MacVoices #22208: MacVoices Live! - More on Apple Wallet, Apple Pay, Spotify Tries Audiobooks (3)

Published: Oct. 12, 2022, 9:22 p.m.

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This MacVoices Live! session wraps up as\\xa0Chuck Joiner,\\xa0David Ginsburg,\\xa0Jim Rea, and\\xa0Warren Sklar\\xa0continue their disagreement over the Apple Wallet app being able to be removed from the iPhone. That leads to a discussion of Apple Pay and other mobile payment platforms being available on competing platforms, and why that isn\\u2019t necessarily a good idea. The panel wraps up covering the announcement that Spotify is getting into audiobooks and how they are trying to differentiate the offering. (Part 3)\\xa0

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Show Notes:

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Spotify dives into audiobooks with a library of over 300,000 titles
https://www.engadget.com/spotify-audiobooks-us-130051256.html

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Spotify\\u2019s Audiobook Pricing Puts it in the Middle of the Pack
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-09-22/spotify-s-audiobook-pricing-puts-it-in-the-middle-of-the-pack

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Guests:

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David Ginsburg\\xa0is the host of the weekly podcast In Touch With iOS where he discusses all things iOS, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and related technologies. He is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users. Visit his YouTube channel at https://youtube.com/daveg65 and find and follow him on Twitter @daveg65.

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Jim Rea has been an independent Mac developer continuously since 1984. He is the founder of ProVUE Development, and the author of Panorama X, ProVUE\'s ultra fast RAM based database software for the macOS platform. Follow Jim at\\xa0provue.com\\xa0and via @provuejim on Twitter.

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Warren Sklar helps host the\\xa0Mac to The Future Group\\xa0on Facebook, and is the co-host of\\xa0In Touch With iOS with David Ginsburg.

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