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The Talk Show With John Gruber

115: ‘Turd on the Front Porch’ With Guest Ben Thompson

The Talk Show With John Gruber

John Gruber

Technology

3.63.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2015

⏱️ 154 minutes

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Summary

Special guest Ben Thompson returns, with the intention of not talking about Apple Watch — and so of course we spend two hours talking about Apple Watch. Other topics include the launch of Jay Z’s streaming music service Tidal, audience ceilings faced by different types of dedicated TV devices, and Meerkat-vs.-Periscope and the nascent revolution of ubiquitous live-streaming video. We make some NCAA men’s basketball Final Four picks, too.

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Where do we even start then?

0:02.0

Yeah, I was actually kind of optimistic.

0:06.0

We could just avoid watch discussion.

0:08.0

Possibly.

0:10.0

I don't know.

0:11.0

Well, then that article dropped today.

0:13.0

But it's almost like at this point,

0:15.0

it's like I just want it's I just want to come out and then let's talk about it.

0:19.0

But but no Apple via wired had to drop a sack of turd on the front porch.

0:28.0

So we're recording on Thursday April 2nd.

0:31.0

The show is probably going to come out tomorrow Friday.

0:34.0

So we're still in this like void between three weeks ago was this event.

0:43.0

Three weeks from now is when real people will start getting to watch.

0:48.0

We're still a full week away from the watch being in stores for people to look at with their own eyes.

0:54.0

Right? Like right now the 99.9999% of people who are interested in Apple Watch have not seen one in person.

1:04.0

Right. Right? I mean, it's you go out a lot of nines on that.

1:08.0

I got totally.

1:10.0

It's only been at the two events.

1:12.0

Right. Well, I guess no, because people are wearing them in public, I guess.

1:15.0

Okay. Combined with employees.

1:16.0

But I'm sure though, and even people who glanced it on employees with testing units out in a wild,

1:23.0

you can do that. But I'm sure that if you say, Hey, is that an Apple watch that they'll say, Yes, but then I'm sure that this they've got like a standard reply that's more or less, but I can't show it to you.

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