Vergecast: Wordle’s App Store clones, FTC’s Meta lawsuit moves forward, and PC’s...
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Every Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast, The Vergecast, where we discuss the week in tech news with the reporters and editors covering the biggest stories.
This week on The Vergecast, Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and Russell Brandom start the show with news of federal judge James Boasberg allowing the FTC to proceed with an antitrust lawsuit against Meta. The crew explains why the case can go forward after a dismissal last year and what can happen next.
The next topic of discussion focuses on the viral success of the web-based puzzle game Wordle and the race to clone it. The Vergecast walks you through the drama, resulting in a bunch of Wordle clones being removed from Apple’s App Store.
Later in the show, Verge deputy editor Dan Seifert stops by for this week’s gadget talk. On the docket: Canon printers abandoning their DRM toner (for now), reports of the PC market experiencing its first big growth in a decade, and the takeaways from this year’s CES.
There’s a whole lot more discussed in this week’s show — like the White House hosting a tech summit, the bugginess of Android 12, and, of course, RCS discourse — so listen here or in your preferred podcast player for the full discussion.
Here’s a full list of stories discussed in this week’s show:
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@Alex
You can control Sonos speakers by talking to Siri on a HomePod. That’s what I’ve been doing since I replaced my two HomePods as the TV speakers with a set of Sonos Arc + Sub + 2 x One SLs.
I moved the HomePods to another room, and brought a HomePod Mini to my living room just for Siri commands. That way, I can enjoy music on a great surround sound system without using data mining voice assistants that Sonos came bundled with. One day, if Sonos launches its own voice assistant, or Siri becomes available on Sonos, I can move that HomePod Mini, but for now, I don’t mind using it since I don’t have a need for it in another room.
I also want to add that Sonos speakers and HomePods can be used within the same home music streaming system. You don’t need to pick one over the other if you want to play the same music in every room.
@Nilay
Apple making mistakes once in a while doesn’t invalidate the idea that App Store is one of the things that make iOS a secure place for users and the developers. On the contrary, it actually supports it.
If Apple makes mistakes (I would call it reacting slowly) managing its App Store, having two or three app stores will only multiply the chances of those fake apps to reach the end users by two or three.
More options = more opportunities for bad parties. App Store heard the criticism, and removed the fake apps quickly, but with multiple app stores, the developer of the Wordle would have to convince every single app store to get rid of the copycats, and I’m sure some smaller stores that don’t feel much public relations pressure would say no.
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