The state of Apple as a hardware and software company, its place in the world, and what’s next for podcasts now that video is taking over, on The Vergecast.
We’re spending the week documenting and analyzing the first half-century of Apple’s existence, from the oft-overlooked creation of QuickTime to the iconic MacBook Air to Apple’s veering into antitrust territory.
We’re also ranking the best Apple products of all time, and it’s causing us all to feel many feelings. --- Verge subscribers, don’t forget you get exclusive access to ad-free Vergecast wherever you get your podcasts. Head here. Not a subscriber? You can sign up here. --- On this episode of The Vergecast, we begin by stepping back a bit to ask a big question: How is Apple doing right now? Obviously, by many measures, Apple’s doing great — trillion-dollar company and whatnot — but this is a company that has long taken pride in building better software, better hardware, better everything, and doing it in a better and cooler and more responsible way. Jason Snell, a longtime chronicler of all things Apple, joins the show to do a modified version of the annual Six Colors report card about where Apple stands right now. After that, we look at a specific way in which Apple appears to be changing. Anil Dash, a blogger and entrepreneur and just a guy who thinks about the web a lot, helps us understand Apple’s new push into video podcasts — and why it might not be all good news. Podcasts are a remarkable technology, developed over decades in a durably open way, and the pivot to video might threaten that. But it doesn’t have to. Finally, The Verge’s Allison Johnson joins to help David answer a question from the Vergecast Hotline about whether it’s feasible to leave your phone at home and live life with the computer on your wrist. Good news: it’s getting better on this front! Bad news: not that much better. Subscribe: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Pocket Casts | More If you want to know more about everything we discuss in this episode, here are some links to get you started: * Apple in 2025: The Six Colors report card * Apple turns 50: celebrating five decades of the tech giant * Apple II Forever! * From Anil Dash: “Wherever you get your podcasts” is a radical statement. * From Anil Dash: Why Apple’s move to video could endanger podcasting’s greatest power * I ditched my smartphone for a cellular smart watch — here’s how it went * Who needs a laptop when you have a folding phone?
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