Upgrade 519: The Intelligent Trinity

After some feedback about the future of the Vision Pro, we discuss Apple's adventures in the EU, the inevitable fragmentation of Siri, and a curious new AirPods rumor.
0:00 Intro
1:29 Snell Talk
6:02 Vision Pro Follow-up
29:31 Lawyer Up
55:48 Rumor Roundup
1:19:19 Ask Upgrade
Subscribe to the podcast and support the show at relay.fm/upgrade
Follow the show on Mastodon at relayfm.social/@upgrade
Follow Jason on Mastodon at zeppelin.flights/@jsnell
Follow Myke on Threads at threads.net/@imyke

[@couchcofilms5997]

Great Show!! 👍

[@Alvnb521]

Thank you for your show.

[@maikaimakena9424]

You guys are awesome ❤

[@jrobert]

We’ve all heard the phrases, “The horse has left the barn” and “You can’t put the toothpaste back into the tube”? By withholding features, Apple is, basically, trying to prevent the horse from leaving the barn and the toothpaste from leaving the tube.
If Apple just, blindly, releases features without assuming the government agency in charge is going to force a significant change to the feature, to the point where the feature is compromised in its usefulness/security/ease of use, then there is nothing stopping current or future government agencies from telling Apple how to develop its operating systems. It’s the EU now, and then it’ll be Japan, Korea, China, etc.
It’s easier for Apple to say, “Meh, we want to protect these new features from being open to regulation, so no new features for you” to certain markets.

[@thecakeone]

Audio seems a little too loud at the start.

[@josieMayday]

sorry, couldn’t hear you over how much fun we’re having ☀️😎🌴🌴

[@thecakeone]

@@josieMayday lol

[@peter65zzfdfh]

If you’re a trillion dollar duopoly with no prospect of actual competition from even a third party you should be regulated as a utility. If that stops them making features, then maybe it will allow actual competition who does. Kind of tough shit if it’s not in Apple’s best interest. I understand the instinct that ‘limiting’ apple will give consumers less features but I think it’s the opposite, restricting them will increase the competition.

[@peter65zzfdfh]

Building DMA compliant features isn’t harder, you’ve never done development if you think so. It’s actually harder to be flexible if you close it the way Apple does, as you have to build it all yourself in house.

[@mark.paterson]

FIRST!

[@maikaimakena9424]

I wonder if Android will become more interesting because 🍎 Apple will be regulated to BORING and Controlled by the EU

[@maikaimakena9424]

I wonder if Android will become more interesting because 🍎 Apple will be regulated to BORING and Controlled by the EU