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The Vergecast

Mythical computers and super apps

The Vergecast

Vox Media Podcast Network

Tech News, Technology, News

4.34.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2023

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Today on the flagship podcast of payment processing fees: 04:36 - The Verge's David Pierce travels to meet Keegan McNamara, an artisan who is making unique computers for more purposeful use cases. A visit to the one-man computer factory 27:11 - Liz Lopatto and Alex Heath join the show to discuss the future of "super apps" in the United States — notably the one Elon Musk is trying to build with X, formerly known as Twitter. Everything Elon Musk told Twitter employees in his first company meeting Can Elon Musk turn Twitter into an ‘everything app’? Here’s what Elon Musk wants to do with X, his ‘everything app’ 1:09:54 - Keep listening for this week's Vergecast Hotline question. What is a custom feed and how do I make one? – Reddit Help Email us at vergecast@theverge.com, we love hearing from you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to The Verge Cast, the flagship podcast of payment processing fees.

0:06.6

I'm your friend David Pierce, and I am sitting here organizing my entire life in Spotify.

0:12.0

I think for the first time ever, I've been using this app for over a decade, and this

0:15.7

is the first time I think I've ever done a full reorganization of my life in here.

0:20.7

And I'm doing it because there's this one thing that has annoyed me about Spotify forever,

0:25.6

which is that I have the music that I listen to when I'm in the car, or I don't know

0:30.1

what a barbecue or out with friends, or just hanging out at home, making dinner.

0:34.3

That's the music I would call my music taste.

0:37.7

And then there's the music I listen to all day, every day, while I work.

0:41.5

That's the feeling-y instrumental music.

0:44.9

It's a lot of movie scores.

0:46.2

It's a lot of ambient bands that I like.

0:49.8

I play it a ton, but I wouldn't call that the music that I like and really want Spotify

0:54.8

to tell me more about.

0:56.2

And yet, every year, at the end of the year, Spotify gives you that playlist with all your

1:00.2

favorite songs.

1:01.2

And it's like, you listen to the Batman soundtrack 650,000 times.

1:06.1

Maybe you'd like to hear that again.

1:07.8

And I'm just like, that's not really what's going on here.

1:11.0

And I kind of always wanted Spotify to separate those things.

1:14.1

Then, when I had a kid, it got even worse because now I spend eight hours a day listening

1:18.8

to Elmo's song, and I don't really want that in my algorithms either.

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