336: ‘He Looked Like a Fred’, With John Moltz

The Talk Show With John Gruber

Special guest: John Moltz. Special topics: Apple’s record-breaking but somehow yawn-inducing quarterly results, new features in the upcoming releases of MacOS 12.3 and iOS 15.4, the Neil Young–Joe Rogan Spotify saga, and more.

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Links:

• Apple Quarterly Results:
  • Apple Newsroom.
  • My two cents.
  • “This Is Tim.”
• MacOS 12.3 is dropping kernel extension APIs used by Dropbox and Microsoft OneDrive:
  • Stephen Hackett.
  • Dropbox passing the buck.
  • Microsoft says OneDrive will soon be ready.
  • Box has been ready since October.
• New emojis in iOS 15.4 and MacOS 12.3.
• MacRumors: "Hands-On With Universal Control in iPadOS 15.4 and macOS Monterey 12.3".
• Other new features in iOS 15.3 and MacOS 12.3, including Face ID while wearing a mask.
• Steve Jobs's backdated stock options.
• Former Apple CFO Fred Anderson.
• East India Company.
  • They are, in fact, still a concern.
• Joe Isuzu.

This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.