Why Apple is trying to save Google
The Vergecast
Intro
This chapter explores Apple's influential role in the technology sector, especially in its competition with Google. It examines the strategies Apple uses to navigate industry relationships and the impact of these dynamics on consumers and market trends.
Where will Meta, Apple, and Google be three years from now? It's starting to look like they might all be very different. Nilay, David, and The Verge's Richard Lawler start the show with Eddy Cue's testimony in the Google search trial, in which Cue argued that AI is taking over — and that Google should be allowed to keep paying Apple gobs of money. The hosts also chat about the latest in the Meta trials, and how the recent Apple ruling is already changing the App Store. Then, there are some gadgets to talk about: the panopticon-slash-killer-app coming for Meta's smart glasses, the new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop, and a lot of new iPhones. In the lightning round, we do another round of Brendan Carr is a Dummy, then talk about some new Netflix designs and the latest in our worldwide hunt for party speakers.
Further reading:
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Eddy Cue is fighting to save Apple’s $20 billion paycheck from Google
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Apple’s Eddy Cue: ‘You may not need an iPhone 10 years from now’
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Google searches are falling in Safari for the first time ever — probably because of AI
Google's statement about Search traffic
Apple is looking at adding Perplexity and other AI search engines to Safari
Amazon now has a ‘Get book’ button in its iOS Kindle app
Epic will use an EU account to bring Fortnite back to the US App Store
Patreon’s iOS update allows creators to bypass in-app purchases
Apple is trying to halt the App Store ruling.
Apple files appeal to wrest back control of its App Store
A new bill would force Apple to allow third-party app stores
DOJ’s proposed Google changes would ‘deeply undermine user trust,’ search chief saysFirefox could be doomed without Google search deal, says executive
DOJ asks court to split up Google’s ad tech empire
Threads was originally going to live inside the Instagram app | The Verge
Instagram doesn’t want to be a ‘lean-back experience.’ | The Verge
‘TikTok is probably the fiercest competition that we have faced.’ | The Verge
Instagram has spent up to $700 million in a year to lure creators.
Mosseri calls the first version of Reels his ‘biggest mistake.’ | The Verge
Meta’s new AI glasses could have a ‘super-sensing’ mode with facial recognition
Apple is planning smart glasses with and without AR
Apple ‘iPhone Air’ rumor suggests a bigger screen coming in 2027
Apple may stagger next year’s iPhones to make way for a foldable
Microsoft’s smaller Surface Pro has a 12-inch display and starts at $799
Microsoft shrinks its Surface Laptop down to 13 inches, priced at $899
Microsoft’s new Surface devices ditch magnetic charging port for USB-C
How Microsoft shrunk its Surface devices
Policing News, Policing DEI: The FCC’s Shifting Priorities Erode Its Credibility
OpenAI abandons plan to become a for-profit company
Netflix is getting a big TV revamp
Netflix will try a TikTok-like feed on its mobile app
I put four robot lawnmowers through a brutal backyard battle
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