Debating the Merits of Undifferentiated Hardware in Smartphones

Jason Snell returns to the show to talk about the DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit against Apple. And sports gambling.

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Links:

• Jason: “U.S. versus Apple: A first reaction”.
• Yours truly:
  • “The EU’s Share of Apple’s Global Revenue”.
  • “European Commission Opens DMA Non-Compliance Investigations Against Google, Apple, and Meta”.
• Steve Jobs, explainer extraordinaire:
  • “Thoughts on Music”.
  • “Thoughts on Flash”.
• Signal dropped support for handling SMS messages on Android in 2022.
• Google does not support APIs to allow third-party Android apps to handle RCS messaging.
• ESPN: “Shohei Ohtani, His Interpreter and Wire Transfers: A Timeline”.
• Craig Calcaterra’s excellent Cup of Coffee baseball-oriented blog/newsletter.
  • Calcaterra’s breakdown of the Ohtani gambling scandal.
• The Alabama college baseball betting scandal (“You don’t understand, I have inside information!”).

This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.