Epic wins for Epic and Threads

Published: Dec. 15, 2023, 12:30 p.m.

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss Apple responding to Beeper's iMessage for Android and the various other text-based platform news from this week.\nSean Hollister joins the show to discuss his time covering the Epic v Google trial, and what we learned from it all.\nFurther reading:\n\nThe year Twitter died: a special series from The Verge\n\n\nBeeper vs. iMessage is a fight about how tech works \u2014 and who's really in charge\xa0\n\nApple responds to Beeper\u2019s iMessage for Android: \u2018We took steps to protect our users\u2019\n\nBeeper says Apple is blocking some iMessages, but there\u2019s a fix\n\nGoogle Messages might let you edit texts after they\u2019re sent\xa0\n\nThreads is officially starting to test ActivityPub integration\xa0\n\nThreads launches for nearly half a billion more users in Europe\n\nAdam Mosseri\u2019s Threads account is rocketing up the Mastodon followed lists.\n\nAn X outage broke all outgoing links, again\n\nEpic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight\xa0\n\n\nEpic CEO Tim Sweeney: the post-trial interview\xa0\n\n20 things we learned from the Epic v. Google trial\n\nThe Apple TV app now looks more like an all-purpose streaming hub\n\nE3 is officially over forever\xa0\n\nOpera\u2019s gamer browser now has a \u2018panic button\u2019 for when you\u2019re caught in the act\n\n\nEmail us at vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love hearing from you.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices