Episode 232: Muggy x 3
This week Chris and Rod have follow up on Google losing its long-running appeal against a record EU antitrust penalty, leaving it to cough up $4.7 billion, and the UK's competition regulator turning up the heat on Apple and Google to let developers completely steer clear of hefty app store fees.
In the news, pacemaker manufacturer Medtronic issues a stark warning to patients after cyber criminals managed to swipe sensitive health data, security concerns mount over claims that Apple's 'Hide My Email' feature may not actually be hiding anything, and Chinese developers file a fresh antitrust complaint targeting the App Store ecosystem. Plus, a fascinating academic paper provides causal evidence linking the original iPhone launch to a drop in birth rates.
The main show is a massive deep dive into Rod's new Mac setup. The boys walk through his ultimate fresh-install workflow from bypassing the initial iCloud login network traps and customising the dock, to a massive terminal-driven Homebrew installation spree covering productivity, local AI models, and essential system utilities.