The WAN Show There’s No Reason To Buy An iPhone - WAN Show November 21, 2025
Nov 22, 2025
The hosts dive into whether the iPhone is becoming obsolete, sparked by Google's AirDrop-like feature on Pixel. They analyze recent cloud outages and the dependency on big tech providers. A lively debate unfolds around the resale rights ruling for software licenses and its implications on the gaming industry. Discussions on Microsoft’s ambitious plans for automation reveal concerns about privacy. They also touch on the quirky merits of sock design and the state of tech market volatility affecting content strategies.
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AirDrop Changed Purchase Decisions
- Apple AirDrop shaped the expectation that effortless device-to-device sharing is essential for many users.
- Google's Pixel QuickShare adopting AirDrop compatibility removes a major reason some people buy iPhones.
Router Botnets Power Large DDoS Attacks
- Security researchers found tens of thousands of old routers hijacked into a botnet for huge DDoS attacks.
- Linus compared that scale to modern attacks that Cloudflare must absorb to keep services online.
Small Configs Can Break The Internet
- Cloudflare's outage was caused by a malformed feature file exceeding preallocated memory on proxies.
- At scale, simple bugs in distributed config publishing can cascade into multi-hour internet outages.