Playful Competition and Holiday Reflections

This week, Marques, Andrew, and David were hoping for a nice, easy week of news. But they were wrong! A lot is happening, including Apple not being allowed to sell certain Apple Watches anymore, Google paying $700 million after being sued by all 50 states, Threads joining the Fediverse, and a ton of EV news as well! Plus, they talk about the 2023 smartphone awards video that just dropped over on the main MKBHD YouTube channel!

Links to stories:

Apple stops selling Apple Watches: https://bit.ly/4auPtVU

History of Apple Watch lawsuit: https://bit.ly/3THh4NA

Google to Pay $700 Million: https://bit.ly/474g5ud

30% of Google's Profits stat: https://bit.ly/3Rsw8fs

User choice Billing: https://bit.ly/3GSgHs1

Threads & ActivityPub: https://bit.ly/3GR83Ke

Flipboard Federates: https://bit.ly/4aJyL5B

Tesla Inductive Charging: https://bit.ly/3NEKc4l

MKBHD Smartphone Awards: https://bit.ly/3TA4Vdh

New EV Companies Sign On to NACS: https://bit.ly/3TA4u2D

NACS Certification: https://bit.ly/3RBde6l

Mercedes Self-Driving Blue Light: https://bit.ly/3Hd5O4t

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Shop products mentioned:

Samsung S23 Ultra at https://geni.us/JiXWof 

ASUS Zenfone 10 at https://geni.us/AUTNv

Samsung Z Flip 5 at https://geni.us/4V6L 

Apple iPhone 15 Pro at https://geni.us/FJ6qT6X

Google Pixel 8 Pro at https://geni.us/QZDJa 

Google Pixel 7a at https://geni.us/4MAxB 

Samsung Galaxy A54 at https://geni.us/RQxUT 

Apple iPhone 15 Plus at https://geni.us/QPrD 

Honor Magic V2 at https://geni.us/ShB9j4 

OnePlus Open at https://geni.us/i8eq5 

Nothing Phone 2 at https://geni.us/CTUnyq 

Google Pixel 8 at https://geni.us/qLeWM7

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Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli

David Imel: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel

Adam: https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17

Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin

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