Notices by Sarah Perez 💙 (sarahp@mastodon.social), page 3

Apple cuts off Beeper Mini’s access after launch of service that brought iMessage to Android: https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/08/apple-cuts-off-beeper-minis-access-after-launch-of-service-that-brought-imessage-to-android/

@evan 😂

I need an envelope budgeting app that can actually sync with my bank successfully 😭

Flipboard stops tweeting, launches new podcast about decentralized social apps: https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/21/flipboard-stops-tweeting-launches-new-podcast-about-decentralized-social-apps/

Mastodon tackles the problem of ‘reply guys’ with its latest feature: https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/22/mastodon-tackles-the-problem-of-reply-guys-with-its-latest-feature/

@Gargron thought about this too. Pebble believed trust & safety is too difficult on distributed networks, so made an intentional choice to be a centralized network. That was part of their value prop, but it didn't end up working out for them

WordPress.com blogs can now be followed on #Mastodon and other federated platforms: https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/11/wordpress-com-blogs-can-now-be-followed-on-mastodon-and-other-federated-platforms/

Mastodon actually has 407K+ more monthly users than it thought: https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/09/mastodon-actually-has-407k-more-monthly-users-than-it-thought/

Spotify spotted prepping a $19.99/mo ‘Superpremium’ service with lossless audio, AI playlists and more: https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/06/spotify-spotted-prepping-a-19-99-mo-superpremium-service-with-lossless-audio-ai-playlists-and-more/

Amid Twitter chaos, Mastodon grew donations 488% in 2022, reached 1.8M monthly active users: https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/02/amid-twitter-chaos-mastodon-grew-donations-488-in-2022-reached-1-8m-monthly-active-users/

@Gargron maybe with the new features where anyone can add posts and links it will get better for you. not sure it's ready to be a reddit replacement yet, though, I agree.

@Gargron how long did you use it?

Artifact co-founder Mike Krieger says there’s a ‘flavor’ of Twitter in app’s latest release: https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/28/artifact-co-founder-mike-krieger-says-theres-a-flavor-of-twitter-in-apps-latest-release/

Mastodon's latest release makes the open source Twitter alternative easier to use https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/21/mastodons-latest-release-makes-the-open-source-twitter-alternative-easier-to-use/

@Gargron it's so annoying!

We need to talk about Apple not offering the 'Pro' iPhone in #pink. Have we learned nothing from #Barbie? #AppleEvent

With Postmarks, social bookmarking is back — but this time it’s built on the fediverse https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/08/with-postmarks-social-bookmarking-is-back-but-this-time-its-built-on-the-fediverse/

@Gargron congrats! Will you share how much you’ve raised when everything sells out?

The Mastodon merch is live! https://freshstore.co/collections/mastodon

@williamgunn @Techmeme @zackwhittaker @Gargron I think yahoo