Seeing Aladdin with the girls this morning 🎬
I like all things internety.
So I tried to read this story from The Star today. I follow The Star's RSS feed, and this story showed up in Feedly. I clicked on it and was immediately presented with the "Subscribe to read more" screen.
I don't mind this, but what I do mind is the fact that I can read the entire article though Apple News, as well as the Google AMP version (though surprisingly not the Facebook version).
I understand why news organizations do this, but I don't think it's a good move. If someone subscribes to your RSS feed, that means you don't need to depend on the aggregators to drive that traffic, you should encourage that. All this does is encourage me to unsubscribe from the RSS feed and only read The Star through Apple News or Google AMP.
Checked into McDonald's
Dinner out tonight since riding was canceled and the girls are pretty disappointed.
Google pulls Huawei’s Android license - The Verge
T.C. Sottek writing for The Verge
Huawei is now restricted to using the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), cutting the company off from critical Google apps and services that consumers outside of China expect on Android devices. That also means Huawei will only be able to push security updates for Android once they’re made available in AOSP, assuming the company uses its own update system.
Is the AOSP even usable anymore? I mean Google has stripped so much out of it and moved it into Play Services in the name of streamlining updates that I have to wonder.
Rogers, Telus and Bell Need More Competition to Lower Pricing: Competition Bureau | iPhone in Canada Blog
Gary Ng writing for iPhone in Canada Blog
“It is clear that Canadians could benefit from more competition in the wireless marketplace,” explains the Bureau’s press release.
What a revelation.
Google Gmail tracks purchase history — how to delete it
Todd Haselton and Megan Graham writing for CNBC
A page called “Purchases ” shows an accurate list of many — though not all — of the things I’ve bought dating back to at least 2012. I made these purchases using online services or apps such as Amazon, DoorDash or Seamless, or in stores such as Macy’s, but never directly through Google.
But because the digital receipts went to my Gmail account, Google has a list of info about my buying habits.
I wonder how many Gmail users know Google is looking through their email and categorizing all their purchases like this. Apparently you can delete it, but only if you delete the original email.
I question Google's motivates here. I mean, this page shows details about all your purchases, meaning Google needs to know how to parse all these email receipts and pull out the details, no small feat. If Google isn't doing something with this information now, I suspect they will at some point.
The Daily Podcast is always great, but today's was particularly good to understand how anti-choice groups are challenging Roe https://