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12 Feb, 4 tweets, 1 min read
I know this sounds crazy, but hear me out: What if you the computer in your pocket you paid $1,000 for could be freely used to run the software that you, the owner of said phone, would like to run? I know, I know. BANANAS IDEA. Could never work.
Apple loves to pretend that general-purpose computers – from the Commodore 64 to the Amstrad to the Amiga to the Mac to the PC – have been able to run the software of the owner's choice since forever. This idea that your computer is not actually your property is novel.
Imagine if your toaster worked like that? I'm sorry Dave, I just can't toast that bagel. It was sold without giving a cut to my maker. Please insert a valid bagel that has been properly authorized for toasting by The Toasting Corporation.
What's so wild about Apple's claim that the world as you know it would end if the iPhone worked like the Mac is simply 🤯. People cross-shop a MacBook with iPads all the time. These are comparable general-purpose computers. They should let you run the software of your choice.

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12 Feb
What do you mean Standard Oil has a monopoly? You could heat your house with a wood-burning fireplace. Or keep your horse instead of getting a car! And the railroads? Just load up your donkey! Import some elephants! USE YOUR IMAGINATION!
Almost all monopolies have substitute products or services. And few of them have a literal 100% market share. Thankfully antitrust law wasn’t written to be countered by such naive, basic arguments.
Antitrust law was created to deal with the problems we are having in mobile software distribution BECAUSE THEY’RE NOT SPECIAL! Same monopoly forces, extracting the same rents, applying the same bullying. This is a distribution monopoly. Classic tollbooth. Like rail. Like telecom.
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10 Feb
Considering the fact that Apple testified to the North Dakota Senate that if they dare pass this bill, it would "destroy iPhone as you know it", it's kinda wild how little coverage this has received. If it's as serious a threat as Apple claims, shouldn't this be BREAKING NEWS?
Another good test if Apple is simply bullshitting is whether this gets listed as a material business risk in their next 10-Q filing with the SEC. You'd think pending legislation that could "destroy" their most profitable product "as we know it" would warrant investor disclosures?
And if Apple fails to disclose this risk to investors, are they then lining up a "everything-is-securities-fraud" (as @matt_levine would say 😂) lawsuit from investors or inquiry from the SEC?
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10 Feb
I seriously thought this was a joke. The old/new "settlement" had no difference? Oh, there is the smallest of differences. I won't spoil it. Look for it yourself. But this is what a trillion-dollar company showed up to bully Prepear about? Out of control.
Easy to dismiss this as "haha apple lawyers clocking billable hours". Nah. This is classic Foucault-style sovereign demonstration of power. Apple has shown they have SO MUCH POWER they can change the angle of a fucking leaf in your logo, if they so please.
When you have that kind of power – a willingness to spend tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars – to change the angle of a leaf, JUST BECAUSE, you've warned the world what kind of pain you could really inflict, if the mood should strike.
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10 Feb
Oh this is more like it: "No read tracking - we only check if the receiving server accepted the email, we never invade a person's inbox privacy". A transactional email sender that not only doesn't default spy pixels, but won't allow them 😍 ohmysmtp.com
I'm not surprised that they're out of the UK. There's a much greater appreciation for privacy-by-default in Europe at the moment. The GDPR is like a fertilizer for a new crop of services that simple seeks to do what's right by users from the outset. Loving it!
The way I found them was through this lovely explainer of SPF Records. This is something we worked on a lot for HEY for Work and custom domains. The need to validate and authorize who can send from your domain is key to guaranteeing delivery. blog.ohmysmtp.com/blog/whats-an-…
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9 Feb
I'll be testifying remotely today before the North Dakota State Senate in support of an amazing bill ensuring that software developers cannot be coerced into using app store payment processing or face retaliation if they refuse. This is what we need 😍 legis.nd.gov/assembly/67-20…
It's truly an incredible bill. Plainly written, providing immediate relief, and expertly carved out to apply to large, general computing platforms. And you don't even need to be a lawyer to parse it. North Dakota would do so very, very well to pass this bill 🙏
Apple and Google will surely throw everything they have at it to prevent this bill from passing. When you have an extortion racket as profitable as the duopoly of app stores, you don't give up the rents without a fight. But doubt North Dakota will be swayed.
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4 Feb
The trinity of expanded access pitches for @heyhey has now shipped! HEY for Work offers full custom domain support (with DKIM etc!), multi-account linking allows for a unified imbox, and now we bring send-as via external SMTPs to all account types 🥳 hey.com/features/send-…
This send-as feature is what we internally developed as ROGUE MODE. You can see how the whole feature was considered and presented internally in advance of the public reveal in Basecamp: public.3.basecamp.com/p/gpfFtkpt5NVu…
Unfortunately, send-as is not available for Gmail. Google is using their dominant market position to fence-in external SMTP support behind a kiss-the-ring, month-long, arduous assessment process with preferred vendors you have to pay upwards of $75K! 🤯 support.google.com/cloud/answer/9…
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