Apple events, SEO, and other fights | The Vergecast

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the takeaways from Apple's Mac event, the problem with SEO on the internet, streaming news, and much more. #Technology #Podcast 00:00 - Intro 5:30 - Apple's "Scary Fast" event 23:40 - "Shot on iPhone" debate 30:08 - Did SEO ruin the internet? 55:01 - Streaming news 1:06:21 - Lightning round Further reading: Apple ‘Scary Fast’ Mac launch event: the 4 biggest announcements: https://trib.al/0NGKxTo Goodbye, Touch Bar, you held incredible promise: https://trib.al/9v30Qx7 Here’s what Apple means when it says its event was ‘shot on iPhone’: https://trib.al/eePcTwx Amanda Chicago Lewis’ excellent piece about the web SEO built: https://trib.al/SnMMNTZ Some thoughts about The Verge article on SEO: https://trib.al/0GZCkjw Sundar Pichai argues in court that Google isn’t evil, it’s just a business: https://trib.al/n25RNVO Disney is about to own all of Hulu: https://trib.al/6gjTwof Joe Rogan’s big Spotify decision: https://trib.al/DpeJI5U HBO Bosses Used ‘Secret’ Fake Accounts to Troll TV Critics: https://trib.al/w3kg695 Max is taking 4K away from its legacy ad-free subscribers: https://trib.al/PsyVKXE Netflix’s ad-supported plan will reward binge watchers with ad-free episodes: https://trib.al/dfdfxKR Streaming is more expensive than ever — and it’s only going up from here: https://trib.al/Fa2pIdr YouTube is getting serious about blocking ad blockers: https://trib.al/RHVgw7q There's a surprising new top-five player in the smartphone market: https://trib.al/2xai64k Excuse me, it’s “really an aftermarket sound solution.”: https://trib.al/JI0p2JS The best robot vacuum for me is the one I hacked: https://trib.al/lx8zSrC Chrome on iOS now lets you move the address bar to the bottom: https://trib.al/QZokvmO Google is officially trying to make .ing domains a th.ing: https://trib.al/owWK9xp The EV transition trips over its own cord: https://trib.al/ZGZYk19 Closing time for Sam Bankman-Fried: https://trib.al/Jkw