EXCLUSIVE: Lots of Drama Around OnePlus

This week, the crew sits down to chat about everything from ads in ChatGPT and Threads to some OnePlus drama that just leads to reminiscing about old OnePlus phones. There is also a whole lot of new features coming to YouTube that we couldn't help but discuss. Enjoy!

Chapters: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:57 - Netflix Introduces Live Voting 00:05:13 - OpenAI adding ads 00:13:48 - Nova Launcher news 00:17:40 - Sony + TCL 00:22:40 - Threads is getting Ads 00:30:03 - Ad break 00:30:13 - OnePlus Drama 00:51:55 - Ad break 00:52:05 Verizon Outage 00:56:19 - YouTube State of the Union 01:16:24 - Trivia

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Links: TechCrunch - Netflix live voting feature: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/20/netflix-is-rolling-out-a-live-voting-feature/ Reddit - Taipei 101 ball: https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/xhpg44/the_taipei_101_stabilizing_ball_during_the_72/ OpenAI - Ads on ChatGPT: https://openai.com/es-419/index/our-approach-to-advertising-and-expanding-access/ Verge - Sony x TCL: https://www.theverge.com/tech/864745/sony-tcl-tvs-partnership-explained Android Headlines - OnePlus article: https://www.androidheadlines.com/exclusive-oneplus-collapse YouTube - State of the Union: https://blog.youtube/inside-youtube/the-future-of-youtube-2026/

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Corrections: 01:16:02 He is not 8.5 feet tall, he’s 260cm tall (I bet this didn't even work)