DOJ, Epic Games, EU, and no iPads just yet on the AppleInsider Podcast
AppleInsider Podcast
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🗓️ 22 March 2024
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
Apple is underfire from the DOJ, the EU and Epic Games, plus there's no new IPad yet and solely for subscribers, but it sounds as if there is a lot to look forward to with forthcoming AirPods and maybe AirPods Max.
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Regulation everywhere
- US DOJ attacks nearly every aspect of Apple's business in massive antitrust suit
- Spotify upset over 9 day App Review, cries antitrust to EC
- Apple says 'stay tuned' to free app developers in the EU worried about fees
- EU antitrust chief ready to get on Apple's case about fees and safety warnings
- Epic and allies are complaining about Apple's US App Store fees, while they charge about the same
Apple Vision Pro audio compare
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Is 128GB "lots of storage"
Rumors
- iPhone 16 Pro: what to expect from Apple's fall 2024 flagship phon
- Apple gearing up for fall launch of new two new AirPods models
- AirPods, AirPods Pro, AirPods Max: Apple's personal audio lineup is set to inspire in 2024
Apple's AI plans
- New Apple AI training method retains privacy, and could make a future Siri more flexible
- Apple in talks to license Google Gemini AI for iPhones
- Apple's focus on local AI models and licensing LLMs could be a winning combo, says analyst
- Apple is already being weirdly criticized for an AI effort that hasn't launched yet
Where are the new iPads?
- Apple's iPad Air & iPad Pro refresh rumored to arrive on March 26
- No iPad Air or iPad Pro announcement on March 26, says Gurman
Misc
- Apple will surrender less than a day of earnings to satisfy class action suit
- Apple - Every Second
- Apple Vision Pro App Store now viewable from web browsers
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- (00:00) - Intro
- (01:46) - DOJ
- (18:38) - Epic Games
- (26:22) - EU
- (31:22) - Audio comparison
- (38:48) - Spatial Audio
- (42:46) - HomePods
- (45:24) - External lenses
- (5...
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Apple Incider Podcast. This is your host |
| 0:06.9 | Wesley Huyert. Our sponsors this week are Zok Doc, Back Blaze and |
| 0:11.6 | fast-growing trees. I'm joined once again by William Gallagher. as |
| 0:15.0 | as a dock, pack blaze and fast-growing trees. I'm joined once again by William Gallagher. How's it going over there? |
| 0:16.0 | Do you know, actually I'm a bit frightened suddenly. |
| 0:19.0 | I'm thinking the Department of Justice might come after me next with about as little grounds as they have |
| 0:24.0 | over Apple. How are you over there? Well living in the United States I think I have a |
| 0:29.0 | little bit more to be worried about as far as just having random lawsuits levied against me but that's just how it goes. |
| 0:35.3 | Don't spill coffee on anyone you might be in a bad bad way but yes this I think we'll be getting to this first but before we get there I do want to bring up something |
| 0:46.1 | that'll be happening at the end of the show. |
| 0:48.3 | William and I have been discussing some ideas for the podcast and getting more stuff for the premium users and |
| 0:55.5 | we've come up with something called Applin Cider Plus. So we're going to be adding a |
| 1:00.7 | segment just for paid members, the normal show is going to continue as always. We'll start and finish the same paid subscribers won't have to listen to ads. Nothing's changing there. But if you do pay, there will be an extra segment at the end. |
| 1:15.0 | We're going to try to cap it at 15 minutes. |
| 1:18.0 | It could be three minutes. |
| 1:19.0 | It really just depends on what we talk about that week. |
| 1:21.0 | And topics are going to be more focused on us, your hosts. |
| 1:25.4 | This week we're going to be talking about our desk setups, our offices and stuff like that. |
| 1:30.3 | So if you're interested in hearing Apple Insider Plus be sure to subscribe in Apple |
| 1:34.7 | Podcasts or via our Patreon everything can be found in the show notes for |
| 1:38.4 | subscribing hope you enjoy and let us know what you think now onto the show William regulation |
| 1:46.2 | everywhere I mean I'm surprised that every country in the world isn't just |
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