@carnage4life #YouTube is basically there already there, in Canada they require a YouTube Premium sub if you want to watch videos in the background or with Apple’s Picture in Picture mode

Amusing sequence of emails popped into the inbox this morning #reviews

This episode of The Journal #podcast is an interesting overview of Google’s latest run-in with the US government over their dominance in the advertising industry
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0fVbBK5EqCt0dS8G1k64TG?si=qDhv4Zw-TkOejxnpqPXMRg&context=spotify%3Acollection%3Apodcasts%3Aepisodes #google

The most offensive part of the #YouTube app is the tiny “skip trial” button you have to find to get into the app on an iPad. This seems to come up every time I open the app (which is only about once a week because I hate it)

Wordle 585 5/6

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I was running out of both ideas and letters…

This acquisition of #FATMAP by #Strava feels like a personal attack on me. I had planned to cancel my Strava subscription and subscribe to FATMAP instead. Though the cost is increasing I guess I’ll keep it going since they will open up FATMAP to subscribers. TechCrunch on the acquisition: https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/24/strava-acquires-fatmap-a-3d-map-platform-for-the-great-outdoors/amp/

I think we can all agree that this is peak design

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Q&A with Netflix co-CEOs Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos about shared leadership, what role Reed Hastings may play, adding FAST channels, the ad tier, and more (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-01-21/netflix-ceo-reed-hastings-steps-down-interview-with-greg-peters-ted-sarandos
http://www.techmeme.com/230121/p11#a230121p11

I've newly updated my #LEGO City of Toronto Skyline set on the #LEGOIdeas site.

Edits: Better Rogers Centre build.
Taller CN Tower (and the Skypod viewing deck can rotate!)
Better positioning of buildings in the Financial District

See the new pictures and please give the model your support!
#AFOL #Toronto #Canada

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/b5ece253-bc69-4e3a-b428-9ca3b5df42e2

You’ve got to give #TikTok kudos for suggesting you take a break from watching TikToks after an embarrassingly long time in the app…

@dcseifert @seanhollister omg these are two distinct things? 🤯 I’ve been confused by every mention of these on podcasts but never cared to look into it further

Interesting stats from #Vizio exec Mike O'Donnell: only 6% of usage of their #SmartTV is through HDMI devices, the remaining 94% is apps/content via their OS. #TV https://www.fiercevideo.com/video/vizio-executive-shrugs-competition-roku-tvs

I absolutely cannot wait to see the twisted justifications Musk and Twitter spit out for suspending SOME but not all 3rd party clients. John’s right, this whole affair is utterly disgraceful from top to bottom. I’m looking forward to putting it all behind us once and for all at this point. https://daringfireball.net/linked/2023/01/14/information-twitter-slack-confirmation

These #Yellowstone prequel series are better than Yellowstone itself #ParamountPlus #1883 #1923

When I started watching #Westworld I was annoyed that it wasn’t just about the western town and instead a sci-fi robot thing. Seems like #1883 on #ParamountPlus is what I was looking for!

Nearly an hour into the first episode of 1923, the #ParamountPlus prequel to #Yellowstone, I was still trying to deduce what year the show was. Somehow it didn’t occur to me it was 1923

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@ssoper I think it will divide companies down two paths - try to offer unique differentiated services OR just pump out commodity hardware.

@ssoper I anticipate it’s going to be a long road to escape the proprietary functionality but we are getting closer. A recent win for my #smarthome (which is probably more thanks to #homekit than #Matter in this case) is being able to automate with #ecobee room sensors as the trigger.