Fort of HomePods Accidental Tech Podcast

What would it take to get Marco into a concert?


LivePhish
Do By Friday #232: Panatee
Reconcilable Differences #152: Warnings of Gales in Trafalgar

Follow-up:


Tesla Wheel of Shame


Hong Kong (via Cilver Aullet)
DC (via TG Cid)
Houston (via Aaron Farnham)

App Store Pricing Policing (via Tim)
Games and Notarization


On Apple’s Piss-Poor Documentation

HomePod follow-up


Google Home Max was also discontinued
Echo Studio
Nexus Q


Some Membership Housekeeping


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Mac OS X 10.0 is 20 years old today!


John’s reviews & retrospectives
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Google Play Drops Commissions 30% → 15% for first $1M in revenue


Marginal tax rate

#askatp


When did photos become more than just files? (via Matt Fenselau)
What’s up with Apple’s awful user experience with OS updates? (via Dan Young)


Users are losing out against Big Sur’s sealed System
Comparing Update Sizes from Mojave to Big Sur

How would we wire our houses if we could do it all over again? (via Matt Youens)


Cat6
Ubiquiti


Dream Machine



Post-show Neutral:


Casey’s new dongle



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