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 The old news that Apple gave Amazon a better rate than others on the AppStore commission fee is all over the news again. Somehow the journalists seem to think that this a bullet in the heart of the argument that Apple tries to put everyone on a level playing field. They have it all wrong.
 Wow, John Gruber’s socialist leanings really came out in his latest episode of The Talk Show.
I could spend hours rebutting every point at which he is wrong but I’m just going to address two that come immediately to mind.  I had a feeling that if Apple did a pre-recorded WWDC that I would like it better than the old live format. That’s because I always hate the live versions of the various podcasts that I listen too. The constant audience applause, the pandering to the audience, and an episode that rambles and constantly goes off on rabbit trails makes me just skip it. Those live podcasts may be enjoyable to make or attend but they make for terrible episodes for everyone else to listen too later.
 On a recent MacBreak Weekly podcast episode, Leo Laporte echoed what I’ve been thinking for a longtime. The laptop computer as we know it, is a walking dead man. It’s headed for obsolescence. People want their stuff on all of their devices and it doesn’t matter what screen they are using at the time.
 Patently Apple had a great editorial out appreciating the stand that Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg has taken for free speech. I’m kind of in the same boat as the writer. I’ve never been a big fan of Zuckerberg, but I’m taking notice of Zuckerberg’s principled stand for free speech and I applaud him today.
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Robert PerezManufacturing and distribution analysis since 1993. 
Perezonomics is available in Apple News
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