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MacVoices #26071: Live! – Meta Subscriptions, Epic and Google Get Cozy, Claude, Vimeo, Galaxy Trifold Pricing

Feb 12, 2026 | MacVoices Live!

Meta’s subscription experiments, Epic’s financial deal with Google and antitrust implications top the list of items addressed in this MacVoices Live! show. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Marty Jencius, Jim Rea, Norbert Frassa, Guy Serle, Jeff Gamet, and Eric Bolden discuss concerns about AI guidelines and chatbot impacts on mental health, and the evolving future of platforms like Vimeo since their acquisition. The conversation also touches on foldable phone pricing and broader industry shifts shaping user experiences and competition.

MacVoices #24220: Live! – Epic’s Grant For An Alternative App Store; Developer Privacy

Aug 28, 2024 | MacVoices Live!

Epic Games’ recent grant to support alternative app stores in the EU raises question of self-interest, conflicts of interest, or whether this represents a genuine push for innovation. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Marty Jencius, Jim Rea, Mark Fuccio, and Web Bixby look at a laughable claim by Google comparing their user privacy focus with Apple’s consider the potential impacts on Apple and the app ecosystem. The panel also discusses new EU regulations requiring developers to disclose personal information, exploring the implications for developer privacy.

MacVoices #24098: MVL – Agreeing To Disagree About App Store Fees

Apr 5, 2024 | MacVoices Live!

https://youtu.be/X8XyBpuXHFA Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Ben Roethig, Jim Rea, Marty Jencius, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Web Bixby, Mark Fuccio, and Jeff Gamet conclude a MacVoices Live! conversation about how Apple’s App Store fee critics are charging pretty much the...

MacVoices #24084: MVL – iOS Developers Can Sell Direct; The EU Changes Their Demands (Again)

Mar 18, 2024 | MacVoices Live!

https://youtu.be/B-yIb2EFxxk The struggle between the EU and Apple continues as the EU keeps changing their mind as to what will satisfy them. This time, Apple has announced the availability of a direct download from developers’ web sites. The MacVoices Live! panel...

MacVoices #23256: MacVoices Live! – Epic Games (Again), Formula 1, Apple TV+ (3)

Oct 16, 2023 | Apple TV, Business, MacVoices Live!

The panel of Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Jim Rea, Eric Bolden, Web Bixby, Mark Fuccio, and Ben Roethig wrap up this MacVoices Live! session by looking at the latest in the Epic Games and Apple dispute, Apple's potential entry into Formula One...

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MacVoices #23223: MacVoices Live – SanDisk’s Silence, Epic’s Loss, and UK’s Guidelines (1)

Aug 29, 2023 | Business, Hardware, MacVoices Live!

This MacVoices Live! session starts out with an usual discussion of Panorama’s database program. Then, Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Eric Bolden, Jim Rea, Jeff Gamet, Web Bixby, and Mark Fuccio consider SanDisk's lack of response to reported issues with their SSDs,...

MacVoices #23151: MacVoices Live! – Epic Games Loses…Again, Spotify Complains…Again (1)

May 17, 2023 | Audio/Music, Business, Developer, Games, MacVoices Live!

The MacVoices Live! panel of David Ginsburg, Eric Bolden, Brian Flanagan-Arthurs, Mike Potter, Web Bixby, Jeff Gamet, Mark Fuccio, and Jim Rea provide thoughts on the most recent loss by Epic Games in their war against Apple and what it means going forward. Then panel...

MacVoices #22033: MacVoices Live! – Everyone Against Apple, Google’s VPN, Spotify/Joe Rogan (1)

Feb 16, 2022 | Business, MacVoices Live!, Security/Privacy

This MacVoices Live! session starts out with David Ginsburg, Jim Rea, Jeff Gamet, and Mark Fuccio discussing the Amicus briefs filed in support of Epic’s position against Apple. Various State’s Attorneys General and Microsoft all piled on. What are the motivations,...

MacVoices #20230: Apple’s Responsibilities to Competitors with The Daily Observations Crew (2)

Oct 8, 2020 | Business, Commentary, iPhone

Part 2 of our discussion with The Mac Observer’s Daily Observations Podcast hosts Bryan Chaffin, Kelly Guimont, and John Martellaro about Apple’s relationship and obligations to its competitors, investors, and users wraps up in this episode. More examples from other...

MacVoices #20229: Apple’s Responsibilities to Competitors with The Daily Observations Crew (1)

Oct 7, 2020 | Business, Commentary, iPhone

Some recent comments on The Mac Observer’s Daily Observations Podcast led to this debate on Apple’s relationship to its competitors with Bryan Chaffin, Kelly Guimont, and John Martellaro. In Part 1, we frame the question of whether Apple has obligations to its...

MacVoices #20201: MacVoices Live! with Josh Centers (2)

Aug 26, 2020 | Business, Games, iOS, iPad, iPhone, MacVoices Live!, Software

Our MacVoices Live!conversation with featured guest Josh Centers and the panel of David Ginsburg, Michael E. Cohen, and host Chuck Joiner continued with more on the the Apple App Store. Jailbreaking, the use of enterprise certificates, and what Apple is and isn’t...

MacVoices #20200: MacVoices Live! with Josh Centers (1)

Aug 25, 2020 | Business, Developer, Games, MacVoices Live!

This MacVoices Live! focused on the Apple/Epic Games battle royale, with some great perspectives by featured guest Josh Centers, as well as David Ginsburg, Michael E. Cohen, and host Chuck Joiner. In the first part of the conversation, some of the issues covered...

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