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Back to Episodes#SGGQA 210: Apple Music Spatial Audio, Breaking Up Big Tech, Right to Repair in New York, LG Bribes Reviewers?
Published 4 years, 9 months ago
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LOTS of news this week! Japan to investigate Apple and Google over antitrust issues. DOJ under Trump forced Apple to give up data on law makers. The USA is investing more in tech infrastructure and manufacturing. Right to Repair enjoys a victory in New York. LG tried to bribe a reviewer to take down a review. And I can share my early thoughts on Apple Music Lossless with Spatial Audio! Let’s get our tech week started right!
Stories This Week:
- Xiaomi Mi 11i Review: https://somegadgetguy.com/2021/06/11/xiaomi-mi-11i-review-miui-12-5-and-great-hardware/
- Panasonic Lumix G9 update! https://somegadgetguy.com/2021/06/10/panasonic-lumix-g9-update-i-guess-i-can-keep-it-for-a-little-longer/
- Make a Leash for your phone with WearOS https://somegadgetguy.com/2021/06/08/make-a-smartwatch-leash-for-your-phone-with-wearos/
- OnePlus 9 Pro Review https://somegadgetguy.com/2021/05/12/oneplus-9-pro-review-justifying-the-price/
- Shutter Speed vs Frame Rate https://somegadgetguy.com/2021/05/14/shutter-speed-vs-frame-rate-explained-smartphone-video-tutorial/
- Revisiting the LG Velvet (Patreon Preview) https://www.patreon.com/posts/50996416
- Best of Our Week 24 with TK Bay! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXigBak4lj8
- SomeGadgetGuy Merch! https://teespring.com/stores/somegadgetguy
- Apple and Google face antitrust investigation in Japan https://9to5mac.com/2021/06/14/apple-google-duopoly-japan/
- Ohio lawsuit wants Google declared public utility https://www.cnet.com/news/google-should-be-declared-a-public-utility-ohio-ag-lawsuit-demands/?utm_source=reddit.com
- Five bills coming from the house to break up big tech https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/11/22529857/democrats-antitrust-big-tech-facebook-amazon-google-apple-competition-package-bills
- Trump DOJ forced Apple to give up data on lawmakers https://gizmodo.com/doj-forced-apple-to-reveal-data-from-two-house-democrat-1847077454
- Another lawsuit coming to Apple over battery throttling https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/06/07/lawsuit-claims-ios-14-battery-drain-bug-is-example-of-planned-obsolescence
- Right to Repair victory in New York https://www.ifixit.com/Ne