Australia's bargain with Google and Facebook / Apple TV on Chromecast / Nintendo Direct's biggest announcements

The Vergecast

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Technology, Tech News

4.4 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2021

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Nilay Patel talks with Adi Robertson and Casey Newton about what Australia's News Media Bargaining Code means for Google, Facebook, and the open web in Australia. Chris Welch and Julia Alexander join the show to discuss the new Amazon Fire TV stick, Apple TV on Chromecast, and the state of streaming services in 2021. Andru Marino and Taylor Lyles discuss the announcements from this week's Nintendo Direct. Further reading: Maps show ZIP codes hit hardest by COVID-19 have low vaccination rates Finicky COVID-19 vaccines raise the stakes of power outages Vaccine rollout won’t be equitable unless health care reckons with racism If you’re vaccinated against COVID-19, you won’t have to quarantine if you’re exposed How to score a COVID-19 vaccine appointment Texas freeze risks slowing COVID-19 progress Facebook will block Australian users and publishers from sharing news links in response to new bill Why Google caved to Australia, and Facebook didn’t Facebook employee warned it used ‘deeply wrong’ ad metrics to boost revenue Facebook’s Australian media ban is taking down official government pages Apple won’t have to allow App Store alternatives on iOS after North Dakota bill fails Amazon Fire TV Stick (2020) review: just get a 4K model Apple TV app now available on the latest Google Chromecast YouTube TV offering HBO Max, Showtime, and Starz for $5 less in new entertainment bundle Donald Glover’s reported Amazon deal could lead to a more curated Prime Video HBO Max is ordering way more kids’ content to compete with Netflix and Disney Plus The 20 biggest announcements from today’s Nintendo Direct Android 12 developer preview is available now with many under-the-hood updates How to easily install the Android 12 developer preview Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, before the show starts, I want to talk about something that I think is really exciting.
0:03.7	On March 1st, we're holding our first live event, we're calling it the Verge Live.
0:08.6	Senator Amy Klobuchar is going to talk about big tech regulation in a keynote,
0:12.9	followed by a panel with Addy Robertson on Section 230 and the future of speech on the internet.
0:19.6	Again, that's on March 1st. Senator Klobuchar will be taking live questions from the audience.
0:24.5	We're going to have a really in-depth Weed Z conversation if you're a Verge cast fan.
0:28.8	I think you're really going to like it. If you're interested or you have questions for Senator Klobuchar,
0:33.2	you can register at voxmediaevents.com slash the Verge Live. That's voxmediaevents.com slash the Verge Live.
0:41.9	All right, on the show. This week on the Verge cast, Casey Newton and Addy Robertson joined to talk
0:46.9	about what is going on with Facebook and Australia, Chris Welch and Julia Alexander come
0:51.3	out for a streaming service update and Taylor Liles and Andrew Rino talk about Nintendo Direct.
0:56.0	That's coming up on the Verge cast now.
1:02.2	Hello, welcome to the Verge cast, the flagship podcast of the Australian media industry.
1:08.0	Would it be great if we just made it hard every time I do that? I'm like, we should just do it.
1:12.5	We should just say we're the flagship podcast of whatever I said,
1:16.3	bomb into that zone. I mean, if it turned out not to be true, you wouldn't be able to talk
1:20.8	about it on Facebook so it would sort of become true by default. See? That's and that's how you get
1:25.2	a market. You just back into it until no one else does a choice. I'm Eli and my friend. Deeter
1:30.4	is off today, but that voice just heard is Casey Newton. Hey, Casey. Hey, Eli. Addy Robertson is here.
1:36.4	Hey, Addy. Addy and Casey are going to join me at the top of the show to talk about what is going
1:40.7	on with Facebook and Australia. Then a little bit later, Julia Alexander and Chris Welch are going to
1:46.0	come on as much streaming news to go through. And then at the end of the show, a new segment idea
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