349: Arriving Today!

09/02/21 • 69 min

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This week on Rocket, tech journalist and author Christopher Mims is here to discuss his new book, Arriving Today. It's the book that critics are saying "makes supply chains interesting" (Simone de Rochefort, 2021) — and guess what he does during this interview? He makes supply chains interesting!! You have to listen to believe it and then you will immediately want to read his book. Then, Google and Apple are being hit with a new law in South Korea, and Elizabeth Holmes is finally going to trial. That is, if they can ever find a jury of her peers.

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Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Arriving Today by Christopher Mims Apple and Google must allow developers to use other payment systems, new Korean law declares Google, Apple Hit by First Law Threatening Dominance Over App-Store Payments China’s Video Game Restrictions, South Korea Passes App Store Payments Law Apple's Settlement, Explicit Imprimatur, Additional Notes – Stratechery by Ben Thompson Blog - Cameron v. Apple Settlement Schemer or Naïf? Elizabeth Holmes Is Going to Trial. Retro Gaming Today Relay FM Tiltify for St Jude

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348: Only Fans, Only Problems

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