Bad Week for Apple - DTNS 4667 Extended (Patreon)

Apple announces it will halt US online sales of the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2, starting Thursday December 21st. Plus four US lawmakers have asked the US Department of Justice to investigate Apple’s blocking of the Beeper and Beeper Mini services from Apple Messages. And what does the jury decision to find in favor of Epic in the long running Epic vs Google case mean for Android developers?

Giant Grass Field! 🤣 🤣 🤣 - GDI 4667 starts at 31:27

Tom and Huyen share their thoughts on foldables. What do you think about a Christmas tree made of foldables? Would you rather have a flippable or a foldable? Huyen gets out her ruler. Are you waiting for a rollable phone? Have you done the thing? Will your next phone be a Transformer? How good are you at Excel? Andrew Ngai is better. Are you a fan of speed running? Data talk takes over. Tom creates a new sport. We learn about how people across the world express laughter while communicating online.

Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao, Roger Chang, Joe.
Link to the Show Notes.

Quick Hits:

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/18/24005947/eu-x-twitter-dsa-formal-investigation-hamas-israel-terrorist-attacks

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/18/knoxville-is-building-the-biggest-community-owned-broadband-network-in-u-s-history/

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/16/24004074/ios-apps-contingent-pricing-subscription-discounts

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/18/24005996/adobe-figma-acquisition-abandoned-termination-fee

https://www.tomsguide.com/features/exclusive-ready-for-ai-powered-shoes-engineering-breakthrough-means-everyday-objects-will-soon-learn-as-you-use-them

Top Stories:

https://9to5mac.com/2023/12/18/apple-halting-apple-watch-series-9-and-apple-watch-ultra-2-sales/

https://www.engadget.com/us-lawmakers-call-for-doj-probe-into-apples-blocking-of-beepers-imessage-app-122554473.html

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Discussion Story:

https://www.theverge.com/23994174/epic-google-trial-jury-verdict-monopoly-google-play

GDI Content:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/15/you-didnt-just-succeed-you-exceled-sydney-man-dubbed-the-annihilator-wins-excel-world-championship

https://restofworld.org/2023/how-people-laugh-online/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds

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Huyen Tue Dao

https://www.randomlytyping.com

https://androidfaithful.com

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@queencodemonkey

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