Good/Bad Mac Sales and Messes for iMessage - MOSK: 10.10.2023

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🗓️ 10 October 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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- Cult of Mac, IDC, and the Mac's Not-So-Bad Bad Quarter - Samsung Joins Google's RCS Push - EC Investigating iMessage Over Antitrust Concerns - Allstate Says iPhone 15 Pro Max Is Just as Breakable as the Rest - Reviews Are Out for Meta Quest 3 - Ridley Scott Preps Four-Hour "Napoleon" Cut for Apple TV+ (Maybe) - Sponsored by American Tech Support: Support for businesses and homes for over 20 years. Find out more at americantechsupport.com - Chat with us in Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!

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0:00.0	This is MacO-S Ken.
0:09.0	A not so bad, quarter for the Mac, messes for I Message, and taking a look at MetaQuest 3.
0:17.0	It is Tuesday, the 10th of October, 2023.
0:21.0	I'm Ken Ray, and this is news from Macco West can brought to you by yours truly and
0:29.1	sponsored by American Tech Support set up and support for businesses and homes for over 20 years.
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0:42.4	This show is also supported by people like you, patrons through
0:47.4	Patreon. Find out more and add your support at Patreon.com slash Maco West Can't.
0:57.0	When the Mac sales look particularly bad,
1:01.0	when the year before it looks a whole lot better.
1:05.0	We tend to remember 2022 is the year that played havoc with iPhone production, but the first
1:10.4	half of last year was having unfund fun with Mac production.
1:15.8	Cult of Mac has had a look at new numbers from market tracker I.
1:19.4	Sizing them up, the cult says Apple ship 7.2 million max in the third quarter of 2023, a whopping
1:27.0	23 percent decrease from the previous year, but the third quarter of 2022 was one of the best quarters Apple has ever had for a bad reason.
1:37.0	That reason, of course, was COVID.
1:41.0	The report points out that COVID-related production problems left Apple unable to meet demand for Max for the first half of 2022.
1:50.0	Quoting the cult again, after these production difficulties were cleared up,
1:54.5	the company had a huge surge in max shipments,
1:58.0	which was great for Apple in 2022,
2:01.0	but it makes the third quarter of 2023 look bad.
2:05.0	The Galton Mac piece thinks it might be more helpful to look at
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