The Podcast
The Podcast
Michael Sliwinski of Nozbe
225: Tim Cook vs Apple fans
22 minutes Posted Jun 8, 2026 at 1:57 pm.
๐ŸŽ Where Tim Cook looked the other wayโ€ฆ
๐Ÿค– Introduction
๐Ÿ’ Appleโ€™s walled garden
๐Ÿ’ฐ AppStore fee structure
๐Ÿฅฝ Not many apps for Vision Pro
๐Ÿค‘ Services = Fees and Rent
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ Apple and European Union
๐Ÿ˜ˆ Malicious compliance
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Apple and Authoritarian rules
๐Ÿ“ˆ Tim Cookโ€™s spreadsheet
๐Ÿ“‰ Cutting costs on products
๐Ÿ‘ป Has Apple lost its soul?
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Summary
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Even though Tim Cook built a 4 trillion empire as Apple Inc, one of the places I think he missed is their relationship with developers like myself, creator of Nozbe, a productivity app available on the iPhone, iPad and the Mac. Iโ€™ve written an entire essay about this at Michael.team/cook/ and Iโ€™ve let the AI co-hosts comment on it. Do you agree with my position here?

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