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Aug 2021
17m 51s

Fri. 08/27 – Another Crack In The App St...

Brian McCullough
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Another brick is taken out of the App Store wall as Apple blinks on letting devs inform users of outside purchase options. Ticket spaces start rolling out on Twitter, Waymo is having second thoughts about business models, NFTs are cool, but what if you could earn royalties? And of course, the Weekend Longread Suggestions. Sponsors: TinyCapital.com Metalab. ... Show More
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