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    #159: Christina Loves To Buy

    January 25th, 2018 · 69 minutes

    Brianna, Christina, and Simone yell about the HomePod and the hell that is the Apple Store. Then they discuss the mysterious organization behind so much malvertising, and Cindy Gallop's Make Love Not Porn achieving $2 million in funding.

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    Links and Show Notes

    My iPhone repair experience, and why Apple's retail stores are too disorganized
    Apple skeptic says company ‘in trouble’ ahead of HomePod launch
    Five obvious questions about Apple’s HomePod speaker - The Verge
    Here’s why the epidemic of malicious ads grew so much worse last year | Ars Technica
    Sex, the final frontier: Cindy Gallop raises $2M from mysterious investor for social sex tech | TechCrunch