Episode 423

423: Fort of HomePods

Our walls are full of pipes and wires, our wheels are covered in spray paint, our photos have left the filesystem behind, and our HomePods need to lose a few amps.

Accidental Tech Podcast · ATP

March 25, 20211h 56m

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Show Notes

What would it take to get Marco into a concert?
Follow-up:
- Tesla Wheel of Shame
  - Hong Kong (via Cilver Aullet)
  - DC (via TG Cid)
  - Houston (via Aaron Farnham)
- App Store Pricing Policing (via Tim)
- Games and Notarization
  - On Apple’s Piss-Poor Documentation
- HomePod follow-up
Some Membership Housekeeping
- Refunds for a very small group of you! 💰
- ATP Membership can be paid in 💶 or 💷! 💸
- ATP’s mid-year 👕 (& more!) are coming soon! 🤑
Mac OS X 10.0 is 20 years old today!
- John’s reviews & retrospectives
- robots.txt
Google Play Drops Commissions 30% → 15% for first $1M in revenue
- Marginal tax rate
#askatp
- When did photos become more than just files? (via Matt Fenselau)
- What’s up with Apple’s awful user experience with OS updates? (via Dan Young)
  - Users are losing out against Big Sur’s sealed System
  - Comparing Update Sizes from Mojave to Big Sur
- How would we wire our houses if we could do it all over again? (via Matt Youens)
  - Cat6
  - Ubiquiti
    - Dream Machine
Post-show Neutral:
- Casey’s new dongle