Happy Monday! 😃
What are you doing this week to #ResistAndUnsubscribe?
I'm canceling my #AppleMusic subscription. I've been a loyal iTunes/etc. user since 2001. But in 2026? #Apple, I dump your ass!
Bye Tim! 👋
Happy Monday! 😃
What are you doing this week to #ResistAndUnsubscribe?
I'm canceling my #AppleMusic subscription. I've been a loyal iTunes/etc. user since 2001. But in 2026? #Apple, I dump your ass!
Bye Tim! 👋
👾 Video Games On The Mac In 1999 - YouTube
So not only does the Apple LiSA consider you a DOLT but so does the symbolics lisp machine, but with serifs #vintagecomputing #apple #lisp #retrocomputing
It's now been 1 1/2 weeks since Apple removed my review of the #Loops app on the Apple Store. I have an escalated customer request with a personal contact to have it reinstated, and they're "actively working on the case" since a week.
I've already quoted a nice little recent post by the @EUCommission in my communication with them, where the EC pointed out that "In Europe, you have the right to challenge content moderation decisions taken by platforms.". Just to be clear, there was _no_ way to specifically challenge the decision - the link in the email sent out by Apple went to the general customer service who have no insight or access to the content moderation team and decisions. I had to fight to get to where my case is now.
I will take this all the way through the legal system unless they get their act together. I used to be supportive of #Apple back in the day, but no more.
RE: https://mastodon.scot/@ginger_tosser/116036395467833481
In the months leading up to May 1, 2026 let's build a GLOBAL #BOYCOTT. People can begin now, pledge to delete their accounts at the major US tech platforms:
- #Amazon
- #Google
- #Meta
- #Microsoft
- #Apple
Imagine for a minute, what that looks like! The lead-up to that day and the actual day. If hundreds of millions people, globally, were to actually delete their accounts (or at least stop using them to purchase services).
Those CEOS, those boards and stock holders SHOULD FEAR US. They think themselves isolated from their actions.
We should not just talk shit about them, we should end their companies, we should cut their companies to the ground.
With the internet, is such a thing really so far fetched? For fucks sake, we have the internet.
THEY. SHOULD. FEAR. US.
WE. SHOULD. MAKE. THEM. FEAR. US.
Global Boycott. Start now. Build, build, build. #DeleteDay2026 #TheyShouldBeAfraid
Dare to imagine kicking those fuckers in their testicles.
@dennyhenke I hereby pledge to delete both my #Microsoft and #Apple accounts by May 1 2026.
My #Meta and #Google accounts are already deleted. Never had an #Amazon account.
O, and not forget: #fuckTrump
Dream with me. No, really. Close your eyes and imagine a day, May 1, 2026.
In the months leading up to May 1 a GLOBAL campaign is organized. On May 1 (or before) people pledge to delete their accounts at the major US tech platforms:
- #Amazon
- #Google
- #Meta
- #Microsoft
- #Apple
Imagine for a minute, what they looks like. The lead-up to that day and the actual day. If hundreds of millions people, globally, were to actually do that.
Imagine for a moment, in the months leading up to such a day, the result on those CEOS, the boards, etc. They think themselves isolated from their actions. We should not just talk shit about them, we should end them. We should cut their companies to the ground.
With the internet, is such a thing really so far fetched? For fucks sake, we have the internet.
THEY. SHOULD. FEAR. US.
WE. SHOULD. MAKE. THEM. FEAR. US.
Global Boycott. Start now. Build, build, build. #DeleteDay2026
Dare to imagine kicking those fuckers in their testicles.
@dennyhenke I hereby pledge to delete both my #Microsoft and #Apple accounts by May 1 2026.
My #Meta and #Google accounts are already deleted. Never had an #Amazon account.
O, and not forget: #fuckTrump
There’s a lot of buzz about Claude Code and the new Xcode integrations. Setting aside implications for new stuff and other considerations, I wonder if it would be a good way to resurrect iOS apps lost in the 32-bit apocalypse? This is the kind of transformation these models are fairly good at?
Dream with me. No, really. Close your eyes and imagine a day, May 1, 2026.
In the months leading up to May 1 a GLOBAL campaign is organized. On May 1 (or before) people pledge to delete their accounts at the major US tech platforms:
- #Amazon
- #Google
- #Meta
- #Microsoft
- #Apple
Imagine for a minute, what they looks like. The lead-up to that day and the actual day. If hundreds of millions people, globally, were to actually do that.
Imagine for a moment, in the months leading up to such a day, the result on those CEOS, the boards, etc. They think themselves isolated from their actions. We should not just talk shit about them, we should end them. We should cut their companies to the ground.
With the internet, is such a thing really so far fetched? For fucks sake, we have the internet.
THEY. SHOULD. FEAR. US.
WE. SHOULD. MAKE. THEM. FEAR. US.
Global Boycott. Start now. Build, build, build. #DeleteDay2026
Dare to imagine kicking those fuckers in their testicles.
It's now been 1 1/2 weeks since Apple removed my review of the #Loops app on the Apple Store. I have an escalated customer request with a personal contact to have it reinstated, and they're "actively working on the case" since a week.
I've already quoted a nice little recent post by the @EUCommission in my communication with them, where the EC pointed out that "In Europe, you have the right to challenge content moderation decisions taken by platforms.". Just to be clear, there was _no_ way to specifically challenge the decision - the link in the email sent out by Apple went to the general customer service who have no insight or access to the content moderation team and decisions. I had to fight to get to where my case is now.
I will take this all the way through the legal system unless they get their act together. I used to be supportive of #Apple back in the day, but no more.
@dennyhenke Unfortunately it's like whack a mole. 25 years ago I remember trying to boycott companies and it was difficult then. At the time it seemed there were a few campaigns showing which companies were linked to each other. Now it's a million times worse. We're all so reliant on the worst of them it's nigh on impossible to free yourself. We just make excuses to ourselves and carry on in guilt.
I don't agree. I'm not saying it's easy but just boycotting a handful of the big ones named here would be a significant step. Not only that, but were we to elevate the boycott as a tool to be readily adopted, it might, over time, change the culture.
In general folks in the US have been far too passive about their ethics and being vocal about them. We quit everything before we even try. I think that's pure bullshit. Action is inconvenient and so people just shrug and pretend there's nothing they can do.
We've got to flip that table and throw it across the room.
We've got to take action on every possible level. Boycotts, general strikes, all of it. ALL. OF. IT.
The time for laying down because we don't want to be bothered should never have been a thing. As a result we've gotten this moment of fascism. Billionaires that have learned they can get away with anything.
#Boycott #Action #ICE #Fascism #Tech #US #GeneralStrike #Amazon #Google #Apple #Microsoft #Meta
AirPlay audio is pants in macOS 26 Music App. It regularly "forgets" that it should be sending audio to remote HomePods.
I so want to downgrade to macOS 15. (the previous version, before they went to including the year in the version).
@ianRobinson Let us know if you find a way to downgrade. I opened a support issue with #Apple for the well-documented #iPad Air scrolling bug, and they just put me off with a silly task of rebooting while plugged in the next time it happened. That didn’t fix it, of course. So I just upgraded my tablet…to a #Linux one.
L’idée que #Meta, #Apple, #Google et consorts puissent un jour couper leurs services à l’étranger devient un scénario crédible. (2026)
https://www.informassue.tuxfamily.org/pages/technologies_surveillance.php#gafam_coupent_leurs_services
Cet article résonne avec les alertes formulées dès la réélection de Donald #Trump en janvier 2025, par le milieu du #LogicielLibre.
#Messageries #RéseauxSociaux #Facebook #Instagram #Amazon #GAFAM #Multinationales #USA #Souveraineté #Numérique #ViePrivée #Privacy
There’s a lot of buzz about Claude Code and the new Xcode integrations. Setting aside implications for new stuff and other considerations, I wonder if it would be a good way to resurrect iOS apps lost in the 32-bit apocalypse? This is the kind of transformation these models are fairly good at?
»KI-Modelle lassen sich laut Apple-Forschern schlechter steuern als angenommen:
Ein neues theoretisches Framework legt nahe, dass die Kontrollierbarkeit von Sprachmodellen und Bildgeneratoren überraschend fragil ist. Die Steuerbarkeit hängt stark von der jeweiligen Aufgabe und dem verwendeten Modell ab.«
Ich lass das mal hier so stehen, evt. bin ich gegenüber der KI zu überkritisch.
#ki #apple #schlecht #steuern #fragil #bilder #kontrollierbar #aufgabe
France is the only EU country that has kept a sovereign payment card system similar to #Mastercard and #Visa. It's called #CB and it's supported, together with either one of the other two American systems, in most of French credit cards.
A few months ago #Apple decided to prioritize CB payments in Apple Pay. And now #Samsung Pay is doing the same for accounts hosted at La Banque Postale.
I hope this gets way bigger and ends up hurting US financial system.
RE: https://mstdn.social/@osnews/116028835126489114
Daily reminder to #Apple enthusiasts that claim it's too hard to transition to other options: The Enshitification will only get worse.
YOU are CHOOSING in part because you don't want to make an effort. It's easier to complain and weakly protest. Americans are really good at this while they avoid any actual action. This is how we got here (hand wavy gesture).
YOU control YOUR COMPUTING. YOU.
Yes, it requires effort. Why not start now with small steps to begin a process to gradually replace Apple Services and apps. Download the #FOSS apps that can replace the Apple's Mac apps:
- LibreOffice to replace Pages, Numbers, Keynote
- Mullvad which better protects your privacy compared to Safari
- Thunderbird for an email client
- Proton to replace iCloud email, calendar, iCloud Drive
- Ente.io for cloud photos and sharing
Don't give up before you try. Your #freedom and #privacy are worth the effort.
