Primary Technology Apple Broke the Law, I Was Deepfaked, and Even the Beach Has Ads
May 1, 2025
01:19:11
Epic Games got a huge win against Apple, what it means for the App Store and Tim Cook’s leadership, Meta's new Llama 4 AI chat app for iOS, Take It Down Act tries to tackle deepfakes, and Amazon refurb iPhones may be a scam.
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Links from the show
- A judge just blew up Apple’s control of the App Store | The Verge
- Tim Sweeny’s Victory Lap
- Epic win: Apple forced to give developers (almost) free reign to link out and avoid paying Apple's 30% cut - 9to5Mac
- Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers - Practicalities of Modern Patent Litigation Conference Practicalities of Modern Patent Litigation Conference
- Daring Fireball: Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers Rules, in Excoriating Decision, That Apple Violated Her 2021 Court Order Regarding App Store Anti-Steering Provisions
- ChatGPT is getting better for shopping | The Verge
- OpenAI says its GPT-4o update could be ‘uncomfortable, unsettling, and cause distress’ | The Verge
- Meta launches standalone AI chat app based on Llama 4 for iPhone and iPad - 9to5Mac
- Mark Zuckerberg is planning a premium tier and ads for Meta’s AI app | The Verge
- Snapshot on Apple
- Amazon Considered Displaying Tariff Charges on Its Ultracheap ‘Haul’ Site - WSJ
- Congress passes Take It Down Act to fight deepfake nudes, revenge porn - The Washington Post
- Raycast for iOS
- Why the lettering on Pope Francis's tomb looks so bad - Fast Company
- Accessibility - Apple
- (00:00) - Intro
- (03:16) - Apple Broke the Law
- (05:44) - Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers
- (09:04) - Epic v Apple Trial
- (13:38) - Cook Chose Poorly
- (15:45) - Apple VP LIED Under Oath
- (20:26) - Phil Schiller Voice of Reason
- (31:27) - What It Means for Apple
- (37:31) - ChatGPT Shopping
- (40:08) - Meta’s AI App
- (41:50) - Even the Beach Has Ads
- (44:46) - Apple Snapshot
- (47:56) - Amazon Tariff Pricing
- (50:46) - I Was Deepfaked
- (58:31) - Raycast iPhone App
- (01:00:00) - The Pope's Kerning
- (01:02:07) - Stephen Bought a Thing...
- (01:05:04) - Amazon Refurb Scam
- (01:08:29) - Apple Accessibility is Really Good