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Re: iOS 15 Humane

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Reminds me of the song, "Welcome to the Internet": "Could I interest you in everything All of the time A bit of everything All of the time Apathy's a tragedy And boredom is a crime Anything and everything All of the time"

This features in Bo Burnham's latest comedy special (though with Burnham, maybe comedy belongs in scare-quotes, since his last two specials have leaned much harder on wry commentary than actual laugh-out-loud humor) produced largely on his own and filmed almost entirely in what looks to be a one-room guest house of his. It's on Netflix and I'm sure the part with that song is on YouTube somewhere (hahaha).

Yep- it's totally different from his previous work but I absolutely loved it. Especially "Welcome to the Internet", because I can see firsthand what the song is about.

Here's the video on Bo Burnham's own channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1BneeJTDcU

Re: iOS 15 Humane

#422
Developing tools and methods like this to be more intentional with our tech is so important, whether that's digital solutions like a humane iOS, or building our own set of intentional habits to put us in control. I found this great analogue toolkit to help start doing this right now, no tech required https://www.mindovertech.com/digital-habit-lab/

Re: iOS 15 Humane

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Apple also abuses push notifications to sell their services so I don’t see this ending any time soon :(

I can't remember an Apple push notification that wasn't transactional or an update notification (which is also transcational I guess). Do you have an example?

I've gotten activity challenge notifications about special events, despite me turning off all notifications for activity.

Re: iOS 15 Humane

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>I don't want to miss a notification that my delivery food arrived, but I don't want to be bombarded with daily advertising messages from foodpanda trying to get me to change my behavior. This is exactly what the Android notification channels allow you to do, and it actually works really well. For UberEats I have the Delivery notification channel enabled, but the Marketing channel disabled. It's really the best of bo…

Wait, so iOS doesn't let you fine tune your notifications? I don't know how I could deal with my phone unless I could turn off, or turn down notifications.

Apple is adding a lot more fine grain control in iOS 15

https://9to5mac.com/2021/06/09/how-to-use-iphone-focus-mode-...

Re: iOS 15 Humane

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We have been working to make this happen. Read the items under "Our Philosophy" and "Our Mission" here: https://qbix.com/people

But there has to be a completely different kind of company and ethos behind this technology, if we are going to have an impact on the world. We need open source, we need massive network effects. And we need a new economic model for the web, that will be ENFORCED. Would love some feedback from anyone who reads it: https://qbix.com/QBUX/whitepaper.html#Decentralizing-the-Mar...

PS: I am just going to copypaste our philosophy and mission below

Our Philosophy

The internet has given us opportunities to connect with one another like never before. Yet, most sites we use today have barely tapped that potential. We believe in the power of well-designed tools to improve people's lives and bring about positive social change. They are characterized by five main aspects:

Time: Instead of priding ourselves on how much time people spend in our apps, we want people to get in, get out, and get results.

Utility: Help people get things done in the real world, rather than building an online persona.

Notifications: Let people control which updates they receive about things happening in their life, instead of getting them addicted to notifications like a slot machine.

Organic: In every context, pre-compute useful information and present it to the user, enabling them to do more in less steps.

Business Model: Make money by helping people accomplish useful things as a group, not just by selling advertising.

Our Mission

Why do we all have to rely on giant corporations mediate our interactions, and trust them with our data, identity and brand? Qbix works to put power back in the hands of the people. And we don't just talk about it , we are building it! In order for people to switch, the alternative must be as good as what they're using now.

Qbix Platform: We've developed a social operating system for the Web, that puts power back in the hands of people, communities and social app developers. It is part of a movement to decentralize the Web, moving it from Feudalism to a Free Market of reusable components that anyone can use.

Qbix Browser: We've working on releasing social web browser where you can share and discuss all kinds of web pages with friends, from events to restaurants to news. You'll be able to search all your browsing history and chats quickly, manage your contacts, and be more productive. And you can do it all privately, using your personal address book and encrypted communication.

QBUX Token: Monetizing open source software and digital content on the web is a challenging problem. We are working to solve it by leveraging the network effects we are building up with our growing user base. Qbix can help usher in a new era of collaboration and micropayments on the Web.

Re: iOS 15 Humane

#426

If I could ask Apple for one thing it would be to require approval of every push notification that an app developer wants to deliver. That an app gets either cart blanche to send me notifications or nothing at all drives me crazy. I don't want to miss a notification that my delivery food arrived, but I don't want to be bombarded with daily advertising messages from foodpanda trying to get me to change my behavior. Re…

How about just making notifications costly?

Maybe even rev-share with users.

Re: iOS 15 Humane

#427

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The US doesn't even do chip+PIN, just chip. I have to assume the US is fine with a higher baseline level of fraud than the EU. I don't know how the economics make that work. And online, the validation/authorization isn't any better - as long as somebody has the card number and my zip code, they can do as they please (until/unless some banking anti-fraud algo picks it up).

It’s crazy to me too. A few years ago, all the card networks told merchants that any in person merchant who does not use chip transactions will automatically lose chargebacks, so whatever in person merchants have not converted to chip are simply not willing to invest in updating their systems.

They've pretty much all moved to chip at this point, at least IME. It's the lack of PIN that confuses me. All the terminals have pin pads already, but whether they request the PIN is pretty spotty (seems to be bank card vs true credit card?).

Re: iOS 15 Humane

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It's well past midnight, I've been interacting with apps designed to maximize 'user engagement' since 8 PM. I don't have coherent thoughts, I'm opening irrelevant tabs habitually. This is not healthy. I have a problem. That problem is mindless browsing, and it feels engineered. Not saying you're wrong, just that your ideas don't work for me.

That’s because the internet is no longer a walk through the woods. It’s now a stumble through a confusing poorly-lit casino.

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Re: iOS 15 Humane

#429

If I could ask Apple for one thing it would be to require approval of every push notification that an app developer wants to deliver. That an app gets either cart blanche to send me notifications or nothing at all drives me crazy. I don't want to miss a notification that my delivery food arrived, but I don't want to be bombarded with daily advertising messages from foodpanda trying to get me to change my behavior. Re…

agreed. my dating apps I obviously want to leave notifications on so I get notified of a new match but the company uses notification to try to get me to use the app more and I can't turn those off.

Similarly the Meetup app has started spamming me with Meetup.com blog type info with no way to turn it off but I need the notifications on for meetups . this one in particular is odd given than the Meetup app has some of the most granular notification settings of any service out there.

The Lyft app does this a few times a year as well.

Re: iOS 15 Humane

#430

If I could ask Apple for one thing it would be to require approval of every push notification that an app developer wants to deliver. That an app gets either cart blanche to send me notifications or nothing at all drives me crazy. I don't want to miss a notification that my delivery food arrived, but I don't want to be bombarded with daily advertising messages from foodpanda trying to get me to change my behavior. Re…

It is called FilterBox on Android. But Apple will never allow such an app on iOS, no way.
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