MacVoices MacVoices #23172: MacVoices Live! - Apple's App Store Purge, Apple Pay Resistance (2)
The MacVoices Live! discussion turns to Apple’s recent App Store purge of outdated files. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Jim Rea, Ben Roethig, Jeff Gamet, and Guy Serle discuss the logic behind it, and why more than just old files are no more. Resistance to Apple Pay has some panel members fired up, and Warren Buffet’s divestiture of TSMC stock concerned. (Part 2)
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Show Notes:Links:
Apple rejected 1,679,694 App Store submissions in 2022https://www.engadget.com/apple-rejected-1679694-app-store-submissions-in-2022-174946080.html
App Store revenue of small devs grew by 71% in two yearshttps://www.applemust.com/app-store-revenue-of-small-devs-grew-by-71-in-two-years/
Walmart shows no signs of accepting Apple Pay despite Kroger’s change of hearthttps://9to5mac.com/2023/05/21/walmart-apple-pay/
Warren Buffett sold all TSMC shares over concerns about Taiwan’s stabilityhttps://9to5mac.com/2023/05/16/buffett-sold-all-tsmc-shares/
Buffett Exits TSMC While Hedge Funds Coatue, Tiger Global Buyhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-15/buffett-s-berkshire-offloads-last-of-tsmc-stake-in-abrupt-exit
Chip War: The Quest to Dominate the World's Most Critical Technology by Chip Millerhttps://amzn.to/3p50af4
Guests:
Jeff Gamet is a technology blogger, podcaster, author, and public speaker. Previously, he was The Mac Observer’s Managing Editor, and the TextExpander Evangelist for Smile. He has presented at Macworld Expo, RSA Conference, several WordCamp events, along with many other conferences. You can find him on several podcasts such as The Mac Show, The Big Show, MacVoices, Mac OS Ken, This Week in iOS, and more. Jeff is easy to find on social media as @jgamet on Twitter and Instagram, jeffgamet on LinkedIn., @jgamet@mastodon.social on Mastodon, and on his YouTube Channel at YouTube.com/jgamet.
David Ginsburg is the host of the weekly podcast In Touch With iOS where he discusses all things iOS, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and related technologies. He is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users. Visit his YouTube channel at https://youtube.com/daveg65 and find and follow him on Twitter @daveg65 and on Mastodon at @daveg65@mastodon.cloud
Jim Rea has been an independent Mac developer continuously since 1984. He is the founder of ProVUE Development, and the author of Panorama X, ProVUE's ultra fast RAM based database software for the macOS platform. Follow Jim at provue.com and via @provuejim on Twitter.
Ben Roethig has been in the Apple Ecosystem since the System 7 Days. He is the a former Associate Editor with Geek Beat, Co-Founder of The Tech Hangout and Deconstruct and currently shares his thoughts on RoethigTech. Contact him on Twitter and Mastodon.
Guy Serle, best known for being one of the co-hosts of the MyMac Podcast, sincerely apologizes for anything he has done or caused to have happened while in possession of dangerous podcasting equipment. He should know better but being a blonde from Florida means he's probably incapable of understanding the damage he has wrought. Guy is also the author of the novel, The Maltese Cube. You can follow his exploits on Twitter, catch him on Mac to the Future on Facebook, and find everything at VertShark.com.
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