Thu. 11/04 – Instagram Can Post To Twitter Again

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🗓️ 4 November 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Instagram is playing nice with Twitter all of the sudden. But Meta has some new creator tools that try once again to shiv the App Stores. That South Korean law is actively cracking open the App Stores in that country. Google might be back in the defense contract business. And why it MIGHT be worth paying $30 for a keyboard with only 3 keys. Sponsors: FindYourFidelity.com Dataiku.com Links: Instagram brings back Twitter Card preview support for posts (TechCrunch) Facebook skirts Apple’s App Store fees with custom subscription links for creators (The Verge) Facebook is backing away from facial recognition. Meta isn’t. (Recode) Google Allows Alternate In-App Payment Options in South Korea, Though Familiar Fees Remain (WSJ) Google Wants to Work With the Pentagon Again, Despite Employee Concerns (NYTimes) STACK OVERFLOW’S COPY / PASTE KEYBOARD IS NO JOKE (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Meme Right Home for Thursday, November 4th, 2021. I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:09.0	Instagram is playing nice with Twitter all of the sudden, but Meta has some new creator tools that try once again
0:14.8	to shive the App Stores, that South Korean law is actively cracking open the App Stores in that
0:20.5	country. Google might be back in the defense contracting business and why it
0:25.2	might be worth paying $30 for a keyboard with only three keys. Here's what you missed
0:30.3	today in the world of tech.
0:38.0	So what is happening over at Meta? They're doing things that are making people do double takes all of the sudden.
0:42.0	For example, remember how Instagram stopped playing nice with
0:46.0	Twitter all the way back in 2012? Well guess what? Hell has apparently frozen over, quoting Tech Crunch.
0:54.0	Instagram is bringing back support for Twitter card previews starting today.
0:59.1	Now when users share an Instagram link on Twitter,
1:01.3	a preview of the post will be shown in the tweet.
1:04.1	Prior to this change, when users posted an Instagram link
1:06.6	on Twitter, the tweet would only display the URL of the
1:09.3	Instagram link.
1:10.7	The social media platform made the controversial decision to remove Twitter card support back in 2012.
1:15.0	At the time, Instagram founder Kevin Sistram said,
1:18.0	the reason was that Instagram wanted to take control of its content and that the company wanted images to be viewed on
1:23.8	Instagram as opposed to Twitter. The change was met with backlash as it made
1:28.3	cross-posting more difficult for users. In some cases users found workarounds
1:32.3	through third-party platforms in
1:33.7	order to feature Instagram posts in tweets.
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