Kara: Why wasn't there more pushback on Tim Cook's dismissive, buy your mom and iPhone comment in Kara's interview with him a couple weeks ago? Charlotte: iPhones are luxury devices that most of us cannot afford or don't see the value in. Scott: Will this comment be remembered as Tim Cook's Let Them Eat Cake moment before someone's head is severed? I laugh uncontrollably and cry unexpectedly, listening to the podcast and your advice to save my marriage with three young kids.
Netflix beat estimates for Q3 and added two million subscribers. Meta has Super-App dreams for WhatsApp, and Mark Zuckerberg is ready to take on iMessage. Plus, Twitter freezes employees' stock accounts, and an activist investor grabs a significant stake in Salesforce. Friend of Pivot Ben Smith joins Kara and Scott to talk about the state of media, and the launch of his news platform, Semafor.
You can find Ben on Twitter at @semaforben, and Semafor at semafor.com.
You can listen to Kara’s new show, On with Kara Swisher, here.
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