The Talk Show

‘An Asterisk on the Bento Box’, With Marco Arment

Thursday, 25 January 2024

Marco Arment returns to the show. Topics include the Apple-Masimo patent dispute over Apple Watch blood oxygen sensors, the new External Payment Links entitlement for the App Store, and more.

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Links:

• “Coming to Grips With Apple’s Seemingly Unshakable Sense of Entitlement to Its Commissions From Third-Party iOS Apps”.
• “Like the Sixth Finger in an AI-Rendered Hand”.
• “Apple’s Workaround for the ITC’s Import Ban on Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2: Disabling the Blood-Oxygen Sensor in Software”.
• “Masimo CEO on Apple Watch Blood-Oxygen Sensor: ‘I Really Feel Wholeheartedly That Consumers Are Better Off Without It’”.
• “More on Apple’s Software Workaround for the Apple Watch Import Ban”.

This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.