Peter Kafka

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@aongusb Yes. I’m holding out for rental — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

You didn’t see Tenet in theaters because you didn’t want to get Covid. Now you can pay $20 to watch it at home. Or, as Apple says, you can watch it “subscription-free”. First time I’ve seen that language. https://t.co/kbXlYCqe9P — PolitiTweet.org

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And also spells out Walmart and Comcast’s plan to topple Roku. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is a very good look at Roku’s attempt to make itself the new cable company - demanding, and usually getting, concessions from programmers who want to be on its platform. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ranimolla What about a slash in the middle — PolitiTweet.org

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@jyarow what is the model? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @edmundlee: Here's a surprising bit of local news news: The @charlotteagenda, a local news startup founded in 2015 by @ted_williams was… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ScottNover: Good @pkafka podcast episode. Facebook antitrust with @MikeIsaac, and conservative media with @oliverdarcy and @cwarzel… — PolitiTweet.org

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@ranimolla Gyms are very safe because no one is in gyms. — PolitiTweet.org

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@joshsternberg no clue! Tho I would think WarnerMedia would want you sign up for a new account, and consume it via their app, since that's their whole mindset. https://t.co/rYcEuQ2ul3 But dunno, lmk what the answer is. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @asharma: Feels like a good day to surface this authoritative, visual-driven look at the inner workings of Google's ad business and how… — PolitiTweet.org

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@akruglov I thought not having a deal done by Black Friday meant the two sides were too dug in to get a deal done until 2021. — PolitiTweet.org

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Meanwhile Apple TV has a Google deal in place. So last big current streaming gap is Amazon/Peacock. Still to come: Wrangling over new streaming launches from Discovery, ViacomCBS. — PolitiTweet.org

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I would have lost money betting against this: HBO Max got its Roku deal done. Will go live tomorrow, in time for Wonder Woman 1984 next week. https://t.co/3eXcliJTmN — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @dseetharaman: Facebook has a featured role in this Google antitrust lawsuit. https://t.co/XdYFRdBKuJ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @daiwaka: One of the most interesting parts of this Texas complaint is an allegation that Google diffused a threat from Facebook by agre… — PolitiTweet.org

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@ShiraOvide @ceciliakang still don't understand filing a complaint with redactions? — PolitiTweet.org

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Texas v Google has parallels with DOJ v Google. Like Bill Barr, Texas AG is a deeply compromised person who is bad for democracy. But, also, the people working for him have been pursuing a real antitrust case, focused on Google's adtech stack. https://t.co/qjy5W96CDZ — PolitiTweet.org

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1) Dan is doing great work on the Trump infection at CDC 2) This memo reads a lot like some of the just-asking-questions silicon valley guys in my twitter feed — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ddiamond: “We want them infected.” Trump appointee repeatedly urged top health officials to let millions of Americans contract Covid-1… — PolitiTweet.org

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@hunterwalk #showyourmutes — PolitiTweet.org

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So this fight is a real one - Apple's changes can definitely affect Facebook's ad revenue, especially its ad network on other sites - but not an existential one - Facebook's core ad business won't be changed by this. — PolitiTweet.org

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Big picture: Facebook and Apple have real animosity that dates back to the Steve Jobs era (go google Ping if you're curious). But they are also deeply connected: Apple's customers certainly expect to have access to FB, Insta, Whatsapp on their phones. — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's what Apple and Facebook are fighting about: Started this summer, paused over the fall, back in public view again. https://t.co/rkcWaNfIVC — PolitiTweet.org

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MacKenzie Scott, the Amazon billionaire, is giving away $1 billion a month to charity https://t.co/JI2hBPklZ8 via @voxdotcom — PolitiTweet.org

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Obvs twitter hopes this is plug-pulling is a repeat of Twitter Music, not Vine. — PolitiTweet.org

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“The truth is that the Periscope app is in an unsustainable maintenance-mode state, and has been for a while. Over the past couple of years, we’ve seen declining usage and know that the cost to support the app will only continue to go up over time.” — PolitiTweet.org

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@oliverdarcy @cwarzel Turns out that Charlie's plan to go off the grid worked too well. — PolitiTweet.org

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@oliverdarcy @cwarzel Thank you for this update. Charlie and I are waiting. — PolitiTweet.org

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@oliverdarcy @cwarzel This is the best use case for twitter — PolitiTweet.org