Spotify's Survival Struggle

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce. and Alex Cranz discuss the quarterly tech earnings from Apple, Microsoft, Spotify, and more. 

Further reading:

• Meta and Apple in ‘deep’ competition to build the metaverse, Zuckerberg tells staff
• Yes, it’s weird for the two-year-old Meta Quest 2 to go up in price
• Meta might let anti-vax posts back onto Facebook and Instagram 
• Instagram walks back its changes
• Microsoft Q4 2022 earnings: Windows and Xbox fall in $51.9 billion quarter
• Meta reports revenue decline for the first time in Q2 earnings
• Here’s where to buy the Meta Quest 2 before it costs $100 more
• Alphabet Q2 2022 earnings show profits dropped compared to last year
• Comcast’s broadband business stopped growing for the first time ever
• Spotify’s subscribers rise to 188M amid podcasting setbacks
• Spotify amps up fiction podcasts with new leader of scripted content
• Spotify paid $123 million for audiobook company Findaway
• Spotify has stopped making its Car Thing dashboard accessory
• Apple’s latest iOS 16 beta ensures you can’t hide your mistakes with an edit
• Apple’s new Home app in iOS 16 is better but still half-baked
• SpaceX says Dish’s 5G plan would be ‘detrimental’ to millions of Starlink users
• You can re-watch Game of Thrones in 4K on HBO Max next month
• President Biden’s awesome video conferencing setup starts with a $7,000 Zoom gadget
• Asus’ compact Zenfone 9 comes with incredible gimbal-like camera stabilization

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