<description>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Pre-show: Casey&amp;#8217;s dreams were squashed

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://store.ui.com/us/en/products/utr"&gt;Ubiquiti Travel Router&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.verizon.com/support/verizon-jetpack-mifi-8800l/"&gt;Verizon Jetpack&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CKY7NBJ2/tag=marcoorg-20"&gt;Marco&amp;#8217;s hotspot&lt;/a&gt; (newer models exist; check for refurbs, they&amp;#8217;re &lt;em&gt;way&lt;/em&gt; cheaper than new)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4b2zdOS"&gt;Solis Edge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Follow-up:

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The &lt;s&gt;Grim Reaper&lt;/s&gt; FiOS &lt;a href="https://cdn.atp.fm/images/20260113-fios-cablecard-doom.png"&gt;CableCARD email&lt;/a&gt; came for John

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://tivoidp.tivo.com/tivoCommunitySupport/s/article/Roamio-Series-DVRs-Product-Info?language=en_US"&gt;TiVo Roamio Pro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.relay.fm/downstream/110"&gt;Casey on Downstream&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Temporal dithering (via Kyle Foreman)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Dagnabbit, the screen count is just too damn high

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6VT5bEeKWw&amp;amp;t=17m12s"&gt;MSI MEG Vision X&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="https://cdn.atp.fm/images/20260109-msi-meg-vision-x.png"&gt;Screen grab&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nv564jJHnk&amp;amp;t=7m"&gt;MSI Lightning RTX 5090&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="https://cdn.atp.fm/images/20260109-msi-lightning-rtx-5090.png"&gt;Screen grab&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Wi-Fi channel selection &amp;amp; size&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/856883/ces-2026-wi-fi-8-asus-broadcom-mediatek"&gt;Wi-Fi &lt;s&gt;7&lt;/s&gt; 8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A tour of Apple- (or John-) relevant monitors from CES

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;As a reminder…

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.apple.com/studio-display/specs/"&gt;Apple Studio Display&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.apple.com/pro-display-xdr/specs/"&gt;Pro Display HDR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://cdn.atp.fm/images/20260110-msi-mag-271kpd7.jpg?v1"&gt;MSI MPG 271KRAW16&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://displayhdr.org/performance-criteria/"&gt;DisplayHDR 1400 certification&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://cdn.atp.fm/images/20260110-msi-mag-271kpd7.jpg"&gt;MSI MAG 271KPD7&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6VT5bEeKWw"&gt;Monitors Unboxed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://rog.asus.com/us/articles/gaming-monitors/rgb-stripe-pixel-oled-tech-debuts-in-the-rog-swift-pg34wcdn-xg34wcdms-pg27ucwm/"&gt;ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG27UCWM&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="https://cdn.atp.fm/images/20260110-asus-rog-swift-oled-pg27ucwm.jpg"&gt;Photo&lt;/a&gt;)

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wau_dfbcZbY"&gt;HDTVTest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://cdn.atp.fm/images/20260109-subpixel-arrangements.png"&gt;Subpixel arrangements&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/01/introducing-apple-creator-studio-an-inspiring-collection-of-creative-apps/"&gt;Apple Creator Studio&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.threads.com/@heliographe.studio/post/DTeOwAykwQ1/"&gt;Icons over time&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pixelmator.com/photomator/"&gt;Photomator&lt;/a&gt; lives on… for now (via &lt;a href="https://www.threads.com/@chriswelch/post/DTdR7ypkQCi?xmt=AQF0tI4boyzeRxgjyfmQZXdYz2jot69kZkiE0J5Xym8zAg"&gt;Chris Welch&lt;/a&gt;)

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/13/pixelmator-no-longer-being-updated/"&gt;MacRumors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/125029"&gt;Apple&amp;#8217;s defense of the icons&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/01/apples-pro-bundle-makes-sense-but-making-iwork-freemium-doesnt/"&gt;Jason on iWork freemium&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/company-announcements/joint-statement-google-apple/"&gt;Apple 🤝🏻 Google&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/apple-using-gemini-give-chatgpt-like-answers"&gt;More from The Information&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/01/chase-to-become-new-issuer-of-apple-card/"&gt;Chase to become the new issuer of Apple Card&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://learn.applecard.apple/transition"&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/apple-goldman-sachs-credit-card-what-happened-0e89749deufy"&gt;Back story on the Wall Street Journal&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="https://apple.news/A0GtKjybaQMaJRealWGmU9g"&gt;Apple News&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Post-show: &lt;a href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/01/spectrum-front-row-tips-off-january-9-on-apple-vision-pro/"&gt;NBA Immersive&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://stratechery.com/2026/apple-you-still-dont-understand-the-vision-pro/"&gt;Stratechery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://dithering.passport.online/member/episode/vision-pro-frustration?guid=https%3A%2F%2Fdithering.passport.online%2Fmember%2Fepisode%2Fvision-pro-frustration"&gt;Dithering&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: The continuing disaster at Twitter

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Elizabeth Lopatto: &lt;a href="https://www.theverge.com/policy/859902/apple-google-run-by-cowards"&gt;Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Dan Moren: &lt;a href="https://sixcolors.com/link/2026/01/apple-cowardly-still-has-not-pulled-x-and-grok-from-the-app-store/"&gt;Apple cowardly still has not pulled X and Grok from the App Store&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Bloomburg: &lt;a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-11/musk-s-grok-ai-blocked-in-indonesia-malaysia-over-sexual-images"&gt;Musk&amp;#8217;s Grok AI blocked in Indonesia, Malaysia over sexual images&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Robert Hart &amp;amp; Jess Weatherbed: &lt;a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/861894/grok-still-undressing-in-uk"&gt;X hasn&amp;#8217;t really stopped Grok AI from undressing women in the UK&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://getguru.com/"&gt;Guru&lt;/a&gt;: Your AI Source of Truth.&lt;/li&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://1password.com/atp"&gt;1Password&lt;/a&gt;: More than a password manager.&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

674: A Reliable, Boring Partner

JAN 16, 2026121 MIN
Accidental Tech Podcast

674: A Reliable, Boring Partner

JAN 16, 2026121 MIN

Description

<ul> <li>Pre-show: Casey&#8217;s dreams were squashed <ul> <li><a href="https://store.ui.com/us/en/products/utr">Ubiquiti Travel Router</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.verizon.com/support/verizon-jetpack-mifi-8800l/">Verizon Jetpack</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CKY7NBJ2/tag=marcoorg-20">Marco&#8217;s hotspot</a> (newer models exist; check for refurbs, they&#8217;re <em>way</em> cheaper than new)</li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/4b2zdOS">Solis Edge</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Follow-up: <ul> <li>The <s>Grim Reaper</s> FiOS <a href="https://cdn.atp.fm/images/20260113-fios-cablecard-doom.png">CableCARD email</a> came for John <ul> <li><a href="https://tivoidp.tivo.com/tivoCommunitySupport/s/article/Roamio-Series-DVRs-Product-Info?language=en_US">TiVo Roamio Pro</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.relay.fm/downstream/110">Casey on Downstream</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Temporal dithering (via Kyle Foreman)</li> <li>Dagnabbit, the screen count is just too damn high <ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6VT5bEeKWw&amp;t=17m12s">MSI MEG Vision X</a> (<a href="https://cdn.atp.fm/images/20260109-msi-meg-vision-x.png">Screen grab</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nv564jJHnk&amp;t=7m">MSI Lightning RTX 5090</a> (<a href="https://cdn.atp.fm/images/20260109-msi-lightning-rtx-5090.png">Screen grab</a>)</li> </ul></li> <li>Wi-Fi channel selection &amp; size</li> <li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/856883/ces-2026-wi-fi-8-asus-broadcom-mediatek">Wi-Fi <s>7</s> 8</a></li> </ul></li> <li>A tour of Apple- (or John-) relevant monitors from CES <ul> <li>As a reminder… <ul> <li><a href="https://www.apple.com/studio-display/specs/">Apple Studio Display</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.apple.com/pro-display-xdr/specs/">Pro Display HDR</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://cdn.atp.fm/images/20260110-msi-mag-271kpd7.jpg?v1">MSI MPG 271KRAW16</a></li> <li><a href="https://displayhdr.org/performance-criteria/">DisplayHDR 1400 certification</a></li> <li><a href="https://cdn.atp.fm/images/20260110-msi-mag-271kpd7.jpg">MSI MAG 271KPD7</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6VT5bEeKWw">Monitors Unboxed</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://rog.asus.com/us/articles/gaming-monitors/rgb-stripe-pixel-oled-tech-debuts-in-the-rog-swift-pg34wcdn-xg34wcdms-pg27ucwm/">ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG27UCWM</a> (<a href="https://cdn.atp.fm/images/20260110-asus-rog-swift-oled-pg27ucwm.jpg">Photo</a>) <ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wau_dfbcZbY">HDTVTest</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://cdn.atp.fm/images/20260109-subpixel-arrangements.png">Subpixel arrangements</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/01/introducing-apple-creator-studio-an-inspiring-collection-of-creative-apps/">Apple Creator Studio</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.threads.com/@heliographe.studio/post/DTeOwAykwQ1/">Icons over time</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.pixelmator.com/photomator/">Photomator</a> lives on… for now (via <a href="https://www.threads.com/@chriswelch/post/DTdR7ypkQCi?xmt=AQF0tI4boyzeRxgjyfmQZXdYz2jot69kZkiE0J5Xym8zAg">Chris Welch</a>) <ul> <li><a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/13/pixelmator-no-longer-being-updated/">MacRumors</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/125029">Apple&#8217;s defense of the icons</a></li> <li><a href="https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/01/apples-pro-bundle-makes-sense-but-making-iwork-freemium-doesnt/">Jason on iWork freemium</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/company-announcements/joint-statement-google-apple/">Apple 🤝🏻 Google</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/apple-using-gemini-give-chatgpt-like-answers">More from The Information</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/01/chase-to-become-new-issuer-of-apple-card/">Chase to become the new issuer of Apple Card</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://learn.applecard.apple/transition">FAQ</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/apple-goldman-sachs-credit-card-what-happened-0e89749deufy">Back story on the Wall Street Journal</a> (<a href="https://apple.news/A0GtKjybaQMaJRealWGmU9g">Apple News</a>)</li> </ul></li> <li>Post-show: <a href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/01/spectrum-front-row-tips-off-january-9-on-apple-vision-pro/">NBA Immersive</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://stratechery.com/2026/apple-you-still-dont-understand-the-vision-pro/">Stratechery</a></li> <li><a href="https://dithering.passport.online/member/episode/vision-pro-frustration?guid=https%3A%2F%2Fdithering.passport.online%2Fmember%2Fepisode%2Fvision-pro-frustration">Dithering</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://atp.fm/join">Members-only</a> ATP Overtime: The continuing disaster at Twitter <ul> <li>Elizabeth Lopatto: <a href="https://www.theverge.com/policy/859902/apple-google-run-by-cowards">Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards</a></li> <li>Dan Moren: <a href="https://sixcolors.com/link/2026/01/apple-cowardly-still-has-not-pulled-x-and-grok-from-the-app-store/">Apple cowardly still has not pulled X and Grok from the App Store</a></li> <li>Bloomburg: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-11/musk-s-grok-ai-blocked-in-indonesia-malaysia-over-sexual-images">Musk&#8217;s Grok AI blocked in Indonesia, Malaysia over sexual images</a></li> <li>Robert Hart &amp; Jess Weatherbed: <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/861894/grok-still-undressing-in-uk">X hasn&#8217;t really stopped Grok AI from undressing women in the UK</a></li> </ul></li> </ul> <p>Sponsored by:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://getguru.com/">Guru</a>: Your AI Source of Truth.</li> <li><a href="https://gusto.com/ATP">Gusto</a>: Payroll and benefits software built for small businesses.</li> <li><a href="https://1password.com/atp">1Password</a>: More than a password manager.</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>