SJ096: MacBook Pros (and cons), 100K listens, Google fined, Roku sells out, Comcast moves on, & more

Published: July 23, 2018, 7:43 a.m.

Most of you cadets will be listening to this on Charles' birthday, and this year Mike's present is ... next episode off, and 100K listens! This time, though, Mike and Charles welcome a new class of Space Javelin academy grads who have arrived by way of TWiT.tv's The New Screen Savers, really get into the weeds about the good, the bad, and the ugly on the 2018 MacBook Pros. Google gets a $5B fine, Android loses ground in the US to iPhone, Roku tells the truth (you're not gonna like it, though), India gives Apple's privacy policies a hard time, HomeKit doorbells appear to be vaporware, Comcast surrenders to Disney, Verizon is shutting down its non-VOLTE networks and shutting out old smartphones, and a Republican in Congress has actually stood up for -- that's FOR -- net neutrality. Oh we're not done yet! We've got some good Deals of the Week, some replacements for Apple's in-Photos printing services, the perils of buying a fake iPhone X, a look at the Ecovacs Ozmo and Mophie Lightning-based battery packs, true tales of iPhone survival, and more. Welcome aboard, veteran and new cadets alike -- and get ready for a pretty wild shakedown cruise!