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Marc Settle

@marcsettle.bsky.social

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BBC trainer, not journalist — I train BBC staff (& others) how to use phones for newsgathering. Posts are on mobile journalism, apps, kit, The Wedding Present & Arsenal. My views ≠ BBC. RT = worth reading. Like = read later. Sharing apps ≠ endorse.

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Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · 1d

It’s the one I got when I signed up for AppleTV. But my point is that on the very rare occasions I’ve taken out subscriptions to apps, I don’t recall being asked if I wanted to opt out of renewal emails. So I don’t know if this is common practice…or Apple being a bit dodgy.

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t take out many subscriptions so I don’t know how common this is…but this seems a little dodgy “dark pattern” from Apple?
Under the guise of receiving fewer emails, the happy financial by-product for Apple would be me not getting a reminder about cancelling my subscription. 🤨

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · 2d

He’s a great guy - a rarity at the bbc ;-)

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · 2d

It was a very enjoyable conversation with Conor who I know from our time at the BBC. I remain though mystified by his use of the phrase “give it socks” which I have genuinely never heard before!

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · 2d

Ditto

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · 2d

I wonder what the Venn diagram is of “people who hate the idea of football matches from European leagues being played outside Europe” and “people who love that the Grand Sumo Tournament is taking place in London and not Tokyo”?

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · 2d

A little reward for submitting a bug report for iOS 26.1 beta 2

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · 7d

It hadn’t caused any problems by the time I found it and given I explained to my mum what the problem was, I’m hoping it won’t be happening again.

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · 7d

Goodbye (Mr) Clips.

I haven’t opened it let alone used it in years but Apple have given up on their short-form video editing app.

www.macrumors.com/2025/10/11/a...

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · 7d

My elderly mother asked me to come over and help sort out problems with her iPhone and “other technical issues”
This one made me laugh.

The photo shows two iPhone plugs with the charging cable connecting them both. In other words the cable is not being used to power anything but merely to connect the two plugs, totally pointlessly.

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · 10d

Obviously the wider ramifications of global warming are broadly not good, but it’s currently 18°c and sunny on the south coast of England. On October 8th.

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · 10d

Obviously the wider ramifications of global warming are broadly not good, but it’s currently 18°c and sunny on the south coast of England and it’s lovely.

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · 12d

The beta of iOS 26.1 has a useful extra feature for mojo - but I’ve already sent feedback to Apple about it.
In the control centre there’s a new Audio Input slider (gain control) for external mics.
But if volume & brightness are up high, it’s very hard to see and therefore use properly.

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · 15d

Not available on iPlayer as of now

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · 21d

What an honour! It’s a fun programme to work on, which I did for many years in the 2000s. The only downside was getting up at 4:30 on a Sunday morning…

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · 25d

I am watching the meme.

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · 28d

Ha yes - a very wise decision.

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · 28d

One for the BBC’s crack pronunciation unit here, I think.

It’s a photo showing the winner of the Russian version of the Eurovision Song Contest, the Vietnamese singer Duc Phuc

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · Sep 17

Slow handclap for o2 who have today (17 Sept) sent me a text message with info about an offer that expired two days ago (15 Sept)

02: Don't miss out on £3 extra credit.
Just top up any amount once before 15/09/2025 and it's yours.
Use a credit or debit card at o2.co.uk/topup or call free on 4444.
To stop these offers, call 2220

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · Sep 14

So using mobiles on petrol station forecourts is now ok…as long as you’re using their on your phone app to pay for the petrol? Otherwise, using your mobile isn’t allowed?

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · Sep 13

How good was it to enjoy Zubi’s strike, knowing that there wasn’t anything for VAR to look at? For the first time in ages, we celebrated the goal (East Stand Lower, since you asked) without anxiously fearing it would be ruled out.

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · Sep 10

If you’ve seen that very viral Paris Bohemian Rhapsody video, you can be my friend if you *also* noticed how the lights were constantly flashing such that it indicated they recorded the video at the wrong frame rate.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s an amazing flash mob video, but even so…

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · Sep 10

Poor Hincapié - that Premier Inn on Euston Road is shocking, with terrible sound insulation from the traffic.

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · Sep 9

How thoughtful of Facebook to push to me a month-old BBC video about new tubes on the London Underground…just as we’re struggling through a tube strike where the network has been entirely shut down for two days, with two more still to come.

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · Sep 7

Turned my phone off at 2.58 to avoid the emergency alert due two minutes after that. Heard it on loads of other phones at 3.00, so at 3.04 I turned my phone back on.
The alert then arrived ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
(Took a screen grab but it didn’t save for some reason)