It took a bit, but I've recorded my video walking through my Chrome and Safari battery testing, including taking feedback from a few people based on my first tests. I've also put the tests on GitHub so anyone can download them and try/modify them as well. image
The “nobody buys a new iPhone every year” lie
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The “nobody buys a new iPhone every year” lie
I recently posted this on Threads: My regular reminder that anytime someone says “99% of users” is completely making things up and has done pr...
Data point I wish I could access out of pure curiosity: what is the breakdown of iOS vs Android users among people who shop at specific stores? What's the breakdown for Walmart customers? How does that compare to Target? How about McDonalds vs Sweetgreen? The these ratios close or do they vary a ton?
Digging what Bluesky and Threads are trying with quote posts. Bluesky just rolled out the ability to unlink your post from someone else who quoted it. Threads lets you decide at time of posting who is allowed to reply and quote. Not sure how Mastodon is handling this in 4.3 when I think quotes are becoming official, but hopefully something better than Twitter.
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How dare you want more
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How dare you want more
Allison Johnson writing for The Verge: European iPhones are more fun now Whining about stuff is a treasured American pastime, so allow me to indul...
This is the sort of post that I don’t want to write, but it’s one I felt I had to write.
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Is this the slow decline of the Apple “cult”?
My “quirk” on this blog years ago was the fact that I, an Apple fan, would try using Android and Windows devices for extended periods and share...
What the "can't do real work on an iPad" narrative is really about
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What the "can't do real work on an iPad" narrative is really about
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before…a Mac user wants to use an iPad but they can’t because of some list of requirements that iPadOS simpl...
It’s actually hard for me to express how terribly useless the auto-generated alt text is on Threads posts. image