374: ‘The Paul McCartney of Car Salesmen’, With John Moltz

John Moltz, ace reporter from The Daily Planet, returns to the show. Topics include Apple pushing ads through its own built-in apps, car shopping, and the burgeoning Twitter alternative Bluesky.

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Links:

• “This Week in Apple (sixcolors.com/tag/this-week-in-apple)” — Moltz’s new weekly column at Six Colors.

• My piece on DF re: an unwanted and unnecessary promotion for Apple Arcade in the iOS Settings app (daringfireball.net/2023/04/ios_adware).

• Chevy is cancelling the Bolt and really wants your data (arstechnica.com/cars/2023/04/gm-confirms-chevy…).

• gruber.com, home of the Gruber Motor Company and other fine subsidiaries of The Gruber Company.

• The saga behind “Superman II” and the Richard Donner cut (screenrant.com/superman-2-richard-donner-cut-d…).

• Bluesky:
• The waiting list for invitation codes (bsky.app).

• Bluesky: How to set a custom domain name as your Bluesky handle (blueskyweb.xyz/blog/4-28-2023-domain-handle-tu…).

• NYT: “What Is Bluesky and Why Are People Clamoring to Join It? (nytimes.com/2023/04/28/technology/what-is-blue…)”

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