Notices by Ian Robinson (ianrobinson@mastodon.social), page 5

@WarnerCrocker The money has been in escrow for a while. I don’t know if it’s on or of Apple’s books for accounting purposes.

The big ouch will come if Google is told it can’t pay to be the default browser of choice.

@WarnerCrocker That's a brill picture. It could be a Toy Story short film scene ☺️

An excellent opinion piece by Ted Chiang in The New Yorker.

#GenAI #AI

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/why-ai-isnt-going-to-make-art

@WarnerCrocker Ta. I’ve a weekly Monday teams call with several people in the US (and India, central Europe, and Ireland).

Should be a shorter meeting this week.

@WarnerCrocker Is it a holiday in the USA on Monday?

Worth a read. https://www.drownedinsound.org/fear-scrolling-journalisms-creator-replacement-theory/

@WarnerCrocker Yep. Is anything weird happening this time with your devices?

My HomePods are doing weird shit. I suspect it’s iCloud backend bollocks prior to the event next week.

@WarnerCrocker 🥳 Congratulations!

@WarnerCrocker Hopefully a sizeable contingent of alt-right weirdos will take up the option.

Though I doubt they have the balls.

@WarnerCrocker I take it you’re not in a drought that’s causing it?

@WarnerCrocker I read a thing that suggested Patreon wants to move creators to the monthly subscription model and away from the individual item model. And they are using this as a way to force that by November 2025.

I’ve no way to verify that.

@WarnerCrocker Not if they use it for profile building and future targeted phishing and other social engineering attacks.

This is magnificent 😊
https://londondaily.com/british-writer-pens-the-best-description-of-trump-i-ve-read

@WarnerCrocker Ta.

Surely the Google antitrust case will be in the appeals process for years?

#Google #AntiTrust

The head weirdo is taking umbrage.

You love to see it. Keep it up everyone. They hate ridicule 🥳
https://beige.party/@Lana/112882546066639395

@WarnerCrocker Can he dump him? Isn’t the pick a at the convention a part of the process? Legally I mean.

Bad Monkey- Official Trailer | Apple TV+

Looks good 😊

https://youtu.be/RokJ4M2UjNc

Series starts streaming on 14th of August.

#TV #Comedy #AppleTVPlus

Pachinko Season 2 trailer has dropped. Streaming from 23rd of August.

I can’t remember how all the plot lines in different decades intertwined and ended up in Season 1. I might have to rewatch it before the new season starts.

https://youtu.be/sYNKNhuEHgM

#AppleTVPlus #Pachinko