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  • Catch me in #Miami! I'll be at Books and Books in Coral Gables on Jan 22 at 8PM:

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    I'm Kickstarting the audiobook for The Bezzle, sequel to Red Team Blues, narrated by #WilWheaton! Pre-order the audiobook and ebook, DRM free, as well as the hardcover. There's also bundles with Red Team Blues in ebook, audio or paperback:

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    • The Cult of Mac: You cannot reason a person out of a position they did not reason themself into in the first place.

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      • Hey look at this

        • Terry Bisson (1942-2024)
        • BOMBASTIC!Boeing Going Through An Internal Crisis < (h/t Naked Capitalism)
        • Wave of the hand defeats new $700k subway gates meant to deter fare evaders

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  • @pluralistic@mamot.fr I rarely think you express one directional thinking, but on this topic you make a lot of points that only are sustainable from prior agreement with your conclusion. I frequently disagree with and dislike Apple and I know their interests do not align with mine in many cases. On the other hand, I do not want alternative app stores to exist for iPhone. I do not want my friends, family, and children to be running code from marketplaces run by Facebook, Google, Tencent, and Epic. I do not want my platform and network security invariants to be under constant exploit by such code. App Store is not a panacea, but it is better than downloading pirated wares from torrentz…and “alternative” app stores will quickly slide down that slope.

    • @joshrivers@techhub.social Literally no one would force any of those people to do that.

      I'm saying that other people, who do want to choose an alternate vendor, should be permitted do so.

      Is your argument "I do not want my friends, family, and children to be running code from marketplaces..."

      Or is it "I do not want ANYONE IN THE WORLD WHO OWNS AN IPHONE to be running code from marketplaces?"

      If it's the former, that's fine with me.

      If it's the latter, well, we will never agree.

      • @pluralistic@mamot.fr I would like to see phone platforms that are the equivalent of the desktop platforms in openness and extensibility, but there are obviously big barriers to that being the situation. I’m happy to have places where the rules are the way you and I like them as expert technologists.

        I am very uncomfortable allowing the equivalent of unsigned code to be distributed to users who often don’t know that Apps aren’t made by Apple employees or who one-star a browser extension because they are mad about Safari button changes.

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