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@LaurenGoode Yikes! — PolitiTweet.org

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@joannelipman @karaswisher Same. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @joannelipman: Reunited (and it feels so good🎶) ...Absolutely fabulous #Sway episode with the two best tech journalists on the planet, @… — PolitiTweet.org

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@joannelipman @karaswisher Thanks, Joanne. — PolitiTweet.org

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There’s no line at my local @Apple store today and a slightly smaller than usual crowd inside. Who’s gonna want to see or handle an old MacBook Pro when the new ones are just around the corner? https://t.co/xYPQOyYo70 — PolitiTweet.org

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@locationmixer @cvspharmacy Oh, I could have gone in that very day. But it was a much longer drive and a time when I couldn’t make it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@chrisdavisLens @karaswisher @Facebook So proud of @karaswisher for knowing all the @StarTrek references. — PolitiTweet.org

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Unlike last winter, when it was nearly impossible to find a Covid vaccine appointment nearby and soon in most states, I was able to get two appointments for Moderna half-strength boosters in ten minutes just a week from today at a @cvspharmacy 15 minutes from home. https://t.co/sRyzXGoPd9 — PolitiTweet.org

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@jason_kint @Moonalice @Facebook @Snap @Apple Thanks for the insight. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @petersagal: I’ve watched a fair amount of baseball in my time, and as an old hand, would suggest to the Red Sox that they hit the ball… — PolitiTweet.org

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Scary days for the whole country. It was like a thriller of a novel or movie, but it was true. As part of the end of the crisis, the U.S. removed some missiles from Turkey. But it was seen globally as an American victory. — PolitiTweet.org

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On this day in 1962, President Kennedy announced that Soviet missiles were found in Cuba and that the U.S. was establishing a naval blockade on Soviet ships bound for Cuba. He demanded the existing missiles be removed. The Soviets backed down. The risk of nuclear war was real. https://t.co/Sx9hvzFGiU — PolitiTweet.org

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@skybishop @netflix @Microsoft @Spotify This may be true, but it’s irrelevant. @Snapchat is far too small to be one of the Big Five. Same with @Twitter. — PolitiTweet.org

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@rakyll @netflix @Microsoft Maybe for people who view tech through the stock market. For everyone else, including the government, the five-company oligopoly is a group of gigantic platforms whose power and actions raise questions of privacy, liability and antitrust. Netflix doesn’t fit. Microsoft does. — PolitiTweet.org

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Steve Jobs on privacy, 11 years ago, at the D8 Conference (Video) https://t.co/Ud2dx8Q8Oy via @YouTube — PolitiTweet.org

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@jalter Jessica, opt-in isn’t just “nice“. It’s the only simple, practical way consumers can prevent (or at least diminish) tracking, if they dislike it. And it seems to be working. I never typed the word “heroic“ or tried to guess why Apple did it. — PolitiTweet.org

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3/ Opt-in is the way the Web should work any time users’ privacy or safety is involved. In fact, I believe we need a law *requiring* that opt-in be used in these cases. Let people choose whether they want to relinquish their privacy. — PolitiTweet.org

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2/ There’s a lot of rhetoric from the privacy thieves around this development. But it’s really pretty simple: @Apple changed the game from a hard-to-use opt-out to a very easy opt-in. Nobody’s barred from being tracked. People are just being given a clear choice. — PolitiTweet.org

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1/ So @Facebook and @Snap are complaining that their business is suffering due to @Apple’s new notification asking users if they want to be tracked all over the web to aid in targeted advertising. Apparently, when asked, lots of people are saying no. https://t.co/ziSb9yrwnS — PolitiTweet.org

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@stevesi Beautiful! — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NewsLitProject: We've said it before — memes are NOT news! Quote memes — especially about controversial issues — often strike a strong… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @pierce: My one and only goal in life is to get people to stop talking about FAANG and start talking about FAAAM — PolitiTweet.org

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@stevesi I recall that vividly. You made a joke about the Chinese "Gang of Four" political faction. — PolitiTweet.org

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@om @netflix @Microsoft Ha! — PolitiTweet.org

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Thanks so much, John. But it’s all because ⁦@karaswisher⁩ is such a great interviewer. https://t.co/Qg7weG3lbF — PolitiTweet.org

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@FaustMN @netflix @Microsoft No. Netflix doesn’t belong there at all. — PolitiTweet.org

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2/ @Microsoft’s latest quarterly earnings were $46 billion vs <$8 billion for @netflix. And it hosts new, original content from third parties (Windows apps, LinkedIn posts, cloud files). Netflix makes or commissions its new, original content. Microsoft is more like the others. — PolitiTweet.org

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1/ It drives me nuts that many on Wall Street think the five-company tech oligopoly includes @netflix. The true fifth member is @Microsoft, because of its size and the nature of its platform. It belongs with Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon. Not Netflix. https://t.co/9wdnyT79Y9 — PolitiTweet.org

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@karenjnovak @inafried Definitely. — PolitiTweet.org

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Hat tip to @inafried, in whose “Log In” newsletter I learned that some people are suggesting this. (I recommend Log In for serious tech stories too.) — PolitiTweet.org