Would You Pay for Social Media?

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Episode Description

This week, Marques sits down with Andrew and David to discuss a variety of topics ranging from Instagram charging for verification to Samsung letting people clone their voice with AI. They also talk about changes with YouTube leadership before discussing some of the gadgets and software products they've been enjoying over the last few weeks. Of course, we wrap it all up with trivia so make sure you stick around until the end to hear the answers to all of the questions!

Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:33 AI Bing recap 14:47 Samsung AI Voice clone 17:49 Trivia question 1 18:50 Indeed [Sponsored] 20:07 Gigabyte [Sponsored] 21:48 Susan Wojcicki stepping down 32:50 Twitter removing 2FA 36:56 Instagram charges for verification 50:39 Instagram allows gifs in replies 57:37 Trivia question 2 57:54 Trivia question 3 58:12 Zocdoc [Sponsored] 59:12 Gadgets/software that we're loving 01:21:41 Scores 01:30:47 Outro

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Brief Summary

The episode discusses YouTube's CEO change, Twitter's SMS authentication fees, and Instagram's new commenting features.

Key points

  • AI Bing Video Discussion. The hosts discuss their recent AI Bing video and the truth problem in AI chatbots.
  • Naming Trends in Tech. A humorous discussion about naming children after tech products, including 'Google' and 'Vista'.
  • Susan Wojcicki Steps Down as YouTube CEO. Susan Wojcicki, the long-time face of YouTube, steps down, leaving Neil Monahan as the new CEO. 'She gets blamed for you know removing the dislike counter... but at the end of the day, my take was if you look at YouTube
  • Twitter's Controversial SMS Two-Factor Change. Twitter plans to charge for SMS two-factor authentication, sparking outrage. 'If you offer something for free and then you turn it into a paid feature, the internet will revolt.'
  • Meta's New Verification Service. Meta introduces a subscription service for account verification, adding features like impersonation protection. 'It's kind of also like boosting your posts.'
  • Twitter Blue Verification Debate. Exploring the absurdity of Twitter's verification process and its implications.

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