Not To Be Technical

30: The Truth Behind iMessage vs Android Texting & Nafis Gets Scammed Buying NFTs

• Charlie Scholz, Nafis Ahmed, Gary Mann • Episode 30

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We're diving into Apple iMessage vs Android texting. The technology behind each, the powerful social implications to not using iMessage and why Apple is blocking a unified solution for their own gain. We also go over Nafis getting scammed while buying a NFT, GameStop getting into NFTs and crypto, Nike's insane lawsuit against Lululemon, and the same company now owning Grand Theft Auto and Farmville. Here's the rundown: 

  • The guys go over how buying an NFT at its creation (minting) works, while Nafis shares how he lost $600 by failing for a phishing scam while trying to mint a fake version of a NFT (03:52)
  • Poll follow ups: 
    • Were you ever jealous envious of other kids in school who got attention from having a broken limb and a cast? (16:10)
    • Are you concerned with 5G's potential effect on your health? (17:28)
  • GameStop is making big moves getting into NFTs, cryptocurrency and making sure their stock is primed for the Mother of All Squeezes (MOAS) (24:03)
  • Nike's ridiculous set of lawsuits against Lululemon's Mirror Home Gym based on their sports tech patents from 1983 (28:10)
  • Take-Two Interactive (makers of Grand Theft Auto) agreed to buy Zynga (makers of FarmVille, Words With Friends) in a record breaking $12.7 billion deal and Nafis reminisces on his extensive Farmville days and claims middle aged women love Candy Crush (35:25)
  • Differences of the technology used to power iMessage and Android text messaging (42:18)
  • Apple's strategic "Walled Garden" business practice (47:18)
  • Epic Games' lawsuit that led to internal documents leaking proving Apple's known blocking of a unified cross-platform texting system  (50:19)
  • Data on the adoption rate of iPhones from teens/young adults from 2015 to now and the psychology behind the pressure applied by social norms (54:49)
  • Facebook's research proved that Game Pigeon was/is HUGE for younger users flocking to Apple phones at a high rate (57:47)
  • Apple's seamless phone setup process & messaging app vs Android's rocky process & insane amount of texting app options (01:01:32)
  • If we think Apple is in the wrong for purposely closing off iMessage (01:09:28)

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