<description>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Pre-show: Christmas-slideshow time&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Follow-up:

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/"&gt;Paris Buttfield-Addison&amp;#8217;s locked Apple ID&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.accc.gov.au/consumers/buying-products-and-services/consumer-rights-and-guarantees"&gt;🇦🇺 ACCC: Consumer Rights &amp;amp; Guarnatees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Financial_Protection_Bureau"&gt;🇺🇸: Remember when we had a CFPB?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Chat math&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Metadata thread splitting &amp;amp; merging&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Colin spells it out for us

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_Everywhere"&gt;TV Everywhere&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMLTV"&gt;XMLTV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3U#M3U8"&gt;&lt;code&gt;m3u8&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/iptv-org/iptv?tab=readme-ov-file"&gt;IPTV Github Repo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;🚨 Proceed with caution 🚨 &lt;a href="https://streameast100.is/"&gt;StreamEast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://506sports.com/"&gt;506 Sports&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Custom pronunciations in iOS

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;Accessibility&lt;/code&gt; → &lt;code&gt;VoiceOver&lt;/code&gt; → &lt;code&gt;Speech&lt;/code&gt; → &lt;code&gt;Pronunciations&lt;/code&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/111800"&gt;See Apple support&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;Accessibility&lt;/code&gt; → &lt;code&gt;Read &amp;amp; Speak&lt;/code&gt; → &lt;code&gt;Pronunciations&lt;/code&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/guide/iphone/iph96b214f0/ios"&gt;See Apple support&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPLbZ2F_V6U"&gt;Apple video guide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2025/12/18/macos-tahoe-studio-display-flickering/"&gt;Tahoe Studio Display flickering&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Malicious content delivery in Apple Podcasts

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2025/11/28/psa-apple-podcasts-app-malicious-content-delivery/"&gt;Previously 1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.404media.co/someone-is-trying-to-hack-people-through-apple-podcasts/"&gt;Previously 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-11-16/apple-s-iphone-road-map-iphone-air-2-iphone-18-mac-pro-future-tesla-carplay-mi1q4l2o"&gt;iPhone roadmap&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/apple-delays-release-next-iphone-air-amid-weak-sales"&gt;Article on The Information&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2025/10/27/20th-anniversary-iphone-rumors/"&gt;iPhone XX rumor roundup&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2025/12/08/iphone-18-pro-under-display-face-id/"&gt;Under-screen FaceID?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2025/10/28/20th-anniversary-iphone-solid-state-buttons/"&gt;Haptic buttons?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2025/11/17/apple-touch-sensitive-controls-iphone-cases/"&gt;Apple exploring touch-sensitive iPhone cases&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US20240393888A1/en"&gt;Patent&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ask ATP:

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;How do we manage our contacts? (via &lt;a href="https://mastodon.social/@TylerKindy/115667325675701475"&gt;Tyler Kindy&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;How do we use version control? (via Dmitry Myronenko)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;🗣️ Remember, &lt;a href="https://atp.fm/gift"&gt;ATP gift memberships&lt;/a&gt; are a thing!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Post-show: &lt;a href="https://mastodon.social/@siracusa/115743335322058612"&gt;John&amp;#8217;s bug&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;FB21375029&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/siracusa/GlassEffectTest"&gt;Sample project&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://atp.fm/join"&gt;Members-only&lt;/a&gt; ATP Overtime: RAM shortage, or the flip-side of the Apple Intelligence RAM dividend

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mooreslawisdead.com/post/sam-altman-s-dirty-dram-deal"&gt;Sam Altman&amp;#8217;s dirty DRAM deal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theverge.com/report/839506/ram-shortage-price-increases-pc-gaming-smartphones"&gt;RAM is ruining everything&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://mastodon.social/@potatoDOTzip/115731381279660737"&gt;It-hurts-because-it&amp;#8217;s-true wisecrack by &lt;code&gt;ziplyne&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/848199/ram-shortage-pc-phone-price-increases"&gt;The RAM shortage is here to stay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/848988/nvidia-chip-loans-coreweave-gpu-debt-ai-neocloud"&gt;Chipwrecked&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sponsored by:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://gusto.com/ATP"&gt;Gusto&lt;/a&gt;: Payroll and benefits software built for small businesses&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://zapier.com/atp"&gt;Zapier&lt;/a&gt;: Put AI to work across your company—for real&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://joindeleteme.com/ATP"&gt;DeleteMe&lt;/a&gt;: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://atp.fm/join"&gt;Become a member&lt;/a&gt; for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!&lt;/p&gt;
</description>

Accidental Tech Podcast

Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa

671: Even Apple Can’t Beat the Sun

DEC 23, 2025122 MIN
Accidental Tech Podcast

671: Even Apple Can’t Beat the Sun

DEC 23, 2025122 MIN

Description

<ul> <li>Pre-show: Christmas-slideshow time</li> <li>Follow-up: <ul> <li><a href="https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/">Paris Buttfield-Addison&#8217;s locked Apple ID</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.accc.gov.au/consumers/buying-products-and-services/consumer-rights-and-guarantees">🇦🇺 ACCC: Consumer Rights &amp; Guarnatees</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Financial_Protection_Bureau">🇺🇸: Remember when we had a CFPB?</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Chat math</li> <li>Metadata thread splitting &amp; merging</li> <li>Colin spells it out for us <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_Everywhere">TV Everywhere</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMLTV">XMLTV</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3U#M3U8"><code>m3u8</code></a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/iptv-org/iptv?tab=readme-ov-file">IPTV Github Repo</a></li> <li>🚨 Proceed with caution 🚨 <a href="https://streameast100.is/">StreamEast</a></li> <li><a href="https://506sports.com/">506 Sports</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Custom pronunciations in iOS <ul> <li><code>Accessibility</code> → <code>VoiceOver</code> → <code>Speech</code> → <code>Pronunciations</code> <ul> <li><a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/111800">See Apple support</a></li> </ul></li> <li><code>Accessibility</code> → <code>Read &amp; Speak</code> → <code>Pronunciations</code> <ul> <li><a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/guide/iphone/iph96b214f0/ios">See Apple support</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPLbZ2F_V6U">Apple video guide</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2025/12/18/macos-tahoe-studio-display-flickering/">Tahoe Studio Display flickering</a></li> <li>Malicious content delivery in Apple Podcasts <ul> <li><a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2025/11/28/psa-apple-podcasts-app-malicious-content-delivery/">Previously 1</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.404media.co/someone-is-trying-to-hack-people-through-apple-podcasts/">Previously 2</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-11-16/apple-s-iphone-road-map-iphone-air-2-iphone-18-mac-pro-future-tesla-carplay-mi1q4l2o">iPhone roadmap</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/apple-delays-release-next-iphone-air-amid-weak-sales">Article on The Information</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2025/10/27/20th-anniversary-iphone-rumors/">iPhone XX rumor roundup</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2025/12/08/iphone-18-pro-under-display-face-id/">Under-screen FaceID?</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2025/10/28/20th-anniversary-iphone-solid-state-buttons/">Haptic buttons?</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2025/11/17/apple-touch-sensitive-controls-iphone-cases/">Apple exploring touch-sensitive iPhone cases</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US20240393888A1/en">Patent</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Ask ATP: <ul> <li>How do we manage our contacts? (via <a href="https://mastodon.social/@TylerKindy/115667325675701475">Tyler Kindy</a>)</li> <li>How do we use version control? (via Dmitry Myronenko)</li> </ul></li> <li>🗣️ Remember, <a href="https://atp.fm/gift">ATP gift memberships</a> are a thing!</li> <li>Post-show: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@siracusa/115743335322058612">John&#8217;s bug</a> <ul> <li>FB21375029</li> <li><a href="https://github.com/siracusa/GlassEffectTest">Sample project</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://atp.fm/join">Members-only</a> ATP Overtime: RAM shortage, or the flip-side of the Apple Intelligence RAM dividend <ul> <li><a href="https://www.mooreslawisdead.com/post/sam-altman-s-dirty-dram-deal">Sam Altman&#8217;s dirty DRAM deal</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/report/839506/ram-shortage-price-increases-pc-gaming-smartphones">RAM is ruining everything</a></li> <li><a href="https://mastodon.social/@potatoDOTzip/115731381279660737">It-hurts-because-it&#8217;s-true wisecrack by <code>ziplyne</code></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/848199/ram-shortage-pc-phone-price-increases">The RAM shortage is here to stay</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/848988/nvidia-chip-loans-coreweave-gpu-debt-ai-neocloud">Chipwrecked</a></li> </ul></li> </ul> <p>Sponsored by:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://gusto.com/ATP">Gusto</a>: Payroll and benefits software built for small businesses</li> <li><a href="https://zapier.com/atp">Zapier</a>: Put AI to work across your company—for real</li> <li><a href="https://joindeleteme.com/ATP">DeleteMe</a>: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online.</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://atp.fm/join">Become a member</a> for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!</p>