<description>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Pre-show: &lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G166M8MH?tag=marcoorg-20"&gt;Comply TrueGrip MAX for AirPods Pro 3&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2QVjp4KEjU&amp;amp;pp=ygUZcGVwcGVyaWRnZSBmYXJtIHJlbWVtYmVycw%3D%3D"&gt;Pepperidge Farm Remembers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Follow-up:

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Contacts

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Contact lists are a thing (via Dayton Lowell)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Some non-obvious complications (via Paul)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Face ID &amp;amp; Touch ID

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Older folks really do struggle with Touch ID (via Harrison Krebs &amp;amp; &lt;a href="https://techhub.social/@Discordanian/115796967199671716"&gt;Kurt Schwind&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Strictness (via Rob Sayre)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;John&amp;#8217;s Liquid Glass bug in macOS 26.2 (via &lt;a href="https://mastodon.social/@_inside/115770147684355256"&gt;Gui Rambo&lt;/a&gt;)

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/siracusa/GlassEffectTest/pull/1"&gt;Gui&amp;#8217;s PR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Some more about Podcasts.app and background execution (also from Gui)

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/feedback-assistant/reports/issues/637"&gt;FB17228659&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://developer.apple.com/support/technical/"&gt;Developer Technical Support&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;RAM shortage

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theverge.com/report/839506/ram-shortage-price-increases-pc-gaming-smartphones"&gt;Verge article&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/microns-new-york-chipmaking-fabs-by-five-years-but-accelerates-second-fab-in-idaho-and-reallocates-chips-act-funding"&gt;Micron&amp;#8217;s forthcoming fabs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.thelec.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=5522"&gt;Hynix&amp;#8217;s approach&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/sk-hynix-to-spend-dollar90-billion-to-build-worlds-largest-mega-fab-complex-first-fab-operational-in-2027"&gt;…and forthcoming fabs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.techpowerup.com/343119/samsung-reallocates-nand-production-to-dram-across-korean-fabs"&gt;Samsung&amp;#8217;s approach&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://files.futurememorystorage.com/proceedings/2025/20250807_DRAM-301-1_Tom-Hsu.pdf"&gt;Thru-Silicon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theverge.com/podcast/849551/ram-explainer-holiday-spectacular-vergecast"&gt;The Vergecast RAM Holiday Spec-tacular&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Data portability

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Git

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Github will still sink its talons into you (via &lt;a href="https://mastodon.social/@sjodet/115791437856586837"&gt;Simon Jodet&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Xcode 🤝 Git (via Tom Hartnett)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2025/12/08/iphone-android-switching-improvements/"&gt;Android ↔ iOS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Display flicker in Tahoe

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What does this even mean? (via Daniel)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;One theory (via &lt;a href="https://hachyderm.io/@santry/115769250824282499"&gt;Sean Santry&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Some corroboration (via &lt;a href="https://mastodon.social/@pilif/115791770964045202"&gt;Philip Hofstetter&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.rtings.com/router/learn/research/wifi-7-mlo"&gt;Wi-Fi 7 is a bust&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/1pp9jfh/comment/nulqxqo/"&gt;&lt;code&gt;-protonsandneutrons-&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://direct.playstation.com/en-us/buy-accessories/playstation-portal-remote-player"&gt;Playstation Portal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ask ATP:

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What&amp;#8217;s the difference between minimizing and hiding windows on macOS? (via Michael Krewson)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Post-show: What the heck is the deal with &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thread_(network_protocol)"&gt;Thread&lt;/a&gt;/&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matter_(standard)"&gt;Matter&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.home-assistant.io"&gt;Home Assistant&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4ptCASA"&gt;Nanoleaf Smart String Lights&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.casetawireless.com"&gt;Lutron Caséta&lt;/a&gt; (former sponsor)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://shop.yosmart.com"&gt;YoLink&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: &lt;a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2025/12/16/apple-developing-imac-with-m5-max/"&gt;iMac Pro… phoenix?&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://atp.fm/664"&gt;Previous code name discussion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/12/wish-list-a-more-flexible-apple-display-strategy/"&gt;Jason on Apple&amp;#8217;s display strategy&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://quince.com/atp"&gt;Quince&lt;/a&gt;: Elevated essentials and staples that last&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

672: Wi Hyphen Fi

JAN 1, 2026119 MIN
Accidental Tech Podcast

672: Wi Hyphen Fi

JAN 1, 2026119 MIN

Description

<ul> <li>Pre-show: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G166M8MH?tag=marcoorg-20">Comply TrueGrip MAX for AirPods Pro 3</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2QVjp4KEjU&amp;pp=ygUZcGVwcGVyaWRnZSBmYXJtIHJlbWVtYmVycw%3D%3D">Pepperidge Farm Remembers</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Follow-up: <ul> <li>Contacts <ul> <li>Contact lists are a thing (via Dayton Lowell)</li> <li>Some non-obvious complications (via Paul)</li> </ul></li> <li>Face ID &amp; Touch ID <ul> <li>Older folks really do struggle with Touch ID (via Harrison Krebs &amp; <a href="https://techhub.social/@Discordanian/115796967199671716">Kurt Schwind</a>)</li> <li>Strictness (via Rob Sayre)</li> </ul></li> <li>John&#8217;s Liquid Glass bug in macOS 26.2 (via <a href="https://mastodon.social/@_inside/115770147684355256">Gui Rambo</a>) <ul> <li><a href="https://github.com/siracusa/GlassEffectTest/pull/1">Gui&#8217;s PR</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Some more about Podcasts.app and background execution (also from Gui) <ul> <li><a href="https://github.com/feedback-assistant/reports/issues/637">FB17228659</a></li> <li><a href="https://developer.apple.com/support/technical/">Developer Technical Support</a></li> </ul></li> <li>RAM shortage <ul> <li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/report/839506/ram-shortage-price-increases-pc-gaming-smartphones">Verge article</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/microns-new-york-chipmaking-fabs-by-five-years-but-accelerates-second-fab-in-idaho-and-reallocates-chips-act-funding">Micron&#8217;s forthcoming fabs</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.thelec.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=5522">Hynix&#8217;s approach</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/sk-hynix-to-spend-dollar90-billion-to-build-worlds-largest-mega-fab-complex-first-fab-operational-in-2027">…and forthcoming fabs</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.techpowerup.com/343119/samsung-reallocates-nand-production-to-dram-across-korean-fabs">Samsung&#8217;s approach</a></li> <li><a href="https://files.futurememorystorage.com/proceedings/2025/20250807_DRAM-301-1_Tom-Hsu.pdf">Thru-Silicon</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/podcast/849551/ram-explainer-holiday-spectacular-vergecast">The Vergecast RAM Holiday Spec-tacular</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Data portability <ul> <li>Git <ul> <li>Github will still sink its talons into you (via <a href="https://mastodon.social/@sjodet/115791437856586837">Simon Jodet</a>)</li> <li>Xcode 🤝 Git (via Tom Hartnett)</li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2025/12/08/iphone-android-switching-improvements/">Android ↔ iOS</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Display flicker in Tahoe <ul> <li>What does this even mean? (via Daniel)</li> <li>One theory (via <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@santry/115769250824282499">Sean Santry</a>)</li> <li>Some corroboration (via <a href="https://mastodon.social/@pilif/115791770964045202">Philip Hofstetter</a>)</li> </ul></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.rtings.com/router/learn/research/wifi-7-mlo">Wi-Fi 7 is a bust</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/1pp9jfh/comment/nulqxqo/"><code>-protonsandneutrons-</code></a></li> <li><a href="https://direct.playstation.com/en-us/buy-accessories/playstation-portal-remote-player">Playstation Portal</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Ask ATP: <ul> <li>What&#8217;s the difference between minimizing and hiding windows on macOS? (via Michael Krewson)</li> </ul></li> <li>Post-show: What the heck is the deal with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thread_(network_protocol)">Thread</a>/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matter_(standard)">Matter</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.home-assistant.io">Home Assistant</a></li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/4ptCASA">Nanoleaf Smart String Lights</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.casetawireless.com">Lutron Caséta</a> (former sponsor)</li> <li><a href="https://shop.yosmart.com">YoLink</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://atp.fm/join">Members-only</a> ATP Overtime: <a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2025/12/16/apple-developing-imac-with-m5-max/">iMac Pro… phoenix?</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://atp.fm/664">Previous code name discussion</a></li> <li><a href="https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/12/wish-list-a-more-flexible-apple-display-strategy/">Jason on Apple&#8217;s display strategy</a></li> </ul></li> </ul> <p>Sponsored by:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://quince.com/atp">Quince</a>: Elevated essentials and staples that last</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>