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Not mobile-only, iphone-only. This is a good example of how ios is a seperate market and Apple has the monopoly.
Holy heck will you people give that shit a rest. The PlayStation is a separate market and Sony has the mOnOpOlY. The Switch is a separate market and Nintendo has the MoNoPoLy. The Xbox is a separate market and Micro$oft has the m0n0p01y.
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I used a few Flickr embeds on my site and it reminded me of all the promise of composability and interoperability in the early web. I miss it.
> promise of composability and interoperability in the early web. I miss it. Then avoiding embeds altogether and choosing hyperlinks is the way to go. Came to this realization after having to remove embeds from what was a cool platform to begin with and later turning out to be soul sucking privacy nightmare.
Incentives are the key. AdTech took over most things, but this is a rare oasis of that lost web.
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> promise of composability and interoperability in the early web. I miss it. Then avoiding embeds altogether and choosing hyperlinks is the way to go. Came to this realization after having to remove embeds from what was a cool platform to begin with and later turning out to be soul sucking privacy nightmare.
Why would I do that? Flickr embeds still work fine after almost 20 years and did even when Yahoo owned it. They're now owned by a company that sells real, actual things in service to paying customers and has for a long time (older than Flickr), so I don't see any reason they would go the route most widget/embeds did and pile trackers in. Incentives are the key. AdTech took over most things, but this is a rare oasis o…
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Why would I do that? Flickr embeds still work fine after almost 20 years and did even when Yahoo owned it. They're now owned by a company that sells real, actual things in service to paying customers and has for a long time (older than Flickr), so I don't see any reason they would go the route most widget/embeds did and pile trackers in. Incentives are the key. AdTech took over most things, but this is a rare oasis o…
My comment was neither specific to Flickr nor whether embeds technically work but on the issue of privacy, security and performance of a website especially since the notion of 'early web' was invoked.
When I take purposeful pictures I use a camera. I use my phone for a number of things, but serious photography ain't one of them. (I like the flexibility of interchangeable lenses, big glass, small f, long focal lengths, tripod mounts, special-purpose filters, etc.) When I edit photos and organize them I use a computer because it has a big screen. Again my phone isn't involved. Why then do they require an app? It doe…
FWIW, I have a DSLR (used to be semi-pro, now just a hobbyist). I use Lightroom and Photoshop on my iPad. I never touch my desktop anymore. Clearly, your workflow may require desktop software. But I believe it's possible to create high-quality work without a desktop these days.
Pixelfed[1] is a free, federated and brilliant instagram alternative for photographers! You could spend those 5usd/month on hosting your own managed instance or just donating/supporting free, meaningful communities. 1 - https://pixelfed.org/
I'm really curious to see the winning business model for apps like this. Everyone is used to free web apps. No one wants to pay. And people have become more and more worried about ads (many people block them). Is there a world where everyone pays a subscription fee to N different web/mobile/social apps? I'm skeptical.
Why do companies insist on choosing non-unique, generic names for their products these days? I’m going to forget that “glass” means a photo app the second I close this tab.
The only reason this is done is so they can advertise on Google Ads without running afoul of their "non-branded terms" policy.
iOS only. When will an Android version be available?