In this episode there’s a bunch of headphone-jack followup, then we discuss Apple’s relationships with Spotify and Tidal, before Myke asks Jason about his own independence on Independence Day.

This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by:

• Pingdom: Start monitoring your websites and servers today. Use offer UPGRADE for 20% off.
• Casper: Because everyone deserves a great night sleep. Get $50 off with the code ‘UPGRADE’
• Igloo: An intranet you’ll actually like, free for up to 10 people.

Links and Show Notes:

Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership

Mackenzie, 'The Upgrade Baby'

Reconcilable Differences #18: It's Devastating - Relay FM

The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 159, With Marco Arment

Sennheiser MM 400 Stereo Bluetooth Headset - Amazon

Searching for a good reason to remove the headphone jack - Six Colors

Apple reportedly in talks to acquire Jay Z's Tidal music service | The Verge

TIDAL · Lossless Explained

Pono (digital music service) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Daring Fireball: Apple Supplier Cirrus Logic Releases Kit for Creating Lightning-Based Headphones

Spotify says Apple won’t approve a new version of its app because it doesn’t want competition for Apple Music - Recode

Apple Slams Spotify For Asking For "Preferential Treatment" - BuzzFeed News

The Incomparable | Summer Superhero Spectacular (Episode 255)

Six Colors Subscriptions

The joy of Slack - Six Colors

Procreate – Sketch, paint, create. on the App Store

Paper by FiftyThree - Sketch, Draw, Take Notes, Make Lists, Diagram and Wireframe on the App Store

Notability on the App Store

GoodNotes 4 - Notes & PDF on the App Store

PDFpen 2 - Highlight, Markup, Edit, Fill & Sign PDF docs on the App Store

Canary - A complete security system in a single device.