It's About to Get Weird: The Latest Apple Leak

All righty tidy, getting right into this story. Numero Uno about a month ago we learned about Apple's secret project Bongo. Yes, that's a real code name apparently, and collectively we all just sort of went "huh okay that's weird" at the time. This was coming from the account Shrimp Apple Pro, who is a kind of new leaker but fairly accurate.

Now it appears that an iPhone 15 Pro without buttons could actually be a real thing. According to Chi himself, my source, certain accounts will also get wait for it another one - they'll get another check mark and this one is gray. So what's the point of this check mark? Well, according to Esther Crawford, the person in charge of this massive Twitter blue revamp, some accounts will get a totally separate different check mark to say "I'm the real one" and it literally has the word official now.

This is actually Elon's being kind of sneaky. He can't not do that now because he already did that he can't not deliver the promise of the blue check mark to regular accounts. But what this means is that actual previously verified accounts of their status will be stripped, and only give official accounts to people Elon thinks should have them. Instead of just being able to like scroll and see a tweet me like "oh that's real person" no they will have the check mark the blue one but then you have to click go to their profile to see if they have the other one.

So, what does this mean? Well, it means that over time, the verified users will be pretty much always at the top of comments and search, and you won't really see the unverified uh users which will be the Bots and and trolls and whatnot. Remember how I said at the end of this is the end of the show and at the end part Brian just sort of key pounded in frustration and let and then that's how it ends so I guess it pretty much just sounds like hey it's me John for those of you still watching special little treat for you uh you guys are the first to know do not miss the next episode all right next episode is Big maybe maybe the biggest this year the biggest episode of the year just don't miss it.

Now, Now I'm Leaving: The Aftermath

Okay, we're okay, I'm gone. It's hard to believe that our show has come to an end like this. We started with a simple idea - to bring you the latest news and updates on technology and social media. But now, it seems like everything is just getting more complicated.

Brian just sort of key pounded in frustration and let and then that's how it ends so I guess it pretty much just sounds like hey it's me John for those of you still watching special little treat for you uh you guys are the first to know do not miss the next episode all right next episode is Big maybe maybe the biggest this year the biggest episode of the year just don't miss it.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enit's about to get weird in here if it hasn't already all righty tidy getting right into this story Numero Uno about a month ago we learned about Apple's secret project Bongo yes that that is a real code name apparently and collectively we all just sort of went huh okay that's weird at the time this was coming from the account shrimp Apple Pro who is a kind of new leaker but fairly accurate and now it appears that yeah an iPhone 15 Pro without buttons could actually be uh real could be a real thing from the mouth of the very reputable quoting Chi himself my latest survey indicates that the volume button and power button of two high-end iPhone 15 the second half 2023 new iPhone models May adopt a solid state button design similar to the home button design of the iPhone 7 8 se2 and 3. to replace the physical mechanical button design and there it is there it is that there you go that that actually makes sense see when you say weird uncomfortable things like iPhone without buttons people get confused and scared the queen should have known man we should have known of course Apple was gonna go all taptic engine on that the last time that we talked about a buttonless iPhone we were sort of kind of calling it the iPhone 15 Ultra which could still be the case if you think about it something like this would be the perfect way to differentiate the iPhone 15 line even more and there's no better guinea pig for new features than Apple stands who would happily buy the latest greatest definitely overpriced iPhone just gotta get Tim cook to give little kisses to each and every phone before it gets boxed the last time Apple made a button into a not button for iPhone was all the way back in the iPhone 7 in 2016 a solid six years ago oh God time is moving so fast I'm gonna die soon that worked pretty well so I don't really see there being any issues with the locky unlocky Button getting the same treatment so Gotta Be Honest taptic Engine volume buttons seemed pretty sketch to me dog seriously am I the only one that opened something it is actually way too loud and I panic and I start mashing those little boys to turn it down but I'm actually turning it up especially if you've ever used the newer airpods Pro 2 with the taptic little ear stem things to turn volume up you know getting them to register multiple fast inputs is hit or missed at best and side note unrelated to anything really that we've been talking about uh are any of you still upset that we skipped iPhone 9 doesn't that bother you we just skipped the whole no we're not we'll never get it's gone we'll never get it and no one's are you worried about that concerned no just me think of early investors that jumped in right at the beginning of Facebook Uber Spotify bet you were one of those huh that's why today's episode is sponsored by Titan Titan is a game-changing wealth management space that allows you to build a more Diversified and resilient portfolio Titan is a place 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that's all I'm gonna say right don't attack me I'm just saying okay and we haven't even gotten to the juicy stuff there's been some uh it turns out that the the drama with the verified check mark things that has just been a big waste of time uh hear me out so it was a quick little update for those who are completely unaware of the Twitter situation Elon Musk bought the company and made immediate controversial changes and things got a little out of hand under the new Twitter blue Services the price has gone up to eight dollars and it comes with stuff but also a verified check mark That's right just like the hang on just like the celebrities companies and politicians you already follow if you have power to the people am I right but then and if you pay eight dollars and you have the check mark like the politicians celebrities and companies that you already follow uh doesn't it just not mean anything out doesn't just mean you paid eight dollars for it doesn't just mean that this move to pay for verification was supposedly meant to close the gap between users with and without the check mark and Elon actually said this this is not my opinion he said to think Twitter's current Lords and peasant system for who has and doesn't have a blue check mark is power to the people blue for eight dollars a month and of course as expected before this has even officially rolled out chaos it has been chaos verified accounts to prove a point about verifying everybody why that's a bad idea they changed their they all changed their names to Elon Musk to prove to Elon did his bad idea Elon what oh you know what oops uh you know what going forward any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clarifying specifically parody will be permanently suspended hmm if only there was a way if only we had a way on social media to be able to tell if we're looking at the real official account or not that if only there was a system in place that helped with that yeah anyway so now fast forward to today we learned via Esther Crawford that's the person in charge of this massive Twitter blue revamp that in addition to the Twitter verified check mark from Twitter blue get this certain accounts will also get wait for it another one they'll get another check mark and this one is gray so what it's like hey how do I know you're the real Taylor Swift oh that's easy I have the check mark check mark seriously some accounts will get a totally separate different check mark to say I'm the real one and it literally has the word official now hear me out because this is actually this elon's being kind of sneaky this is a very convenient way to number one deliver the promise of the blue check mark to regular accounts because he already did that he can't not do that now and number two hope you're paying attention at home strip actual previously verified accounts of their status and only give official accounts to people Elon thinks should have them also to know someone is the someone that they claim to be uh instead of just being able to like scroll and see a tweet me like oh that's real person no they will have the check mark the blue one but then you have to click go to their profile to see if they have the other one so you'll have to find out if they have the hey I paid eight dollars check mark and also the I'm really me check mark it took a whole week for Elon to be like you know what I think would prove authentic intensity a check mark we have now gone full circle everybody we are right back to where we started we're right back to the Lords and peasant system that was previously set up oh and if you don't give us eight dollars for the thing that was previously free that now we're making not that anymore no one will see your tweets that's right you'll be treated differently on the platform it's not you're not gonna be like a peasant right that's not what we would call it but you will be treated as a bot or a troll we're just assuming that uh this sounds like a joke it sounds like a royal joke but it's real he's the he said this so the the net effect will be over time that the the verified users will be will pretty much always be at the top of of comments and search and you won't really see you'll have to scroll far to see the unverified uh users which will be the Bots and and trolls and whatnot uh and remember how they how they yeah at the at the end of the this is the end of the show and at the end part Brian just sort of key pounded in frustration and let and then that's how it ends so I guess it pretty much just sounds like hey it's me John for those of you still watching special little treat for you uh you guys are the first to know do not miss the next episode all right next episode is Big maybe maybe the biggest this year the biggest episode of the year just don't miss it all right that's all I'm gonna say okay now now I'm leaving let's both leave you should leave too all right are you leaving first am I leaving for okay we're okay I'm gone\n"