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fascinating thing that came out of the epic v apple case was the term 'under the bus' (when devs tattled about a violation and reviewers had to ban an app) htt

fascinating thing that came out of the epic v apple case was the term 'under the bus' (when devs tattled about a violation and reviewers had to ban an app) https://twitter.com/thedextriarchy/status/1390415716910764035 https://twitter.com/thedextriarchy/status/139041571691076403... epic v google feels like a giant industry-wide UTB event fascinating to me that goog doesn't feel capable of striking large deals that discount IAP. Desperation about revenue as ad margins shrink? Fear of a stronger court / regulatory stance over platform governance? Can't tell, but would love to be a fly on the wall in these negotiations. Are regulators at the table?

colinmhayes 4y ago
Twitter threads made of 100+ individual tweets should be illegal. How tf is going to actually read all that 280 characters at a time?
- awinter-py 4y ago
  yeahhh I normally try threadreaderapp but it, too, chokes on the giant ones I think twitter web client is like a big bundle of scroll jank, home and end keys broken, page up / down quickly hit a reloader, ctrl+F only works within the small span that is rendered. (reasons TM for all these things but I hate it) guessing this journalist did it this way to simultaneously take notes on the trial + market the coverage, but yes it's hard to use
- krrrh 4y ago
  Twitter actually introduced a premium version called Twitter blue that adds a reader mode meant for reading long threads. But the Twitter thread is really it’s own format, and when done well with photos and graphics punctuating the tweets it becomes something more than just a chopped up article. Kamil Galeev’s threads on Russia and Ukraine are a great example of really taking advantage of the format. Here’s a nice example: https://twitter.com/kamilkazani/status/1501360272442896388 https://twitter.com/kamilkazani/status/1501360272442896388
navbaker 4y ago
Had you not heard the term "throwing someone under the bus" before? Must be a regional or cultural thing.
- SSLy 4y ago
  It is a idiom, people who only use English in professional or otherwise technical context might have not heard it.

colinmhayes 4y ago

Twitter threads made of 100+ individual tweets should be illegal. How tf is going to actually read all that 280 characters at a time?

awinter-py 4y ago
yeahhh I normally try threadreaderapp but it, too, chokes on the giant ones I think twitter web client is like a big bundle of scroll jank, home and end keys broken, page up / down quickly hit a reloader, ctrl+F only works within the small span that is rendered. (reasons TM for all these things but I hate it) guessing this journalist did it this way to simultaneously take notes on the trial + market the coverage, but yes it's hard to use
krrrh 4y ago
Twitter actually introduced a premium version called Twitter blue that adds a reader mode meant for reading long threads. But the Twitter thread is really it’s own format, and when done well with photos and graphics punctuating the tweets it becomes something more than just a chopped up article. Kamil Galeev’s threads on Russia and Ukraine are a great example of really taking advantage of the format. Here’s a nice example: https://twitter.com/kamilkazani/status/1501360272442896388 https://twitter.com/kamilkazani/status/1501360272442896388

navbaker 4y ago

Had you not heard the term "throwing someone under the bus" before? Must be a regional or cultural thing.

SSLy 4y ago
It is a idiom, people who only use English in professional or otherwise technical context might have not heard it.