WEBVTT - Black Friday Shopping Tips 0:00:09.840 --> 0:00:13.760 Black Friday, shopping Tips, is Hive the new Twitter, some 0:00:13.920 --> 0:00:17.440 personal news plus your tech questions answered. 0:00:17.920 --> 0:00:18.640 What's going on? 0:00:18.680 --> 0:00:21.000 I'm Rich Demiro and this is Rich on Tech, the 0:00:21.040 --> 0:00:23.479 podcast where I talk about the tech stuff I think 0:00:23.560 --> 0:00:26.200 you should know about. It's also the place where I 0:00:26.239 --> 0:00:30.000 answer the questions you send me. I'm the tech reporter 0:00:30.080 --> 0:00:34.560 at KTLA Channel five in Los Angeles and soon host 0:00:34.760 --> 0:00:40.720 of Rich on Tech on Premier Networks, debuting January seventh, 0:00:40.880 --> 0:00:42.280 twenty twenty three. 0:00:42.479 --> 0:00:45.400 Yes, you heard me correctly. 0:00:45.479 --> 0:00:48.600 This little podcast is becoming a radio show. 0:00:50.200 --> 0:00:51.479 Oh wow. 0:00:51.760 --> 0:00:54.080 Feels kind of wild to say those words because I've 0:00:54.080 --> 0:00:58.800 been doing this podcast for so many episodes pretty much, 0:00:59.680 --> 0:01:06.520 you know, almost every week for years now, and it's 0:01:07.360 --> 0:01:10.319 it's something I always dreamed of doing and something I 0:01:10.360 --> 0:01:13.080 always wanted to do, and and kind of in the 0:01:13.080 --> 0:01:15.080 back of my head, I always imagine, like, wow, what 0:01:15.080 --> 0:01:17.000 would this be like this was actually on the radio, 0:01:17.480 --> 0:01:22.160 and now it's happening. So the story is Leo Laporte. 0:01:22.200 --> 0:01:24.800 You know him as the Tech Guy. He's had a 0:01:24.840 --> 0:01:31.360 show on radio for many, many years and he is retiring. 0:01:32.120 --> 0:01:36.080 So it came to you know, who's going to take 0:01:36.080 --> 0:01:38.959 over this show? Who's going to do this show, who's 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:41.280 going to be on the radio. And I got some 0:01:41.360 --> 0:01:47.440 calls and you know, said absolutely. I mean, there there 0:01:47.520 --> 0:01:51.000 was not a there was no decision to be made 0:01:51.080 --> 0:01:53.840 other than the details of the decision. So, I mean, 0:01:53.880 --> 0:01:57.000 I this is an incredible opportunity. I am so honored 0:01:57.040 --> 0:02:00.920 that Leo trust me with the show. It's changing. I mean, 0:02:00.960 --> 0:02:03.400 it's a new show. It's a different show, but some 0:02:03.480 --> 0:02:06.000 things are similar. I mean, obviously I'll be taking. 0:02:05.720 --> 0:02:08.359 Callers live callers on the radio. 0:02:08.919 --> 0:02:13.280 Obviously I will be talking about technology, talking about gadget reviews. 0:02:14.720 --> 0:02:17.080 But I think what's going to be the most different 0:02:17.240 --> 0:02:21.280 is really trying to fuse what I do on TV 0:02:21.480 --> 0:02:24.720 with the radio. So when I have an interesting guest 0:02:24.880 --> 0:02:27.320 on TV for my TV segment, I'll bring them on 0:02:27.320 --> 0:02:29.480 the radio, bring them on the radio to talk about 0:02:29.520 --> 0:02:33.160 whatever is interesting, and so we'll have a rotating cast 0:02:33.240 --> 0:02:36.720 of guests in that regard. But also just the useful nature. 0:02:36.760 --> 0:02:39.400 I just want to make this show really, really useful. 0:02:39.600 --> 0:02:41.800 And how do you do that? Well, I don't know. 0:02:41.880 --> 0:02:44.280 I mean I've tried to do that over the years 0:02:44.280 --> 0:02:47.280 with my TV segment, and that's kind of what I'd 0:02:47.320 --> 0:02:50.000 like to do with this segment is just anything, whether 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:52.359 it's the callers, whether it's the news that. 0:02:52.320 --> 0:02:53.400 I decided to talk about. 0:02:53.400 --> 0:02:56.360 I just wanted to be very useful to people. And realistically, 0:02:56.840 --> 0:02:59.160 you know, when you're talking the radio, Yes, some people 0:02:59.200 --> 0:03:02.000 will tune in specifically to listen, but a lot of people, 0:03:02.280 --> 0:03:04.200 you know, I call them drive by on TV. They're 0:03:04.280 --> 0:03:06.720 just they're just passing by and they see me on 0:03:06.800 --> 0:03:09.799 TV and they say, oh, that's interesting. Same thing with 0:03:09.840 --> 0:03:13.360 the radio now, so you know, we'll see what happens 0:03:13.360 --> 0:03:13.639 with that. 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:14.680 I mean, obviously there'll be. 0:03:14.720 --> 0:03:17.720 A bigger opportunity to reach more people. And so it's 0:03:17.760 --> 0:03:22.160 just gonna be really, really fantastic. So Leo's last show 0:03:22.160 --> 0:03:25.280 will be January. First, we've already talked about it on 0:03:25.320 --> 0:03:28.799 his show. We kind of discussed some of the things 0:03:28.800 --> 0:03:32.560 that are happening here. And if I don't sound excited, 0:03:32.600 --> 0:03:35.600 don't get me wrong. This is just really really a 0:03:35.640 --> 0:03:38.040 lot to navigate, right. I mean, I'm gonna continue doing 0:03:38.040 --> 0:03:41.720 my KTLA stuff and now this this is on Saturdays 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:44.320 from eleven am to two pm, or if you're on 0:03:44.360 --> 0:03:46.600 the you know, East coast two pm to five pm 0:03:46.840 --> 0:03:50.760 in Los Angeles. It'll be broadcast live on KFI and 0:03:50.800 --> 0:03:54.400 then in the rest of the US just various new sorry, 0:03:54.800 --> 0:03:57.200 various radio stations around the US, and then of course 0:03:57.240 --> 0:03:59.200 there'll be a podcast to be able to live stream it. 0:04:00.440 --> 0:04:03.840 I don't believe we're doing video live stream, which, to 0:04:03.880 --> 0:04:06.280 be quite honest, you know, I do video every day 0:04:06.360 --> 0:04:10.600 with Katla. So if I can you know, be incognito 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:14.040 one day a week on the radio where maybe a'all 0:04:15.560 --> 0:04:18.400 you know, a bit more relaxed, that would be really welcome. 0:04:18.440 --> 0:04:21.159 Although I will say Leo always dressed up for the show, 0:04:21.640 --> 0:04:26.120 and so you know he he was you know, he 0:04:26.200 --> 0:04:28.680 always dressed up. I mean he brought it, and you 0:04:28.720 --> 0:04:31.479 know his show is on video, so but who knows. 0:04:31.480 --> 0:04:34.400 We'll say everyone who has had a part in making 0:04:34.400 --> 0:04:38.600 this happen, I am so grateful, And to the listener, 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:43.520 I just really want to reassure you that this is 0:04:43.560 --> 0:04:45.279 going to be a great new show. 0:04:45.360 --> 0:04:46.440 It's going to be exciting. 0:04:47.839 --> 0:04:50.760 And I know Leo is retiring from radio, but he's 0:04:50.800 --> 0:04:53.720 going to continue doing his stuff for Twitch, so that's 0:04:53.839 --> 0:04:57.320 very exciting. He's not going away, but this will be 0:04:57.320 --> 0:05:02.440 a new chapter for the Tech Radio and so Rich 0:05:02.480 --> 0:05:04.600 on Tech I don't know what's going to happen with 0:05:04.640 --> 0:05:07.400 this podcast RSS feed. I don't know if I can 0:05:07.520 --> 0:05:09.880 update it with a new RSS feed or what. That's 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:10.680 to be determined. 0:05:10.680 --> 0:05:12.000 So rest assured. 0:05:12.000 --> 0:05:13.479 You don't have to change anything yet. You don't have 0:05:13.520 --> 0:05:15.640 to delete this, you don't have to say you know whatever. 0:05:16.360 --> 0:05:19.240 Just hang tight and I'll see what's going on with 0:05:19.279 --> 0:05:21.480 that situation and we'll figure that out. 0:05:21.560 --> 0:05:23.359 Anyway. Thanks so much for. 0:05:23.240 --> 0:05:27.080 All of your dedication to the show and listening to 0:05:27.120 --> 0:05:29.760 the show, and the feedback and the amount of emails 0:05:29.800 --> 0:05:32.520 I get from people saying I love the podcast is 0:05:32.600 --> 0:05:35.159 just incredible, and that's what kept me going for so 0:05:35.360 --> 0:05:37.520 long to do this show the way that I did it, 0:05:37.920 --> 0:05:45.520 and that enthusiasm clearly transferred to this show becoming what 0:05:45.560 --> 0:05:45.880 it is. 0:05:45.800 --> 0:05:48.320 In the radio. So I think I've spoken enough about this. 0:05:48.440 --> 0:05:52.840 Anyway, I am very excited, and I'll give you more 0:05:52.839 --> 0:05:57.760 information as I have it. But January seventh, twenty twenty three, Saturday, 0:05:57.880 --> 0:06:01.320 January seventh, twenty twenty three, rich On Tech Radio show 0:06:01.440 --> 0:06:05.800 three hours on the weekends, live callers will be happening. 0:06:07.080 --> 0:06:09.480 All right, Let's get to the first story of the week, 0:06:10.080 --> 0:06:14.640 Black Friday Shopping So Black Friday is, you know, the 0:06:14.680 --> 0:06:17.520 day after Thanksgiving. It's when the retailers traditionally, I mean, 0:06:17.520 --> 0:06:20.200 the story goes that they, you know, get back in 0:06:20.279 --> 0:06:22.000 the black after being in the red all year. I 0:06:22.040 --> 0:06:24.320 don't know if that's still true, but you know, who knows. 0:06:24.360 --> 0:06:24.840 Maybe it is. 0:06:25.279 --> 0:06:28.240 But Black Friday is really morphed into an entire weekend 0:06:28.320 --> 0:06:31.440 of shopping starts, you know, it starts earlier and earlier. 0:06:31.440 --> 0:06:35.960 But I think the best deals really do happen on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday. 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:37.400 But that's what's happening. 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:39.560 Of course, I hope you have a list of things 0:06:39.560 --> 0:06:41.000 that you want to get so you're not just like 0:06:41.080 --> 0:06:45.640 aimlessly shopping now. According to wallet hub, discounts are around 0:06:45.680 --> 0:06:48.600 thirty seven percent this year, which is up from last 0:06:48.640 --> 0:06:51.240 year and the year before is thirty two percent, but 0:06:51.360 --> 0:06:54.719 down from the recent high of forty percent discounts we 0:06:54.760 --> 0:06:57.760 saw in twenty nineteen. So bottom line, there are going 0:06:57.800 --> 0:07:00.520 to be good deals this year. I think, incredible deals. 0:07:01.600 --> 0:07:04.080 Some of the best places to look for deals. I 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:06.880 love the website Slick Deals. I mean, this has been 0:07:06.920 --> 0:07:10.840 a website I've checked daily now for many many years. 0:07:10.920 --> 0:07:13.080 I mean, going on I can't even tell you how 0:07:13.080 --> 0:07:15.119 many years. So I go to their front page deals 0:07:15.160 --> 0:07:20.080 every single day. I typically find something that's interesting and usable, 0:07:20.440 --> 0:07:22.840 and whether it's a coupon or whether it's a promo code, 0:07:22.920 --> 0:07:26.000 or whether it's just a sample or something I actually purchase. 0:07:26.400 --> 0:07:28.520 I mean, they've been really really good about that. 0:07:29.320 --> 0:07:32.680 And it's crowdsource, so anyone can submit a deal and then. 0:07:32.680 --> 0:07:34.200 The rest of the community votes it up. 0:07:34.240 --> 0:07:35.800 The best ones go to the top, and that's how 0:07:35.840 --> 0:07:38.480 it's kind of like this almost like an eBay for deals, 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:43.000 because you know, it's almost like the perfect market. Deal 0:07:43.120 --> 0:07:45.679 News is another great website. And what I like about 0:07:45.680 --> 0:07:47.840 deal News is that they don't really miss the thing. 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:49.880 They've got a lot more and. 0:07:51.480 --> 0:07:53.400 The way, you know, it's not as like, oh, here 0:07:53.440 --> 0:07:55.840 are the top five deals, per se, like slick deals 0:07:55.880 --> 0:07:58.840 of the day, but they're more like, hey, here's the 0:07:58.880 --> 0:08:02.080 things that our editors have evidenced as some of the 0:08:02.080 --> 0:08:05.240 best things out there on the web. And so that's 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:07.480 a great place to go because and what I like 0:08:07.520 --> 0:08:09.400 about it is that whatever deal they have, so like, 0:08:09.480 --> 0:08:12.000 let's just see, let me see, because I think they 0:08:12.680 --> 0:08:15.680 let's like Hulu, I know, is doing this thing where 0:08:15.720 --> 0:08:19.080 they're doing like this great yeah Black Friday sale. Okay, 0:08:19.440 --> 0:08:21.680 so this is what I like. So the thing that's 0:08:21.720 --> 0:08:24.600 cool about about deal News is the way their editors 0:08:24.680 --> 0:08:28.000 explain the deal and why it's a deal. So Hulu 0:08:28.040 --> 0:08:30.640 Black Friday sale one year at two dollars a month, 0:08:30.720 --> 0:08:34.560 and they say the best offer we've seen since last 0:08:34.679 --> 0:08:38.679 Black Friday. New and eligible returning subscribers get sixty five 0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:41.080 percent off the ad supported plan, a savings of four 0:08:41.160 --> 0:08:43.520 dollars a month. So what I like is that they 0:08:43.559 --> 0:08:47.560 say the best offer we've seen since last Black Friday. 0:08:47.600 --> 0:08:49.840 So they give you that perspective and that basis so 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:52.760 you really understand why a deal is a deal, because 0:08:52.800 --> 0:08:54.240 not every deal is a deal. 0:08:54.320 --> 0:08:54.520 You know. 0:08:54.559 --> 0:08:57.040 Sometimes these things say they're a deal, but it's like, 0:08:57.040 --> 0:08:59.720 well this was a better deal on Cyber Monday last 0:08:59.760 --> 0:09:04.080 year or whatever. So I really enjoy that about about 0:09:04.080 --> 0:09:07.040 deal News. Another site to look is called best Reviews. 0:09:07.120 --> 0:09:11.240 This is a site that's owned by KTLA's parent company, 0:09:11.280 --> 0:09:15.040 Next Star, and Best Reviews is kind of like similar 0:09:15.080 --> 0:09:17.240 to Wirecutter, where they test a lot of stuff and 0:09:17.280 --> 0:09:20.240 they pick their favorites and then they've got deals that 0:09:20.280 --> 0:09:22.319 they put on there as well, and so I'm growing 0:09:22.360 --> 0:09:25.160 to love this site because obviously it's in the family, 0:09:25.600 --> 0:09:29.800 and I'm becoming friends with Jacob who helps run it 0:09:29.840 --> 0:09:32.920 out there in San Francisco, and so it's just as 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:36.520 it's really like a nice website. I like how it's organized, 0:09:36.520 --> 0:09:38.920 I like how they give the perspective on things. So 0:09:39.240 --> 0:09:42.400 check out best Reviews as well. My other tip for 0:09:42.440 --> 0:09:45.240 Black Friday shopping is to and this is sounds simple, 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:48.080 but this is what I do whenever someone's like, hey, Rich, 0:09:48.559 --> 0:09:51.720 is there is this on sale? Or how do I 0:09:51.720 --> 0:09:54.200 get the best price on this? So all you have 0:09:54.240 --> 0:09:56.000 to do. Let's say you want the Apple Watch Ultra. 0:09:56.360 --> 0:10:00.720 So you type in Apple Watch Ultra into Google and then. 0:10:00.600 --> 0:10:01.480 Type the word deal. 0:10:01.559 --> 0:10:04.680 So apple Watch Ultra deal is your search term, and 0:10:04.720 --> 0:10:07.560 then you go and once the search terms come up 0:10:07.600 --> 0:10:10.880 the search results, you click news and this is going 0:10:10.920 --> 0:10:14.280 to give you all the blogs that post about the 0:10:14.320 --> 0:10:16.400 best deals on the Apple Watch. So first result is 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:18.560 CNN the Apple Watch Ultra is on sale right now 0:10:18.600 --> 0:10:22.520 for the first time ever, and Gadget the Apple Watch 0:10:22.640 --> 0:10:25.600 Ultra is sixty dollars off in early Black Friday sale 0:10:25.920 --> 0:10:29.920 and so again you can instantly go to this report 0:10:29.960 --> 0:10:32.280 from Engadget and see what the deal is, which they 0:10:32.320 --> 0:10:34.280 already said in the headline sixty dollars off. So that's 0:10:34.320 --> 0:10:36.880 the first time we've seen that. So that is a 0:10:37.000 --> 0:10:40.400 really easy way to find anything that you want on sale. 0:10:40.440 --> 0:10:42.839 So let's say, let's say if we want the fire 0:10:42.960 --> 0:10:47.800 TV Cube third generation and we want it deal, and 0:10:47.840 --> 0:10:51.439 you can also try putting in sale, so right away 0:10:52.720 --> 0:10:55.640 the first result. Now see I didn't click news yet, 0:10:55.640 --> 0:10:59.200 so actually hold on. So yeah, so they don't say 0:10:59.320 --> 0:11:02.320 that the third one is on sale, but it says 0:11:02.360 --> 0:11:05.800 the previous is super tempting. So again it gives you 0:11:05.800 --> 0:11:08.320 that perspective of Okay, I'm not really seeing anything with 0:11:08.320 --> 0:11:10.320 this new one, but the old one has something, so 0:11:11.240 --> 0:11:13.400 very very easy way to search for stuff that you 0:11:13.400 --> 0:11:16.920 want on sale. If you're according to best Reviews, prices 0:11:17.080 --> 0:11:20.080 that you should look for on electronics or even toys 0:11:20.080 --> 0:11:22.280 should be about twenty to thirty percent off. 0:11:22.320 --> 0:11:23.679 That's the regular price. 0:11:23.760 --> 0:11:26.960 So if something is one hundred dollars typically and you 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:30.080 find it for eighty or seventy, that's a really good deal. 0:11:30.240 --> 0:11:33.320 So and that kind of aligns with what while at 0:11:33.400 --> 0:11:36.320 Hubs said around the discounts are about thirty seven percent, 0:11:36.400 --> 0:11:38.960 so twenty to thirty percent is pretty good. And it 0:11:39.000 --> 0:11:41.240 all depends on what you're getting. Some things you know 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:43.160 are marked up so they can be marked down. Other 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:46.320 things are just you know, they don't go on sale 0:11:46.440 --> 0:11:47.120 very often, So. 0:11:47.480 --> 0:11:48.480 Good luck with the shopping. 0:11:48.520 --> 0:11:50.439 And my advice, please keep a list of the stuff 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:52.480 you want to get so it's much easier to shop 0:11:52.520 --> 0:11:56.200 for that stuff and not be distracted by all of 0:11:56.240 --> 0:12:02.400 these sales out there. All right, let's get to the 0:12:02.400 --> 0:12:05.440 first question of the show. Marissa says, Hey, Rich, hope 0:12:05.440 --> 0:12:08.720 you're well. I've emailed you before with questions. My husband 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:11.520 and I have been using the same Apple iCloud account 0:12:11.760 --> 0:12:15.680 for ID for years on two phones. Our two sons 0:12:15.720 --> 0:12:18.480 have their own Apple id cloud with their iPads and 0:12:18.520 --> 0:12:21.880 Apple Watches under family sharing. We are wondering if the 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:25.000 time is finally right to create a separate Apple iCloud 0:12:25.040 --> 0:12:28.240 ID for my husband. Under family sharing, our workarounds for 0:12:28.320 --> 0:12:31.120 I Message are okay. I Message send receive is set 0:12:31.160 --> 0:12:33.120 to our respective phone numbers, so we don't receive each 0:12:33.160 --> 0:12:37.160 other's texts, but it would be nice to separate health data. However, 0:12:37.200 --> 0:12:41.080 the biggest issue in not sharing has always been the photolibrary, 0:12:41.600 --> 0:12:45.160 not sharing an ID. We are reading about iCloud shared 0:12:45.160 --> 0:12:45.920 photol library. 0:12:46.080 --> 0:12:47.720 Is this a solution we need? Help? 0:12:47.920 --> 0:12:53.840 Love Love Love your podcast, Marissa, Marissa Absolutely. I actually 0:12:53.960 --> 0:12:58.040 can't believe that you're still sharing your Apple ID because 0:12:58.080 --> 0:13:01.439 this was something that was very common when the iPhone 0:13:01.480 --> 0:13:06.280 first arrived. Pretty much every family shared the Apple ID, 0:13:06.600 --> 0:13:09.800 so they would have mom and dad sharing the same 0:13:09.840 --> 0:13:13.680 Apple ID, signed in on different phones, but it would 0:13:13.679 --> 0:13:15.400 be the same thing, and so people were getting each 0:13:15.400 --> 0:13:18.760 other's texts. They're really I messages, not texts per se. 0:13:19.920 --> 0:13:21.720 Same thing with the kids. You'd give the kid the 0:13:21.720 --> 0:13:24.200 Apple I D and it was a big mess because 0:13:24.280 --> 0:13:28.000 it was not very pretty to share in this regard. 0:13:28.520 --> 0:13:31.600 And so I'm surprised you've stuck with it this long 0:13:31.640 --> 0:13:34.400 because most people have gotten frustrated. But you did find 0:13:34.400 --> 0:13:36.920 that workaround for I messages with the sen received, so 0:13:37.160 --> 0:13:41.520 good job on that. But yes, absolutely, shared photo library 0:13:41.600 --> 0:13:44.280 is the solution you need. This will allow you to 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:47.280 share your photos and have them show up in a 0:13:47.320 --> 0:13:52.360 shared library, but also maintain separate and private accounts, which 0:13:52.400 --> 0:13:53.319 I think is important. 0:13:54.480 --> 0:13:55.840 It's important for a lot of reasons. 0:13:55.880 --> 0:13:59.040 Security is the main reason, I'm not too worried about 0:13:59.040 --> 0:14:01.240 your reading your husband's text or him reading yours. 0:14:01.559 --> 0:14:02.920 I think it's more about. 0:14:03.000 --> 0:14:06.320 Security because if one of these devices is breached in 0:14:06.360 --> 0:14:09.640 some way, then technically they're all breached. And so I 0:14:09.679 --> 0:14:12.080 don't like to see I don't like to see sharing 0:14:12.120 --> 0:14:14.080 of any sort of credentials. I mean, I know people 0:14:14.160 --> 0:14:16.040 do it for like Netflix and stuff like that, but 0:14:16.920 --> 0:14:19.400 there's not really too much of a security risk there. 0:14:19.600 --> 0:14:21.880 But any sort of sharing of anything else, even you know, 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:24.600 giving your password for a website to someone is you know, 0:14:24.640 --> 0:14:26.880 there's a lot of implications that come along with that. 0:14:27.400 --> 0:14:31.000 So Yes set up the iCloud Shared Photo Library. I 0:14:31.040 --> 0:14:34.120 have not played with the iCloud photo Shared Photo Library 0:14:34.160 --> 0:14:37.240 because personally, I do the same thing on Google. Google 0:14:37.320 --> 0:14:41.000 has had this for many, many years, and it's it's amazing. 0:14:41.040 --> 0:14:43.000 So my wife takes a picture on her phone, it 0:14:43.000 --> 0:14:44.520 goes to my Google Photos. 0:14:44.680 --> 0:14:46.560 When I take a photo on my phone, it goes 0:14:46.560 --> 0:14:49.040 to hers. And it's a really slick setup. 0:14:49.040 --> 0:14:53.040 It's very similar to the way iPad or the iCloud 0:14:53.160 --> 0:14:55.880 Shared Photo Library will work, and you can I think 0:14:55.880 --> 0:14:57.440 they take it a little bit of a step further, 0:14:57.880 --> 0:15:00.520 where the way that you share. I think you can 0:15:00.560 --> 0:15:04.880 share everything or you can share certain things. So there's 0:15:04.920 --> 0:15:08.360 like a manual sharing, and there's like, you know, where 0:15:08.360 --> 0:15:10.200 you can share just stuff that you want to share. 0:15:10.360 --> 0:15:13.960 So and every photo is marked, I guess that's sharing. 0:15:13.960 --> 0:15:16.280 I should probably test this out just to see, because 0:15:16.280 --> 0:15:18.840 I haven't really really played with this because I think 0:15:18.880 --> 0:15:23.720 personally I don't typically recommend iCloud photos because I think 0:15:23.760 --> 0:15:24.840 it's very complicated. 0:15:25.560 --> 0:15:27.239 I think that it is confusing. 0:15:27.760 --> 0:15:30.320 I don't like that it's not cross platform, even though 0:15:30.320 --> 0:15:35.160 they have come finally to Windows. But I don't like 0:15:35.200 --> 0:15:37.520 the fact that if you're, you know, wanting to switch 0:15:37.520 --> 0:15:39.240 to an Android, how do you see these pictures? 0:15:39.240 --> 0:15:40.160 So there's just no way. 0:15:40.200 --> 0:15:44.080 And also it's just you know, like I prefer cross 0:15:44.120 --> 0:15:48.480 platform products, and I know that the iPhone, notoriously is 0:15:48.800 --> 0:15:51.840 probably the least cross platform device you can use because 0:15:52.680 --> 0:15:54.680 you know, whether you use I Message, whether you use 0:15:55.240 --> 0:15:58.240 you know notes, whether you use I mean, basically everything 0:15:58.240 --> 0:16:01.200 on the iPhone is kind of locked to the iOS ecosystem, 0:16:01.240 --> 0:16:05.240 and I don't like that. So some ways they're open, 0:16:05.280 --> 0:16:07.840 and obviously the iPhone is still an amazing device, but 0:16:07.920 --> 0:16:10.200 I don't like having all my pictures in a place 0:16:10.240 --> 0:16:13.920 that are just not very accessible anywhere else or on 0:16:14.000 --> 0:16:17.360 any other device other than an iPhone. Now, Google Photos, 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:19.080 I have my problems with that too. Like I do 0:16:19.160 --> 0:16:22.280 think that, and I've talked about this before, I do 0:16:22.320 --> 0:16:25.280 think that Google needs to have a way for me 0:16:25.320 --> 0:16:28.000 to back up my Google Photos in a simple way 0:16:28.040 --> 0:16:30.360 to a hard drive, like sync my Google Photos collection 0:16:30.400 --> 0:16:32.600 to a hard drive. I don't know why Google's not 0:16:32.640 --> 0:16:35.920 doing that, obviously, it's some sort of financial play in 0:16:35.920 --> 0:16:38.120 the background that I can't really figure out. I would 0:16:38.120 --> 0:16:40.360 be willing to pay. I mean, I already pay twenty 0:16:40.360 --> 0:16:42.800 five dollars a month to use Google Photos, so why 0:16:42.840 --> 0:16:45.440 can't I just have that functionality? I mean, yes, some 0:16:45.480 --> 0:16:49.520 people will download and run, but that's I mean, I'd 0:16:49.600 --> 0:16:51.880 rather have people do that, and I'd rather have them 0:16:52.240 --> 0:16:55.360 be able to back up their pictures on a physical 0:16:55.400 --> 0:16:56.800 device that they have in their home. 0:16:57.000 --> 0:16:58.600 So anyway, good question. 0:16:58.720 --> 0:17:01.160 Definitely do it and get the things separated out, set 0:17:01.200 --> 0:17:03.480 it all up, and I think it'll be a great thing. 0:17:04.600 --> 0:17:04.960 All right. 0:17:05.720 --> 0:17:08.280 Twitter, we know that there's been a lot of chaos 0:17:08.320 --> 0:17:11.240 at Twitter right ever since Elon Musk took over. I'm 0:17:11.280 --> 0:17:13.480 still kind of like, I don't know, I'm kind of 0:17:13.520 --> 0:17:15.600 watching it. I haven't really stopped using Twitter. 0:17:15.680 --> 0:17:16.600 I mean I would. 0:17:17.119 --> 0:17:18.719 There would have to be like a real reason for 0:17:18.760 --> 0:17:20.560 me to not use Twitter at this point. 0:17:20.880 --> 0:17:23.160 And I've never been a huge Twitter user. 0:17:24.160 --> 0:17:26.879 I love certain aspects about Twitter, but really I've built 0:17:26.960 --> 0:17:33.920 my following primarily on Instagram, Facebook, and to a lesser extent, YouTube. 0:17:34.240 --> 0:17:37.560 But Twitter has always been a really good tool for journalism. 0:17:38.080 --> 0:17:41.600 And it's a tool that allows you to reach everyone 0:17:41.640 --> 0:17:44.199 because everyone has a Twitter. It allows you to, you know, 0:17:44.440 --> 0:17:47.960 get information out in real time. I love the fact 0:17:47.960 --> 0:17:50.080 that it works on all platforms. I love the fact 0:17:50.080 --> 0:17:53.399 that you can upload photos, you can upload videos, you 0:17:53.400 --> 0:17:55.760 can put in links. I mean, it doesn't like restrict 0:17:55.800 --> 0:17:59.879 you in any way like Facebook and Twitter and Instagram do. 0:18:00.040 --> 0:18:01.919 I mean, Instagram is the worst. You know, it's like 0:18:02.320 --> 0:18:04.160 to put a link on there, it's got to open 0:18:04.160 --> 0:18:05.560 in their own browser and this and that. I mean, 0:18:05.560 --> 0:18:09.800 it's just such a it's such a process. But I 0:18:09.840 --> 0:18:12.639 do like Twitter. So anyway, people have been looking for 0:18:12.680 --> 0:18:16.399 alternatives ever since Elon has kind of taken this big, 0:18:17.119 --> 0:18:19.639 this big stir and just like stirred the pot and 0:18:19.680 --> 0:18:22.920 it's just like it's very chaotic there. So one of 0:18:23.000 --> 0:18:25.680 the things that people have been trying is masted on, which, 0:18:26.520 --> 0:18:29.480 you know, I think that that seems from everything I've 0:18:29.640 --> 0:18:32.399 I've read and everything I've seen from friends, it just 0:18:32.440 --> 0:18:34.920 seems like it's it's way too complicated for the average 0:18:34.960 --> 0:18:38.400 person to ever really get on there in a big way. 0:18:38.840 --> 0:18:40.760 So what's a simpler alternative. 0:18:40.760 --> 0:18:44.040 Well, this app called Hive, according to tech Crunch, has 0:18:44.119 --> 0:18:46.800 hit a million users, and so I don't know how 0:18:46.800 --> 0:18:49.800 people discovered this, but it was founded in twenty nineteen 0:18:50.440 --> 0:18:52.160 and by a twenty two year old. It was aimed 0:18:52.160 --> 0:18:56.600 at Jen Zeer's and it's it's very much so a 0:18:56.720 --> 0:18:59.959 Twitter clone. It looks like a mix of Twitter Instant 0:19:00.920 --> 0:19:03.680 and also a bit of MySpace thrown in there. Now 0:19:03.680 --> 0:19:06.360 there's no story aspect on here. It's just mostly posts, 0:19:06.840 --> 0:19:09.639 but there's also an explore tab and you can you 0:19:09.640 --> 0:19:12.919 can put music on your profile, which I think is 0:19:13.359 --> 0:19:17.879 kind of the homage to MySpace. But using this app, 0:19:17.960 --> 0:19:21.200 it's clean, it's organized, it's kind of like the same 0:19:21.320 --> 0:19:23.840 thing where you have followers and this and that. The 0:19:23.880 --> 0:19:27.760 only problem I have with it is that it's really slow, 0:19:27.840 --> 0:19:32.160 and I'm sure that's because they are just totally overloaded 0:19:32.280 --> 0:19:34.520 at this point, because they went from nobody using it 0:19:34.560 --> 0:19:37.320 to now over a million users, and you know, at 0:19:37.320 --> 0:19:37.920 this point. 0:19:37.680 --> 0:19:38.560 It's probably a lot. 0:19:38.760 --> 0:19:40.560 So if you go like it just took you know, 0:19:40.600 --> 0:19:44.040 a good ten seconds to load up my my homepage, 0:19:44.200 --> 0:19:45.760 I've got forty six followers. 0:19:45.800 --> 0:19:47.320 Now, I did reserve my username. 0:19:47.359 --> 0:19:50.640 And in fact, I interviewed a guy named Matt Swider 0:19:51.840 --> 0:19:56.160 for a story recently. He runs a newsletter called The Shortcut, 0:19:56.320 --> 0:19:58.600 and he was like his advice on all these new 0:19:58.640 --> 0:20:01.199 social networks, He's like, at least reserve the username that 0:20:01.240 --> 0:20:03.520 you want. And I thought that was pretty smart because 0:20:04.040 --> 0:20:05.840 that way you can, you know, if they ever become 0:20:05.880 --> 0:20:09.360 a thing, you can actually use that username with. 0:20:09.200 --> 0:20:11.160 That with that service. 0:20:11.240 --> 0:20:13.920