“For example, the fact that Apple/Google exempt Uber and Lyft from the 30% app tax means that they – and they alone – can provide competitive ride-hailing services.”

As I understand it goods and services are exempt from the requirement that digital products be sold only through in app purchases.

Hey look at this

* ‘We’re living our Yiddish’: How a New York camp is keeping culture – and joy – alive https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/2025/0829/yiddish-new-york-preservation-workers-circle

* AI is ummasking ICE officers. Can Washington do anything about it? https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/29/ai-unmasking-ice-officers-00519478 (h/t Nancy Lizza)

* Customer loyalty is a sham https://www.businessinsider.com/consumer-loyalty-dead-airline-miles-internet-company-car-insurance-prices-2025-8?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us (h/t Glenn Hauman)

* The crash of 2026: a fiction https://crookedtimber.org/2025/08/31/the-crash-of-2026-a-fiction/

* A Stain on Judaism Itself https://peterbeinart.substack.com/p/a-stain-on-judaism-itself (h/t Corey Robin)

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