William Gallagher
Just as Meta's Mark Zuckerberg makes another criticism of Apple, Tim Cook gives a very rare candid interview, while Apple TV+ is promoting "Severance" but defending "Servant," and the Home Hub could be held up.
While the shadow of an impending ban of TikTok took over the news cycle, this week also saw Apple CEO Tim Cook give actual answers about his personal life — and love of chocolate — to a food podcast. It was remarkable how much this topic of food drew the man out, and you definitely saw a new side of him.
Whereas you saw exactly the same old side to Mark Zuckerberg as he slammed Apple for failing to do anything new in 20 years — otherwise known as just about the same time since he did either. Pot, meet kettle.
Plus Apple TV+ has been creatively getting itself into the news with its rather unique promotion of "Severance" — and at the same time is trying to get itself out of a lawsuit over "Servant."
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Links from the Show
- Meta CEO mocks Apple for 'sitting on' iPhone 20 years later despite doing the same with Facebook
- Apple's 2025 annual shareholder meeting is on February 25
- Apple fights back against shareholders who want to end DEI hiring
- EU may be reassessing billion-dollar Big Tech fines as it waits for Trump
- Apple Camera due in 2026 — but Home Hub may get delayed
- TikTok's ban saga is a mess, with only days before the hammer falls
- Illinois will implement digital IDs and driver's licenses for Apple Wallet in 2025
- CarPlay 2.0 may let users add widgets just like on an iPhone
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Yeah, no. Zuckerberg hasn't had an original thought since he no doubt cry-babied his way into this world at birth. He has been extremely good at monetizing other people's ideas: Facebook, Instagram, What'sApp. His one foray into sort-of-but-not-really original thought was, wait for it... The Metaverse! Yeah, remember when that was definitely, positively gonna be "the next big thing." He blew countless billions on that ridiculous failure, not that Mark really cares about the losses because all that money came from abusing your personal data and right to privacy, slicing, dicing and monetizing you in any way that he can. South Park had an episode long ago that anointed The Biggest Douchebag in the Universe, and I wish they would do it again so we could honor Zuck with the only title he deserves.