Why Are There So Many iOS-Only Apps?

Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast

Marques Brownlee

News, Hobbies, Technology, Tech News, Leisure

4.8 • 6.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

It's time for a bonus episode! In this one, Adam tries to figure out why there are so many apps that are exclusive to iOS. He brings in Marques, Andrew, and Ellis to talk about some of the reasons he found by talking with developers. Special thanks to Christian Selig, Karn Saheb, and Curtis Herbert for lending their expertise! P.S - We're headed to Austin! If you're going to be at SXSW in March we'll be doing a live show so come say hi! Links: Christian Selig: - Website: https://christianselig.com/ - Threads: https://www.threads.net/@christianselig - Pixel Pals: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pixel-pals-widget-pet-game/id6443919232 Karn Saheb: - Website: https://karn.io/ - Threads: https://www.threads.net/@karnsaheb - Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/karn.io Curtis Herbert: - Website: https://curtisherbert.com/ - Slopes app: https://linktr.ee/getslopes - Threads: https://www.threads.net/@parrots01 Music provided by Epidemic Sound Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Socials: Waveform: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli David Imel: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel Adam: https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17 Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@waveformpodcast Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/mkbhd Music by 20syl: https://bit.ly/2S53xlC Waveform is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Support for the show comes from Pilot.
0:03.5	If you're a Delaware Seacorp, March 1st is the deadline to pay the Delaware franchise tax.
0:09.0	And the folks at Pilot will prepare this filing for you, for free, so you can get a few hours back this tax season.
0:16.0	Pilot.com is the largest startup accounting firm in the U.S., and they're always looking for ways to simplify how you run your business.
0:22.4	Let them take care of your Delaware franchise tax filing so you can stay focused on growing your business and your customer satisfaction.
0:28.3	Go to pilot.com slash Vox, and they'll take care of this for you, for free.
0:33.6	No subscription required. That's pilot.com slash Vox.
0:40.1	You understand tech. You already use a VPN, a password manager, and an ad blocker.
0:45.7	Surely you are not exposed. Right? Find out for sure by going to cloaked.com slash Vox.
0:52.6	That's C-L-O-A-K-E-D.com slash V-O-X. There you can plug in your
0:58.4	phone number to see if any of your personal information is vulnerable. Cloaked can help you get your
1:02.6	data removed from hundreds of data brokers, generate unlimited working phone numbers to protect
1:07.0	your real one, and also offers $1 million insurance against identity theft.
1:11.8	That's cloaked.com slash Vox, and check out with code podcast to get 30% off a cloak
1:17.3	subscription.
1:22.3	I think a lot of the really cool Android-only apps are the ones that...
1:26.9	Name one.
1:28.0	Well, I can't name them.
1:33.5	But I would imagine that they're the ones that let you do things that Apple doesn't let you have
1:40.5	access to.
1:45.6	What is up, people of the internet?
1:47.0	Welcome back to another episode of the Wayform podcast.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Marques Brownlee, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Marques Brownlee and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.