Bilal Sheikh

[nilay patel @reckless]

Managing a social network is harder than rockets because the users of a social network are not a deterministic system as conclusively demonstrated by Twitter’s users over the last few weeks

[Kelsey Piper @KelseyTuoc]

People might think Matt is overstating this but I literally heard it from NYT reporters at the time. There was a top-down decision that tech could not be covered positively, even when there was a true, newsworthy and positive story. I'd never heard anything like it.

[Mysk 🇨🇦🇩🇪 @mysk_co]

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The recent changes that Apple has made to App Store ads should raise many #privacy concerns. It seems that the #AppStore app on iOS 14.6 sends every tap you make in the app to Apple.👇This data is sent in one request: (data usage & personalized ads are off)
#CyberSecurity

[Mysk 🇨🇦🇩🇪 @mysk_co]

Apple blocked Spotify's update for including a button that emailed a link for purchasing audiobooks. Amazon is doing exactly the same. If you tap on the "I Want This Book" button in the #iOS app, you get a link to purchase the book outside the app. Apple Review Team approved it.

[Disclose.tv @disclosetv]

JUST IN - Telegram's Durov: "Apple destroys more dreams and crushes more entrepreneurs with a tax that is higher than any government-levied VAT."

[Peter Steinberger 🦞 @steipete]

“After multiple rejections, Spotify released a version that removes info about how to purchase an audiobook from their website, which Apple did approve. There is no option to buy an audiobook in the app. "We know it's not ideal" says Spotify in the app.” https://t.co/J8UB4vDR0H

[Ben Volach 💎 @benvol]

@viticci @marcoarment Seeing a monopoly crippling the market is really sad. The more time we wait and say - ‘but Apple’s actions won’t really affect us’ or ‘Apple can’t get any worse than .. that’ - it will!

It only goes from bad to worse.

https://t.co/ClbL5thWjZ

[Tom Warren @tomwarren]

The Apple tax continues. Now Apple wants a 30% cut of revenue from boosted social media posts / promoted tweets 🙄

[Moiz Ali @moizali]

4. Shopify has benefited from two tailwinds over the past few years:

A. Outrageously cheap facebook ads that have made merchants more successful, and

B. The growth of ecommerce (mobile, Amazon, COVID, etc.).

[Jimmy Wales @jimmy_wales]

The New York Times is protected by Section 230, and by the First Amendment. Facebook is protected by Section 230, and by the First Amendment. There is no such thing in Section 230 as the distinction between a "publisher" and a "platform".

[DHH @dhh]

Programmers spend far too much time worrying about whether their stack will scale up, and far too little addressing the real danger of whether it can scale down. Small teams bet – and lose! – the farm on big tech solutions to banal problems all the fucking time.

[Vince Zampella @VinceZampella]

Been waiting all day to tell you this madness... @PlayApex hit 25 million players this morning. Read more about it at the link below. Remember we have Season One starting in March and more surprises coming.

https://t.co/gwj1sZSQnY

[Vince Zampella @VinceZampella]

🤯x10,000,000
So amazed @PlayApex hit 10 million in 72 hours.

#ApexLegends

https://t.co/rZmOgNnwhF

[Apex Legends @PlayApex]

Thank you all for the amazing support. We're blown away.

[Usman Ismail @usman_ismail]

Seven things I have learned about writing software - TechCrunch https://t.co/43ku28GN4D

[Bilal Sheikh @mbsheikh]

“Everyone is not Ops” @copyconstruct https://t.co/IVXRBRvi2I

[Bob Vulfov @bobvulfov]

who the hell is jeff