David Price

Editor for @Macworld. King of Apple Arcade. Cricket liker. 12 Muller corners in 22 mins 45 secs

[David Price @pricivius]

Updated to be more accurate:

Apple 60%
Cricket 30%
Warhammer 10%
Malarkey 0%

[Macworld @macworld]

Apple's plan to make chips in Arizona sounds good, but there are quite a few caveats. https://t.co/iFhbalJrx6

[David Price @pricivius]

@davemark Thanks Dave

[David Price @pricivius]

That’s based on the tweet alone, mind you. Maybe this is addressed in the article.

[David Price @pricivius]

I really resent the characterisation as “gloating” of people saying “This is dreadful and we said it would be and you absolutely hammered us for saying so.” That’s not gloating. We’re not fucking happy about it.

[The New Statesman @NewStatesman]

Let Remainers drop the gloating while Brexiteers take their fingers out their ears.

@Aiannucci on how to manage a Brexit truce. https://t.co/KivUgyOodc

[David Price @pricivius]

@ICantThinkEm You paint eyes so well it’s unreal

[David Price @pricivius]

Lewis is right that these are objectively expensive, but I will add that when he told me how much they cost i was surprised it wasn’t more. So there’s that.

[Lewis Painter @LewwyPaints]

There’s also a quick story on the pricing (spoiler: they’re expensive) and when you can expect the cans to be available in your region:

https://t.co/Rz8OfdbMKb

[David Price @pricivius]

@paterfamilias But you’re right, we are in danger of going round in circles, so I will wish you a good day and thank you for the conversation.

[David Price @pricivius]

@paterfamilias Oddly enough as I say in the article I actually agree that Apple hates (or at least has a very mercenary position on) free speech. I just feel that the logic Musk uses to get there is faulty.

[David Price @pricivius]

@paterfamilias And you say you’re not thin skinned, but how would you describe someone who complains to a media site for being insufficiently deferential to a troll billionaire?

[David Price @pricivius]

@paterfamilias If Musk makes an allegation - that Apple is threatening to kick Twitter off the App Store and hates free speech, for example - then it’s on him to prove that. He didn’t, and admitted it was a “misunderstanding”. Why are you defending him over this? It’s a weird hill to die on.

[David Price @pricivius]

@paterfamilias It was just a parade of wrongness, and I find it bizarre that you’re being so thin skinned on Musk’s behalf about the way in which I expressed my disagreement with it. So I ask again: how should I have disagreed?

[David Price @pricivius]

@paterfamilias He said they were going to kick Twitter out of the App Store, then had to admit this was a “misunderstanding”. He said Apple was imposing a secret app fee, when it’s something that is extremely widely known, complained and litigated about and covered in the press

[David Price @pricivius]

@paterfamilias To be clear, could you describe for me the appropriate response to someone expressing opinions you strongly disagree with, when they’ve expressed many other wildly uninformed views before and are clearly looking for attention? I think “weary disagreement” is reasonable.

[David Price @pricivius]

@paterfamilias With people like Musk, even disagreement is a win, because their currency is attention. He isn’t entitled to a response, and I’d rather not give him one.

That’s nothing to do with the “threat to the magical community”, it’s because he’s a professional troll.

[David Price @pricivius]

@paterfamilias I mean, I also object to the fact that his opinions are absolutely inescapable in the media, but that’s a separate issue.

[David Price @pricivius]

@paterfamilias I’m not objecting to him having opinions, I’m objecting to the content of the opinions. That’s how this is supposed to work.

[David Price @pricivius]

@paterfamilias I’m not shunning him, I’m engaging with his arguments in the marketplace of ideas. As the king of free speech I’m sure he would be in favour.