Tech Musings + Outtakes - Part One

Topics discussed:

1. EU: Smartphones will need to have replaceable batteries by 2027

   • All phones, including iPhones, released in the EU must have a battery the user can easily replace with no tools or expertise • Phones will also need to become more recyclable as well as produced with a higher percentage of recycled materials • This comes after several other “consumer friendly” laws, such as requiring Apple to replace lightning with USB C on future iPhones and warning them against limiting speeds of “uncertified” cables like they do today

2. Vivint security systems

   • Buy it because it has ‘cool features’ • Cellular backup – admittedly pretty useful

3. A lawsuit claims Google has been ‘secretly stealing everything ever created and shared on the internet by hundreds of millions of Americans’ to train its AI

   • If the product is free, you are the product • This likely isn’t just Google • This is also why many companies, such as Reddit and Twitter, claim to be charging for their API usage now instead of offering it for free • Antitrust

Links mentioned in this episode:

• https://jonahmay.net/
• https://cyberfortress.com/
• https://differentdev.com/
• https://differentdev.com/blog/