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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<li><a href="https://daringfireball.net/2024/01/coming_to_grips_with_apples_seemingly_unshakable_sense_of_app_store_entitlement">"Coming to Grips With Apple’s Seemingly Unshakable Sense of Entitlement to Its Commissions From Third-Party iOS Apps"</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://daringfireball.net/2024/01/the_sixth_finger">"Like the Sixth Finger in an AI-Rendered Hand"</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/01/16/apple-workaround-itc-import-ban">"Apple’s Workaround for the ITC’s Import Ban on Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2: Disabling the Blood-Oxygen Sensor in Software"</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/01/19/masimo-ceo-better-off-without">"Masimo CEO on Apple Watch Blood-Oxygen Sensor: ‘I Really Feel Wholeheartedly That Consumers Are Better Off Without It’"</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/01/19/more-on-apple-watch-software-workaround">"More on Apple’s Software Workaround for the Apple Watch Import Ban"</a>.</li>
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This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

The Talk Show With John Gruber

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

The director’s commentary track for Daring Fireball. Long digressions on Apple, technology, design, movies, and more.