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Accidental Tech Podcast

408: Feature Headphones

Accidental Tech Podcast

Marco Arment

Technology

4.32.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2020

⏱️ 130 minutes

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0:00.0

I have updated call recorder for Skype just barely in time for this phone call.

0:04.8

Did you see they now have a feature where it will automatically offer to reinstall itself?

0:10.1

Which didn't work by the way. So I did my call recorder update and then I updated Skype

0:15.2

and then nothing. So then I had to manually go in a re-update call recorder.

0:21.3

I mean, just to show you the pains that we go through to bring this program to you, ladies and gentlemen,

0:27.7

I am recording this not once, not twice, but thrice. I now have a hardware recorder.

0:34.4

The what is this? A mixed pre-3, 2. Correct. I've got the audio hijack running and Skype call recorder,

0:41.9

a call recorder for Skype, whatever it's called. Because darn it, I will not lose this recorder.

0:47.8

I will not swear it. But yeah, it's really getting frustrating that Skype updates even more

0:54.7

often than Chrome, it seems, and that's saying something. Yeah. And every time it updates recently,

0:59.2

it breaks call recorder, which seems to just uninstall. I mean, this call recorder has given us years

1:05.3

of solid functionality and solid service for what I'm pretty sure was only one time purchase.

1:12.4

I don't think I've ever... Yeah, like 20 bucks. Yeah, like 20 bucks like six years ago.

1:16.9

I don't think I've bought it. It just keeps updating. But I think the time of relying on it for anything

1:24.0

is over because Skype is just outpacing. I just constantly disabling it and issuing it. Or rather,

1:29.8

Skype is constantly issuing updates to itself that disable it. I don't know if it's intentional,

1:34.4

but that's what happens. And it's just I think at this point, like you can't really depend on that

1:40.8

anymore actually working. It's unfortunate. I mean, it always works if it's installed. You just

1:45.4

got to remember to look to see whether it's installed or not before you have an hour long call and

1:49.3

you realize, Hey, where's that little window? Yeah, imagine, imagine if that worked, if that's

1:54.2

how your backups worked. Like if time machine just stopped every three days until you remember to

1:59.9

go look for it, I still feel like you can rely on. I mean, we all reinstall call recorders. I

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