Slate Money: Apple Maps is Finally Good

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🗓️ 13 January 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Last week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spears asked you to weigh in on your preferred map app: Reigning champ Google, or late bloomer Apple? This week, they reveal your answers and discuss the merits of each. Also: Boeing’s airplane malfunctions, and what Bitcoin’s ETF approval means for crypto. In the Plus segment: Untangling the plagiarism drama of billionaire Bill Ackman and his wife Neri Oxman. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and an additional segment of our show every week. You’ll also be supporting the work we do here on Slate Money. Sign up now at slate.com/moneyplus to help support our work. Podcast production by Jared Downing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, and welcome to Slate Money, your guide to the business and finance news of the week.
0:17.1	I'm Felix Hammond of Axios. I'm here with Emily Peck of Axios.
0:21.2	Hello, hello.
0:22.1	With Elizabeth Spires of Slate and New York Times and stuff.
0:25.5	Hello.
0:25.9	And we are going to talk about Boeing this week. We're going to talk about safety and
0:30.6	what the hell is going on with door plugs flying out of airplanes in midair.
0:36.1	We are, of course, as promised, going to talk about the relative merits of Apple Maps and Google Maps.
0:41.3	We are going to talk about Bitcoin ETFs.
0:44.3	You can now buy spot Bitcoin in a box on the stock market.
0:48.3	Is this a thing that matters?
0:49.3	I think I'm going to enter into a bet with Emily about this.
0:53.3	If you have ideas for the stakes, let us know.
0:56.8	We have a long and convoluted Slate Plus segment all about Bill Ackman,
1:01.4	which if you're a Slate Plus member, you will either listen to or not.
1:04.7	And it's all coming up on Slate Money.
1:11.7	My name is Caden Sinclair.
1:16.3	Some people call us American royalty.
1:18.8	We were liars.
1:19.7	A new series on Prime Video.
1:21.7	We were happy.
1:22.8	We wanted for nothing.
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