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341: Pale Shade of Fun
Episode 341

341: Pale Shade of Fun

This week: colorful iMacs, adding ports and slots to MacBook Pros, Paramount+ enters the streaming wars, and Twitter attempts to finally do something.

Upgrade · Jason Snell and Myke Hurley

March 1, 20211h 21m

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Show Notes

This week we grapple with rumors of colorful new Macs and additional ports on MacBook Pro models, note the arrival of Paramount+ to the Streaming Wars, debate the merits of Twitter's attempt to actually do something resembling anything, and wonder if Apple's content to run the only music service without a high-quality tier.

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