2021-07-30

@flcnhvy Indeed. Both Cook & I have been clear publicly that we have never spoken or otherwise communicated. I tried to speak to him & he declined. Nor have I ever expressed any interest in running Apple to anyone. Cook is, all things considered, obviously doing an incredible job.

@AdrianoinJapan @PolarStarRose He does like to play with my phone. There are many confusing videos he has taken.

@PolarStarRose Sorry, accidental tap!

@JeffTutorials @WholeMarsBlog That’s arguably a security issue, but allowing companies to use other payment options, especially for in-app purchases would be fair. As soon as they allowed that, they would have to lower their fees. As for the cost of reviewing apps for security, a fixed fee makes sense.

@WholeMarsBlog Normally, competitive pressure would force Apple to lower fees, but Apple & Android have a duopoly on phones. When interface familiarity is taken into account, it’s basically a monopoly. The effective 30% sales tax Apple charges is hidden from users or there would be an outcry.

@RenataKonkoly @WholeMarsBlog Top feature request for sure

@WholeMarsBlog Actually, I like & use Apple products. They are just obviously overcharging with App Store. I mean 30% fees for doing almost zero incremental work is completely unreasonable. Epic wouldn’t bother processing their own payments if App Store fees were fair.

@spacex360 GAO 💪

Apple app store fees are a de facto global tax on the Internet. Epic is right.

@JamesClayton5 @markgurman @tim_cook Cook & I have never spoken or written to each other ever. There was a point where I requested to meet with Cook to talk about Apple buying Tesla. There were no conditions of acquisition proposed whatsoever. He refused to meet. Tesla was worth about 6% of today’s value.

@markgurman @tim_cook Higgins managed to make his book both false *and* boring 🤣🤣

@muratpak @archillect Maximum set of possible future actions

@Teslarati @ResidentSponge Only thing beyond ludicrous is Plaid

@OttogiBeefCurry @waitbutwhy Haha

Prometheus Unbound https://t.co/mlagF9mUUb

@PPathole @Tesla Exactly

@WholeMarsBlog A lot

@WholeMarsBlog This should be clear to anyone who has experienced the FSD beta evolution. Self-driving requires solving a major part of real-world AI, so it’s an insanely hard problem, but Tesla is getting it done. AI Day will be great.

@WorldAndScience We are a pattern of ancient atoms