CultCast #341 - The SAD state of the Mac

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🗓️ 22 June 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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This week:

It’s been over a year since Apple has updated virtually any of their Macs. Just what in the heck in going on?
Why all your online purchases will soon be taxed
Instagram takes on YouTube with new IGTV app
MoviePass is about to change for the worse. AGAIN.
America’s largest theater chain just put the final nails in the MoviePass coffin
And things get weird in an all-new what we’re into!

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Supreme Court Kills Quill, Gives States More Authority To Collect Sales Tax

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2018/06/21/supreme-court-kills-quill-gives-states-more-authority-to-collect-sales-tax/#5259f8dc3994

It’s a sad day for US. It’s the end of an era. The end of tax-free shopping online.
In 1992 the supreme court that a state couldn’t force an online retailer to collect sales tax for them if the retailer didn’t have a physical presence in that state.
Today, they reversed that decision
What does that mean?
Well, it means that you state will undoubtedly begin forcing online retailers to charge you sales tax on all your online orders.
If you have a big purchase to make, I’d do it this summer.

On The Sad State of Macintosh Hardware

https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2018/06/14/on-the-sad-state-of-macintosh-hardware/

Rogue Amoeba developer Quentin Carnicelli posted this week on the company’s blog about his frustration with Apple’s continued neglect of the Mac.
"At the time of the writing, with the exception of the $5,000 iMac Pro, no Macintosh has been updated at all in the past year.”

Instagram takes on YouTube with new IGTV app

https://www.cultofmac.com/556779/instagram-launches-igtv/

The photo-sharing social network revealed its new standalone app today called IGTV that’s dedicated to long-form video.
IGTV was revealed at an event today this morning where the company also shared that it now has 1 billion monthly active users.

MoviePass is going to introduce surge pricing on popular movies by July

http://www.businessinsider.com/moviepass-is-going-to-launch-surge-pricing-by-july-imax-and-3d-later-2018-6

By the end of the summer, you'll see some major changes to your MoviePass subscription — and you're not going to like them all.
MoviePass told Business Insider that by August members of the service would be able to add a friend when buying tickets through the app and would have the option, at an added price, to order tickets to Imax and Real 3D movies.
The first change to the service will happen in the coming weeks, when MoviePass will start charging members what CEO Mitch Lowe calls "high demand" pricing.
CEO Mitch Lowe: "At certain times for certain films — on opening weekend — there could be an additional charge for films"
The added charge will start at $2 for titles the app deems very popular with MoviePass subscribers

AMC is launching a MoviePass-like subscription service

https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/20/17482918/amc-subscription-moviepass-stubs-a-list

The largest theater chain in America has announced that it will now offer a subscription service that allows patrons to watch up to three movies a week for $19.95 a month.
Called AMC Stubs A-List the online and smartphone-based subscription will allow members to watch multiple movies a day and let you see movies more than once.
There will be no online ticketing fees, and it will offer a discount on food and drinks at the concession stand. Plus Stubs A-List will be redeemable toward formats like IMAX and 3D and will also include special AMC locations such as Dine-Ins.
The service will allow you to make up to three movie reservations at once in advance without having to physically be at the theater

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0:00.0	The Apple 2C and Words.
0:04.0	You know, used to be I could barely type 150 words a minute.
0:08.0	Still, it did get me in the Guinness Book of Records.
0:11.0	Now I can do nearly 200 words a minute with my Apple 2C. And it's so smart
0:18.0	that it even can check to see if I made any mistakes. Lots of luck, little fellow.
0:25.0	The Apple 2C. There's no telling how far it can take you.
0:29.0	Hello! And welcome to Look at the Best 30 Plus! Hello and welcome
0:33.7	look at the best 30 plus minute apple conversation you're going to hear all week long I'm
0:38.7	your host Airf on Elijah join me today he writes great apple. He's got a luscious golden complexion. He's basically got it all.
0:47.4	Buster. Kiny is here. Like 1% of that was true, but yeah
0:53.5	Dude the gold is complexion like a bronze complexion you're very all you're as bronze as they come
0:59.9	Very dark very luscious I meant meant to every word of that. You might be wondering where everybody else is. Well, Leander, he's on vacation. He's on an airplane right now headed to Alabama. The cany clan is going to Alabama.
1:14.4	Sounds like a episode of a reality TV show the cany clan.
1:18.7	It's like a national lampoon's vacation type shit right there, right?
1:22.8	Like when he told me they were going to Alabama
1:25.3	in the south and doing it, it's actually a very noble vacation.
1:29.7	They want to go and like see a lot of civil rights type of stuff. Yeah yeah yeah there's actually a lot of beautiful stuff they're going to
1:35.3	cruise the hillbilly riviera riviera wherever that is I don't call it but yeah he yeah he gave us a goodbye message. It warmed my heart
1:45.0	Did he he'll be gone for a while? Yeah, he's posted it in Colton Mac today. I didn't read it though
1:50.0	He's gonna be gone for two weeks. I just saw that he posted.
1:54.0	I haven't looked at it yet.
1:55.0	I'm looking forward to reading it.
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