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Marco Arment

Marco Arment

@marco-arment · 8 positions · 0 changes of mind

Developer and podcaster; created Instapaper and Overcast, co-founded Tumblr, and co-hosts the Accidental Tech Podcast.

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  1. Our reading

    Society was better off before everyone's political opinions on every issue were widely known.

    Their wordsAnd I can't help but feel that maybe we were better off before we knew everyone's hot takes on everything.

    ↗Bob and Vanmarco.org

  2. 5 months earlier

  3. Our reading

    The tech industry today is dominated by scale-driven optimization and growth at the expense of the idealism that once drove it

    Their wordsImmense scale, soulless optimization, and an insatiable thirst for growth dominate its behavior and discourse, leaving little room for the spirit and principles embodied by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.

    ↗A letter to John Ternusmarco.org 1st of 3 in this piece

  5. Our reading

    A company can lead its industry on values like privacy and user respect without actually excelling at them

    privacyApple

    Their wordsApple leads the industry in these values, but leading doesn't always mean excelling.

    ↗A letter to John Ternusmarco.org 2nd of 3 in this piece

  7. Our reading

    A company that prioritizes building great products with great user experiences above all else will naturally see profit, market share, and broader impact follow

    Their wordsFocus on making great computers with great user experiences above all else, and you can trust that every other major goal will follow: profit, market share, expansion, impact, and benefit to the world.

    ↗A letter to John Ternusmarco.org 3rd of 3 in this piece

  8. 20 months earlier

  9. Our reading

    Dynamic ad insertion in podcasts causes bugs and reliability problems for streaming playback.

    Their wordsMost big podcasts now use dynamic ad insertion, which causes bugs and problems for streaming playback.

    ↗Ten years of Overcast: A new foundationmarco.org

  10. 3 years earlier

  11. Our reading

    Credit cards provide stronger fraud protection and easier recourse for unwanted charges than app stores do.

    Their wordsmost credit cards themselves provide stronger fraud prevention and easier recourse from unwanted charges than the App Store ever has

    ↗The future of the App Storemarco.org 1st of 3 in this piece

  13. Our reading

    People often use a dominant app not because it's good, but because it's the only practical way to reach an important goal in their life.

    Their wordsMost people use a Facebook-owned app not because it's a good app, but because it's a means to an important end in their life.

    ↗The future of the App Storemarco.org 2nd of 3 in this piece

  15. Our reading

    The realistic alternatives to Apple's App Store would end up worse than the App Store itself.

    Apple

    Their wordsApple's App Store is the devil we know. The most viable alternatives that would crop up would be far worse.

    ↗The future of the App Storemarco.org 3rd of 3 in this piece