Tim Cook’s Interview on Sway, Find My Opens to Third-Party Devices, and Apple Arcade Improves

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🗓️ 9 April 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Apple CEO Tim Cook discusses privacy, curation, and AR, Find My opens to third-party accessories, and classic games come to Apple Arcade. If you have questions or comments on the show, tweet at @stephenrobles and @Hillitech, or email us here. Find us in your favorite podcast player by searching for "AppleInsider" and support the show by leaving a 5-Star rating and comment in Apple Podcasts . Do you host a podcast discussing technology or Apple devices and would like an AppleInsider staffer to appear as a guest? Let us know by sending a message to: steve@appleinsider.com and we'll be in touch! Sponsored by: ExpressVPN: AppleInsider listeners can get three extra months when you sign up for a year of service! Get the most secure and fastest VPN service today by visiting: expressvpn.com/appleinsider StartMail: Start securing your email privacy with StartMail. Sign up today and get 50% off your first year! Visit startmail.com/ai to learn more. Links from the show ‎Sway: Is Apple's Privacy Push Facebook's Existential Threat? on Apple Podcasts Creative Selection, book by Ken Kocienda Tim Cook 'probably' leaving Apple in next ten years Another $1 million scam app surfaces amid App Store legal battles Tim Cook talks Parler, politics, Tesla, privacy, and Apple in AR in wide-ranging interview The frontrunners for next Apple CEO: Speculating on Tim Cook's successor Tim Cook says Apple wants to use AR to make conversations better Apple’s Find My network now offers new third-party finding experiences Find your keys, wallet or anything you don't want to lose - Chipolo Apple debuts Find My network for third-party accessories Leaked images of revamped iPad Pro and iPad mini show few changes Apple MacBook and iPad production may be delayed over global chip shortage Apple Arcade adds new 'Timeless Classics' and 'App Store Greats' categories Only 36% of Apple Podcasts' 2M titles have 10 or more episodes Intel uses MacBook Pro to promote its chips after attacking Apple LG quits the 'incredibly competitive' smartphone business Google I/O 2021 set for May 18 through May 20, free for the first time T-Mobile launches unlimited 5G Home Internet service ‎Watchsmith 2.0 Apple Original podcast 'The Line' launches ahead of Apple TV+ documentary Those interested in sponsoring the show can reach out to us at: steve@appleinsider.comSupport AppleInsider Podcast

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Apple Insider podcast. This week we discussed Tim Cook's interview with Cara Swisher
0:04.4	who could be the next CEO of Apple. Apple announced a support for third-party trackers in the Find My app and Apple makes a major push with Apple Arcade.
0:12.3	This episode is brought to you by ExpressVPN. Get three extra months for free at expressvpn.com
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0:26.4	Go to startmail.com slash AI.
0:33.4	Welcome to the Apple Insider podcast. This week I'm happy to have Wes Hillier back on the show. How's it going, Wes?
0:40.1	Pretty good. Two weeks feels like a long time between shows.
0:43.4	I know it's a long time. You know, it's an even longer time September. And I'm reminded every time you send that gift because you're the master of the Earth
0:50.9	twin and fire gift every time I bring up the iPad pro and you just keep pushing it out.
0:56.0	Well, you set up yourself for the last one that that was kind of your fault. I did. I did.
0:59.8	And we're going to get to that too because there was some iPad leaks, but then chip shortages and Wes,
1:04.0	if this thing doesn't come out the September, I don't know what I'm going to do. We'll get to that.
1:07.9	The first thing I wanted to talk about this interview actually came out Monday on Cara Swisher's podcast called Sway with the New York Times.
1:15.3	And Cara Swisher's, you know, she was previously of all things D did that with Walt Mossberg.
1:19.8	And they had Steve Jobs on multiple times when they did that conference.
1:22.7	But she interviewed Tim Cook on the podcast and it was very interesting. It's just about 30 minutes.
1:27.1	So we'll put a link in the show notes to that. So you can listen to it.
1:29.8	And they spent a lot of time talking about privacy and security, a little bit of augmented reality too, which we'll get to.
1:35.8	But he started out by talking about Facebook and well, Cara Swisher kept asking about Facebook because Mark Zuckerberg's been really pushing against apples,
1:44.4	privacy practices and this app tracking that's going to be coming with iOS 14.5 where users will have the option to opt out of tracking in the whatever apps,
1:55.7	all the apps on the iPhone. And Cara Swisher kept asking about Facebook, but Tim Cook really tried stepping back and saying,
2:01.0	listen, we are not in the social media game, which there was a funny quip because Cara Swisher mentioned ping.
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