Apple's Ball Pit of Doom
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03/24/24 • 53 min
The Department of Justice serves Apple a whopper of an antitrust suit, the consequences of which will take years to suss out and reverberate with impacts on competitors, developers, and consumers. So, what do we see from the shores of Android? The Android Police podcast is all about insights this week, some of them from our interview with Eric Migicovsky of Beeper and Pebble fame. And then we get broken down by a hilariously bad Moto G that should've been kept back in the dusty drawers of 2015.
02:03 | US v. Apple
- US sues Apple for iPhone monopoly, points to iMessage and Apple Watch dominance, among other tactics
- The US v. Apple monopoly case was inevitable, Beeper's CEO explains
- Five takeaways from the huge US antitrust lawsuit against Apple - The Verge
38:21 | Didn't Moto Have a Good Year?
Our regular hosts are Daniel Bader and Will Sattelberg. Our editor is Jules Wang.
Android Police lives here. Reach out to us at [email protected]
The Department of Justice serves Apple a whopper of an antitrust suit, the consequences of which will take years to suss out and reverberate with impacts on competitors, developers, and consumers. So, what do we see from the shores of Android? The Android Police podcast is all about insights this week, some of them from our interview with Eric Migicovsky of Beeper and Pebble fame. And then we get broken down by a hilariously bad Moto G that should've been kept back in the dusty drawers of 2015.
02:03 | US v. Apple
- US sues Apple for iPhone monopoly, points to iMessage and Apple Watch dominance, among other tactics
- The US v. Apple monopoly case was inevitable, Beeper's CEO explains
- Five takeaways from the huge US antitrust lawsuit against Apple - The Verge
38:21 | Didn't Moto Have a Good Year?
Our regular hosts are Daniel Bader and Will Sattelberg. Our editor is Jules Wang.
Android Police lives here. Reach out to us at [email protected]
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Our regular hosts are Daniel Bader and Will Sattelberg. Our editor is Jules Wang.
Android Police lives here. Reach out to us at [email protected]
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