.org

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Fine with this as long as you do it consistently throughout all of your coverage. Like when you’re covering, say, the government. https://t.co/BZun7pzOt0 — PolitiTweet.org

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Via ⁦@danprimack⁩ https://t.co/jR99O7TRqt — PolitiTweet.org

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@paperalphabet Yup, we discussed the advantages they started with. — PolitiTweet.org