The Absurdity of Targeted Ads and the Rise of 'Dumb Phones'

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Timestamps (Courtesy of NoKi1119):

0:00 Chapters

1:33 Feedback for FP beta feature, Terry Fox shirt is now live

2:37 Intro

3:04 Topic #1 - MPA's CEO to work with congress to block piracy

websites

7:54 Luke on blockbusters revenue, impact of localized piracy

9:22 Pirating games and not buying later, lost sales from piracy

13:10 Linus on media production industry's issues, hiring

argument

15:56 Streaming, Letterkenny DVDs, AI upscaling films, mastering

issues

23:52 Luke's attempt to have plausible deniability, "pirate

hat"

25:04 VPN sponsorship? misleading talk points, Tom Scott's

videos

38:29 Linus tells Colton to get PIA sponsor

41:30 Canceling ASUS after paying for LTX, booths cost, Luke at

Open Sauce

46:14 Ethical gambling sponsorship? casino, gambling &

addiction stories

54:30 Game sponsors as an exception, GambleYourFriends idea

57:57 LTTStore's new zip-up mock neck & pocket shirts

1:01:02 Merch Messages #1 ft. Many cameras

1:09:24 Coolest tests LTT Labs are coming up with?

1:11:44 Daily driving high RR OLED? Stripped down WinOS ft.

LukeHasNoClue site, 6W monitor

1:18:54 Terry Fox Foundation

1:20:39 BC Children's Hospital charity auction stream on Whatnot

1:23:28 Tenstorrent's CEO Jim Keller to star on the next WAN

Show's stream

1:27:55 Tenstorrent product names, summarizing Keller's work

history

1:31:18 Sponsor - AG1

1:32:36 Sponsor - Ridge

1:34:01 Sponsor - Vessi ft. Luke might report Linus to his boss

1:36:40 Topic #2 - Apple relaxes restrictions on App Store,

allows emulators

1:38:15 Apple's new framework to aid repairshops, hardware

pairing

1:39:27 iOS default apps, Luke uses Firefox mobile, recalling FP

poll

1:43:51 Linus questions Twitch's ad breaks, Luke's hypothesis

1:45:53 Merch Messages #2 ft. FP poll results

1:49:36 Should game companies switch to open source engines?

1:51:19 Would Linus get on The Yard? ft. KBMOD &

WoodysGameTag

1:59:30 HDDs struggled with filled capacity, is it the same with

SSDs?

2:03:45 Topic #3 - Texas Education Agency replaces graders with

AI

2:08:41 Topic #4 - YouTube's Playables still available despite

end of life

2:15:02 Odd games, questioning who made them, "you are

failed!"

2:18:12 YouTube is losing its identity

2:19:40 Topic #5 - ROKU patent for showing ads when pausing HDMI

devices

2:24:12 Topic #6 - dumbwireless sells well amid social media

craze

2:29:48 Topic #7 - Former Google engineers launch AI music maker

Udio

2:32:38 Person generates songs about Seth $h!tting his pants at

work

2:34:18 Dan's thoughts on AI generated songs

2:35:49 Udio's options, copyright, "pilk" song, Dan's

reaction

2:38:40 Excellent Rectangle's Tape to Tape

2:40:27 Dan on the songs AI is trained over, niche music genre

2:42:07 Topic #8 - The_Crew's subreddit is deleting comments

2:46:38 Topic #9 - Instagram's filter can blur nude images

2:50:11 Topic #10 - Discord removes Suyu & Sudachi servers

& dev accounts

2:53:45 Merch Messages #3 ft. Savage Jerky returns

3:09:11 How do you focus on your own well-being despite being

public figures?

3:18:14 Any plans to extend the LTT hat line to include bucket

hats?

3:21:17 A pink multi nep shirt? ft. Microfiber cloth shirt

3:24:14 What would game studios do to combat flopped AAA games?

3:34:57 Exclusive FP content

3:37:27 Dan tries to leave, camera tracks him instead

3:38:03 Topic #11 - XBOX creates new team to preserve games

compatibility

3:39:18 Topic #12 - The Verge's article on AI & interracial

prompts

3:44:28 Topic #13 - Android AirTags soon to be available

3:45:10 Topic #14 - FCC requires nutrition labels for ISP plans

3:46:22 Merch Messages #4 ft. WAN Show After Dark

4:19:29 Outro ft. Dan runs back to end the show

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