09/22/2023: Apple retail raises and store surprises, anti-counterfeit iPhone measures, Baldur’s Gate 3 for Mac out now, Google still flogging RCS to an uninterested Apple, Prime Video pulls a switcheroo, and iPhone drop test videos fall flat

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• (00:00) - 01 - Intro
• (00:13) - 02 - Back to life, back to reality
• (00:56) - 03 - Cook and Joz in NYC
• (01:30) - 04 - countering the iPhone counterfeiters
• (02:22) - 05 - Baldur's Gate 3: The Balduring
• (02:55) - 06 - RCS: Really Can't Succeed
• (04:29) - 07 - Prime video debacle
• (05:12) - 08 - iPhone "drop test" videos misleading
• (07:03) - 09 - Outro

Links from the show

Apple reduces raises given to retail employees after weak iPhone quarter
Tim Cook and Greg Joswiak open Fifth Avenue store for iPhone 15 launch
Apple uses hidden watermarks on iPhone 15 boxes to verify authenticity
Mac gamers can now play 'Baldur's Gate 3' a day later than expected
Google continues to awkwardly push for iPhone RCS integration in new 'Meet iPager' video
Amazon Prime Video won't be ad-free in 2024 without an additional charge
YouTube drop tests are a terrible indication of iPhone durability

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