Episode 243: The Device at Hand

TOPIC: It's Business All the Way Down.

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about joys and frustrations of contemporary consumer technologies. So great yet so frustrating. So powerful yet so hobbled. It's weird how, as great as the newest tech ever gets, we so quickly find we're bumping right up against business, business, business.

Then, there's some more discussion of updates in iOS 9 and what we can now do with iPhone 6s, highlighting the astonishing power of trackpad mode.

Finally, some updates on Dan's cord-cutting and how one may choose how and what we're each willing to pay for—and how it's just no fun to amortize other people's garbage with your own time.

Links for this episode:

• How to use the keyboard as a trackpad on your iPhone 6s | iMore
  
• First, Let's Get Rid Of All The Bosses | MetaFilter
  
• The Act of Killing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• The Look of Silence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• The Act of Killing (2012) - IMDb
  
• Introducing the Plex Media Player - Plex Blog : Plex Blog
  
• It’s true: Drug companies are bombarding your TV with more ads than ever - The Washington Post
  
• The Act of Killing - Official Trailer (HD) - YouTube
  
• Can I Stream.It?: Search Netflix, Hulu, Google Play, iTunes, and more, for movies to stream instantly, rent, and buy.
  
• Tango till they're sore -- Tom Waits - YouTube
  
• Karina Longworth
  
• You Must Remember This — Karina Longworth
  

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