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Kyle Brickman
@kylebrickman.bsky.social
UI Engineer at Netflix (all opinions are mine) out of Brentwood, CA. Has far too much Lego and knows far too much about Star Trek.
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This is like getting sheepherding lessons from a wolf.

A timeline PSA on Twitter, stating “VOTE” with stars on the left side and stripes on the right. The following headline text states “Learn how to vote”, with a description “Find out how to register to vote in the United States elections.” The CTA button is labeled “Get started.”
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How old are you in Internet years without telling your age?

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Who’s the next mayor of NYC? Wrong answers only.

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When your boss tells you to smile for your customers.

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Oh, you can barely see it on this one! I went and looked, this doesn’t even do a full notch cutout, it’s just enough to expose the button. Why hide it?

An Instagram ad for a Caudabe iPhone 16 case. It is very red. You can barely see its hole punch cutout, obscured by a Tasteful Graphic Design Gradient and how the cutout shows the inside of the case, which is also red.
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I’m not sure why they’re not afraid to show off the absurd camera bump cutouts required for the non-Pro iPhone 16, but are petrified to show off the CAMERA CONTROL™ notch.

An Instagram ad for a Mous case. They are very carbon-fiber-y and have a little mountain logo behind the camera bump cutout. The non-Pro iPhone 16 camera bum cutout is pill shaped with a little nubbin so that the flash isn’t covered up. If I were Apple, I probably would have made the bump a little triangular to ensconce the flash so that this wouldn’t happen. Oh yeah, and it’s cropped to avoid showing the CAMERA CONTROL™ cutout.
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Pretty sure Instagram thinks I’m a weirdo who is *really into* iPhone 16 cases now.

This Instagram ad for Otterbox’s “Cactus Collection” depicts someone wearing a white gauze-y top and holding a bouquet of encased iPhones like they are walking down the aisle to get married. Not depicted? Their CAMERA CONTROL™ notches.
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And Lo! The Algorithm provides another example!

Instagram ad for Nomad iPhone 16 cases, that depict a stack of three leather cases that is cropped to avoid depicting their CAMERA CONTROL™ notches.
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Remember when Apple was so embarrassed by the camera bump on the iPhone 6 that all their product photography carefully avoided depicting it? Third party iPhone 16 case manufacturers with CAMERA CONTROL™ cutouts do!

An Instagram ad for Ridge-brand cases for iPhone 16. While there are some small pictures of cases that depict the cutout for the CAMERA CONTROL™, the main product photography shows a hand holding the phone and case perfectly to avoid depicting the cutout.
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The “A dangerous creature threatens the Starship Enterprise™ Crew” flavor text has me Cracking Up™.

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Kyle Brickman
@kylebrickman.bsky.social
UI Engineer at Netflix (all opinions are mine) out of Brentwood, CA. Has far too much Lego and knows far too much about Star Trek.
18 followers48 following139 posts
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