I always think back to those space age cartoons from the 1950s, with a man sitting back in his lawn chair reading the paper while a giant robot trims the hedges. The promise: “The machines work, so we’re don’t have to!”
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There's a reason their products are so engaging and sticky—they're enjoyable to use!
And they'd be significantly more enjoyable if you didn't have the Eye of Sauron watching you and trying to manipulate you at all times.
I'd pay considerably for that.
Twitter Blue now allows for longer tweets, and there is (or at least was) cachet around having a checkmark, so there is some cultural heritage there.
Blue checks on Instagram have some clout, but I’ve never heard of someone eager for verification on Facebook. Protecting against impersonation is something these platforms should be doing for free.
If this removed ads across the platforms then maybe there’d be value in this, but I really just don’t understand who this is for or why anyone would pay $100+/year.
It gives you a chance to re-evaluate what is actually giving you value. It’s like spring cleaning.
It’s the same reason I enjoy setting up a new or freshly reformatted phone or laptop. Feels good to clean out the cobwebs.
I personally prefer Narwhal on iOS, but if I were forced to use native Reddit app—or really anything resembling ‘new’ Reddit—I’d immediately leave and never come back.
I joined when it launched at $35/month, and it was amazing. While perhaps loss-leading, it was an unbeatable deal for cable TV, which I barely watched, but enjoyed from time to time—particularly during breaking news or major live events (SuperBowl, Oscars, etc.).
But after adding more useless channels and nearly doubling the price, I was immediately out. CableTV with ads is a garbage experience, and at that price I still can't justify it.
Sunday Ticket is not going to be cheap, either. $65/month for YTTV, PLUS Sunday Ticket, PLUS Netflix, HBOMax, Disney+, and whatever other streaming services you subscribe too—who has the money to justify all of this?
Who has the time to justify this?
Reading him is like eating mushrooms and strolling through the garden of eden.
Would love to see a comparison laid out.
It doesn't yet have an Apple Watch app though, and since (I assume like you) I listen to podcasts while out on a run w/o my phone, that would be the killer feature I'd drop everything for.
Santa EU seems to be bringing me the gift I've always wanted.
The other day, I happened to have some cash in my pocket and used that to buy a coffee, instead of using Apple Pay.
It almost felt like I was a spy buying something on the black market. Nothing being tracked, nothing to indicate I bought anything. It felt dangerous. It felt cool.
It was exactly how things were <10 years ago. What a thrill.
What exactly are you implying?
Sure, reddit has a karma system that incentivizes cleverness, but it's also designed for longer form conversation in a way Twitter can't possibly replicate. The pseudonymity also encourages vulnerability and openness in a way Twitter typically doens't.
There's a reason Google/Meta/Others train their AIs with reddit conversational data.
They’ve both got their pros and cons, innovations and derivatives. Neither are really ‘underdogs’.
In the meantime, kicking down every door I can to find a great company looking for great content.
It's called a Cash Cow[1] model—you make a one-time purchase, which allows you updates for the next year. At the end of the year, you can either purchase another year of updates, or enjoy the full-featured app you currently have.
The thing keeping me from subscriptions is the fact that if you decide you no longer want to pay, you no longer get access. This encourages devs to continue to ship great updates, while not gimping your software at the end of the payment term.
[1] https://drewmccormack.medium.com/a-cash-cow-is-on-the-agenda...
High quality digital is clearly superior sonically, but vinyl has a dullness around the edges that is so aesthetically pleasing.
I agree that the Hubble images are just pleasant to look at, warm and wonderful.
105,000+ views and 111 comments later, I had over 400 new followers. I made a few more videos, none of which hit quite as big, but it certainly psychologically incentivized me to want to invest more time and effort into being a 'creator'.
I didn't obviously, but a whole lot of people sure seem to.
It's not healthy, and I feel bad about it.
They have got me exactly where they want me.
And like you, it's very clear that this is not conducive to human flourishing. Unfortunately, I've been caught in this, and similar loops for so long that I have a hard time knowing what flourishing even looks like anymore.
EDIT: One thing that did help me, for a time, was finding a REALLY good book, one that completely sucked me in—in this case it was David Mitchell's latest, 'Utopia Avenue'. It's been a long time since I found a really fantastic book, when you do, there's nothing better.
And I realized that the next morning, when you wake up after a long evening of reading a good book, you remember it. You remember it as being a great use of time, something you can be proud of.
An evening spent scrolling through social media is never memorable. It's never something you're proud of, something you want to tell people about.
A good night with a good book is a good use of time.
I need to remember this more often, myself.
It was an awesome experience, and I'm sad that this might be the last time I get immediate service like that from Amazon.
I'd love an Apple Watch app, as a lot of my post-fatherhood podcast time is on the rare occasions I'm able to get out for a run.
But in general, Snipd takes a good crack at solving a major problem—annotating and taking notes while listening to a podcast on-the-go. I'm a fan!