Friends of the Court Unfriendly to Apple - MOSK: 05.22.2025

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🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

- Spotify and Microsoft File Amicus Briefs for Epic/Against Apple - OpenAI Acquires Jony Ive’s io for $6.5B - Apple Moves Some iPhones to “Vintage,” Some iPads to “Obsolete” - Apple TV+ Announces Five-Part Scorsese Docuseries - Green Light for “Women in Blue” Season-Two - Apple TV+ Teases Jason Momoa Historical Epic “Chief of War” - CFPB won't protect US consumers from data brokers, plus a look at the security side of recent OS updates from Apple on Checklist 423 - find it at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @[email protected] - Send Ken an email: [email protected] - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

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0:00.0	This is MacOS Ken.
0:08.8	Friends of the court are unfriendly to Apple.
0:11.7	Johnny I've joined OpenAI and a docu series on Mr. Scorsese.
0:17.8	That's Mr. Scorsese to you.
0:21.0	It's Thursday the 22nd of May 2025.
0:24.9	I'm Ken Ray, and this is news from MacOS Ken.
0:30.1	Brought to you by yours truly and supported by people like you.
0:35.2	Patrons through Patreon.
0:38.1	Find out more than Patrons through Patreon. Find out more and add your support at patreon.com slash macOS Ken.
0:47.2	Spotify's playing Amazon's old game.
0:50.2	Fun with numbers without numbers.
0:53.2	9 to 5 Mac had word of an amicus brief filed by the music streaming service
0:57.1	in support of Epic Games this week.
1:00.8	According to that, they've seen subscriber growth since the App Store anti-steering changes
1:07.0	enacted a couple of weeks ago.
1:09.8	The piece says that was when Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers
1:12.6	barred Apple from charging commission or otherwise interfering with developers' ability to direct
1:17.8	customers to payment methods outside of the app store. According to Spotify's amicus brief,
1:24.6	by forcing Apple's long overdue compliance with the injunction, the 2025 order has created
1:30.3	substantial benefits for developers, and more importantly, consumers. Spotify's internal data shows that
1:37.8	its iOS app updates have already resulted in a significant increase in iOS users upgrading to a
1:43.9	premium subscription.
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