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Eshu Marneedi

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Technology blogger, unskilled jester, raconteur. Writer of stories long and short. Pastry connoisseur. https://eshumarneedi.com

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Eshu Marneedi @eshumarneedi.com · 5d

After many hours of writing, my iPhone 17 Pro review is finally here. The iPhone has not changed significantly this year, but that’s intentional, and the strategy works. The new design, while a downgrade in many ways, is popular. But overall, it’s just a great phone, and I wrote about why.

iPhone 17 Pro Review: Walking Lines in Parallel

Design doesn’t have to be beautiful

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Eshu Marneedi @eshumarneedi.com · 12h

RIP Clips.

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 13h

Apple discontinues Clips, a video editing app it launched in 2017, removing it from the App Store for new users, and says Clips will no longer be updated (Eric Slivka/MacRumors)

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Eshu Marneedi @eshumarneedi.com · 1d

The worst part about Windows is having to use Windows.

Eshu Marneedi @eshumarneedi.com · 2d

i wish i weren't such a serial procrastinator

Eshu Marneedi @eshumarneedi.com · 2d

Poorly aged things. www.apple.com/compliance/

Ethics and Compliance
Apple conducts business ethically,
honestly, and in full compliance with
the law. We believe that how we
conduct ourselves is as critical to
Apple's success as making the best
products in the world. Our
Compliance and Business
Conduct policies are foundational to
how we do business and how we put
our values into practice every day.
"We do the right thing, even when
it's not easy."
Tim Cook

Eshu Marneedi @eshumarneedi.com · 2d

lmao

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 2d

An analysis of nearly 50 Amazon purchases over six months in 2025: during the October 7-8 Prime Day sales, average savings were only 0.6% and some items went up (Geoffrey A. Fowler/Washington Post)

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Eshu Marneedi @eshumarneedi.com · 2d

AirPods Pro 3 really need an EQ tweak. This song is unbearable to listen to with them. music.apple.com/us/album/eart...

Earthshaker by Phantogram on Apple Music

Song · 2025 · Duration 2:59

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Eshu Marneedi @eshumarneedi.com · 2d

Dare I say, it does look like a waffle.

Eshu Marneedi @eshumarneedi.com · 4d

I wrote about OpenAI's Dev Day and how OpenAI forgetting about the open internet is a bad thing for society. Apps might not be the future of AI. eshumarneedi.com/2025/10/07/a...

At Dev Day, OpenAI Says the Future of AI Is Apps

Casey Newton, writing at Platformer: On Monday, OpenAI introduced what could be its most ambitious platform play to date. At the company’s developer day in San Francisco, CEO Sam Altman announced apps...

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The Verge @theverge.com · 4d

Former Apple bosses slam decision to take down ICEBlock

Former Apple bosses slam decision to take down ICEBlock

Apple’s ICEBlock removal comes under fire.

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Eshu Marneedi @eshumarneedi.com · 5d

After many hours of writing, my iPhone 17 Pro review is finally here. The iPhone has not changed significantly this year, but that’s intentional, and the strategy works. The new design, while a downgrade in many ways, is popular. But overall, it’s just a great phone, and I wrote about why.

iPhone 17 Pro Review: Walking Lines in Parallel

Design doesn’t have to be beautiful

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Eshu Marneedi @eshumarneedi.com · 5d

At this point, I'm convinced OpenAI's purpose is to make as much money by commercializing AI and frying the brains of every last soul in the world before inevitably falling to Google because it hasn't built anything remotely innovative since the one chatbot from 2022.

Eshu Marneedi @eshumarneedi.com · 5d

As you can probably tell from my relatively thin volume of link posts over the past month or so, I’ve been pretty busy with some work outside of writing. Therefore, this review had to be written over one weekend, a pretty short timeframe. Despite that, I think it turned out pretty well. Enjoy!

Eshu Marneedi @eshumarneedi.com · 5d

After many hours of writing, my iPhone 17 Pro review is finally here. The iPhone has not changed significantly this year, but that’s intentional, and the strategy works. The new design, while a downgrade in many ways, is popular. But overall, it’s just a great phone, and I wrote about why.

iPhone 17 Pro Review: Walking Lines in Parallel

Design doesn’t have to be beautiful

eshumarneedi.com

Eshu Marneedi @eshumarneedi.com · 5d

After many hours of writing, my iPhone 17 Pro review is finally here. The iPhone has not changed significantly this year, but that’s intentional, and the strategy works. The new design, while a downgrade in many ways, is popular. But overall, it’s just a great phone, and I wrote about why.

iPhone 17 Pro Review: Walking Lines in Parallel

Design doesn’t have to be beautiful

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Eshu Marneedi @eshumarneedi.com · 7d

An addendum to this review: “Eldest Daughter” is one of Taylor Swift’s worst pieces.

Eshu Marneedi @eshumarneedi.com · 7d

This is by no means an indictment of Taylor Swift. I think it's better sound-wise than "Poets." I really disliked that album — it was too slow for me. But it's worse songwriting than Midnights, albeit with a slight advantage for not being by Jack Antonoff.

It's radio-worthy pop music. Good night.

Eshu Marneedi @eshumarneedi.com · 7d

That's broadly the problem with pop music in the 2020s. It's lazy songwriting coupled with mediocre melodies. There's a reason Swifties have referred to this album as "AI-generated." It sounds artificial. It has no soul. And it certainly doesn't sound like a talented person wrote the lyrics.

Eshu Marneedi @eshumarneedi.com · 7d

But she very clearly needs to stop making new albums every year. The songwriting is lazy. It sounds like a high school girl doodled some poems down in her Notes app and turned them into an album. It's hyper-produced pop music designed to go viral. This stuff will do numbers on the radio.

Eshu Marneedi @eshumarneedi.com · 7d

"The Life of a Showgirl" gets a 6/10. As a non-Swiftie, I actually think it's not too bad. And I'm really, really glad Jack Antonoff didn't produce it. It *sounds* new. You can really tell the variety of styles in songs like "Elizabeth Taylor." It's not the same-y shit she's been making since 2020.

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makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social · 8d

connoreatspants introducing Gavin Newsom to asmongold is like peak 2025

Eshu Marneedi @eshumarneedi.com · 8d

I wrote about Apple's unsurprising removal of ICEBlock and what it might mean for the future of Apple platform security under authoritarian governments. To know what's coming to the US, look no further than China and Britain. eshumarneedi.com/2025/10/03/a...

Apple Removes ICEBlock From the App Store After Attorney General’s Demands

Ashley Oliver, reporting exclusively for Fox Business: Apple dropped ICEBlock, a widely used tracking tool, from its App Store Thursday after the Department of Justice raised concerns with the big tec...

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Eshu Marneedi @eshumarneedi.com · 8d

Kidnapping colored people (vulnerably)

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 8d

Google and Apple removed Red Dot, an app for reporting ICE sightings; Google says the app was being used to share the location of a "vulnerable group" (Joseph Cox/404 Media)

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Eshu Marneedi @eshumarneedi.com · 8d

It’s not even a moral stand. It’s a legal one. It’s so disheartening as it is expected.

Eshu Marneedi @eshumarneedi.com · 9d

I like to think of myself as quite a methodical planner. Splitting things up into bite-sized tasks, delegating, etc. But sometimes, I find stuff like this in my task manager.

Review coming this weekend. I think?

A singular task for Saturday titled “Write iPhone 17 Pro review”

Eshu Marneedi @eshumarneedi.com · 9d

why is everyone mad at Jay from Bluesky

Eshu Marneedi @eshumarneedi.com · 9d

My comprehensive review of Taylor Swift's new album — my flagship piece of writing every year readers have come to expect — will be delayed by a few hours due to some other (less important yet equally compulsory) work I am obligated to complete. Please excuse my tardiness.