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Even the local pop-punk band is dissing Flock.

Adi Robertson is a senior tech and policy editor focused on online platforms and free expression. Adi has covered virtual and augmented reality, the history of computing, and more for The Verge since 2011.

Some banter from the tiny show I’m at in rural upstate New York tonight (lightly condensed): “Stick around for the other bands, tip your bartender, destroy Flock cameras.”

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